Battlestar Galactica

I just went to a special screening of Battlestar Galactica at the Westside Pavilion Cinema today. They showed the mid-season finale, "The Eye of Jupiter". It will be aired on Friday, December 15. Check your local TV Guide for listings.

It was pretty fun watching it with hundreds of other Battlestar Galactica fans. I used to watch the original show when I was a kid. The Viper ships look the same as the old ones. The new Cylons look similar to the old ones. They still have the red flashing Knight Rider lights for eyes. Although the new machine Cylons look more like the machines from the Terminator movies. The newer Cylons look just like humans. There are a lot of mind games among the humans trying to figure out who is human and who is Cylon.

The series is really good. You should watch it if you don't already.

I saw a girl in line with a shirt that said, "I might be a Cylon" on. That was pretty classic.




Here's a summary from TV Guide:

EPISODE 10: THE EYE OF JUPITER
WRITTEN BY: Mark Verheiden
DIRECTED BY: Michael Rymer

Logline: The possible discovery of the Eye of Jupiter on the algae planet leads to a deadly stand-off, as the Cylons and humans risk all for a chance to find the way to Earth.

While working on the algae planet, Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) discovers the Temple of Five, reputed to be the home of the Eye of Jupiter, which will guide the ones who discover it to Earth. His report is intercepted by the Cylons, who request a meeting with Adama (Edward James Olmos) and Laura (Mary McDonnell). Their proposal: let us have the Eye and we will let you leave unharmed. Adama's counter-proposal: make any move to take the Eye and we'll nuke the planet.

The Cylons bring another piece of news: Sharon (Grace Park) and Helo's (Tahmoh Penikett) baby is alive, but not well. Sharon is initially skeptical, but when Adama confirms that Laura hid the baby at her school, she and Tyrol being to make plans to rescue her.

As the standoff continues, tensions rise in both camps. On the Cylon baseship, D'Anna's (Lucy Lawless) sense that she and Baltar (James Callis) share a destiny that might not include the others sows dissension, while on the algae planet, efforts to protect the Eye are complicated by Lee's simmering affair with Kara (Katee Sackhoff), especially since Lee (Jamie Bamber) is counting on Anders (Michael Trucco), Kara's husband, to rally the civilians to the cause. Then the Cylons launch a flight of raiders, bound for the algae planet, forcing Adama to show he's not bluffing.


TV Guide took some pictures, so I hope I get to be on their website somewhere regarding the event.

The episode shown was really exciting. There's an interesting cliffhanger at the end.

After the show was over, some of the producers and the writers did a Q&A session.

Anyway, I'm tired so if you aren't watching the show, I'll give you one more reason to watch it:

Grace Park