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Syfy Seeks The Next Big Space Opera, To Replace BSG And Farscape
Now that the Syfy Channel has a new name, does that mean it's abandoning science-fiction fans? Syfy president David Howe assures us that's not the case, and promises a new space-opera, along the lines of Firefly or Farscape, by 2011.
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The Final Five Spill Their Secrets, If You Can Get Over Your Preconceptions
Ignore the covers that made it look more like a T&A book than anything appropriately Battlestar Galactica-esque; the four-issue Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five offers up a complex backstory for the robots that put everything in motion. More »
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Why We Love Spoilers
When you know what's coming next in your favorite TV or movie series, does it ruin your enjoyment? Do the plot twists fall flat? We don't think so. In fact, spoilers fuel our love for thrilling science fiction stories.
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Iron Man's Sexual Conquests Could Be Catching Up With Him
Spoilerati, rejoice! An Iron Man bombshell says she'll be back in the new movie, and an extra describes Tony Stark's public appearance. Also, J.J. Abrams talks Star Trek, and there are loads of Virtuality pics. Plus Inception, BSG and Heroes. More » -
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20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
When humans finally conquer space, we'll still want to keep other creatures as pets. Some science-fiction pets are among our favorite characters, but others, you just want to flush out the airlock. Here's our list of the best and worst. More » -
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The Battlestar Galactica Revival You Never Saw Coming (2)
What if Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica had become an animated series? Well, for one thing, we probably wouldn't have been so freaked out by these cartoony maquettes of Starbuck and a Cylon Centurion, due for release later this year. More »
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The Battlestar Galactica Revival You Never Saw Coming (1)
Galactica: 1980 is coming back from the television grave - or, at least, from almost 30 years ago - courtesy of Green Lantern movie writer Marc Guggenheim and comic publisher Dynamite Entertainment. More »
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Comment by Ghost_in_the_Machine: Doing Galactica 1980 "the right way" is like making a turd pie "the right way". It's still a big... 3 Responses | Other threads
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New Trailer For BSG's "The Plan" Explains Exactly What That Plan Was
Remember the Cylons' much-vaunted plan on Battlestar Galactica? Turns out it was "sheer elegance in its simplicity," as the Middleman would say. A new trailer for the last-chance-to-retcon-everything TV movie "The Plan" finally spells out just what that plan was. More »
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Comment by priyanga: BSG really ended season 4.10 when they found a ruined earth. That may not have been a satisfying ending, but... 12 Responses | Other threads
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The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery
The Romulan mining vessel Narada undulates as it prepares to claim another defenseless planet. Spaceship design has come a long way since the 1960s. Here's a gallery of five different eras in starships, battlecruisers and planet-destroyers, with 150+ images. More » -
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Angelina Jolie Back In Wanted 2? Plus What Crazy Huge Set Is Christopher Nolan Building?
Apparently, "spoilerphobia" is a medical condition. Cure yourself with an early G.I. Joe review, Green Lantern script talk, and Angelina Jolie's rumored return in Wanted 2. Plus Christopher Nolan's Inception, Lost, Time Traveler's Wife, John Carter, BSG, Eureka and Supernatural. More »
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Comment by ManchuCandidate: G.I. Joe sounds more like an update for the early 80s Mega AWFUL MegaForce/Farce. Knowing is half the battle! 6 Responses | Other threads
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Robotics Scientists And BSG Cast Members Agree, We're All Doomed
This past weekend, robotics experts joined Battlestar Galactica's President Roslin and Colonel Tigh, for the World Science Festival panel, "Cyborgs on the Horizon." They explained all about the inevitable robot uprising, and screened new Plan clips. More »
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Comment by Dr Emilio Lizardo: War without body bags is not war, it's reality TV. If there is no risk of something truly horrible happening to... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Did JMS Ruin Television SF?
Babylon 5 has been credited with many things before, but ruining science fiction television wasn't one of them... until British television writer Jonathan Wright started thinking about Torchwood's new season.
