Galactica!

From AICN, some insight in the - sniff, sniff - final season of BSG. The scuttle came froma special Galactica event that included...

Then Lucy Lawless came out to introduce and moderate the evening. She looked great, and throughout the night, the thing that kept making me laugh the most was just how big a nerd for the show Lawless is. I don’t think she’s a science-fiction fan in general (at one point, she thought that David Eicke actually coined the term “space opera”), but her enthusiasm for this program as a fan, not a cast member, was obvious. She promised that the evening would be “a discussion of all things BATTLESTAR,” and then she introduced the evening’s panel.

And so:::

* I got to ask “Galactica” mastermind Ronald D. Moore why the regular cast would be in “Razor,” the two-hour fourth-season premiere of the series (due in November), since “Razor” is said to deal with the Pegasus at the start of Cylon War II. Moore said the movie will actually depict several periods in Pegasus’ history, including its Lee Adama era.

Fat Apollo returns?

* Star Edward James Olmos said he so loves “Galactica” he’d do it for free. “They can keep my paycheck,” he told he gathered crowd. He also said his friends were appalled when they learned he had agreed to star in a remake of “Battlestar Galactica.”

"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? "LOve this man. Here's his feelings on the show ending:

“Horrible,” Olmos answered, and despite renewed laughter, it was obvious he wasn’t kidding. He talked about how important he feels the show is. “I don’t think the Powers That Be will understand exactly what it is that they’re doing or the importance of it for at least 20 years. This is a mirror that Ron and David hold up to our world each week, and it’s a privilege to be part of it.”

It get's better.

Everyone talked about how Mary and Eddie set the tone for the younger actors on the set, and how they basically rule their own sections of the set. David said he may have created a set like the command bridge of the Galactica, but when he steps onto it, Eddie runs it like Adama, right down to explaining to the extras exactly where they’re supposed to be and what their jobs are as part of the flight crew. Same thing with Mary when they’re onboard the presidential shuttle. Everyone sort of looks to these two because they’re the older, more experienced actors, and they’ve worked on stage, in serious films, in other series.

The best news?

Filming on the fourth and final season began three weeks ago and will wrap in March. The two-hour “Razor” is set to hit SciFi (and DVD) in November; the 20-hour balance of season four hits SciFi in early 2008.

LOTS more good stuff, click here to read it all. I'll leave y'all with this:::

And then a guy who dramatically introduced himself as “Tennessee Luke” got up and said, “Okay, you’ve finished the show. And now your genie will give you any role. What’s the role?”

No one seemed willing to answer at first, so Jamie said, “Oh, fuck it. Hamlet.”

Katee: “I’m looking forward to working with David again on BIONIC WOMAN.”

Eddie: “I am the Bionic Woman.”

Mary: “And I am a Latino in space.”