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Galactica :: RE: Final Half of Battlestar Galactica Will Include Webisodes

Author: Eclipse7015
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:28 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

Interesting
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Galactica :: Congrats to BSG

Author: Eclipse7015
Subject: Congrats to BSG
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:26 am (GMT -5)
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Winning 2 Emmys, thought just not the Big Ones

Special Class, Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program: "Battlestar Galactica: Razor Featurette 4," Sci Fi Channel.com.

Visual Effects for a Series: "Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth In Me," Sci Fi Channel.
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Galactica :: Hefler in new game

Author: Eclipse7015
Subject: Hefler in new game
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:24 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

We know that Tricia (Six) Hefler is voicing Black Cat in the new Spider-Man cartoon, well she is also voicing her in the new Spidey game Spider-Man: Web of Shadows out in October. HEre is the article

Helfer Voicing Web of Shadows's Black Cat
Source:Activision September 19, 2008

Activision has alerted us that current star of the new "Spectacular Spider-Man" series and "Battlestar Galactica," Tricia Helfer, is lending her voice to the mischievous Black Cat in the upcoming "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows" video game.

Originally a fashion model and winner of the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest, Tricia pursued a full-time acting career in 2002 with her start on the television series "Jeremiah." She's since starred in leading roles in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Spiral," and the paranormal drama TV series "Supernatural."

Look for Tricia on the "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows" community site � SeizeControl.com - where she will be announcing various upcoming activities and answering questions as they roll in from all over the Marvel Universe.
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Original Galactica :: Happy Birthday Galactica!

Author: cbspock
Subject: Happy Birthday Galactica!
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:35 pm (GMT -5)
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http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/

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Galactica :: Final Half of Battlestar Galactica Will Include Webisodes

Author: cbspock
Subject: Final Half of Battlestar Galactica Will Include Webisodes
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:47 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

Final Half of Battlestar Galactica Will Include Webisodes
The later half of the fourth and final season of "Battlestar Galactica" will be accompanied by another set of "The Resistance"-style webisodes:

"Yes, we are doing webisodes but when they are premiering I am not positive", executive producer David Eick told Newsarama. "Like the webisodes we have done before, they will continue on the story threads that don�t make the cut. I don�t want to give too much away but they are going to follow the same paradigm as we�ve done before."

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Off-Topic :: Stargate Atlantis cancelled...as a series

Author: Eclipse7015
Subject: Stargate Atlantis cancelled...as a series
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:02 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

Season 5 will be the last season for Stargate Atlantis. It will move forward as a series of 2 hour TV movies and DVDs. Personally I hate this idea, Atlantis was a great series. Just a heads up for you.
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Galactica :: BSG Season 1...two seperate scores

Author: cbspock
Subject: BSG Season 1...two seperate scores
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:55 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

Getting any series from script to air is a complex process, and along the way, people make little mistakes, ideas change and sometimes we lose track of things. After all, we�re only human (or are we Cylons?).

Here�s an amusing mistake that no one noticed for years: a pivotal scene in Season 1 has been floating around with two distinctly different scores! After all, we had multiple Main Titles and multiple DVD releases. Why not have multiple scores?

If you live in the United States, pull out your Season 1 DVD set and cue up Kobol�s Last Gleaming, Part I. The episode�s climax is where Kara disobeys direct orders and jumps away in the Cylon raider, heading back to Caprica. As you can hear, the score for this moment is a bed of drums lifted from the miniseries soundtrack (click on the screenshots for video, you�ll need Quicktime):

http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/
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However, this is not how the scene was originally broadcast. Indeed, the US broadcast version and all foreign DVD releases, were subtly different. I also found the score was different on the Season 1 box set that Best Buy sold in the States as �The UK Version,� released prior to the official Season 1 set.

In these other versions, this pivotal scene was underscored with a bed of drums lifted (quite obviously) from the Main Title drum montage:

his was first noticed when someone preparing the Japanese edition Season 1 DVD caught the difference. Whoever this guy is, he pays attention to detail! BG sound designer Daniel Colman looked into it and asked my help in trying to figure out how it happened. I, naturally, had no idea, but did remember that we tried out multiple variations on the mix stage when the producers didn�t like my original idea. Daniel told me that the LTRT version (with the �Main Title Drums�) is the one that broadcast on domestic television and all foreign language versions of the show. The 5.1 mix (with the �Miniseries Drums�) appears only on the American Season 1 DVD set.

Now, I�m curious about the Canadian broadcast and DVD versions. Do any of you know which version of the music ended up there? What about the short-lived HD-DVD version? Which version of the score ended up on that?

Since the discovery of this little mistake, a new 5.1 version has been made so that all subsequent US DVD releases of Season 1 will match their international and broadcast counterparts. Presumably this means the inevitable blue-ray edition will be corrected, and thus different from the first DVD release.

