Tag: Battlestar Galactica
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Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Composer Bear McCreary Is Already Thinking About Music For Season 2 And Beyond [Exclusive]
The Prime Video series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has already been renewed for a second season. Showrunners Jd Payne and Patrick McKay reportedly already have five seasons of the series mapped out. Not only does that mean viewers will be spending a lot of time in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and beyond,…
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On ‘The Rehearsal,’ All the World’s a Set, and All the Men and Women Merely Nathans
If nothing else, hopefully “The Rehearsal” throws into sharp relief the Herculean feat that is modern film and television production design. It’s not just on mystery box-fueled genre fare where every single element of every single space is tailored, has intention, and is telling a story about the main character through the physical details surrounding…
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A Simple Line From Number Six Brought Religion To Battlestar Galactica
Religion has always been integral to “Battlestar Galactica.” Glen A. Larson, the creator of the original 1978 series, was a practicing Mormon and his faith influenced the series. For instance, Kobol, humanity’s original home-world in “BSG,” is an obvious anagram of Kolob, which Mormons believe to be a celestial body close to the throne of God.…
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How Pacific Rim Paid A Surprising Homage To John Wayne
I don’t think I have to tell you how awesome “Pacific Rim” is. It’s a movie featuring giant robots punching the crap out of giant monsters — that’s an instant recipe for greatness. But what’s even more awesome is the thought that was put into shaping the world of the film. From the alternate universe…
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A Brilliant Piece Of Improv Produced Battlestar Galactica’s Signature Line
The line, “So say we all” is a classic part of the reimagined “Battlestar Galactica” series. The show, which was based on the 1978 television series, aired on Syfy (then the Sci-Fi Channel) beginning with the two-part miniseries in 2003, followed by four seasons starting in 2004. It spawned the under-appreciated prequel series “Caprica” in…
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How A Battlestar Galactica Spin-Off Turned Into Quantum Leap
The original “Battlestar Galactica” from 1978 was a show so filled with promise that it could have run for a dozen seasons instead of only one. But the series was prematurely canceled in April of 1979 despite its cult following. Even then, the potential for further adventures of the Twelve Tribes of humans fleeing the…
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Katee Sackhoff Returns To Horror In Night Of The Animated Dead [Interview]
This has turned out to be a banner year for fans of the late director George A. Romero. First, there was the release of his long-lost 1975 film “The Amusement Park” and now his 1968 horror masterwork “Night of the Living Dead” has been faithfully remade in animation form by Warner Bros. and titled “Night of the…
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Sam Esmail’s Idea for Releasing New ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Is Unlike Anything Else on TV
With NBC’s streaming service Peacock running smoothly for the last several months, many have wondered about the big projects it announced back when it was starting out. One of them was an ambitious retread of the popular science-fiction series “Battlestar Galactica,” to be produced by “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail.In a recent interview with Collider,…
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‘Britannia’: How Jez Butterworth Created the Crazy Ancient Epic Starring David Morrissey
Thank the gods for brilliant screenwriters. That’s why they’re the most sought-after gold currency in today’s streaming wars, from Scott Frank (“The Queen’s Gambit”) and Peter Morgan (“The Crown”) to Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Killing Eve”) and Lena Waithe (“The Chi”).These scribes hole up in their lonely rooms and think and dream and write, conjuring characters, dialogue,…
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‘The Devil Has a Name’ Review: Kate Bosworth Gives a Diabolical Turn in This Scrambled Skewering of Corporate Self-Interest
In “Battlestar Galactica” star and sometime director Edward James Olmos’ “The Devil Has a Name,” corporate America is poisoning the little guy, again. Call me cynical, but that will hardly come as a surprise to most audiences, who’ve been watching entities with deep pockets shirk public safety for quick profits for the better part of…