THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

Aaron has booked a small role as a solider on THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL which is a remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth with a message for all humans: live in peace or be destroyed. The film stars Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly. Filming started today in Vancouver. Aaron is working on Monday and again in January.

The above images are from the original 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still

Click HERE to view the trailer and click HERE for the WIKIPEDIA page for the original 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

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CONVENTION APPEARANCE: The Wrath of Con 2008

Aaron is scheduled to appear at the following convention in the USA.

The Wrath of Con
May 30th – June 1st, 2008
Panama City Beach, Florida. USA
http://wrathofcon.org

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Pencils2MediaMoguls: More Pencil Rewards

As I pointed out yesterday, Aaron said “if the winner cannot make it to Vancouver I will make a call and send some signed stuff.” In Ron Moore’s blog today, he has added that in (I’ve highlighted it in red font)……

More Pencil Rewards
Friday, November 30, 2007

The potential rewards for fans buying into the Pencils2MediaMoguls campaign just got bigger:

Mary McDonnell, Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan, Jamie Bamber, and Michael Trucco have all agreed to make a personal phone call to fans who win the raffles in their names. The way this will work is simple: when you go to the Pencils site, the first box you’ll see asks you the name of the show you wish to support. Type in “Battlestar Galactica” and then the name of one of these actors, and your name will then be automatically entered into a raffle, with the winner in each category receiving a personal phone call from that actor. You can certainly buy boxes of pencils for more than one actor, but each box can only be assigned one name.

Also, in the event that the winner of the Aaron Douglas raffle is not in Vancouver, or cannot travel there (on their own dime), Aaron has offered to make a personal phone call to that fan and send a piece of signed memorabilia.

This is a really great and generous offer from our cast members and it could be a once in a life-time chance to get to talk to them, so take advantage of the opportunity and help us drown the moguls in pencils!

Source: Ronald D. Moore’s Blog

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Pencils2MediaMoguls: Pencils and Rewards

Win a chance to go to a Vancouver Canucks hockey game with Aaron Douglas.

I received an email from Aaron an hour ago about this (sorry I didn’t post it sooner, I was still in bed) asking me to post about this on the website and message boards but it looks like Ron Moore beat me to it and has posted it on his blog :)

Pencils and Rewards
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Okay, this is pretty cool.

How would you like to go to a hockey game with the Chief?

That’s right, our own Aaron Douglas will take one fan to a Canucks hockey game, along with another buddy of his up in Vancouver. And how can you score this treat? Simple. By going to Pencils2MediaMoguls.com and buying as many boxes of pencils as you can. On the first page (which is a subset of United Hollywood) you’ll see a place to identify which show you’re supporting. Type in “BSG Aaron Douglas” and we’ll enter your name into a raffle, with the lucky winner getting to attend the hockey game with Aaron.

In case you haven’t heard, the Pencils Campaign is designed to send a huge amount of pencils to the major studios as a symbol of fan support for the strike. More information can be found on their website.

Look for other offers from other members of the Galactica cast in the near future — no idea what the offers will be or how many there may be. I’ll keep you informed.

Source: Ronald D. Moore’s Blog

UPDATE: I was just talking with Aaron about this and telling him it’s a shame that not as many people will enter because they can’t get to Vancouver and he said “if the winner cannot make it to Vancouver I will make a call and send some signed stuff.”

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 29, 2007

MEDIA – VIDEO – TELEVISION: Urban Rush (November 20th, 2007)
SCREEN CAPTURES – TELEVISION: Urban Rush (November 20th, 2007)

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CHIEF TYROL MINIMATES: Available for purchase from BBTS

The Chief Tyrol Minimates are now in store.

You can purchase them from the BigBadToyStore website (and yes, they ship overseas).
Click on the links below to be taken to their website.

Lieutenant Helo and Deck Chief Galen Tyrol $6.99
Lieutenant Helo and Variant Chief Galen Tyrol $11.99

The Chief Tyrol on the right is more expensive because it is called a ‘variant’, which means that it is a variation on one of the characters already in this release. Only a limited number of the ‘variant’ figures are made and is therefore a collectible and more expensive.

 

Awww, and how cute is this? The Boomer minimate comes with a photo frame that has Chief Tyrol in it.

 

UPDATE: I found some better photos by jasontd on flickr

[click on thumbnails for larger version]

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 26, 2007

PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Merchandise): BSG Minimates (photos by: BigBadToyStore)
PHOTO GALLERY – BSG (Merchandise): BSG Minimates (photos by: jasontd)

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 25, 2007

PHOTO GALLERY – THE TOWN PANTS: Photos of Aaron at The Town Pants gig (November 24th, 2007)
MULTIMEDIA – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: David Eick Video Blog (Love in Space)

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 24, 2007

MEDIA – VIDEO – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Trailers): Season 4 (version 2) (SCIFI)

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 20, 2007

PHOTO GALLERY – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Urban Rush (November 20, 2007)
MEDIA – VIDEO – VIDEO INTERVIEWS: Yahoo! TV Exclusive – BSG Razor & Final Season Preview

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CHIEF TYROL ACTION FIGURE: Packaging

The “Radical Confidential” page on the Diamond Select Toys website has posted a photo of the Chief Tyrol Action Figure in it’s packaging.

New Battlestar Galactica Packaging!

Just as new Battlestar Galactica: Razor is getting ready to melt fans’ brains, our first assortment of Battlestar action figures is preparing to jump into stores nationwide later this month! We’ve been hard at work fine-tuning the debut assortment which features Apollo, Six and Hotdog – but we haven’t forgotten the Previews Exclusive Caprica Six, the DST Exclusive Chief Tyrol, Action Figure Xpress’ own Helo and Big Bad Toy Stores’ & Suncoast/F.Y.E.’s Sam Anders!

So while you’re waiting for the November 24th Razor debut, take a look at these new images revealing the never-before-seen packaging style for future Battlestar figures! We didn’t cut corners on these space-faring adventures! What’s that? The corners are actually cut? Well, we promise not to cut any corners that the television franchise hasn’t already cut… How’s that?

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 16, 2007

ARTICLES – BSG CAST INTERVIEWS: Galactica.tv (interview with Leah Cairns) (January 2007)

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URBAN RUSH: Aaron and The Town Pants

On Tuesday November 20, 2007, Aaron will be appearing on the Vancouver Talk Show URBAN RUSH with THE TOWN PANTS to help promote Boozapalooza (The Town Pants 10 year anniversary performance) on Saturday, November 24th at The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.

URBAN RUSH airs in Vancouver, Monday – Friday at 5pm, 7pm, 11pm and at 1am & Noon the following day.

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CONVENTION APPEARANCE: Dallas All-Con 2008

Aaron is scheduled to appear at the following convention in the USA.

Dallas All-Con 2008
March 7th – 9th, 2008
http://www.all-con.org

Crowne Plaza North Dallas-Addison
14315 Midway Road
Addison, Texas 75001
USA

Note: Their website has not been updated yet to show that Aaron is attending (this will be done on Monday). Todd (the Stage Manager) emailed me to give me a heads up about it.

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THE TOWN PANTS: Boozapalooza (Reminder)

Just a reminder that Aaron will be the hosting MC at The Town Pants gig in Vancouver on November 24th, 2007.

Event: Boozapalooza: The Town Pants 10 year anniversary performance!
When: Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 8:00pm
Where: The Commodore Ballroom. 868 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC
Host: Hosted by actor Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica)

 

Click HERE to view The Town Pants Boozapalooza TV commercial.

 

After a 3 month tour this summer festival tour through the US & Canada, the band is back in Vancouver celebrating they are coming home in style…

Its The Town Pants 10th Anniversary Show and CD release party for “Coming Home” the new 17 track live album on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th at the fabulous Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.

If you must be at one of The Town Pants shows this year… This will be it! Belly up to the bar for a roots rockin’ Boozapalooza as we are joined by special guests Swank and Run Gmc making for a great night of local music at the Commodore.

The Commodore is regularly hailed as one of Canada’s premiere live music venues, and this show will be filmed for portions of an upcoming live DVD we hope to put together for 2008. So get down early and get in the crowd!

The night also features a longtime friend and fan of The Town Pants, actor Aaron Douglas on hand acting as hosting guest MC!

Tickets will be $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Get your tickets EARLY!

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH @ 10:00AM
Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone, 604-280-4444.
You can also order online at Ticketmaster or LiveNation.
Tickets also at Highlife, Zulu, and Red Cat Records.

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 8th, 2007

ARTICLES: Autograph Magazine (Celebrity Interviews from Shore Leave 29) October/November 2007
INTERVIEWS – AUDIO INTERVIEWS: Radio Dead Air (DragonCon 2007) September 2007

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WEBSITE UPDATES: November 4th, 2007

PHOTO GALLERY – BLOOD: A BUTCHER’S TALE: Movie Poster (One Sheet Poster)

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CHIEF TYROL ACTION FIGURE: Number one (again) for pre-order items at DST


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BSG Series 1 Chief Tyrol Exclusive Figure

According to the Diamond Select Toys Newsletter (E-Spectrum No. 55), the Chief Tyrol Action Figure is once again back at the NUMBER ONE spot for pre-ordered items.

You can pre-order the Chief Tyrol Action Figure from the Diamond Select Toys website (link below).
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/store/item.asp?ItemNo=53534&CategoryID=369

Note: Orders are only available for customers who live in the USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WEBSITE UPDATES: October 30, 2007

PHOTO GALLERY – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Chief Tyrol’s Dog Tags (ser 409815) (x2 photos)

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Chief Tyrol Dog Tags – Serial Number (Update)

Today Aaron sent me a photo of Chief Tyrol’s current dog tags.

According to Battlestar Wiki the serial number on Chief Tyrol’s dog tags are 312365. That’s what I also knew them as because he let me wear his dog tags at the WOLF G1 con in October 2005 and I took a photo of them.

Quantum Mechanix are selling BSG Character Dog Tags for USD$49.95 and I bought the Chief Tyrol ones. When they arrived the serial number on them was 409185. I emailed them and told them they got the serial number wrong. They told me that’s the info they got from the studio (read more about that in THIS post). So I asked Aaron about the serial number and he took a photo of his Chief Tyrol dog tags for me and the serial number is 409185 (as you can see in the above photo).

So it appears that the serial number on Chief Tyrol’s dog tags have changed. I guess when they made him new dog tags and changed it from “C. Tyrol” to “G. Tyrol” they changed the serial number.

Anyway, that’s a bit of useless information for anyone that cares about that kind of stuff :)

You can view the larger versions of the dog tag photos below.

EDIT: Battlestar Wiki has been updated to Chief Tyrol’s new dog tag serial number (409185).

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