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Battlestar Galactica: Season 4

post #1 of 936
2/13/08 at 2:57am
Thread Starter 
I don't think there's a thread for this, or if there was it got eaten.

I was just reading in the (Canadian) paper that Vancouver had a bunch of shows gearing up to go right back into production now that the strike is over, and BSG is among them. Apparently the sets were never struck, and they can get back to shooting the 10 or so episodes remaining fairly quickly. I don't know whether they're still planning to air the whole season interrupted or go with that lame plan to chop up the season into two chunks and air the second in 2009, but at least it looks like the show is definitely back on track.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...nt/Television/
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post #2 of 936
2/13/08 at 3:00am
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Originally Posted by The Prankster View Post
I was just reading in the (Canadian) paper that Vancouver had a bunch of shows gearing up to go right back into production now that the strike is over, and BSG is among them. Apparently the sets were never struck, and they can get back to shooting the 10 or so episodes remaining fairly quickly.
So say we all.
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post #3 of 936
2/13/08 at 3:26am
So say we all!
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post #4 of 936
2/13/08 at 3:27am
Frack yeah.

...

Sorry.
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post #5 of 936
2/13/08 at 4:11am
yeah, just finish this up before something else can go wrong.
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post #6 of 936
2/13/08 at 10:22am
Best news to wake up to in the morning! So say we all!
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post #7 of 936
2/13/08 at 12:00pm
Nerds.


Seriously though, this is great news. I've just caught the show on DVD and am loving every single minute.

Watching season four in episodic form is going to be tough as it is, I hope they don't split the season up like they did with season 2.


Ah, to heck with it: "So say we all."
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post #8 of 936
2/13/08 at 4:55pm
Thread Starter 
Wow, I'm psychic. Devin just posted an article about this.
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post #9 of 936
2/14/08 at 1:01am
Actually the end of Battlestar has been on YouTube for a while

SPOILERS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ZyF8_HHe8

SPOILERS!
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post #10 of 936
2/14/08 at 1:08am
...wow.
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post #11 of 936
2/14/08 at 1:56am
Hmmm... it ws both lame and kinda cool. I'll give them points for doing some great CG model work.

Anyways.... looks like, 'cause of that strike thing, that we could get a break up of season four DVD's just like what Universal did with season 2:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bat...-Season-4/8990

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Rumors say the 4th Season will be split on DVD due to the WGA Strike
Posted by David Lambert
2/13/2008

With the Writers Guild of America strike coming to a close, a lot of post-strike analysis is going to concentrate on the "winners" and the "losers" in this battle. Let's face it though, the fans were the biggest losers in all of this. With no new episodes being written, all of our favorite programs got pushed aside in favor of "more of the same" reality shows that we've seen time and time again. In the final tally, we see that some scripted series will get a handful more episodes this "season", others will wait until next season, and still others simply got the axe.

What about TV-DVDs, though? How did the strike end up affecting the home video release pattern of current shows? We're still waiting to see the fallout on this, and we won't know the extent of it for weeks or months, but our first indication has come to light in the form of Battlestar Galactica.

After Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the first season DVD set in the last half of 2005, at a $59.99 list price, fans were generally unhappy to see the second season split into two different DVD packages ("Season 2.0" and "Season 2.5"), sold at a list price of $49.99 each. The reason for the break-up was because the Sci Fi Channel had split the broadcast season up into "summer" and "winter" groups, with a three-month hiatus in the fall (like they did with Stargate SG-1), so that their shows wouldn't have to compete with the fall network premieres for ratings. That translated into a nine-month lag between the half-season DVD sets, though!

Why? Universal certainly wanted the 2.0 set out in stores before the broadcast premiere of the second half of the season, to maximize their sales of that set. But then the studio held off releasing the 2.5 set, until they could schedule it timed to be near the premiere date of the third season, and tie in those events with each other.

Fans were glad, then, that Sci Fi aired the third season straight through, with no mid-season lag. This resulted in the upcoming Season 3 DVDs - due March 18th - containing all 20 episodes for $59.99 SRP. The double-length Pegasus flashback story, called Razor ($26.99 SRP), is technically part of the fourth season, but came to DVD on its own this past December (it can be watched after seeing the second season, as it contains no spoilers for the third or fourth).

When the strike started back on November 5th, shooting on Galactica continued until the 16th, using already-completed scripts. Of the 20 episodes ordered for the 4th and final season (leaving Razor out of that count), 11 had been completed by the time production was suspended. Creator Ronald D. Moore blogged at the time his "frakking" promise that Galactica would surely be back, and with the strike now over the staff will be gearing up to shoot those remaining episodes. It looks like production will resume sometime next month (March). The first half of the fourth season will debut on the Sci Fi Channel on April 4th, but a decision is still pending on when the strike-delayed second half of the final season would be broadcast.

How does all of this affect the DVDs? We've gotten word from multiple trusted sources (giving us this info separately from each other), that Universal Studios Home Entertainment has decided to release Battlestar Galactica - Season 4.0 late this year. Very late, is the indication (but no date has been finalized, as far as we know). As before, we expect it to be timed for release before the broadcast premiere of the second half of the season, to maximize sales. The "4.0" package will contain the episodes that have already aired by that time, with the final episodes eventually getting released on a "Season 4.5" set down the road...probably in 2009.

So instead of getting one season set with a list price of $60, and getting 20 episodes all at the same time, the strike-induced hiatus means fans will instead have to pick up two separate packages at a list price of $50 for each one. And be patient during the wait between release dates. Can Ronald D. Moore and the other producers of the show, along with the studio, pack these two releases with enough extras to make it up to the fans? We'll have to wait to hear about that.

Until then we hear nothin' but the rain...grab your gun and bring the cat in. BG fans who recognize that reference, pour yourself an extra glass of ambrosia!
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post #12 of 936
2/23/08 at 5:14am
SciFi's News Release on S4:

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SCI FI's Emmy and Peabody-Winning Series Returns March 28 With Two Back-To-Back Half-Hour Specials

NEW YORK - February 12, 2008 - The wait is finally over for Battlestar Galactica fans. SCI FI's Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series returns for its fourth original season on Friday, March 28 @ 10pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will premiere the following week, Friday, April 4 @ 10pm ET/PT.

Battlestar Galactica: Revisited (10pm) will serve up the essential information on the series' past three seasons, providing the uninitiated with an introduction to the characters, relationships and spine-tingling drama that have captured the imagination of audiences around the world. Galactica's executive producers, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick serve as guides, providing insights and revelations about the critically-acclaimed series.

Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon (10:30pm) is a celebrity-studded celebration of the show's impact on pop culture. Interviewees, including Seth Green, country music's Top Male Vocalist of 2007 Brad Paisley, and The Soup's Joel McHale, and others, wax poetic about why Battlestar Galactica is one of the best frakkin' shows on television.

As season 4 opens, the last remnants of humanity continue their search for a new home, the thin line that separates them from the rapidly evolving Cylons is being redrawn. Galactica's crew, rocked by Starbuck's sudden and mysterious return from the dead – and her claims that she has been to Earth and can lead them there – attempts to make sense of the inexplicable. Meanwhile, four members of the fleet are still reeling from the revelation that they are Cylons and have been all along.

Battlestar Galactica is the gripping saga of humanity's last remnants and their struggle to find a new home while fleeing from their deadly Cylon enemies. Redefining the space opera with its gritty realism, Galactica's intensity, issues-driven topicality, and command performances have garnered it numerous awards, including an Emmy and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. The show was recognized by the American Film Institute (AFI) as one of the most outstanding programs of the year two years running. The series is from Universal Media Studios and is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. The outstanding ensemble cast is led by Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com ) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 93 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

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And LJ user Dryope has posted the new promo pics in her journal:

SEASON 4 PROMO PICS pt.1

SEASON 4 PROMO PICS pt.2
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post #13 of 936
2/23/08 at 10:48am
And a new promo hit the net. Nothing spectacular but April can´t be here fast enough.
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post #14 of 936
2/23/08 at 3:26pm
Thread Starter 
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Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon (10:30pm) is a celebrity-studded celebration of the show's impact on pop culture. Interviewees, including Seth Green, country music's Top Male Vocalist of 2007 Brad Paisley, and The Soup's Joel McHale, and others, wax poetic about why Battlestar Galactica is one of the best frakkin' shows on television.
Quoted for bizarreness.
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post #15 of 936
2/23/08 at 8:49pm
So, Baltar's a prophet to the one true God now.
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post #16 of 936
3/1/08 at 3:28pm
Ever wanted to see the cast of BSG re-enact the last supper?

