[Press Release - Released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment]

Universal City, California, July 17, 2009 – Television's most thrilling science fiction adventure makes a stunning turnabout when Battlestar Galactica: The Plan debuts on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD on October 27, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. For the first time ever, fans can experience the uncut and uncensored story of humanity's futuristic fight for survival through the eyes of their deadly adversaries, the Cylons. This never-before-seen perspective of the Cylon plan reunites the series' original television cast, including Emmy® Award winner Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver), Dean Stockwell (JAG), Tricia Helfer (Burn Notice), Grace Park (The Cleaner) and Callum Keith Rennie (Californication). Ronald D. Moore and David Eick return as executive producers.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan's executive producer and writer Jane Espenson added, "Edward James Olmos was our director on the movie, and he did an amazing job. He also shot some great footage that we are not able to show on TV, so I'm thrilled that viewers can experience it uncut as our director envisioned it."

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan includes the uncensored 90-minute feature and revealing bonus features that take viewers onto the set of the most unexpected twist ever in the intergalactic saga's history. Interactive features available exclusively on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def include the new Battlestar Galactica Trivia Game, as well as Universal's acclaimed U-CONTROL™ and BD-Live™ experience. With Blu-ray™ Hi-Def, viewers can enjoy Battlestar Galactica: The Plan's stunning visuals with perfect picture and the purest digital sound available.

During four spellbinding seasons on the SCI FI Channel (now Syfy), Battlestar Galactica's vivid reimagining of the classic television series earned a legion of devoted fans, as well as unfettered critical acclaim, and Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 2007 and 2008 and a Peabody Award in 2008. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan is priced at $39.98 SRP on Blu-rayTM Hi-Def and $26.98 SRP on DVD. Preorder close is Sept. 8, 2009.

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN - BONUS FEATURES

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD takes viewers deeper into the acclaimed space drama with exclusive bonus features, including:
EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF:

BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to download more exclusive content, the latest trailers and more!
- MY SCENES: Bookmark your favorite scenes from the movie.
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TRIVIA: All-new trivia game.

BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF and DVD):

- DELETED SCENES
- FROM ADMIRAL TO DIRECTOR: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS AND THE PLAN – A day-in-the-life with director and actor Edward James Olmos, as he tackles the most ambitious Battlestar Galactica production to date.
- THE CYLONS OF THE PLAN – Features interviews with the actors who play the film's key Cylons, including Dean Stockwell, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Trucco, Rick Worthy and Michael Bennett.
- THE CYLON ATTACK – This featurette takes viewers behind the scenes for the planning and execution of one of Battlestar Galactica: The Plan's major action sequences.
- BEHIND THE PLAN - An in-depth look at some stunning visual effects and the role post-production plays in bringing the world of Battlestar Galactica to life.
- FILMMAKER COMMENTARY

SYNOPSIS

Battlestar Galatica: The Plan. The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors, the Cylons have to improvise. Battlestar Galatica: The Plan tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task.

An inspired, visually stunning reimagining of the 1978 series of the same name, Battlestar Galactica captured the imaginations of a new generation of fans with its gritty realism, compelling storylines and commanding performances. The show garnered numerous awards, including two Emmys® and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and was recognized by the American Film Institute (AFI) as one of the most outstanding television programs of the year for two years running. In March 2009, Battlestar Galactica's impassioned explorations of today's hot-button issues, including politics, terrorism, treatment of prisoners and religion, even inspired the United Nations to host a special panel to discuss the questions it has raised. The series is from Universal Cable Productions and is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick.

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN
TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Blu-ray™ Hi-Def
Street Date: October 27, 2009
Copyright: 2009 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 61110464
Price: $39.98
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Rating: Not Rated

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN
TECHNICAL INFORMATION

DVD
Street Date: October 27, 2009
Copyright: 2009 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 61107967
Price: $26.98
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Rating: Not Rated

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN To Be Released on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Download

Angel of Death

Synopsis: Angel of Death is an action packed thriller about a remorseless assassin, Eve (Zoe Bell), employed by a ruthless crime family. After suffering a severe head trauma while on the job, she begins to hallucinate and becomes haunted by her victims. As a result of her injury, Eve is driven to seek revenge on those who ordered the hits in the first place -- her mob employers.

Cast: Zoe Bell

Recommendations: This is the complete miniseries that was released on Crackle.com. I started watching it and enjoyed it, although I never ended up finishing it.

Buy it: ANGEL OF DEATH on Amazon

Battlestar Galactica (Season 4.5)

Recommendations: The second half of the final season from Battlestar Galactica is a definite must for fans of the show.

Buy it: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4.5 on Amazon (also available on Blu-ray)

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

Recommendations: By now you guys know how much I love Doctor Who, and so this one is a definite must for me.

Buy it: DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD on Amazon (also available on Blu-ray)

Dollhouse (Season 1)

Recommendations: I stopped watching Dollhouse after two episodes, so I can't really comment on it much, but some people seem to enjoy it.

