EPISODE 3: Bastile Day
This episode has some good food for thought. 1. A prison ship: How do we treat prisoners?; What are their lives worth? 2. Why is the Military and the Police 2 seperate organs of state? 3. What is the proper way to lead people when you are experiencing a crises? and a few more.
In this episode there is a riot on a prison ship. They want better tratment but also exercise political rights. I am not going to spoil if for those outside the UK, but it is another tense episode. They are realy exploring the issues that face 50000 human survivors of a genocide.
As a bonus, the prison revolt is led by Richard Hatch, the original Apollo. And he squares off agsinst the new Apollo, Jamie Bamber.
Well it sounds great.
I was working abroad those two weeks. All I asked of my wife was for her to record Battlestar Gallactica whilst I was gone... I think I got one and a quarter episodes. I wouldn't mind quite so much if it wasn't repeated twice in the same week - lots of opportunities for women to master video recorder!
[b/]Head writer/executive producer Ronald D. Moore reveals what the future holds for the rag-tag fugitive fleet...[b/]
Moore sees Battlestar Galactica's first season as a chance to develop his vision for a new kind of sci-fi drama series that's light years away from anything that's previously been produced:
"The series is really going to take its cue from the mini-series. I always viewed the mini-series as a four-hour pilot for the series, so it will continue in the same style and vein, although there will be some lighter moments along the way too."
"Over the course of the first season, you'll see a lot of character relationships and plotlines that were established in the mini-series being expanded on."
Roger explains that for him the show is as much in line with top drama shows as it is with popular sci-fi:
"The format of the show is along the lines of NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues or ER - there are many continuing storylines that continue week-to-week, particularly among the character relationships, and there are stand-alone 'A' storylines that are set up and resolved each week. So it's a richer and deeper experience for the regular viewer because they are watching all these things play out and they are seeing how they develop over the course of time. Battlestar Galactica is doing what I hoped we would do: it's reinventing the science fiction TV series"
And when making the first season finale, Ronald made some bold and confident moves:
"I plunged forward and said, 'We're going to do a cliffhanger', because I believe this show is coming back."
Make sure you tune into Battlestar Galactica Mondays at 8pm on Sky One.
NEWS
It's been over a year since Sci Fi scored strong enough ratings for its "Battlestar Galactica" remake to expand the miniseries into a full series run. Anxious to refresh viewer memories and probably attract a larger audience, NBC Universal TV will reair the miniseries as an NBC network primetime event.
The original four-hour miniseries, cable's most-watched miniseries of 2003, will air in a three-hour edited format on NBC on Saturday, Jan. 8. Sci Fi's new series version will premiere on Friday, January 14.