"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)TV series 2004-????

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The fight to save humanity rages on.

Plot:

After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin face waning supplies, crushed morale, ... and the credible threat Cylons aboard the ship.

Plot Keywords:

Mechanic | Profanity | Man In Uniform | Alcohol | Prophecy

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 11 wins & 31 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26

5:00 AM

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Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama / ... (63 episodes, 2004-2008)
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin / ... (63 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jamie Bamber	...	Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama / ... (63 episodes, 2004-2008)
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar / ... (63 episodes, 2004-2008)
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / ... (63 episodes, 2004-2008)
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii / ... (63 episodes, 2004-2008)
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace / ... (61 episodes, 2004-2008)
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh (59 episodes, 2004-2008)
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol (57 episodes, 2004-2008)
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Lt. Karl 'Helo' Agathon / ... (57 episodes, 2004-2008)
Alessandro Juliani	...	Lt. Felix Gaeta (56 episodes, 2004-2008)
Kandyse McClure	...	Officer Anastasia Dualla / ... (53 episodes, 2004-2008)
Nicki Clyne	...	Crewman Specialist Cally Henderson / ... (36 episodes, 2004-2008)
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Dr. Cottle (29 episodes, 2004-2008)
Leah Cairns	...	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmonson (29 episodes, 2005-2008)
Bodie Olmos	...	Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2008)
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders / ... (26 episodes, 2005-2008)

Also Known As:

BSG (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 (Season 2) | UK:12 (Season 1) | USA:TV-PG (Some Episodes) | Singapore:PG (Season 2.0 boxset) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 (Season 1) (season 2.5 boxset) (season 3) | Canada:14+ (TV re-rating) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)

Trivia:

Number Six (Tricia Helfer) was named after Patrick McGoohan's character in the television series "The Prisoner" (1967).

Quotes:

Admiral Helena Cain: [Cain comes to the cell of Number Six/Gina, the tortured Cylon POW who is collapsed in a heap on the floor] Well, I see that you got it to eat. That's progress, I suppose. Can you get it to roll over... beg? See what it can make of these.
[hands Baltar some recon photos]
Admiral Helena Cain: You know this thing used to sit in our mess and eat our food, and listen to our stories. Didn't you? You just sat there... listening to us, pretending to be our friend, didn't you?
[Cain kicks Gina in the ribs]

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Rabbits on a Roller Coaster (#3.3)" (2007)

wait just a frakken minute

***I hope and prey the producers of this show read my commentary***

I was a fan of the original 1978 Battlestar, but I will admit that in the original series I always found it uneasy the way that the cylons were able to destroy all 12 of mankinds home worlds, I mean c'mon man... you really expected me to believe that not one of those 12 planets had a single military base or defense satellites (or at least something?) NOW Enter the 2000's Battlestar has been redone, this time its smarter. They corrected all of the mistakes and fixed all of the plot hole that existed in the original show. OR, AT LEAST THATS THE GOOD NEWS NOW THE BAD NEWS with the remake they opened up all new plot holes and made all new mistakes. The epic space battles that we have all come to know and love from the original series are far and few between (most episodes have none). The Cylons are robotic humanoid clones (i guess the special effects are cheaper that way). This show leans itself to heavily on fictional politics of the colonial presidency and it tries to hard to build to much suspense on these fictional political matters (like we really care- someone forgot that it is a sci-fi action adventure show) meanwhile I must compliment the special effects on this show (they truly are first rate) but I must also complain about the lack of action, and total lack of sound effects.(there is nothing spectacular about watching a silent explain in space)- I want to hear it too! I believe that this show has the potential to replace Star Trek:The Next Generation as the great sci-fi TV show ever (oh yea, the potential is there)....but for some reason this feels more like "The West Wing" in space because almost every episode that I've seen has been centered around the president and all of the political under dealings and so on. Ans this leaves the show empty. HOW CAN I SAY THIS..... Its like tuning it to see action packed gunslingers in space and getting a over-suspended political drama instead....granted its not horrible but its definitely not what I wanted to see when I tuned in.