It should be fairly obvious that neither of these versions are what I originally wrote for the scene, since they are both edited in from various other episodes. There were several situations where the producers felt my score didn�t capture everything they wanted and opted to instead edit in something else I�d already written. This happened with some regularity on Season 1 and has become increasingly rare since (and has actually never occurred at all since the middle of Season 3). I credit this trend to two factors. First, my experience and familiarity with the series and the producers have made me a better judge of what they are looking for, and I�ve undeniably become a better composer in this time as well. And secondly, the producers� familiarity with me has allowed them to trust my instincts more.

I must confess the producers� reasons for axing this cue were sound. They wanted to amp up the tension before Kara jumps, and also amp up the profound, quasi-religious impact that her actions have on the story. In the intervening seasons since Kobol�s Last Gleaming, I have learned that the final cue of any episode must be either very intense (for action scenes) or very subtle (for dramatic impact). The score cue I originally wrote here strove for the middle ground and, as a result, was not really passionate in either direction.

So, just for fun� I�m presenting a third version of the scene, that no one has ever seen before. Here is the scene, with the original score that I wrote for it intact:
t�s honestly not that bad, although I�ve gotten used to hearing the boy soprano at the end (which was edited in from a previous cue in that episode). However, I do like the dark and ominous quotations of Kara�s Theme throughout this piece that root the scene in her character arc.

As for the difference between the broadcast and DVD versions, I�m astonished that anyone caught it at all� yet part of me is surprised that astute BG fans haven�t been asking me about it for years.

So Say We All!

-Bear

PS: Confused about the �Mx� in the Title? �VFX� is industry short-hand for �Visual Effects,� while �SFX� stands for �Sound Effects.� Back in the day, someone cleverly adopted the abbreviation �MX� for �Music.�
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Galactica :: RE: Hasbro license up at EOY

Author: Eclipse7015
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:31 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

BSG is dying out, with such long breaks between seasons, fans are just waiting for the end. The toys are pretty much the same way, with huge delays between shipments.
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Galactica :: Hasbro license up at EOY

Author: cbspock
Subject: Hasbro license up at EOY
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:06 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

ActionFigs.com: We're aware that Hasbro's license for Battlestar Galactica expires at the end of the year, and many collectors are saddened because the BSG ships are often highly thought of (and most are highly sought-after!). Might Hasbro pursue future BSG licenses? Has the BSG Titanium line been doing as strongly as hoped? How did it rate compared to Star Wars Titaniums? We've seen listings for the BSG Titanium Basestar, will this piece be released before the license is up, and will there be any other new BSG Titaniums released (like Hasbro's previously-mentioned Cylon Heavy Raider)?
Hasbro: Right now our plan is to just focus on Star Wars for the assortment for 2009 and beyond. We do not do comparisons across licenses, but we're very glad to have had the chance to produce some great Battlestar vehicles. The Cylon Basestar will be the last BSg Titanium vehicle released, coming out in the last wave this year.

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Galactica :: Galactica news...prequel movie

Author: cbspock
Subject: Galactica news...prequel movie
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:26 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

Those of you who love the new Battlestar Galactica will be excited to learn that in addition to Caprica (which debuts later this year), a new BSG prequel TV movie has been green-lit, which will be directed by Edward James Olmos. It will apparently air in 2009, following the conclusion of the final 11 episodes of Battlestar (currently set for broadcast on Sci-Fi in January). Here's the synopsis:

"In the beginning, the Cylons had a plan, but it didn't account for one thing: survivors. During the chaotic aftermath of the nuclear destruction, two powerful Cylon agents struggle with plots and priorities on the human ships that got away and among the resistance fighters who were left behind."

Also, producer David Eick and Sci-Fi have revealed that each of the final 11 episodes of Battlestar may air in "extended" versions. And word is that Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.0 will arrive on DVD here in the States on 12/30. The U.K. release has already been announced for 10/6. We're hoping for Blu-ray news soon as well.

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Galactica :: Win signed lithographs of Starbuck and Number Six

Author: jayleo
Subject: Win signed lithographs of Starbuck and Number Six
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:23 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

BattlestarOnline.com is giving away BSG lithographs signed by artist Steve Anderson. You can visit their website for all the details or to enter the drawing: http://www.battlestaronline.com/email.html

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Galactica :: RE: CAPRICA teaser here

Author: Eclipse7015
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:48 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3

indeed...
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Galactica :: RE: CAPRICA teaser here

Author: cbspock
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:00 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3

Fascinating.

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Galactica :: RE: CAPRICA teaser here

Author: bluesunburn
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:56 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3

Interesting...

Galactica :: RE: ComicCon�s Entire Hour-Long GALACTICA Panel Is Online

Author: cbspock
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:03 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

That would have been even worse than the last episode of Galactica, with the lunar module.

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