Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009) (V)

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Writer (WGA):

Jane Espenson (written by)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Space Crew | Black Bra | Robot Suicide | Vengeance | Bomb

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Commander William Adama
Dean Stockwell	...	Brother Cavil
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Leoben Conoy
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six
Alisen Down	...	Jean Barolay
Colin Corrigan	...	Nowart
Maya Washington	...	Sue Shaun
Alex Ferris	...	Boy

Also Known As:

Battlestar Galactica Movie (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

David Eick Productions

Trivia:

Edward James Olmos and Dean Stockwell first played together in the 1985 Miami Vice episode "Bushido".

Quotes:

The Hybrid: Progress reports arriving. The farms of Aerilon are burning. The beaches of Canceron are burning. The plains of Leonis are burning. The jungles of Scorpia are burning. The pastures of Tauron are burning. The harbors of Picon are burning. The cities of Caprica are burning. The oceans of Aquaria are burning. The courthouses of Libran are burning. The forests of Virgon are burning. The Colonies of Man lie trampled at our feet.

Movie Connections:

References "Battlestar Galactica: Flesh and Bone (#1.8)" (2004)

Resurrection ship. The beginning is the end. Ouroboros

After a very disappointing final episode of the series that answered and revealed naught, the plan finally digs deeper into the motivations and questions that a created construct has about it's creator and what it means to develop into an evolved human prototype. From my estimation the plan is both the beginning and the definitive ending of this exotic and brutally honest space opera. It brings full circle the entire series. The fact that it is pieced together like an elaborate jigsaw puzzle is apropos in my mind.

The eternal recurrence, that this has all happened before, this is a complex morality tale that both satisfies and justifies many unanswered questions that I had, it places its brand upon the entire series and I can now breath a sigh of relief that this was truly one of the best dramas in television. No longer a hurried, convenient open exit, the end is now the beginning and so we must continue to wonder and to speculate on what the idea of humanity really means.