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Comment by starfury5: "...it became clear that JMS, a control freak who wrote 92 of the show's 110 episodes himself..." What a wanker. JMS created... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Battlestar Galactica's Frak Pack Pays Off For KFC
We may have made fun of it at the time, but KFC's sponsorship of the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica was successful enough to convince a lot of you that Colonel Sanders wasn't as bad as you thought. Frakking mind-control. More »
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Comment by DustbinCarbonara: KFC is all kinds of awesome. Can't wait until they do a series with Colonel Saunders VS Chicken-like aliens. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Cavil's Still A Bastard In Battlestar Galactica's "The Plan"
Hello? Hello? It's me! Cavil. And I'm starring in a new clip from Battlestar Galactica's TV movie, "The Plan," airing this fall. Along with my mommy/victim Ellen Tigh, who luckily can't hear my soliloquy, five inches away from her ear.
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Joss Whedon Talks You Through Dollhouse Season 2, And Guillermo Del Toro Explains The Universe
Megan Fox and company gave a Transformers 2 press conference, and we've got the whole thing below. Joss Whedon sketches out Dollhouse season two, and Guillermo del Toro talks Frankenstein and Hobbit. Plus Deadpool, Zombieland, Moon, Lost, Torchwood and BSG. More »
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Comment by tinky XIII: Deadpool should feature nonsensical flashbacks and flashforwards. AT THE SAME TIME. 7 Responses | Other threads
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The Composers That Make Space Adventures Epic
Space is silent and vast, but we can't feel the awe and terror of epic space battles without great music. Here's our list of the ten composers without whom science fiction would feel as empty as the void. (With samples.) More » -
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Richard Hatch: BSG Should Be More Like Star Trek
Richard Hatch - the only man to have survived two cylon genocides - has been talking about what he'd like to see from the proposed Battlestar Galactica movie... as well as what he thinks of this summer's other movies. More »
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Comment by Davio: Yeah, to be honest I think he's pretty spot on those criticisms. As for a new BSG movie, is there... 4 Responses | Other threads
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The Many Questionable Sexual Pictures Of Caprica 6, The Muppet
It was only a matter of time before the beloved cast from Battlestar Galactica got immortalized forever as puppets. I just didn't expect the Caprica Six puppet to have nipples. (And yes, it's possibly NSFW.) More »
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Comment by Brian Hogg: No, I'm not creepy. The Caprica puppet is one of four or five I'm building for an eventual video parody.... 11 Responses | Other threads
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"Robot Uprising" Expert Gives You Invaluable Cylon Survival Skills
The Battlestar Galactica cast and top roboticists may be gathering on Friday to explain how to cope with the show's killer robots, but there's no need to wait. How To Survive A Robot Uprising author Daniel Wilson has answers now. More » -
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Discover The Secrets Of Ron Moore's 10-Year Space Probe
Ronald D. Moore's long-awaited Virtuality airs June 26, and we've got exclusive concept art showing the inner workings of the deep-space probe Phaeton and its various modules — including a super-detailed diagram explaining the physics of the ship. More » -
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BSG Cast Gathers With Roboticists,To Discuss Our Inevitable Robot Overlords
The cast of Battlestar Galactica including Michael Hogan (Saul Tigh) and Mary McDonnell (President Roslin) are joining up with the leaders of today's robotics industry including Hod Lipson (evolutionary robotic scientist) and Kevin Warwick (professor of Cybernetics) to talk Cylon this weekend. Together they'll lead a discussion on artificial intelligence and its scientific and philosophical implications. There will also be sneak previews from the BSG special, The Plan. Join them at the 92nd Street Y, New York, NY on June 12th at 8 PM — the future of the human race may depend on it.
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Cylon Plan Will Make You Gasp, Buy DVDs
We already know that Battlestar Galactica: The Plan will retell the story of the cylon attacks on humanity from a distinctly nonhuman viewpoint, but according to director Edward James Olmos, it's monumental despite being what you'd expect. More »
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Comment by mikecap: After the abysmal ending of the series, I never want to see anything to do with BSG again! 14 Responses | Other threads
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Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley Tops List Of Science Fiction's Baddest Women
Ellen Ripley, science fiction's original female badass, came in as a very deserving number one on TotalSciFi's list of ass-kicking women in movies and television who shook science fiction. But who else made the list? More »
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The Death Of Newspapers And Malls Proves That The Cylons Really Did Have A Plan All Along
We haven't yet created deadly Cylon centurions whose single red eyes are bent on our destruction. But we've definitely seen how our fervor for technology and invention has led us to some unintended consequences, Battlestar Galactica writer Mark Verheiden tells CNN. More » -
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Warehouse 13 Will Be Full Of Old Favorites
New SyFy series Warehouse 13 isn't sparing any chances in its attempts to win your love; not only will the show feature cameos from cast members from Eureka, but it'll also include some of your favorite Battlestar Galactica faces, as well. More »
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Does Primeval's Future Lie On Sci-Fi?
