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Here's your random photo for today (not that I do it everyday) hehe. But this one I just had to share. I forget what I was searching for, but when I was browsing Google Images, I found this intriguing photoshopped image on imagevenue (a hosting service for photos). There is no link to whoever made it... When I first looked at the photo, I thought there was nothing wrong with it since I was drawn more to the woman's smile - looking more carefully I saw what a great job of photoshopping they did. Enjoy the woman with three tits.

The media has this all covered. So I'm not going to say anything about the Barrack Obama Inauguration. Why is Obama important and/or significant?

After the lead up to the final set of BSG episodes, I've been lurking around some forums and gathering some intel on Battlestar Galactica. I hope I can compile a list of interesting things for BSG fans as a time saver. Trawling forums for great ideas and theories is probably the most time wasting activity, especially when you have to read through junk, repetitive stuff, frakked up stuff and other fanwanking activities. Let’s do a quick research mission on what's being discussed in the forums after the revelations of S4E13 BSG Sometimes a Great Notion = the first episode back in 2009. If you don’t want to read any possible spoilers, please don’t read on.

The Image above is said to be the final scene. Sci-Fi is claimed to say that there is no lines to be said, only music as Number Six walks through what appears to be Times Square, New York City. Draw your own conclusions... is this for real or just a photoshopped promo picture when the cast of Battlestar went and did David Letterman’s Top 10 List.

In the Gateworld Forum, There is an interesting discussion and listing about all the facts known about BSG so far in the story.

Here's what I can remember. Please add to the list. Once the list is completed, then I can come with a theory.

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Submitted by Marco on Wed, 21/01/2009 - 7:38am.

Life gets unknowingly complicated once you get out of high school. High school sucks; cliques run amok, you have to wake up at an ungodly hour just to get forcefed lies, useless information and bad lunch, and you are consumed by pressure. Unfortunately, as much as high school is full of insecurities, it’s the most secure you’ll ever be. It cloaks you from the real world, and as much as teachers and guidance counsellors try to prepare you for it, it doesn’t even remotely come close.

How do you survive growing up? I’ll give you a few tips so that you won’t want to spend every day weeping like a two-year-old over a broken toy.

The first bit of advice I can give you is to be wise with your money. Especially in this economy, living is expensive. You like driving? Your car needs repairs and maintenance. You like food? That costs money too. You like having fun once in a while? That also puts a dent in your wallet. So, don’t over indulge; a Playstation 3 can always wait. Eat at home a lot (it’s way cheaper), don’t buy stuff unless you need it, and if you acquire a credit card, don’t go hog wild. However, don’t entirely deprive yourself either. Once in a while, treat yourself to a good show, or a movie, or some new clothes, but have self-control.

Battlestar Galactica fans, where should I start watching?

I've heard that Battlestar Galactica is a really good show, good writing, etc. and I'm a fan of sci-fi. I've never watched it before, where would be a good place to start if I want to start renting the episodes on DVD? Do I have to start at season 1? I know the show has been on for years and years and the cast has changed over the years. So I was hoping I could start with one of the newer seasons. Let me know!

The show is rather long and complex (but great!), so there's a lot to watch. Here is everything you should watch, in this order:

1. 2003 Miniseries (3 hour special before Season 1)
2. Season 1
3. Season 2 (this season box set should have six discs)
4. Webisodes: The Resistance (a series of ten 2-3 minute clips that can be found on Youtube)
5. Season 3
6. Webisodes: Razor Flashbacks (I think these can be found on Youtube, but I know that all 7 parts feature on the Razor movie DVD)

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BSG is back! Battlestar Galactica: Sometimes a Great Notion. What a fantastically written episode. It is thematically dark, but necessary. there was plenty of reveals packed into the episode - probably why they skipped the normal opening credits sequence. Nine episodes to go! If you missed the episode: Watch Battlestar Galactica S04E11 Online

*Caution - SPOILER ALERT* Don't read on unless you've watched the episode or don't mind being "spoiled".

I loved the episode. Well written - considering that when they shot it, the writers strike was on... Reading some blogs and I thought Alan Sepinwall had some interesting comments about the whole thing. When that headshot of Dualla seated in the raptor in the beginning of the episode, I knew something was up. She was either going to be the cylon or be killed. I think the Dualla arc in this episode was great - she died on her own terms, but considering that we have hardly seen her over the past few episodes it didn't seem to 'fit'.

What we found out, what happend in this episode

• The planet they landed on is Earth
• Dualla is not a Cylon, she kills herself
• The Final Five Cylons remember being on that planet 2000 years ago and witnessing the nuclear holocaust
• Kara discovers that the Colonial Tracker she's been following was from her own ship
• Kara finds dead "Kara" and wreckage on Earth
• The 13th tribe is cylon
• Ellen Tigh is the Final Cylon

What Questions Remain in Battlestar Galactica?

• What exactly happened in the 2000 year timeline?
• Will we see Ellen again?
• Did Cavil know that Ellen was a Cylon? (Is that why he took Col. Tigh's eye?)
• Does Starbuck know that all the Cylons have been accoutned for now? If not, she think she's a cylon. But the audience knows better. What the frak is she? What the frak does this harbinger of death mean? Is she another race of "cylon"?
• What does "All this has happened before and will happen again" mean?
• What does Leoben know? What was he expecting starbuck to be?
• Where will Adama lead the colonial and cylon fleet next?

