Reading Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey. #bookstodon#TheExpanse
Am again reminded of the webisode "Battlestar Iraqtica" section of #BattlestarGalactica.
Am also reminded of Afghanistan, & that No One has managed to conquer it, no matter what corporations join in or how many $$ billions are thrown in the fire.
@nocontexttrek Seven of Nine & Caprica Six 😍 , both "numbered", the most beautiful, feminine and interesting characters from all times seen in SciFi movies ... And I am sure of this, considering that I have seen thousands of films in my life !
Recap: The fleet has safely jumped to a system where food is available, but now are out of fuel! Refineries begin slow process of harvesting gas giants, so the Scouts check out more systems ahead.
They find a planet w/an SOS beacon! Investigating, they find wreckage in precarious place, unable to land! They hover, rappel down, grab the computer core and leave.
Deciphering the core while exploring more, they find a strange image and record of a misjump!
I went ahead and bought the complete #BattlestarGalactica series on iTunes because I’m tired of not being able to watch it whenever I want. The box set is pricy $69 but includes all 4 seasons plus the mini series.
Going to savor rewatching every moment. So say we all.
BSG’s premiere episode ‘33’ remains one of the strongest hours in the history of television and a personal favorite.
A dramatic tour de force by writer Ron Moore + amazing performances from everyone involved. When a weary Roslin asks Adama if he’s still there on the other end of the line, we get the very first glimpse of their future, intimate relationship. All this plus Gaius, Six, Apollo, echos of 9/11 and some damned intense drama in the CIC. #BattlestarGalactica
Just how much did we love #BattlestarGalactica back in the day? Enough to make a bunch of freeware icons for it. Corey’s BSG sets are among my factory favorites. Miss you, man. 💕
Bringing on the original Apollo, Richard Hatch, as Tom Zarek was brilliant casting. He was more than up for the role in the #BattlestarGalactica reboot.
E3’s Bastille Day also has one of my favorite scenes in the series when Adama’s son confronts his father and Roslin about the need to hold elections.
“If you’re telling me we’re throwing out the law then I’m not a Captain, you’re not the Commander and you are not the President and I don’t owe either of you a damned explanation for anything.”
A favorite moment from S1 E5 of #BattlestarGalactica ‘You Can’t Go Home Again’. After risking the entire fleet, depleting fuel and resources all to try and find the missing Starbuck, Lee and Cmdr Adama share an important moment as they finally call off the search. Pretty amazing considering Lee wanted nothing to do with his dad in the Miniseries.
One thing I’ve never quite understood in the #BattlestarGalactica reboot was how there could be a total of 12 habitable colonies in the same solar system? Were some of the colonies moons of other planets like Caprica? Is this explained anywhere in cannon? Or were the Twelve colonies not all within the same solar system, hence FTL drive technology? Fan art of this topic is so confusing…
S1 E9 Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down. Such a great episode of #BattlestarGalactica Directed by Edward James Olmos none-the-less. I love the direction of having Six “emerge” from Baltar’s profile when she appears in this episode. Also, we learn that Gaius isn’t really testing anyone to determine if they are Cylons, but instead just passing everyone as human.
Next up is one of my all-time favorite ep of BSG - The Hand of God. 👍
The entire season finale of #BattlestarGalactica S1. Kobol’s Last Gleaming Pts 1 & 2 and the S2 premiere. ‘Scattered’ are some damn fine dramatic television.
Roslin and Adama square off, Kara disobeys orders to retrieve the Arrow of Apollo from Caprica, Baltar & team are stranded on Kobol, Galactica is separated from the fleet, and then there’s that infamous cliffhanger with Shannon & Adama in the CIC. 🤯
Watching S2 E6 ‘Home Pt1’ and boy, I don’t remember Adama being so pissed at Roslin but he sure is. I know they reconcile somehow soon but at this moment I cannot remember how it happens. She’s taken half the fleet back to Kobol to look for the Tomb of Athena and Adama has just let them go with no regard to their safety.
‘Battlestar Galactica’: Derek Simonds Set As New Showrunner Of Peacock Reboot In Works From Producer Sam Esmail (deadline.com)
EXCLUSIVE: There is a new writer at the helm of Peacock’s long-gestating reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica.