Battlestar - Is it over or not?
Flight of Battlestar ContinuesBattlestar Galactica's search for Earth continues to be an open-ended adventure, executive producer David Eick said.Contrary to comments by Edward James Olmos (Adm. Adama) at the Saturn Awards on May10, no end has been announced for the award-winning show. Battlestar Galactica is preparing to film its fourth season, one that will include 22 episodes, rather than the previously announced 13.
SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel | SCIFI.COM
I've seen two different friends on their blogs post the "Battlestar's next season is the last" news, so I figured it was worth pointing out that Eick has specifically said Olmos is wrong. Now this could be damage/spin control, I don't really know. Eick also doesn't address that Katee Sackhoff (who plays Starbuck) confirmed it in the original article. I also don't know anything about this iesb site, so they may or not be reputable. I suppose while we're pointing out stuff I should point out that Eick's remake of the Bionic Woman was picked up, which also features . . . Katee Sackhoff - although it's not clear to me how big her role there will be.
Upshot of it all? Too much a mess for me to sort through. Which is sort of fitting, since the show is rapidly becoming too much a mess to sort through. Honestly my reaction to the orginal story was relief. If they are really going to wrap up the next season may be watchable. If season four doesn't get rapidly better than season three I doubt I'll continue watching very long.
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Flight of Battlestar ContinuesBattlestar Galactica's search for Earth continues to be an open-ended adventure, executive producer David Eick said.Contrary to comments by Edward James Olmos (Adm. Adama) at the Saturn Awards on May10, no end has been announced for the award-winning show. Battlestar Galactica is preparing to film its fourth season, one that will include 22 episodes, rather than the previously announced 13.
SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel | SCIFI.COM
I've seen two different friends on their blogs post the "Battlestar's next season is the last" news, so I figured it was worth pointing out that Eick has specifically said Olmos is wrong. Now this could be damage/spin control, I don't really know. Eick also doesn't address that Katee Sackhoff (who plays Starbuck) confirmed it in the original article. I also don't know anything about this iesb site, so they may or not be reputable. I suppose while we're pointing out stuff I should point out that Eick's remake of the Bionic Woman was picked up, which also features . . . Katee Sackhoff - although it's not clear to me how big her role there will be.
Upshot of it all? Too much a mess for me to sort through. Which is sort of fitting, since the show is rapidly becoming too much a mess to sort through. Honestly my reaction to the orginal story was relief. If they are really going to wrap up the next season may be watchable. If season four doesn't get rapidly better than season three I doubt I'll continue watching very long.
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Hey, who said these guys get a vote?
Baha al-Aaraji, a supporter of radical anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, said 144 members of the 275-seat national assembly had signed a draft law that would set a departure timetable for US troops.
Iraq MPs chasing US withdrawal | NEWS.com.au
Fantastic. Did Bush remember to set up Iraq so he had veto power there as well?So lessee, we now believe that a majority of the American people, the Iraqi people, the American legislature, and the Iraqi legislature want the American soldiers out of Iraq. Those seem like pretty compelling facts. Next time we vote maybe we should consider setting up a fact-based presidency? That might rock.technorati tags:politics, Iraq, troops
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Baha al-Aaraji, a supporter of radical anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, said 144 members of the 275-seat national assembly had signed a draft law that would set a departure timetable for US troops.
Iraq MPs chasing US withdrawal | NEWS.com.au
Fantastic. Did Bush remember to set up Iraq so he had veto power there as well?So lessee, we now believe that a majority of the American people, the Iraqi people, the American legislature, and the Iraqi legislature want the American soldiers out of Iraq. Those seem like pretty compelling facts. Next time we vote maybe we should consider setting up a fact-based presidency? That might rock.technorati tags:politics, Iraq, troops
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Great Googly Moogly!
A lot of Crackdown content is going to hit the Marketplace over the next week. In addition to a Title Update there is a set of Free and Premium DLC that is going hit as well.I’ll make another post when the update and DLC actually becomes available, but until then I thought you’d enjoy taking a look at what is coming up for the game and give you another reason to pop it back in your console other then the Halo 3 beta next week.Check this out: You can essentially “try before you buy” by partnering cooperatively with another player that has purchased the “Getting’ Busy Bonus Pack”. This will give both players full access to pack’s goodies, for that session.
Xbox Live's Major Nelson : Crackdown Title Update and DLC (with video)
This DLC (downloadble content) is sick! A bunch of new options and bugfixes, for free. A crazy cheat mode where you can spawn ramp trucks wherever you want, create explosive drums, get Super strength, etc. You can confiscate vehicles and store them in the Agency garage.
Then, if you blow the $10 you get three new vehicles - two with independently-aiming turret weapons, online street racing, five new weapons including a HARPOON GUN, and 4 new game types.
There are 7 new achievements - some in the free content, some in the premium.
All this and apparently the Halo 3 beta key works next week. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Crackdown is a game full of awesome!
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A lot of Crackdown content is going to hit the Marketplace over the next week. In addition to a Title Update there is a set of Free and Premium DLC that is going hit as well.I’ll make another post when the update and DLC actually becomes available, but until then I thought you’d enjoy taking a look at what is coming up for the game and give you another reason to pop it back in your console other then the Halo 3 beta next week.Check this out: You can essentially “try before you buy” by partnering cooperatively with another player that has purchased the “Getting’ Busy Bonus Pack”. This will give both players full access to pack’s goodies, for that session.
Xbox Live's Major Nelson : Crackdown Title Update and DLC (with video)
This DLC (downloadble content) is sick! A bunch of new options and bugfixes, for free. A crazy cheat mode where you can spawn ramp trucks wherever you want, create explosive drums, get Super strength, etc. You can confiscate vehicles and store them in the Agency garage.
Then, if you blow the $10 you get three new vehicles - two with independently-aiming turret weapons, online street racing, five new weapons including a HARPOON GUN, and 4 new game types.
There are 7 new achievements - some in the free content, some in the premium.
All this and apparently the Halo 3 beta key works next week. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Crackdown is a game full of awesome!
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Will Nobody Rid Me Of This Troublesome Director?
George Lucas revealed to Fox411.com that he's thinking of making two new hourlong live-action Star Wars TV films. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he told the site. "They will be other people of that milieu."
SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel | SCIFI.COM
No, no, no! The whole promise of post-Ep III Star Wars was that Lucas wasn't going to be involved anymore. He says this like the problem is we don't like the Skywalker family. Look, even Hayden and Jake would have been . . . tolerable if it wasn't for Jar Jar, the podraces, the midiclorians, the ridiculous plots, etc.
My only hope now is that somebody manages to subvert it and make it camp. Imagine Jar Jar teamed up with Ewoks and Wonder-R2-D2 (he flies! He shoots fire! And just LOOK at that tomato!) and turning in an Inspector Clouseau performance.
Grrr.
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George Lucas revealed to Fox411.com that he's thinking of making two new hourlong live-action Star Wars TV films. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he told the site. "They will be other people of that milieu."
SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel | SCIFI.COM
No, no, no! The whole promise of post-Ep III Star Wars was that Lucas wasn't going to be involved anymore. He says this like the problem is we don't like the Skywalker family. Look, even Hayden and Jake would have been . . . tolerable if it wasn't for Jar Jar, the podraces, the midiclorians, the ridiculous plots, etc.
My only hope now is that somebody manages to subvert it and make it camp. Imagine Jar Jar teamed up with Ewoks and Wonder-R2-D2 (he flies! He shoots fire! And just LOOK at that tomato!) and turning in an Inspector Clouseau performance.
Grrr.
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