Buy it: DOLLHOUSE on Amazon (also available on Blu-ray)

The Middleman (The Complete Series)

Recommendations: Unfortunately, The Middleman didn't last any longer than one season, but it was definitely fun while it lasted. I think it's something you might consider renting if you enjoy comic books and pop culture references.

Buy it: THE MIDDLEMAN on Amazon

Torchwood: Children of Earth

Recommendations: Torchwood: Children of the Earth is so unbelievably good, you need to watch it even if you haven't seen the show before.

Buy it: TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH on Amazon (also available on Blu-ray)

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New TV on DVD Releases for the Week of July 28 2009

Check out the preview and clip at Battlestar Galactica: THE PLAN which will premiere this Fall on the Sci-Fi.

I'm kind of excited about it, especially since it seems that it will give us an even deeper insight into the Cylons.

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Battlestar Galactica: THE PLAN on Sci Fi Preview & Clip

I recently went to a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA event about "Television's Role in Making Global Issues Relevant" in anticipation of the Emmy nominations. It was a small panel including Ronald D. Moore, David Eick, Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, UN Expert Craig Mokhiber (Deputy Director - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights), and Steven Siqueira (Department of Political Affairs - Office of the US). Their visit to the UN in New York was such a success that they decided to have another event in Los Angeles.

It was really great to see people from Battlestar Galactica together, especially now that the show has ended. Which leads me to saying that I really hope this year will be the one for Battlestar Galactica to finally be nominated for some Emmys. It would be great for it to finally be recognized for what an amazing show it was, with really strong performances (stronger than a lot of other shows on TV).

But moving on to the panel. The conversation with the panel focused mostly on how Battlestar Galactica has been able to make people aware of and understand issues that the UN has been faced with for years. Turns out, the UN is a big fan of Battlestar Galactica and really admires what the show has accomplished.

The conversation focused on issues we are facing today, and we got to see a few montages of Battlestar Galactica illustrating some of the points made, which reminded me why I loved the show so much.

There was also some talk of Caprica, which, if you haven't seen the pilot yet, is about the creation of the cylon race and the lives of two powerful families, the Graystones and the Adamas (you can read our review for Caprica here). The show will also focus on the clash of two different points of view, the people that believe in one true God and the people that believe in a multitude of Gods.

Finally, we also got a sneak peek at The Plan, the Battlestar Galactica 2-hour movie event that will air on SyFy in the Fall. The Plan looks at the cylons' point of view, what their masterplan was, and how they implemented it. Edward James Olmos, who directed the movie, promised that after watching The Plan, we'll want to go back and watch Battlestar Galactica all over again.

And just so you know, the movie that will be shown on SyFy will only run 88 minutes, but the movie that will be released on DVD shortly after will have a running time of 2 hours and 6 minutes, so you might want to check out the DVD if you enjoy The Plan when it airs on TV.

Overall, it was a pretty nice evening and I really enjoyed listening to everyone's opinions and takes on issues that affect all of us.

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA & the UN LA Event

Battlestar Galactica has ruined me forever.

So here is what happened. I was in my car and listening to Morning Edition on NPR. (Yes, I listen to the radio too. Turns out you can't drive AND watch TV at the same time. Stupid State Law.)

When I heard the topic of the next report, I almost spit out my coffee. The title of the report was

"Face-Off Over 'Fracking': Water Battle Brews On Hill"

My heart skips a beat as I start imagining that there is maybe news of a new 'Battlestar Galactica' series. Needless to say that I was slightly disapointed when it turns out that the topic of show was about....wait for it...."Hydraulic Fracturing" aka "Fracking".

Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with "Hydraulic Fracturing", it is

the process of injecting a million gallons or more of water and chemicals deep underground to pry out gas that's locked away in tight spaces.

(NPR.com)

However dirty that sounds, it has nothing to do with Frakking as it is said in BSG. It was still freaking hilarious to hear the very serious NPR reporter talk about "Fracking."

Favorite quote: "Fracking is all about pressure" (Frak Yeah, Dude)

Listen to the entire report here

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When Frakking Goes Wrong...

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "Daybreak" Part 2 (Series Finale) below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Finale "Daybreak" part 2

Would you like to watch a Battlestar Galactica episode online or from your computer?

Here at Daemon's TV, we have decided to put together a comprehensive list of all the online sites you can watch or download your favorite TV shows. Today, we put together a list of links to find Battlestar Galactica episodes.

So without further ado, here is a list of web sites where you can find Battlestar Galactica episodes.

1) Amazon Video On Demand

Watch the Battlestar Galactica The Mini-Series that started it all.

Watch any episode from Battlestar Galactica Season One

Watch any episode from Battlestar Galactica Season Two

Watch any episode from Battlestar Galactica Season Three

Watch any episode from the last season of Battlestar Galactica Season Four (Final Season)

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2) Graboid.com

Watch TV Online for Free. Over 25,000 of your favorite TV episodes. Absolutely free.
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3) Fancast

Watch the latest episodes of Battlestar Galactica on Fancast.com.

