A Cylon - 2007 reincarnation

A Cylon - 2007 reincarnation

As we all await the arrival of the second half of the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica, the Ron Moore reincarnation, we find ourselves rushing to the net for more and more information and possible gossip in the hiatus. Well, in my quest for more Galactica in this lul of TV nothingness, I have stumbled across a superb blog written by a designer on the Galactica series. He has posted some informative and very interesting pieces about the Cylon centurions of the latest series and how they tried to stay true to the orignal vision of the Cylons we saw in the 1978 Battlestar Galactica.

You can view the “Anatomy of a Cylon” – Battlestar visual effects, blog post at Darth Mojo’s site here.

More recently, Darth Mojo, has written an article about the recent half season (season 4) cliff-hanger, which includes a visual effects breakdown of how they achieved the final scene of Revelations (season 4 episode 10), a scene that will be imprinted in our minds until we see the rest of the season appear on our screens in 2009, unless of course, a T.V. movie appears before then.

You can read the article BSG VFX: REVELATIONS here. In the coming weeks, on Darth Mojo’s blog, he will be breaking down the visual effects of each episode in the season so far, starting off backtracking with “The Hub” (ep 9), so keep checking back there for more BSG goodies.

Darth Mojo’s site has been added to the blogroll, I love the site personally and I’ll back him all the way as he keeps the nostalgic view of Battlestar Galactica (1978) as well as bringing it into the 21st Century with the new show, which of course, we all know is something special!

Talking of something special, BSG re-creator Ron Moore certainly has brought us more than our fair share of superb sci-fi, starting with Star Trek: TNG as well as DS9 and Voyager. He is continuing to produce quality stuff with BSG, what’s next for him and what does he make of his phenomenal success story? Take a look at Wired Magazine’s extended interview with him here. Honestly, you need to read it, it’s eight pages of mind numbing goodness!

More on BSG soon, if you’ve had a look around Mojo’s blog, you’ll also see Star Trek stuff too, also very interesting visual fx reading, that’s what’s next for this blog…Star Trek: TOS! See you soon.