THUD NEWSBREAK: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA WILL FIND EARTH
- By Devin Faraci
- Published 02/13/2008
- THUD
Impeccable sources tell me that Battlestar Galactica's fourth season, put on hold for three months by the just-ended writer's strike, will not be truncated. The SciFi Channel has told Ron Moore that they want to complete the entire 22 episode season four order! The network will be giving Ron Moore, David Eick and their embarrassingly good writing
staff a lot of hours to wrap up the show's story without rushing or trimming.When the show shut down three months ago, there were some worries as to whether it would start up again. Battlestar is expensive, and other expensive shows that weren't burning up the ratings found themselves axed during the strike. Getting BSG a 22 episode fourth season order was seen as nothing short of miraculous at the time, so people wondered if SciFi wouldn't just 'cut their losses' (in their shortsighted eyes) and end the season at the 12 or so episodes in the can, maybe giving Moore et al the chance to finish everything up in a TV movie.
Thankfully that didn't happen, and there's more good news: the entire writing staff is back. They gathered this week to rewatch the completed season four episodes to get back up to speed, and now that the strike is completely and officially over, they'll be revisiting the outlines of future episodes and break those stories. There are still some details that will need to be ironed out - actor's deals may need to be renegotiated to get them secured past when their season four contracts end, for example - but the sets in Vancouver were never struck and the behind the camera types are raring to go and finish their epic story. I've heard that the show is firing on all cylinders in the season four episodes filmed to date, and I hope that three months away has given everybody new energy and perspectives to match the first half of the season.
The one mystery that remains is how SciFi will air the final season. Currently the feeling is that they'll split it in half and we'll only get ten or eleven episodes now, with the rest following as late as 2009. Here's to hoping that they wise up and give us the complete story in a more reasonable time frame.
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Comment #1 (Posted by Pwnan the Lolbarian)
Oh hell yes!
Comment #2 (Posted by Beef)
Oh thank god.
Comment #3 (Posted by an unknown user)
im pretty sure it's only going to be 20 eps, when they said 22 that was before Razor aired which was the length of 2 eps
Comment #4 (Posted by stelios)
That's a relief. I had almost given up hope on BSG.
Comment #5 (Posted by an unknown user)
YES!!!
Comment #6 (Posted by RCA)
They are remaking Battlestar Gallactica?!?!? Holy Fucking Shit that is Fucking Awesome, Fuck Yeah!! I used to have bed sheets with the characters from the original show on. If I still had them I would wet myself just like I used to. I wonder if it will be as good as the original. I'm sure it won't be any kind of "critical" succsess, just hopefully a lot of stuff going BOOM!!....................................................... If you read this and got annoyed at how I could not have known this is the 4th season of the show... you need to find a new outlet for your 28 day simian rage.
I actually have never watched an episode though, saw part of one, looked cool though. Ha!
Comment #7 (Posted by P)
Crossing my fingers, hoping they drop all the silly love-triangle bullshit.
Comment #8 (Posted by 'Laughtrack')
P, RDM and Eick have confirmed that the love quadrangle is dead and buried. End O'Story. Let's finds Earth.
Comment #9 (Posted by Callista Maris)
Praise the Lords of Kobol! I can't frakkin wait! :d
Comment #10 (Posted by FRANKENSTEININSIS)
I think at the end of the series they will find earth and have to make a crash landing. the impact will wipe out the dinasaors and spread human dna accross the planet leading to our eventual evolution.