Caveat: Commercial interruption and new episodes only available next day

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Watch Battlestar Galactica Episodes Online

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "Daybreak" (Season 4 Episode 18) below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Daybreak" Season 4 Episode 19 - Part 1

Three more episode to go. Really not certain how they are going to wrap this BSG season up.

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "Islanded In A Stream of Stars" (Season 4 Episode 18) below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4 Episode 18 "Islanded In A Stream of Stars"

Ok last week was disappointing. The final five Cylons are not all they are cracked up to be.

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "Someone To Watch Over Me" (Season 4 Episode 17) below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4 Episode 17 "Someone To Watch Over Me"

A few weeks back, after the revelation of Ellen Tigh as the final Cylon, Ron D. Moore and Kate Vernon took some time to answer a few questions in a conference call with the press about the final episodes of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.

Here is what they had to say:

(To Ron D. Moore) At one point did you decide Ellen was the Cylon, and why did you pick her?

Ron D. Moore: I was trying to figure out exactly when I picked Ellen, and I'm not quite sure exactly. It was some time in the third season. I think the option of presenting her as one of the final Cylons was sort of kicking around for a while, but we really didn't have an intention of revealing all four of the final four Cylons in the season finale until we were breaking that actual episode. So there wasn't really a focus on delineating exactly who the final five were for quite a while, but I think Ellen's name was kicking around the office in terms of, well who could the remaining Cylons be, and maybe it would be Ellen. And we kind of put a pin in that. "But yes, that might be cool. Maybe we'll get back to that some day." And it wasn't really until after we had decided to reveal four of the final five in that season finale that then it become, you know, a more pressing question. And then in-between the two seasons we went on a writers' retreat and talked about everything in detail, and Ellen was the primary candidate to be the fifth Cylon, but we were very open to sort of, you know, a wider discussion.
"Well we think it's this Ellen. Let's say she's the leading candidate. But who are the others?" And we talked about other possibilities, but none of them really held water. None of them made sense, and none of them really gave us much, so we stuck with Ellen. And I would say it worked primarily because of her relationship with Tigh. It really sort of anchored that couple as something that was very special. And I liked the fact that, you know, Ellen as a character was an off-camera presence right from the beginning of the show in the mini-series. We started hearing about Tigh's wife, and it was one of his key defining characteristics, and so we knew she was important in the mythology of the show.
And I liked the idea of saying that this couple had been together a very long time that this couple was something special, that they were sort of this eternal romance and this eternal love, which I really thought was real interesting and cool. And it completed sort of the framework of the final five. And it just fit, you know, it all kind of fit. It also made the fact that Tigh had killed his wife back on New Caprica even richer and more complicated and filled with more ironies and more, you know, conflicted feelings about what was happening and what the story was. And so that's essentially how the process went.

Who was the first runner up?

Ron D. Moore: Oh, I knew you were going to ask that. I think we, you know, we just kind of threw them all out. I don't know that there was a second - I mean we talked about Dualla we talked about Gaeta. We talked about, you know, all of our regulars, and we talked about - we dismissed Eddie and Mary pretty quickly, because we kind of say, "Well it could be - what if it was Adama, what if it was Laura."
I felt that that took something away from the show that it actually would hurt us, because it felt like once they said Adama was a Cylon, it just felt like part of the journey itself wasn't right and didn't have the same meaning that I wanted it to, so they kind of fell out early.
And then we talked briefly about Dualla and Gaeta and just didn't - they were interesting characters, but it didn’t feel like it heightened the stakes.

(To Ron D. Moore) Has this trip gone the way you expected it?

Ron D. Moore: No, certainly not. You know, I didn't anticipate the critical acclaim of the show. I didn't anticipate, you know, how deeply it would penetrate out into the general audience and, you know, that it would be talked about as much as it is, and get the awards that it has and, you know, that it would have this kind of spotlight on it. I just sort of thought that it was a good show.
I believed in what we were doing, and I thought it would be special and something that I could be proud of. But that was about as far as it went. And in terms of creatively, I'm very surprised at where we ended up. You know, all the characters and the mythologies. And none of that I had in the beginning. I just sort of trusted that we would figure it out, and we did. But I didn't really have a grand master plan of how it was all going to fit together.

Was there a point along the way though where you sort of felt like you were getting to the direction you wanted to go?

Ron D. Moore: Yes, I mean right from the first season I felt like, you know, the first season was a lot about experimentation and trying different structures in terms of storytelling and, you know, what fit the show, what did not fit the show. And by the end of that first season, I figured that I had the answer. Well this is the show, and I sort of understood where we were going and what it was about. And, you know, what was the best way that Galactica could tell the stories.

(To Kate Vernon) How hard was it to keep this a secret? Was it difficult not to just blurt it out every time you talked to anybody?