Fans of time-travel drama Primeval are waiting to find out if British network ITV will order a fourth season of the show - which may end up premiering on the British SciFi Channel, because of the cost of production. More »
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Fracking Is Destroying the Earth - And Not in the Fun Way
Apparently the word "fracking" isn't just a Battlestar Galactica curse that means sexytime. It's also a term that comes from mining, and refers to an unregulated (in the US) practice of pumping chemical-laced liquids underground at high pressure to help bring gasses to the surface. Sounds scary. Apparently people living in the vicinity of frack operations have found that it dramatically affects aquifers, messing with water pressure and making shower water mildly toxic. via Treehugger -
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Starbuck Turns To Comics In Time Of Need
With Battlestar Galactica (and Bionic Woman) gone to the great television network in the sky, where should smitten fanboys and girls hope to see Katee Sackhoff next? If rumors are true, a Marvel movie. More »
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Countdown Science Fiction's 10 Most Murderous Robots
It's one thing to talk about Killer Robots, but which ones have actually managed to really rack up the senseless slaughter? Here are our choices for the ten deadliest robots for you to avoid. More » -
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Could'a Been Contenders...
Wondering where Daleks, Cybermen and the Borg are? They're over in the "Do cyborgs really count as robots?" corner, although it's arguably worth pointing out that Daleks aren't really robots at all, just aliens inside weirdly-shaped suits of armor... that may as well be robots for all we actually care. I'm sure there will be arguments about this, nonetheless. Also missing from the list: The Decepticons, who must've killed many people during their various toy, cartoon, comic and movie reigns of terror, but none that I can remember in "real" continuity (Which is to say, All Hail Megatron doesn't count, because it's intentionally an "alternate reality" story). Also also missing is Brainiac, who has just been retconned again into being as organic as robotic, sadly. More »
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#1: The Manhunters
How deadly are they? They destroyed all life within Space Sector 666 because of a "programming glitch." How big is a Space Sector? Unknown, although the entire universe is split into at least 3601 of them, and Final Crisis claims that there are "thousands of worlds" within Earth's sector. So let's just say that's a lot of life extinguished. More »
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#2: Unicron
How deadly is he? He eats planets for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And if they're populated, all the better; it adds texture, apparently. More »
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#3: The Cylons
How deadly are they? They destroyed the twelve colonies of humanity, committing genocide on a scale unimaginable to everyone except Glen A. Larson and Ron Moore. More »
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#4: Separatist Battle Droids
How deadly are they? Apparently, an unstoppable killing machine that continually causes trouble for the Republic and their Jedi forces during the many years of Star Wars' Clone Wars. Despite their apparent ineffectualness, the war continued for many years, therefore the estimated high kill-rate and higher ranking on this list. Sorry, prequel haters. More »
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#5: Skynet/The Terminators
How deadly are they? They took over the Earth and are pretty much trying to destroy all human life, starting with a successful nuclear annihilation of three million people. You've seen The Terminator movies, right? More »
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#6: Sentinels (The Matrix)
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#7: Sentinels (Marvel Comics)
How deadly are they? They almost eradicated the mutant race, killing millions in one afternoon's work by destroying the island of Genosha. There's also a much-visited future where the Sentinels have taken over the world and killed the X-Men and many other superheroes. More »
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#8: Ultron
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#9: ABC Warriors
How deadly are they? As deadly as you want them to be; in the future's Volgan war (When the west goes to war with the fictional Russian-analog "Volgan Republic"), human soldiers are slowly replaced by robots created to fight wars. Slowly enough, in fact, that the ABC Warriors get more than a few kills in before the war ends, at which point they get to kill some more people while - at various times - rebelling against their makers, terraforming Mars, assassinating people for chaos magic rituals and getting involved in other unlikely scrapes. More »
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#10: Mechagodzilla
How deadly is he? He rampages continually against Japan and fights Godzilla on a regular basis, with his laser eyes and flamethrower breath. I'm guessing there's got to be some level of collateral damage going on there. Also, he kills giant monsters, which can come in handy. More »
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Comment by Belabras: Well, he's no Godzilla, but he's destroyed a fair section of Tokyo in his day. 2 Responses | Other threads
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