Today is your lucky day
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post #17 of 936
3/6/08 at 4:00am
That picture is a little bit older. The article that runs with it gives vague hints about each character's positions and clues to the Season. Entertainment Weekly.
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post #18 of 936
3/7/08 at 11:06am
Seasons 1-3 in 8:31. Informative and funny.
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post #19 of 936
3/20/08 at 5:27am
Collider has some nice new footage and info on the new season.
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post #20 of 936
3/20/08 at 11:30am
The cast read Letterman's top ten last night, and I'm here to say that I would throw it all away for Grace Park.

(Well, ok, not really. But maybe I can talk my wife into putting on a LT Valerii uniform. That'd be worth paying another $30k/yr in tuition 18 years hence.)
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post #21 of 936
3/20/08 at 11:35am
Yeah. Everyone has the hots for Number 6, but Park really is Teh Hotnessss in this show.
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post #22 of 936
3/20/08 at 11:52am
Park is all sorts of hotness but I also have a thing for Madam President.
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post #23 of 936
3/20/08 at 2:39pm
While I love Park, I still think that the Xena/Xylon (edit: oh God, I apologise) is unbeatable.
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post #24 of 936
3/27/08 at 2:32pm
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Park is all sorts of hotness but I also have a thing for Madam President.
This.
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post #25 of 936
3/27/08 at 10:44pm
Most of the cast had some trouble with their lines. In the new GQ Helfer, Park and Sackhoff are Barbarelled up.
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post #26 of 936
3/28/08 at 4:08am
I guess I'm the only one who prefers Sackhoff. That little minx.
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post #27 of 936
3/28/08 at 5:07am
I never thought Sackoff was that fanciable, but she was all kinds of simmering sauce in Bionic Woman.
Id cross an ocean of dying kittens with inter-species A.I.D.S for a crack at Ms Park.
Anyone seen this? Last sequence looks to have Baltar interacting with the Baltar that Caprica Six can see. I don't even know what the fuck to think about that.
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post #28 of 936
3/28/08 at 5:26am
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I guess I'm the only one who prefers Sackhoff. That little minx.
Rest assured, Overlord, you're not alone.
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post #29 of 936
3/28/08 at 7:17am
WE ARE CYLONS!!

(...and we've all been since the beginning...)
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post #30 of 936
3/28/08 at 7:46am
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I guess I'm the only one who prefers Sackhoff. That little minx.
I'm with you man. You are not alone.
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post #31 of 936
3/28/08 at 7:48am
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Rest assured, Overlord, you're not alone.
See, that's the thing about BSG: it's got something for everyone, even McCain fetishists!
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post #32 of 936
3/28/08 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by FrankCobretti View Post
See, that's the thing about BSG: it's got something for everyone, even McCain fetishists!
Yup. There's Saul Tigh just for them.
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post #33 of 936
3/28/08 at 10:05pm
I like svelte Sackhoff.
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post #34 of 936
3/28/08 at 10:14pm
Anders looks funny in the pilot's uniform. And thinner? Or does that uniform just not fit him.
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post #35 of 936
3/28/08 at 10:59pm
I'm giving the go-ahead for Lee Adama. If Helo had a brain, I'd probably give him the edge.

GTA4. Season 4 of BSG. The end of the hiatus for Lost. April brings great things.
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post #36 of 936
3/29/08 at 2:13am
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I'm giving the go-ahead for Lee Adama. If Helo had a brain, I'd probably give him the edge.
Why choose? I'll take them both. Actually, I was gonna toss the Bamceps in, just to equalize things, so it's good to see that someone else already has.

One week, people. One week.
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post #37 of 936
3/29/08 at 8:06am
Aw crap, just realized I don't have sci-fi in HD. I can't go back to the squished heads and the low-def! Damn you Time Warner!
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post #38 of 936
3/29/08 at 10:57am
How will watching the show in 4:3 give you squished heads?
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post #39 of 936
3/29/08 at 4:16pm
I just hope they don't wait until the last episode to show the 12th cylon...but i'm stoked I just wish April 4th would hurry up and get here.
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post #40 of 936
3/31/08 at 7:04pm
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Originally Posted by alexc. View Post
Aw crap, just realized I don't have sci-fi in HD. I can't go back to the squished heads and the low-def! Damn you Time Warner!
Universal HD has been showing the series as of late, and they are the HD versions. I was thinking about that the other day; I just finished watching Season 3 on DVD, and now I have to go back to DVRing it in standard? I'll end up watching them on SciFi and hope Universal has a quick repeat turnaround.
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post #41 of 936
4/1/08 at 5:05pm
Thank gods, my local area got SciFi HD recently.

Has everyone seen that 'What The Frak?' recap currently on SciFi's site [and on the Tivo service, I just discovered]? 12 shades of awesome. I even showed it to my [non-BSG fan] girlfriend. She has seen eps here and there, and was thoroughly entertained. Said she might even tune in this season to see what's all the hubbub. Sure, just don't ask questions during the show.
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post #42 of 936
4/1/08 at 5:14pm
My birthday is Friday, and I'm really thinking of making everyone watch this after we get back from the bar, just to be a dick.
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post #43 of 936
4/2/08 at 1:40am
Friday's episode is awesome. Get stoked or whatever you do in situations like this.
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post #44 of 936
4/2/08 at 3:57am
Glad (and more than a little jealous) to hear that. It's been so long, hard to believe the show is actually coming back.
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post #45 of 936
4/2/08 at 4:10am
I've only built up my own personal hype for BSG recently, given how long the space between seasons was. The promos for season 4 look damn exciting, and if I love the premiere, I also expect that the season will build to something even bigger.
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post #46 of 936
4/2/08 at 11:30am
I've got a bag of white cheddar popcorn, a bottle of Ketel One in the freezer, and a box of Milk Duds, all ready for Friday night. Just wish I could get Sci-Fi in HD.
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post #47 of 936
4/2/08 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by Jacob Singer
Just wish I could get Sci-Fi in HD.
You could always head out to your local sci-fi bar and watch it on one of the big screens there.
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post #48 of 936
4/2/08 at 11:35am
I have just recently rewatched the most important episodes. And I am absolutely stoked.
All needed supplies are stacked as well.
Friday night can come now.

Though does anybody know if they show the whole season at once or is there gonna be a break after the tenth or so and then we will get the rest in 2009?
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post #49 of 936
4/2/08 at 11:37am
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Originally Posted by Pop Zeus View Post
I've only built up my own personal hype for BSG recently, given how long the space between seasons was.
As well as the space between the end of the season and the DVD release!

We started watching the DVDs of the first and second seasons as the third season was being aired, and since SF seems completely opposed to the idea of re-running episodes, except in the middle of the night or in marathon batches that we always seemed to miss (naturally, they're cramming in another one in the leadup for the new season), we had to wait an eternity for the third season on DVD. We finally got caught up last night.

Do special conditions apply for this series and the Sci-Fi Channel or something? It seems like there's this huge gap in quality between the channel's usual fare and this show; you'd think they'd want to put it on in primetime during the week and re-run it constantly, instead of showing the cheap-ass space monster movies that always seem to be on.
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post #50 of 936
4/2/08 at 11:44am
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As well as the space between the end of the season and the DVD release!

We started watching the DVDs of the first and second seasons as the third season was being aired, and since SF seems completely opposed to the idea of re-running episodes, except in the middle of the night or in marathon batches that we always seemed to miss (naturally, they're cramming in another one in the leadup for the new season), we had to wait an eternity for the third season on DVD. We finally got caught up last night.

Do special conditions apply for this series and the Sci-Fi Channel or something? It seems like there's this huge gap in quality between the channel's usual fare and this show; you'd think they'd want to put it on in primetime during the week and re-run it constantly, instead of showing the cheap-ass space monster movies that always seem to be on.
All great questions, and I have no answers for you. I was hoping that this show would bring about some decent programming for the channel...

Anyway... HD Battlestar on Friday has gotten me VERY happy.
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