Kate Vernon: Oh gosh, this has been - yes there were waves of intense agony and frustration, and then I would completely forget about it. I mean I had two years to ride the - I think we decided it was around that long - that amount of time, Ron. I'm not exactly chronologically sure, but it was a really long time.
So within that enormous amount of time, I did actually forget about it for a minute. But for the most part, this was something I wanted to talk about desperately just because it was such an honor to have been given this role.
When they killed me off, I went up to Ron and I looked him straight in the eyes and I said, "Isn't there any way I can come back? Is there any way I'm coming back?" And he just looked at me very gently and assuredly said no.
And so I was done, you know, in Ron's eyes. But in my heart, you know, I personally had a love affair with Ellen as an actress and this show, and so I never let go of it. And Ron can attest to that, because I called him several times. And bless you Ron for taking all of my phone calls.

Ron D. Moore: Well I, you know, on my side of it, you know, killing off Ellen was great creatively. It was one of those big sort of like, "Whoa, that's a great ending. Man, that's going to be powerful." And it was a great excitement about what it was. But, you know, it was hard to let go of the character, it was hard to say that, "Oh, Ellen's not going to be in the show anymore."
And I would say legitimately probably the hardest moment or one of - probably the hardest moment of my experience on the show was calling Kate Vernon and saying, "We're killing off your character."
It was really - it was just - it was a really emotional - it was really heartbreaking and it was painful. It was painful to do that, and it was - I think that on some level I carried that with me a lot, and I think it certainly gave me impetus to want to bring her back. Let's put it that way.

Coming full circle, was there ever even a minute where you were tempted to have a crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 at the end of the show?

Ron D. Moore: No.

(To Kate Vernon) Give us a little preview. Now that we know that you're back for a handful of episodes 'til the end of the series, what kinds of stuff, without too much in the way of spoilers, will we see you doing?

Ron D. Moore: Talking. Lots of talking.

Kate Vernon: Yes, I'll be talking. I'll be walking and talking. I get to reunite with my husband in the good old fashioned way that they do. Let's see, I can't really talk too much about that without spilling something right, Ron?

Ron D. Moore: Yes, I think that's - just saying that you reunite along is - it's probably enough.

Kate Vernon: Okay. See I'm a little nervous about talking about anything.

Ron D. Moore: Yes, the trick is from now to the end of the series, it's pretty much one continuous story. And so we don't want to give any of the building blocks away, because then you'll kind of know where the current story (parks) too. So we're just trying to be as opaque about what's left as we can.

(To Ron D. Moore) What was your reaction to the reaction of these deaths last week? Obviously the fan base went kind of nuts. Some of them thought it was the most brilliant thing, some of them saw it coming. Some of them said, "Why did you kill the one black character?" I mean it was all sorts of interesting response to it. What was your reaction to the reaction?

Ron D. Moore: Oh I'm pleased. You know, it got a huge response, and that's what you go for. You try to get a response out of your audience. You know, you try to go out every once in a while you want to reach out and grab you by the throat and say, feel something, you know, Have a reaction. Get involved. Think. What does this mean to you? What does it mean for Dualla, you know, blows her brains out suddenly, you know, shockingly.
What does that mean? Do you care? Are you paying attention? I mean I think it's great. And people can have whatever the specific reaction is, is fine with me as long as they have a reaction; as long as they're emotionally caught up in a show and it means something to them.

Looking forward, can you give a little sense of how excited you are to get really deep into Caprica and also assuming The Plan is that going forward moving?

Ron D. Moore: The Plan is in the can, and I haven't seen the cut yet but it's, you know, the filming's been completed, and we have a lot of post production work to do. And I don't know what the street date is on it yet. I haven't heard that, but, you know, it's done and looking forward to seeing it.
Caprica's getting under way. We're putting the writer's room together as we speak. It's very exciting. It's a very different challenge. It's a very different show, and I think, you know, there's a sense of well Battlestar has set a very high bar, you know, and that's sort of makes everybody have to bring their A game. And I think that's the spirit in which we approach Caprica.

Is it kind of a creative reset button pushing, staying in the world or doing something different?

Ron D. Moore: Yes, well I don't know if it's reset, but it was - it's certainly a way of sort of capturing the energy of the first season -- of, well what is the show. Let's figure out how we tell stories here, you know, what is - who are these characters? What's it about? How are we going to, you know, tease the audience? Where are we going to take the show?
And so there's a sense of exploration, there's a sense of, you know, uncharted territory. And that's exiting and it's scary. It's scary to have to get one of these things off the ground and hope that it's all going to work out, that people will like it, and especially when, you know, everyone's going to compare it to Battlestar. But that's kind of the reason we're in the business is to take on those kinds of challenges.

(To Kate Vernon) As an actress when you find out that your character is something very different than what you're originally asked to play, how does that change your approach?

