BATTLESTAR GALACTICA New and Old

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SEASON TWO RELEASED ON DVD &
ORIGINAL 1976 PILOT MOVIE RE-RELEASED

There? no denying the popularity of Battlestar Galactica! It has thrilled generations of fans and now, for the first time, Season 2 is available to own on DVD. Starring Edward James Almos, Mary McDonnell and Katie Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica Season 2 guarantees as much, if not more, action as its predecessor.

Battlestar Galactica tells the story of the definitive battle between the last surviving human colony and an evil robotic race ?an epic journey of intergalactic survivors in search of a distant and unknown ?lanet earth? It is up to the Battlestar Galactica, a recently decommissioned warship that has been turned into a flying museum, to save the human race and to divert the cylons from their path of destruction. Can Starbuck and the rest of the team save the world they hardly recognise?

Season Two will be available to own on DVD from 28th August 2006. The 6 disc boxset contains 20 captivating episodes – providing over 14 ?hours of gripping entertainment and over 8 hours of bonus materials!

BATTLESTAR
GALACTICA FACTFILE

Battlesar
Trivia…

• The
  original series was nominated for two Golden Globes, and won an Emmy
  in 1979 for outstanding costume design.

• The
  original TV series lasted for only 15 episodes between 1978 and 1979
  and, although it rated well, it was pulled from the air because it
  was then the most expensive TV series ever made at $750,000
  per episode, with the movie coming in at an estimated
  budget of $3,000,000.

• For
  the 1979 film, the role of Starbuck (played by Dirk Benedict) was
  originally offered to Don Johnson.

• A
  classic Cylon makes a cameo appearance in an episode of Futurama,
  “Bendin’
  in the Wind“,
  as part of the musical duo Cylon and Garfunkel, a parody of
  Simon
  and Garfunkel.

• The
  classic Cylons have also made cameo appearances on The
  Simpsons
  on several occasions. The most notable was in “Mayored
  to the Mob”
  during a sci-fi convention in which Centurions square off
  against R2-D2
  and C-3PO
  from Star Wars in a boxing ring.

• Glen
  A. Larson produced both the original Battlestar Galactica and Knight
  Rider.
  He incorporated the Cylon scanning moving eye into Knight Rider’s
  famous K.I.T.T. car.

• In
  the original Battlestar Glactica series, Count Iblis’ name was
  derived from the Arabic word meaning “Satan”.

• Dennis
  Haysbert, aka President Palmer from “24”, played the
  voice of the Imperious Leader, leader of the Cylon Alliance, in the
  original series.

Then and now…

THEN:
In the original 1979 series and pilot movie, Cylons were an inhuman
species created for, and singularly devoted to, the
destruction of humanity

NOW:
Today Cylons are robotic workers and soldiers –
created by humans to be used in wars between the human colonies

THEN:
Starbuck was a male character

NOW:
Starbuck is a female character

THEN:
Cylons looked like reptiles, robots or machines

NOW: Humanoid
Cylons look exactly like humans – distinguishable only by their
inability to sexually reproduce

THEN:
There were five models of Cylons

NOW:
In the new series there are 12 models of humanoid Cylons

THEN:
The old series had a fleet of nine known ships

NOW: The
new series has a fleet of only six known ships (although only two are
regularly seen)

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