SyFy Greenlights ‘Battlestar’ Spinoff Pilot – Deadline.com.

Well ladies and gentlemen I don’t know about you but I sure could use a bit more quality scifi in my daily diet.  Currently I’m getting my fix with Caprica and SGU, but soon enough I’ll be able to add yet another spin off of BSG to my DVR.  It will be called

Blood & Chrome

If the title alone doesn’t get you pumped, here’s a little clip from the actual press release: So Say We All

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in the 10^th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, a sentient robotic race, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a brash rookie viper pilot enters the fray. Ensign William Adama, barely in his 20’s and a recent Academy graduate, finds himself assigned to the newest battlestar in the Colonial fleet… the Galactica. The talented but hot-headed risk-taker soon finds himself leading a dangerous top secret mission that, if successful, will turn the tide of the decade long war in favor of the desperate fleet. “The ‘Galactica’ universe as re-imagined by Ron Moore and David Eick is rich with possibilities and backstory,” said SyFy’s Mark Stern. “We jumped at the chance to revisit the William Adama character and explore this exciting chapter in the BSG narrative which falls between the events of the original series and the prequel, ‘Caprica,’ currently airing on Syfy.”

“While maintaining the themes of politics, social propaganda, and the timeless question:  what does it mean to be human? – ‘Blood & Chrome’ will also return us to the authentic, relentless depiction of combat and the agony and ecstasy of human-Cylon war, which was the hallmark of ‘Battlestar Galactica’s’ early seasons,” said Eick. Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from a story by Eick, Taylor and Bradley Thompson & David Weddle.

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Yes, I know I made the same joke last year, but it's still funny and I only get to do it once a year.

]]> http://www.embracingthenerd.com/2010/05/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo-2/feed/ 0 http://www.embracingthenerd.com/2010/04/07/battlestar-galacti-car-the-street-legal-viper-viper-jalopnik/ http://www.embracingthenerd.com/2010/04/07/battlestar-galacti-car-the-street-legal-viper-viper-jalopnik/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:40:57 +0000 Trevor http://www.embracingthenerd.com/?p=2359 Sure it’s street legal, but how legal is it to park across three handicapped parking spots? Thanks for the link Brandon Barrick!

Battlestar Galacti-car: The Street Legal Viper – Viper – Jalopnik.

•GEEK•LEE•TIST•, popartinferno: Bears. Beets. Battlestar….

I think being transported would tickle

Oh, how many times have you been in traffic and dreamed of a flying car?

Have you ever Been waiting for a delayed plane and wished for a Transporter?

I am a believer that those who create sci-fi are charged with the task of bending reality just enough to creatively solve some of life’s biggest problems.  Traveling the galaxy would take generations normally, therefore Light Speed is created.  Hunger still plagues most of the planet, so Star Trek comes up with replicators.  And George Lucus’ neck was getting fatter by the day making it more difficult to reach his Milk Duds, ergo The Force!

I’ve sought the help of many of you for this post. There are so many different technologies or environmental truths created in these stories we love oh so much.

However, after discussing it with others who have embraced the nerd and pondering it myself, I’ve come up with a few creative solutions that really shine through as the best from sci-fi.

Here’s the first post of many with this theme:

The only way to travel through Space :: Battlestar’s FTL Drives

The first technology comes from the Battlestar Galactica Universe.  This universe has many awesome inventions, hexagonal paper is definitely not the least of these.

This is what I use after taking a shack

However, one of the most prominent technologies is called a Faster Than Light drive to jump around the universe, avoiding Cylons, and looking for Earth… sorry to disappoint guys… unless you live in a Nordic country, Earth isn’t exactly the Utopia you hoped for.  However, if you do live in a Nordic country, enjoy!

“Faster that light” drives are in my opinion the BEST solution to space travel.  I chose this propulsion system over Light Speed, Warp Speed, or even Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.  The concept is the same as explained in the creepy Sci-fi thriller “Event Horizon”.  It bends space allowing a ship to jump instantly light years away.  As Dark Helmet stated, “Lightspeed too slow!” FTL Drives would be to space travel, like gun shots are to killing things.

Pluto? BAM! We’re THERE!

“WAIT! Why Pluto? It isn’t even a planet Trevor!!!”

“Whatever, it didn’t stop Starbucks from setting up shop and I need to use a clean bathroom!”

Halo uses what is called slipspace, which is like FTL, but purple

Many different sci-fi universes use this type of technology.  However, the BSG FTL is by far the most stable… and awesome.

What’s your take on FTL? Should we have lightspeed? Warp Speed? Thoughts?

Apparently sentinels from the Matrix attacked the star wars Galaxy at one point?

Not too long ago I described why so Many People don’t like Sci-Fi.  It was tough to do.  To me it was like Luke learning the darkside, but I thought it was helpful to learn how to talk to those who have yet to learn to Embrace the Nerd.  This post is quite different, here is a list of why I love Sci-Fi.

IMPORTANT

I need your input! Use the comment section to post why you like Sci-fi, or if you have a video or picture to describe why, click here to email it to me.

-Trevor

Ok the list

• The Comforting Computer Voice in the middle of a Borg battle
• The song Watchtower making making me really believe that the Humans will find Earth
• 88 MPH and the serious shit that comes with it
• Lightsabers can block lazers
• The open palm punch Starfleet apparently teaches in hand to hand combat
• Jedi Robes
• The mystery that is Pyramid ball
• Joes Bar
• Ten Forward
• Blue Milk
• The Tashi Station and how great power converters are
• Explosions on the bridge when the back of the ship is shot
• How many times the enterprise loses main power
• The camera shots during ship to ship combat on BSG
• The red pill
• Lee Adama getting yelled at for gaining weight
• Spacial Anomalies
• Lightspeed, Warpspeed, and Ludacris Speed
• The redundancy of telling everyone to set it for stun, saw that coming AGAIN
• When it isn’t set for stun
• Kahn
• All the appearances of famous people that got their start in show biz with blue makeup, masks, or a unitard.

Add your own!