Kate Vernon: I had a lot of time to do a lot of thinking about it. And really I needed the material to see what direction Ellen was going in.
And the writers are so brilliant on this show, and the imaginations are so incredible that I really just had to open up and trust these words and trust this concept. And I had a couple of talks with Ron and couple, you know, talks with the directors about where we were going, but I'm a feeling actress. I don't necessarily just go in there intellectually and break it down on a mental level and that. I know who Ellen is, you know, and I took this new information, which was so rich and deep and profound, and I don't want to say too much about it, but the material is so well written that it guided me to through this - the change that Ellen goes through.

(To Ron D. Moore) One of he things that you're not afraid to do in the show is just kill off many, many characters. So you've got a lot of people to choose from to bring back, but it was very interesting choice to bring someone back that is so sort of morally ambiguous and not one of the good guys, not one of the bad guys. Was that key in bringing her back?

Ron D. Moore: It was certainly one of the things that made it an interesting choice. I mean I always liked Tigh and Ellen both, because they were both flawed and noble characters who tended to get in their own way. And I liked the bad choices they made as much as I enjoyed the good choices that they made. And I wanted - I loved watching them claw at each other, and I loved the fact that they just couldn't bear to be apart from one another. And it was just such a complicated relationship -- that bringing her back and revealing her to be a Cylon and he's a Cylon and they've always been Cylons and that there's something profound about that relationship. I just thought that was fascinating in that it says something about, you know, the two lovers. Usually the two lovers that transcend time are, you know, the - they just long for each other and they're just such good noble people that you hate them.
And Ellen and Tigh feel like a legitimate couple. They're a married couple who just, you know, have to go at it periodically and just have major issues and major problems and this and that. But the bond between the two of them was something that literally could not be broken. And I though that that was a really interesting and ultimately very positive thing to say.

(To Ron D. Moore) Over the course of the series, the tone the personality of the characters even has gotten increasingly more grim, more dark, more stark even. Was that from the get-go an important conscious decision to show that these guys were really going through a nomadic journey basically?

Ron D. Moore: Yes. I mean I felt it was important to never lose sight of the premise of the show, which is that the show is born in an apocalypse - that literally billions of people are wiped out, and their world was taken away from them and everything they know is gone, and all they've got are these four walls and the ceiling and the floor around them. And those are made of metal.
And that these people are nomads in the truest sense. They're going from place to place seeking, you know, an oasis, a home -- seeking a place called earth. And that in that context, I didn't want to sort of just magically say a few episodes down the line, and then they start feeling about it. And then it was fun and, you know, they just kind of life goes on, and you know, people get over it already. It just felt like to be truthful to that kind of an event, the emotional, you know, reverberations of that would continue forever. They would never really get over it. It would never be truly behind them. It would always been with them in some way. And yes, it doesn't mean that they couldn't laugh, it didn't mean that they couldn't tell jokes every once in a while, that you couldn't do stuff like that, but you had to sort of maintain the reality of where they were. And I felt that if you were able to do that, if you could be truthful to their experience as human beings in the wake of this disaster -- this unimaginable disaster - that the audience would then, you know, invest themselves in what we were doing. They would go with us on this ride, they would invest themselves in the story, they would deal with killer robots from space they would go along with whatever you wanted as long as you dealt with the human emotion of it truthfully. So that just sort of dictated that there had to be a dark and, you know, oppressive sort of air to a lot of things. That they could never really just let go and have fun again. Even when they did have fun it was always sort of with this hovering thing in the background.

(To Ron D. Moore) Just to throw another theory at you, much like the fleet is looking for the lost 13th tribe of the 12 colonies is it conceivable that Starbuck could be the lost 13th Cylon of the 12 models?

Ron D. Moore: That's an interesting theory. But I can neither confirm nor deny any theories at this point though, but enjoy, you know, enjoy.

(To Ron D. Moore) It seemed like Dee took it the hardest when they found the Earth was destroyed. Why was it her that went to pieces, when she appeared to be like one of the strongest women?

Ron D. Moore: I think it was because that; because she did appear to be one of the strongest ones. And Dee was the one that in many situations had sort of always been the voice of reason, the one that was going to try to soldier on, the one that would buck up Adama when he was down and she would buck up Lee when he was down. And there was sense of her kind of being the rock. And, you know, it was – it felt important to me that when they found Earth and Earth was a wasteland that the psychic damage from that would be profound.
I mean, this was everything that they had hoped for since the beginning of the – since the mini series. And you take that dream away from them, there's a consequence, there's a price to be paid. It didn't feel like they should, again, like I was saying earlier, they shouldn't just shrug a shoulder to move on. And it felt right that, in that circumstance, somebody would just check out. And there was something shocking about it being Dee because they had relied on her; because she had always been there. But just because a person is sort of, you know, being your rock and, you know, bucking you up doesn't mean that they don't have their own vulnerabilities and they don't have their own breaking point. And that breaking point might surprise you. And that's exactly why we decided to do it because it felt like they would all be shocked, the audience would be shocked, but it would be true. That there would be a sense of Dee, you know, on some level saying to herself but, you know, I don't think she thought about it consciously but on a subconscious level she soldiered on and this far, no farther; I don't want to soldier on anymore. I don't want to soldier on anymore and I'm going to try to feel good one last time and then I'm out of here.

(To Ron D. Moore) Should we should be drawing any parallels between the sort of nuclear holocaust on Earth and the destruction on Cobol?

Ron D. Moore: Yes.

(To Kate Vernon) How was the conversation between you and Ron and how did he sort of preface saying that you'd be coming back as the final Cylon?

Kate Vernon: Well, I don’t know if I'm going to be able to get this right. But Ron called me and, you know, his secretary said hey Katie I have Ron on the phone for you. And Ron's voice comes through the phone and he sounded really sad and kind of morose. And he's like hi Kate. I'm like hi Ron. He goes, well I spoke to the network and I'm just sorry to say that they agreed to green light this project and it's just unfortunate that you're going to have to come back to work for us. He messed with my head right up to the very minute of actually letting me know that I'm coming back.
Now I didn't know at that point what that meant. I had no idea so I was just elated that I was coming back. And then the conversation evolved into me being the fifth Cylon and that's when I wasn't sure he was talking to the right person or teasing me again. It was quite an amazing very long conversation.

(To Ron D. Moore) With the new series, Caprica, on the horizon did you hold back at all on wrapping up the Cylon mythology to give fans an incentive to tune into the new show? Or does Battlestar Galactica pretty much settle it for us?

Ron D. Moore: Galactica is going to pretty much settle it. I mean, Caprica will be about how the colonial – the people on the colonies developed the Cylons. And that has its own story to tell about how that came about. But in terms of the larger mysteries and mythologies and hows and the whys and how everything lays out on Galactica we set out to answer as many of the questions that we could by the end of the show and that's what we did. We didn't hold anything in reserve and say oh well we'll deal with this over in Caprica.

Have there been any solid plans for movies either made for TV or otherwise featuring the characters of Battlestar Galactica?

Ron D. Moore: Just the one that's called "The Plan" that's already been shot that Jane Espenson wrote and Eddie Olmos directed. That one's been shot, it's in the can; I haven't seen the cuts. It's another two hour movie very similar to (Razor) that we did a couple years ago, same kind of idea. It won't – it will not take place after the finale, the finale is the end of the period at the end of the sentence. And "The Plan" will take place earlier in the chronology in the same way that "Razor" took place earlier in the chronology.

(To Kate Vernon) Can you talk a little bit about your interaction with Tigh and your work with Michael Hogan? Could you compare the two experiences prior to the big reveal and after the reveal; has anything changed? How has that whole dynamic worked out for you between you two actors?

Kate Vernon: Oh no, I mean, the chemistry is there; the history is there. You know, I mean, at one point before I started shooting I walked into Michael's trailer and I was a little stunned, you know, I'm coming back as the fifth Cylon and I felt this enormous responsibility. And not to give anything away but I had a tremendous amount of dialogue, just, you know, tremendous amount of dialogue. And Michael looked at me and said, just know that you are Ellen and everything will be fine. And basically what he's saying is that I'm already Ellen; I don't need to do anything, and let the words guide me. And it was the kindest and most supportive thing an actor or anybody could have said because, you know, I was very concerned that I was going to answer creatively, you know, what Ron and what the writers intended to reveal as, you know, and as the Cylon. I felt a lot of pressure. But Michael Hogan has been a tremendous amount of support – been a tremendous amount of support and very encouraging and a very safe place for me to show up every day.

(To Ron D. Moore) Could you shed any light on maybe looking back into the writer's room, were there any crazy ideas that you guys were considering that never made it?

Ron D. Moore: Oh sure. There were lots of things, lots of blind alleys that you go down, you know, when you're in the writer's room. And sometimes on the page and sometimes even on camera and you watch it – you either watch it in the cutting room and you go oops and you cut that out or you cut it in the stage or you cut it on the script or you censor it in the writer's room. And, you know, it's just a – it's part of the process. And I think one of things I like to do with writers is to just not have any bad ideas; like throw out anything, you know, we'll try anything. We will take any idea seriously and if it doesn't work fine, you know, you have to be willing to take risk, you know. And the big ideas that we have that really paid off were risky ones, you know, jumping ahead a year in the narrative; revealing four of the Cylons at once. You know, there were various risks that we took that at first – at first blush sounded ludicrous, kind of crazy; you can't do that, you can't do that in the show. And, you know, we found a way to do it. But, you know, along the way, along the trail are various things that were kicked off the chuck wagon, you know, and just left by the wayside.

Any examples of maybe some kind of twist or plot element way back when that didn't make the cut but that's kind of fun to look back at now?

