tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post6441987404015275814..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Battlestar Galactica #3: Lost Planet of the Gods, Part IISiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13987685467068367002018-06-29T05:34:23.980-03:002018-06-29T05:34:23.980-03:00Transformers: Prime did an interesting thing... We...Transformers: Prime did an interesting thing... We knew who the main 5 Autobots were gonna be and saw their looks and toys as per normal. They made a big deal that the original voice of Optimus Prime would be doing him in a cartoon for the first time since the 80s. It also highlighted how they'd gotten The Rock to voice Cliffjumper.<br /><br />And then ten minutes in to the first episode Cliffjumper gets killed. Permanently. Other characters talk about him a fair bit, but he's never resurrected.<br /><br />I don't know how successfully it was kept secret, but I was caught unaware. Cliffjumper was on all the promo art, so they definitely went all-in on the deception.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-7243447443447560482018-06-28T18:41:28.600-03:002018-06-28T18:41:28.600-03:00My awareness of the theatre stint came from making...My awareness of the theatre stint came from making papier mache at school with last year's news... I found the ad and took it home for my scrapbook. Might even still have it...?Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-47657173524501704012018-06-28T06:31:06.622-03:002018-06-28T06:31:06.622-03:00It did have a theatrical run in Canada. I was too ...It did have a theatrical run in Canada. I was too young to go see it or be aware of it.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-33207327190649255632018-06-27T19:51:12.445-03:002018-06-27T19:51:12.445-03:00...AND it DID do a stint in theatres here, great b......AND it DID do a stint in theatres here, great big picture ads in the back of the newspapers just as grandiose as Star Wars.Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-72987520160220312532018-06-27T19:49:01.467-03:002018-06-27T19:49:01.467-03:00In your countries did these TV movies appear in th...In your countries did these TV movies appear in theatres?<br />In New Zealand BSG had the appearance of being a pair of movies with a spinoff series. <br /><br />How little we knew! I went to numerous holiday programs where somebody had a copy of the first movie on actual film, made a real show of it for us. Was a great way to see it! <br />Still got the ol' novelisation sitting in pride of place, like a movie tie in novel rather than a bantam books storification... Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-52568237941701598462018-06-27T15:18:02.652-03:002018-06-27T15:18:02.652-03:00The last time I saw it done might have been in Ang...The last time I saw it done might have been in Angel, but I haven't dug deep into my television memories.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-20254099171736856712018-06-27T09:08:55.814-03:002018-06-27T09:08:55.814-03:00Whatever its flaws, I will say the death of Serina...Whatever its flaws, I will say the death of Serina was quite influential and traumatic for young snell. This was the first time I experienced a continuing TV series killing off an apparently main character, which was something pretty rare for a prime-time network show back in those days. Are they even allowed to do that, I thought?? This was far enough along (as broadcast) to be past the "death in an origin/pilot" story, so it came as a complete surprise, which would no doubt be impossible these days. So, aside from tears (I had such a crush on Serina), it opened my mind to new storytelling possibilities. snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-63074657756079213032018-06-27T06:24:01.043-03:002018-06-27T06:24:01.043-03:00Not incredibly relevant to this episode, but prett...Not incredibly relevant to this episode, but pretty relevant to this blog: Star Trek vs BSG. The happy ending I would have liked to have seen, not just because it involves the Defiant:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXz2oOlN0AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com