References to Other Movies

In this BSG episode, Kara asks Leoben why he is suddenly afraid of the truth. Leoben answers: "I've got a feeling. You might not like what you find." If you've watched the classic "The Planet of the Apes", the orangutan scientist Dr. Zaius gives a similar warning to George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston) about searching for the truth. "Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find." There is also a Star Wars, 'Return of the Jedi' Funeral reference as Kara burns her own body.

Maureen Ryan's Interview with Ron Moore about this episode.

'Battlestar Galactica's' Ron Moore addresses the shocking developments of 'Sometimes a Great Notion'

This post contains extensive interviews and information about “Sometimes a Great Notion,” the Jan. 16 episode of Sci Fi's "Battlestar Galactica."

Grace Park, Tricia Helfer, and Katee Sackhoff - the babes from "Battlestar Galactica" photoshoot from the May 2008 issue of Interview Magazine. Interesting to see Boomer, Number 6 and Starbuck wearing just their bikinis... Unfortunately the photos aren't "sexy"... the style of this photoshoot is in the "high fashion" style which sometimes have abstract themes which don't make sense. Why did the photographer choose to shoot these half naked battlestar babes on motorcycles in the desert? I have no clue. Is this a hint at to who the final cylon is?

Last Supper - Battlestar Galactica

Haven't been keeping up over the last 4 seasons of Battlestar Galactica? Sci-Fi Channel has two videos out which will let non-viewers, non-regular-viewers, or die hard fans to catch up with the BSG plot. The first video is called "Catch the Frak Up" which summarises the whole Battlestar plot from the miniseries all the way up to current events in 13 minutes.

Catch the Frak Up - Part 1

Before I delve into the Battlestar Galactica Soundtrack, I want to share this wiki page about the religious and mythical references in the show. It is an interesting read if you're a fan. The music of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica is a body of work largely credited to the composers Bear McCreary and Richard Gibbs.

According to the wiki page the soundtrack: "Similar to the music of Star Wars as orchestrated by John Williams, the music of Battlestar Galactica makes use of the technique called "leitmotif". A leitmotif is a phrase or melodic cell that signifies a character, place, plot element, mood, idea, relationship or other specific part of the story. It is commonly used in modern film scoring as a device to mentally anchor certain parts of a film to the soundtrack.

Have you been keeping up with my posts about Battlestar Galactica? As a followup to yesterday's post about Battlestar Galactica parodies here are a couple of BSG funny comedy blooper videos I've dugg up from YouTube. Enjoy!

Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Blooper Video aka Gag Reel: Watch the cast of BSG screw up their lines and trip up stunts!

Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Blooper Video Gag Reel
Jamie, Mary, James and Tricia goofing off and Eddie talking to himself on the phone.

Still following the BSG theme this week on the lead up to Friday's Premiere of Battlestar Galactica 4.5 (the final 10 episodes). I've had a look at possible theories as to who the fifth and final cylon is (also here). Had a post about BSG producer Ron Moore. A poster about How to Spot a Cylon. And a post about . In this post there are two Youtube videos I would like to share.

Grace Park was born March 14, 1974 and is an American-born Canadian actress of Korean descent. Grace Park's height is 1.75m or 5' 9". Grace was born in LA and moved to Canada when she was 22 months old. As of 2005, Park lives in Vancouver with her husband, Korean real estate developer Phil Kim. She was named #93 in Maxim Online's 2006 Hot 100 List. Grace Park graduated from Magee Secondary in 1992, holds a degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia, and speaks English and Korean. She also stars in one Stargate SG-1 Episode "Proving Ground" from 2001 as Lt. Satterfield. Is also famous for starring in Edgemont as Shannon Ng from 2001-2005. Grace Park is famous for starring in the Battlestar Galactica series between 2004 and 2009. It is rumoured that she may also star in the BSG prequel: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.

Here are some videos and high resolution photoshoots of Grace Park...

Grace Park doing Tai Chi in the nude in BattleStar Galactica

http://rapidshare.com/files/18138689/GRACE.mpg

Grace Park in sexy Maxim magazine photoshoot video:

Downloadable version of Grace Park's Maxim Photoshoot Clip:

http://rapidshare.com/files/13570673/gparkol.rar

All this talk about Battlestar Galactica and the Final Cylon has reminded me of another sci-fi (albeit not as "serious") series which is coming back on TV - Smallville. Below is a video clip of Smallville Season 8 Episode 10 Preview where Clark is back in the Fortress of Solitude and Clark is talking with his daddy Jor-El about Doomsday aka the friendly ambulance driver/medic Davis Bloome when Braniac corrupts the Fortress Crystals.

Smallville aside, the next video below is the animated cartoon version of the Superman and Doomsday battle. Not much dialogue, just 11 minutes of pure action and mass destruction of metropolis.

A poster depicting "How to Spot a Cylon" (Battlestar Galactica - Cylon Safety Data Sheet #8)
#1 Do they ask questions about fleet operations, personnel, ship systems or weapons?
#2 Does their spine glow red when they get... excited?
#3 Have you seen them before, but you know it's not the same person?
#4 Do they seem unusually strong, smart or self-assured?
#5 Do you see them hanging around secured or restricted areas?
#6 Do they seem to hear music that no one else can hear?
#7 Do they say God instead of Gods?
#8 Do they seem unusually fearless, as if death has no meaning to them?
#9 Do they exhibit sociopathic behaviour around other humans, especially defenseless children?
#10 Are they unusually adept, almost empathic, with machines?