Ron D. Moore: Oh there was a story point that I wrote in a season finale that is now regarded within fan circles as the great stupid idea of Ron Moore. In the season finale of Season 1 I had a premise where Baltar was down on the surface of Cobol, which was a planet we were involved with at that point and he was going to make his way into a – he'd found a temple there and this complicated plot. And he goes into the temple and Six is telling him, keep going, keep going, you'll find something. And he goes through some dark room and turns around and then Dirk Benedict appears and says, hello guys; I’m god and shakes his hand. And we were going to go out on that moment. Now setting aside the fact that Dirk Benedict hates everything about this show and would probably never do it in a million years, more fundamentally it was just a crazy concept. I was seeking in those days to try to find things about breaking reality and fantasy and what is a story; what is not a story and what is the connection of this world to our world. And I was just playing with ideas and this was like this whacky idea I had and put in the script. And there was a pretty universal reaction that everyone hated it. I quickly just said, okay, bad idea; that one's mine and we'll just kick that out of it and we'll move on. And that was, you know, you just have to swing for the fences, you know.

Do you feel the character's arcs are all resolved to your satisfaction?

Ron D. Moore: Yes, I'd say so. Yeah, I'd say the character's arcs and the mythology of the show is that it is resolved to my satisfaction by the time all is said and done. I think we answer most if not all of the major questions of the show. I think there are some things that we decided to leave deliberately ambiguous or at least make you think about them further after the show but those were more creative choices about, you know, you don't want every single little tiny thing wrapped up in a bow the end, you know, life's not like that. I mean there should be some room for ambiguity and some room for thought and some room to say, yeah I wonder about this part of it. But that's kind of the exception, you know, it's not the rule. More or less we kind of deal with all the issues and kind of give answers to them.

(To Ron D. Moore) As a writer and producer do you see yourself staying within the genre of sci-fi? Or would you ever like to branch out to things that are just pure drama without any sci-fi?

Ron D. Moore: I don't know. You know, I get asked this question a lot and I've had it, you know, pretty much through my whole career. And there was a point, you know, years ago when I was doing my service at Trek that I kind of said, oh, you know, I want to do something different; I want to get out of the genre. But I always sort of found something to bring me back to the genre either an idea that somebody presented to me like Galactica or something of my own like the various pilots that I've come up with over the years or movie concepts or this or that. And I don't know, I just like playing this genre, but I like other things and I've written other things and I've written other pilots and genres that are not sci-fi or fantasy whatsoever. And I'll just continue to do what I think is interesting at the time. I mean, I think I've learned enough to not try to predict what the great creative thing I want to get involved with; you just have to sort of wait and see.

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Interview: Ron D. Moore & Kate Vernon Talk Battlestar Galactica

I am not sure what to think of last week's episode. A lot was revealed but at the same time, I feel like there is a lot missing here. Mixed feelings at this point.

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "Deadlock" below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Deadlock" (Season 4 Episode 16)

Ok, last week's episode was really cool. Six episodes to go, folks and oh yeah, this episode will center around a minor character known as the Fifth cylon. (**giggling with excitement**)

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "No Exit" below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "No Exit" (Season 4 Episode 15)

Finally, we get to see some Cylon action finally. Don't forget to tune in at 10pm tonight on Sci Fi.

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Blood on the Scales" Sneak Peek Clip

With only 7 episodes left, I am still frustrated with the way the storyline is being developped. It has been already two episode with no new revelation. They run the risk of packing too much in the last few episodes.

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "Blood on the Scales" below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Blood on the Scales" (Season 4 Episode 14)

With only 8 episodes left, I hope tonight's episode of Battlestar Galactica will give us more answers than last week's. I want to see more of Earth and the Cylons, which by the way, where have they been?! What about Baltar, hopefully he'll do more than give a speech this time.

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "The Oath" below and read all our Battlestar Galactica coverage.

(Photos: Carole Segal/Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "The Oath" (Season 4 Episode 13)

After last week's premiere of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, I was talking to my friend Paul about my disappointment on who the fifth cylon was. Turns out he had a pretty interesting theory to share about what he thinks the whole deal with Earth is.

I thought I would share it with you, but keep in mind this is only a theory. Hopefully I'll do it justice, so here we go.

Paul's Theory:

Whatever happened on Earth (we're still not sure about that), everybody on there was a Cylon. But here is the interesting part, originally people on Earth were humans, but invented a technology that allowed them to be reborn and thus became what we call "Cylons." In short, Cylons = humans.

What we call the resurrection ship for the Cylons existed on Earth first which allowed the rebirth there.

Because of that technology, anybody that dies on Earth gets reborn, which explains Starbuck finding her body, and also leads us to think that Dee will be back (and if she does come back then we will know we're right).

That's also why in the flashback, Ellen seemed so sure she was going to be with Saul again.

It also seems that the spiritual and humanistic elements of Battlestar Galactica are important to Ron D. Moore, which would support this theory. Plus it would be more of a positive ending.

Hopefully I didn't leave anything out (Paul?).

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So that's one theory, and honestly I am going to be very upset if it doesn't come true... unless the real story is better of course (sorry Paul).

But what I'd like to know is what you guys think. Does it seem like a plausible explanation?

I guess all that's left is to tune in on Friday nights at 10pm on Sci Fi and find out if Paul was right.

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Paul's Theory

Take a first look at the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4 Episode 12 "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" airing Friday, January 23 on SCI FI Channel (10-11 p.m. ET).

We finally know who the fifth cylon is (a little disappointing if you ask me, unless there is more to it), but that's only the beginning. Now it's all about finding out what's up with Earth, the four Cylons and Starbuck. Can't wait.

You can watch a preview from Battlestar Galactica "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" below.

(Photos: Courtesy of Sci Fi)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" (Season 4 Episode 12)

I just finished watching the first of the 10 new episodes from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, "Sometimes A Great Notion," which premieres tonight, January 16, at 10pm on Sci Fi. All I gotta say is FRAK ME!!!

Unfortunately, I have been sworn not to reveal the juiciest details from the premiere, but I will try to do my best to convey how exciting the episode was.

The episode starts right where we left off on Earth after the grim discovery. The most interesting thing to me is to see how humans and cylons are now equal, with Earth in that state, there is nothing to fight over anymore.

As you can imagine the fleet is pretty depressed and everyone deals with it in their own way.

But now on to the interesting stuff, the episode reveals quite a few things about the Cylons, someone on the fleet, and Earth, which will still leave you going "What the frak!" Those writers know how to write. They give you just enough to hook you, and once they have you BAM you don't know how you ended up on the edge of your seat.

More specifically, there is one scene that made me gasp literally. I didn't see it coming, not in a million years, and you won't see it coming either, but man it's jaw dropping.

If this is any indication as to what these last 10 (well 9) episodes will be like, Oh My God it's going to be breathtaking. Because mind you this is only the beginning, they are only scratching the surface with the episode.

And finally I have to let you know that one scene was removed from the screener we received in order to maintain secrecy on apparently an "extremely sensitive reveal." I think I know exactly where the scene was taken from and you won't be surprised to know that I think they removed the very last scene because the episode ended quite abruptly, it felt weird and it seems like an appropriate place to put the big reveal. So I along with all you guys will be in front of my TV tomorrow night at 10pm watching Battlestar Galactica on Sci Fi waiting anxiously to find out what they left out (I'm not bitter, not at all, ha!).

Point is, and honestly I don't think I need to convince you, if you have been following Battlestar Galactica that far, you need to watch Battlestar Galactica when it returns tonight, January 16, at 10pm on Sci Fi.

I cannot wait to hear what you all think!

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Early Review: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "Sometimes A Great Notion" (Season 4 Episode 11)

Just took part in a conference call with Executive Producers Ron D. Moore and David Eick who talked about the last season of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, which premieres its last season on January 16, at 10pm. I don't know about you but I cannot put into words my excitement for the final 10 episodes. Finally all our questions will be answered (well at least according to them.)

Before I get into everything that was talked about, I need to start with the most important information uncovered during the call:

The revelation of the fifth cylon will NOT be in the final episode. Yes, that means that we have less than 10 episodes to wait in order to find out the ultimate Battlestar Galactica secret. Unfortunately, they still wouldn't tell us who it was. What they did talk about is how they chose the final cylon. Even though they had a pretty clear idea of who it was going to be, they still looked at other candidates, but ultimately stuck with their first choice. According to them it made the most sense because of the mythology of the show and what it means to the characters. Is it January 16th already?!!!

Now that's out of the way we can focus on what else was said during the call.

Ron D. Moore and David Eick said that Battlestar Galactica ends the way they intended it to. We'll have to wait and find out whether that's a good thing.

They did mention that they tried not to answer every single thing in the last episode, but to do it gradually throughout the season.

The discovery of Earth throws everyone's life into question, and it's all about finding out what happens to the characters now. As for the final 4, it's sort of the same for them. Where do they go from here? In addition, they have questions about their origins and what it means for them as cylons.

So is the end going to be satisfying? We don't know, but what we do know is that it's pretty definitive. This is the end of the story and while some things might still be ambiguous, the vast majority of the questions will be answered.

But Battlestar Galactica's end is not the end for Ron D. Moore and David Eick, they both have various projects underway. Like a little show on the Sci Fi channel called Caprica, which was already given a full season. The season will start shooting in July, but for now they are putting the writing staff together. Writing should start in February 2009. And I can tell you they already have an idea of the main overall story. They are going to set up Caprica so that you won't need to watch Battlestar Galactica or know anything about it to enjoy it.

Ron D. Moore is also working on a pilot for Fox called Virtuality, but so far he is just waiting to see what happens with it, meaning will it get picked up.

In addition, Ron D. Moore is also currently working on some rewrites for the remake of the feature film The Thing. Once again though he is waiting to see whether it happens.

And finally if you were wondering about The Plan (the Battlestar Galactica TV movie), while it doesn't have an airdate yet, it is being edited right now.

And that's all I have for now, but with only 10 days to go before the premiere, hopefully this will hold you over.

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Executive Producers Ron D. Moore and David Eick Talk about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's Last Season