Folks,

The official announcement that season 4 is to mark the end of BSG is coming later today, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i157e88908d7e00620d293654df889417?imw=Y

Next 'Battlestar' season will be the series' last
By Nellie Andreeva
June 1, 2007

The upcoming fourth season of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" will be its final one after all.

After months of speculation, the show's producers will make the announcement at a press conference Friday.

Ending "Battlestar" with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the show's executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick.

"This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and finally, an end," Eick and Moore said in a statement Thursday. "Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there - we're going out with a bang."

The fourth and final season of "Galactica" will kick off in November with "Razor," an extended two-hour episode, with the rest of the season slated to run beginning in early 2008.

Sci Fi's executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."

"We are proud to have been the home of this groundbreaking show," he said. "We have always known that Ron and David had a plan for 'Galactica' and trust that fans can look forward to a truly amazing final season."

For months, Sci Fi had dispelled rumors about "Battlestar" ending its run after the fourth season.

A couple of weeks ago, the show's star Edward James Olmos was quoted saying that the upcoming batch of episodes were definitely the last ones. (HR 5/14) Sci Fi issued a statement denying such a decision had been made. "I promise you that when Ron and I make a decision about 'Galactica's' future, we'll let you know," Eick said at the time.

"Battlestar," which stars Olmos, Katee Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell and Jamie Bamber, is produced by NBC Universal TV Studio.

Good news, IMO. The quality was starting to slip, but having the end in sight should keep the writers (and everyone else) on their toes. Going out with a bang is just what this series deserves. Nothing is more pitiful than watching a formerly terrific show die a slow, lingering, painful death. Glad to know that's not going to happen here.

Good news, IMO. The quality was starting to slip, but having the end in sight should keep the writers (and everyone else) on their toes. Going out with a bang is just what this series deserves. Nothing is more pitiful than watching a formerly terrific show die a slow, lingering, painful death. Glad to know that's not going to happen here.

Yeah, that's more or less what Moore said all along (Eick may have said the same). I remember Moore saying he thought Star Trek: The Next Generation should've ended about one season before it did. I know it's a concept they were certailny concerned with from the get-go on BSG.

Well, it's both good and sad news, IMNSHO. I loved it at the height of the 1st season and on thru the second season, but this last season definitely has been disappointing. The production values haven't slipped, but the overall stories have been lacking, if only for my own tastes.

Anyhow, glad to see it go out while it's still reasonably strong. Hopefully they'll stick to their guns, SciFi will give them a slightly larger budget and we'll get some awesome episodes thru-out the entire last season.

Yep I think this is a wise move... make the show GOOD and end it the way it should and dont let is peter out like every other scifi series has.

Thank the Gods of Kobol...... *humming All along the Watchtower*..... yea right....

I've heard the next incarnation of BSG will be in squigglevision. :devil:

Thank the Gods of Kobol...... *humming All along the Watchtower*..... yea right....

I've been a staunch supporter of BSG from the start, but I hafta admit the Watchtower "coincidence" was a bridge too far for me credibility-wise.

That said, I'm looking forward to what I hope will be a return to form next season.

I've been a staunch supporter of BSG from the start, but I hafta admit the Watchtower "coincidence" was a bridge too far for me credibility-wise.

That said, I'm looking forward to what I hope will be a return to form next season.

I know a lot of people have issue with the song thing and I can respect it.

However, a lot of people were against this show when it was said that it wouldn't be a continuation of the old show. And after it aired, it won over a lot of TOS fans.

99% of the time, they come up with some really cool reason for doing something. So I'm going to take a wait and see on the song thing.

But I did love the song - and that probably is because I never heard it before and so I don't think of it as an already existing song.

Season 4 starts with Baltar waking up and realizing season 3 was a dream. It 's the only way to explain it.

And he wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette. Oooh... funnier...Bob Newhart. :freak:

Apologies to those too young to understand the reference.

...I did love the song - and that probably is because I never heard it before and so I don't think of it as an already existing song.
I find it hard to believe you've never heard the Jimi Hendrix cover version, since it is probably the most commonly-played Hendrix tune.

And he wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette. Oooh... funnier...Bob Newhart. :freak:

Apologies to those too young to understand the reference.
That was one of the best endings of a series - ever!

Purple haze.......

I find it hard to believe you've never heard the Jimi Hendrix cover version, since it is probably the most commonly-played Hendrix tune.

Nope...never heard it. I never really listened to rock.

I'm lyric deaf. I can't hear words in songs. It all sounds like jibberish to me.

Also I've always been a soundtrack geek.

So I love what Bear did with this song as it fits into the whole BSG soundtrack thing.

The song seems to suggest that the Colonials and Cylons hit earth no earlier than 1967. So much for the Cylons having built the pyramids. But Bill Gates might be a toaster, though...

Or perhaps the song is stuck in our genetic memory somehow after the BioCylons and Humans intermingled, thus was carried on several thousand years in time to Jimi Hendricks, who was "in tune" w/his Cylon ancestry and accessed said genetic memory...? :)

Or perhaps Jimi Hendricks, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Ronnie Van Zant and Wierd Al Yankovic are The Five?

Nope...never heard it. I never really listened to rock.

I'm lyric deaf. I can't hear words in songs. It all sounds like jibberish to me.
That is literally the first time I've ever heard of this "affliction". What's the technical name for it? I'm curious to know more.
Also I've always been a soundtrack geek.
Can't blame you there. :)
So I love what Bear did with this song as it fits into the whole BSG soundtrack thing.
Gotta ask... how do you hear the lyrics on this to know what everyone's talking about...?

Or perhaps the song is stuck in our genetic memory somehow after the BioCylons and Humans intermingled, thus was carried on several thousand years in time to Jimi Hendricks, who was "in tune" w/his Cylon ancestry and accessed said genetic memory...? :)
You realize that you're putting poor Bob Dylan in the center of a temporal loop, don't you? ;)

Well, it worked for Zaphod Beeblebrox, so why not Bob? :D

At any rate, I've been hearing rumors of Season 3 turning up on DVD in mid-august, to coincide with Bear McCreary's soundtrack DVD. So far, I can find nothing to substantiate this. September 2nd was also listed. Anyone have any definite answer?

Happy to hear this news of the last season! I was so disappointed in most of season 3. I wondered if they (cylons) even had a plan. I saw very little that made me want much more.

With a year to imagine and write the remaining 22 episodes, this season might be everything I had hoped for from my initial watching of the mini series.

* BTW, I don't know what the musical affliction is either. I wonder if only rock music sound like jibberish or if you can make sence of music played on Hee Haw? This sounds alot like a problem my father had. He said he didn't know what the singers were saying and all rock music sounded like jibberish. I hope I never get that old. Of course, we're all entitled to our opinions.

That is literally the first time I've ever heard of this "affliction". What's the technical name for it? I'm curious to know more.



Can't blame you there. :)

Gotta ask... how do you hear the lyrics on this to know what everyone's talking about...?

Its technical name is "lyricus-non understandus".

Its most common in the pacific northwest, and is carried by the african bush-spider.

Obviously I'm kidding on the specifics.
But I seriously can't hear lyrics in songs unless I read said lyrics.
Then I can start to pick them out.

In the case of 'Watch Tower', I had no idea until I went on-line and looked up the lyrics, that, the lines that people were saying in the show were lines from the song. So my first 'listen' of this song was Bear's and later heard the Hendrix version.

The flip side of this whole lyric goofiness, is that I can listen to each instrument individually in a song. Pretty much filtering out ever other instrument.

* BTW, I don't know what the musical affliction is either. I wonder if only rock music sound like jibberish or if you can make sence of music played on Hee Haw? This sounds alot like a problem my father had. He said he didn't know what the singers were saying and all rock music sounded like jibberish. I hope I never get that old. Of course, we're all entitled to our opinions.

Its not an age thing, I've never been able to hear the words.

However your right about Hee Haw, and thats my own personal musical hell.

Somebody posted a video on Youtube featuring scenes from Exodus pt.2 set to the Hendrix version of All Along the Watch Tower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7da3iwxMUjU

Note the post date. :eek: :thumbsup:

Still one of the most impressive cg events for any tv show. Awsome!

Somebody posted a video on Youtube featuring scenes from Exodus pt.2 set to the Hendrix version of All Along the Watch Tower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7da3iwxMUjU

Note the post date. :eek: :thumbsup:

Yeah the date is interesting.

Either made and posted from someone on the inside, or one heck of a coincedence.

Or else, there is some meaning to the song that some are understanding.....
Maybe they're Cylons too.

Ok, I know its a cover and all but I do happen to like Bear's version better.
Don't know if its because I heard it first, but the Hendrix version leaves me a little flat.
Wouldn't it be interesting if this version got air-time?
It'd be a good score for sci-fi.

OK, I guess no one knows anything about the season 3 DVD release date.

DVD's are the only way I can watch the show, so I'm a little antsy about getting them.

OK, I guess no one knows anything about the season 3 DVD release date.

DVD's are the only way I can watch the show, so I'm a little antsy about getting them.

Both the DVDs and the Soundtrack are to be released in August.

Ok, I know its a cover and all but I do happen to like Bear's version better.
Don't know if its because I heard it first, but the Hendrix version leaves me a little flat.


I still prefer the Bob Dylan version best, the Hendrix version has been used in so many sixties & Vietnam movies (and documentaries) that it's almost a cliche.

I actually think the Dylan version would have worked over the end scene better, but probably would have cost a lot more.

I still prefer the Bob Dylan version best, the Hendrix version has been used in so many sixties & Vietnam movies (and documentaries) that it's almost a cliche.

I actually think the Dylan version would have worked over the end scene better, but probably would have cost a lot more.

IIRC, in one of his end-of-season interviews, RDM said that they didn't want to use a recognizable version of the song - the licensing cost wasn't at issue.

Both the DVDs and the Soundtrack are to be released in August.

I've searched Universal's great-tv-shows.com, tvshowsondvd.com, and amazon.com. No announcements there. I had a local store check their August releases; no soap there, either. This despite Bear McCreary's blog announcement, AND an article in Written By magazine stating an August release.

I think December is more realistic.

Can anybody make me VHS copies of Ssn 3 to sate my thirst until the DVD's show up?