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Cowperson · 07-19-2005, 03:00 PM

The mini-series DVD from 2003 has a voice-over version of the producers and directors talking about the local talent they picked up on the Canadian side.

Its not just Cylons . . . . Colonel Tigh is a Canadian, , Chief Tyrell is a Canadian, Lieutenant Gaeta is a Canadian . . . . of course, they might be Cylons too so who knows.

Here, knock yourself out with some serious stuff.

The New York Times with a six pager on Battlestar from yesterday's paper, the re-invention of the Sci-fi genre as modern social commentary:

The New York Times

An interesting feature titled "How Battlestar Galactica killed Broadcast TV"

http://www.mindjack.com/feature/piracy051305.html

And Beliefnet.com with an in-depth look at the religious overtones of Galactica

“I think that the clash between a polytheistic culture and a monotheistic enemy helps to moderate somewhat the parallel that the show seems to draw with the current conflict between the Western world and Islamic fundamentalism,” says a reader on Televisionwithoutpity.com’s message boards. “By giving the Cylons the 'good' kind of religion and the humans the 'backward' kind, it makes the parallel less clunky and simplistic.”

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/166/story_16633_1.html

The homepage below - beware of spoilers as season 2 has already started in the USA on Sci-fi

http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/

Cowperson

07-19-2005, 03:00 PM	#3
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	The mini-series DVD from 2003 has a voice-over version of the producers and directors talking about the local talent they picked up on the Canadian side. Its not just Cylons . . . . Colonel Tigh is a Canadian, , Chief Tyrell is a Canadian, Lieutenant Gaeta is a Canadian . . . . of course, they might be Cylons too so who knows. Here, knock yourself out with some serious stuff. The New York Times with a six pager on Battlestar from yesterday's paper, the re-invention of the Sci-fi genre as modern social commentary: The New York Times An interesting feature titled "How Battlestar Galactica killed Broadcast TV" http://www.mindjack.com/feature/piracy051305.html And Beliefnet.com with an in-depth look at the religious overtones of Galactica “I think that the clash between a polytheistic culture and a monotheistic enemy helps to moderate somewhat the parallel that the show seems to draw with the current conflict between the Western world and Islamic fundamentalism,” says a reader on Televisionwithoutpity.com’s message boards. “By giving the Cylons the 'good' kind of religion and the humans the 'backward' kind, it makes the parallel less clunky and simplistic.” http://www.beliefnet.com/story/166/story_16633_1.html The homepage below - beware of spoilers as season 2 has already started in the USA on Sci-fi http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous