MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Trailers): 4×03: The Ties That Bind (Version 2)
CONVENTION CANCELLATION: Pittsburgh Comicon 2008
Unfortunately Aaron has had to cancel his appearance at the following convention in the USA because he cannot get time off from BSG.
Pittsburgh Comicon
April 25th – 27th, 2008
Monroeville, Pittsburgh. USA
http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com
WEBSITE UPDATES: April 10, 2008
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Trailers): 4×03: The Ties That Bind (Version 1)
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Trailers): Season 4: Last Supper (Version 1)
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Trailers): Season 4: Last Supper (Version 2)
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Episode Recaps): What the Frak happened on BSG? (4×01)
WEBSITE UPDATES: April 8, 2008
ARTICLES: Mark Verheiden’s Blog (What’s New In Battlestar Land…) April 5, 2008
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (HypaSpace Weekly): HypaSpace Weekly (April 7th, 2008)
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Episodic Photos): 4×04: Escape Velocity (1 photo) NBC Universal Media Village
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Episodic Photos): 4×04: Escape Velocity (4 photos) NBC Universal Photo Bank
WEBSITE UPDATES: April 7, 2008
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Episodic Photos): 4×04: Escape Velocity
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Trading Cards): QMX Colonial Dog Tags (Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol)
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Merchandise): QMX Colonial Dog Tags (Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol)
ARTICLES – BSG CAST INTERVIEWS: Zap2it (interview with Katee Sackhoff) (March 2008)
ARTICLES – BSG CAST INTERVIEWS: MediaBlvd Magazine (interview with Katee Sackhoff) (April 2008)
WEBSITE UPDATES: April 6, 2008
SCREEN CAPTURES – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: 4×01: He That Believeth In Me
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: 4×01: He That Believeth In Me
Chief Tyrol Dog Tags
The wait is finally over. The set of 7 BSG character dog tags that I pre-ordered (and paid for) in Dec 2006, arrived today.
The photo on the left was taken by Aaron of the Chief’s actual dog tags.
The photo on the right is of the QMX dog tags.
They’re not perfect. The font is wrong (look at the number 9). And you can’t tell from the photo on the right (because of the camera flash) but the dog tags are VERY dark in colour. And the chain is wayyyyyyyy too long but that can easily be fixed. Do you think Aaron will suggest I be committed if I ask him to count the beads on his dog tags so I can make mine the same length? :)
But they are the best replica dog tags that I’ve seen so far. Can’t complain when they cost less than USD$20. They are much better than those awful shiny dog tags that QMX are selling for USD$49.95 (see image below) and all the other fan made Chief Tyrol dog tags that I’ve purchased off ebay in the past.
Below is a scan of the Chief Tyrol ‘character biography card’ that came with the dog tags.
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WEBSITE UPDATES: April 5, 2008
ARTICLES: Scott Ian’s Battlestar Blog (Drop your dicks and grab your sticks!!)
Aaron will never say FRAK on BSG (???)
Below is excerpt from the wired.com article about S4 of BSG. According to them, Aaron has said he will never say FRAK on BSG …
Frak is back, big time
Characters spew BSG’s signature F word four times in the season opener’s first three minutes. But don’t expect the Chief to use the expletive any time soon. Aaron Douglas, the actor who plays Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol, told Wired.com that he vows never to utter frak on camera. Too bad he’s used it at home: While taking pots out of a kitchen cabinet, Douglas says, some kitchenware fell directly on his foot. Gut reaction? “Frak!”
Is that true? I know the Chief has said frakking, mother-frakker, frak wit. But has the Chief never said frak? Really? Hmmmm, I think this needs a little investigating. Off to rewatch scenes of the Chief.
EDIT: Here’s all the mentions of frak-isms by the Chief. I stopped checking once I found an actual frak.
1×07: Six Degrees of Separation – “Frak it” [Note: He was mumbling it. So I’ll let him get away with that one]
2×01: Scattered – “That’s it. That’s it, you stupid, frakked-up crap!”
2×02: Valley of Darkness – “Mother-frakker”
2×08: Final Cut – “You know what? Frak the camera. You’ve been riding by crews ass for no frakking reason”
2×09: Flight of the Phoenix – “Did she fill you in on the rest of the plan? She and I were going to muster out at the end of our service. You know, then we would get married. Maybe we would have children. I guess I’m just a big frakkin’ idiot, though, huh? Probably that goddamn toaster’s plan all along”
2×09: Flight of the Phoenix – “(in his head) Frak it. Why not?”
And from tonight’s episode …
4×01: He That Believeth In Me – “Get the frak in there, go kill something”
4×01: He That Believeth In Me – “Anders! Get the frak in your Viper!”
EDIT (2): In Aaron’s defence (because I asked him about this) He said that he gave them that quote back in season one. And as you can see, he never said it in season one. Aaron FTW :)
WEBSITE UPDATES: April 3, 2008
SCREEN CAPTURES – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: 3×01: Occupation
SCREEN CAPTURES – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: 3×02: Precipice
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Official website (updated)
The Official BSG website has had a make over and been updated. There’s new cast bios/pics, Season 4 episode photos, 2 wallpapers (Last Supper and Group photo), poster of the Last Supper pic. And on the front page there is an “Explore the photo” option on the Last Supper pic. You can zoom in on the photo and if you click on one of the characters it comes up with a little blurb about them.
 Cast Bio/Photo |
 Last Supper 'Explore the photo' |
 Wallpaper |
 Wallpaper |
 Poster |
 4x01: He That Believeth In Me |
 4x03: The Ties That Bind |
WEBSITE UPDATES: April 1, 2008
ARTICLES: Scott Ian’s Battlestar Blog (Who the frak let me in here?)
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (HypaSpace Weekly): HypaSpace Weekly (March 31st, 2008)
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: QMX BSG Dog Tags (For Sale)
The Chief Tyrol Dog Tags (mentioned HERE) are now available for sale on the QMX website.
http://www.quantummechanix.com/BSGDogTags.html
WEBSITE UPDATES: March 31, 2008
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Video Blogs): David Eick Video Blogs (Season 3)
SCREEN CAPTURES – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: David Eick Video Blogs (Season 2)
SCREEN CAPTURES – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: David Eick Video Blogs (Season 3)
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Episodic Photos): 4×03: The Ties That Bind
WEBSITE UPDATES: March 30, 2008
ARTICLES – BSG: TV Guide (March 24, 2008) Cylon-Apalooza! *
MEDIA – VIDEO – TELEVISION: Bionic Woman (1×01: Pilot) (David Eick Audio Commentary)
SCREEN CAPTURES – TELEVISION: Bionic Woman (1×01: Pilot) *
(* NOTE: I redid the scan of this article)
(* NOTE: I redid the screen captures from the Bionic Woman DVD)
WEBSITE UPDATES: March 27, 2008
SCREEN CAPTURES – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Deleted Scenes: Season 3
CONVENTION APPEARANCE: London MCM Expo 2008
Aaron is scheduled to appear at the following convention in the UK.
London MCM Expo
May 24th – 25th, 2008
http://www.londonexpo.com
ExCeL Convention Centre
Royal Victoria Dock
London, E16 1XL, UK
WEBSITE UPDATES: March 26, 2008
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Deleted Scenes): Season Three
MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Webisodes: The Resistance
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Merchandise): Quantum Mechanix – BSG Chief Tyrol Dog Tags
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: QMX BSG Dog Tags (For Sale to QMX Insiders)
The QMX Dog Tags have finally been released. These are the dog tags that they have been advertising since December 2006.
The QMX website still has them listed as AVAILABILITY – TBA. The majority of websites are selling them as a set of 7 on pre-order for around USD$104. The only place I’ve found them for sale individually is at Battlestar Online and Forbidden Planet.
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UPDATE: I just received the latest QMx Insider email newsletter. They are selling the dog tags individually (or as a set of all seven) to subscribers of their email. Then they will be selling them to the public in “just a few days”.
At the start of the email it reads ……..
“Battlestar Galactica Character Dog Tags These seven screen-accurate dog tags are now available to QMx Insider subscribers and can be purchased either individually or as a set of all seven. Check out the article below for prices and links to buy. These will be going out to the general public in just a few days and we anticipate selling out on many of the individual character tags, so don’t delay!”
Then the following is also in the email newsletter ……
