THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER uses the word FANFIC in a sentence! OMFG!

Big Showbiz is paying a tiny moment of attention to the fanvid contest on SciFi's website. Hmmmph.

As usual, even here they get it wrong, referring to it as "fanfic" - and to all interested parties as "fanboys." Frakking whatever.

Did like this though:

In the sticky wetware dream of sci-fi fandom, nothing, not even a miniskirted "Star Trek" ensign, is more provocative than "Battlestar Galactica." Or, as the fans are apt to call it, "BstarG." Or, as it's known in my household, "Humans in bed with robots." Yes, that really happens. A lot. Threesomes even.

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Overall, the results are mixed, but with the contest the Sci-Fi Channel does well by its fans. Fanfic samizdat will always exist regardless of officially sanctioned media. You can't beat them. Join them.

Also loved that he called it SAMIZDAT. Great. (Look it up for chrissakes.)

Now if TPTB would just really, really embrace the fanvidders and let them post vids ripping ACTUAL SHOW CONTENT (acting/dialogue/etc) and deal with reality, life would be good.

Give them time, brothers and sisters, give them time. *g*

Meanwhile, I guess it's WAAAAAY too advanced and All Fanboish for THR to understand where "B*G" came from...if you don't know, take a look at this. Then, for fun, go here too. Gods I adore Callis & Helfer!!!!!

Commander Starbuck - coulda shoulda woulda...

OK I love this show and its writers...but this is starting to piss me off:

Bamber explained that when it comes to upcoming plot twists or new storylines, the cast usually hears about them, "Around six or seven episodes before [we shoot them]. But so much of the time what we hear changes eventually." When I asked him for an example of such a change, he revealed, "Starbuck was the one who was going to take over the Pegasus originally. I pushed for it to be Apollo. I thought it would be a interesting dynamic to play, having the father and son separated and in charge of these two different ships."

WTF?

I need to step away. I need to stop. Thinking. About how they cut Commander Starbuck off at the knees. And trapped her in Long Haired Domestic Life Hell Prison on New Caprica. GGGrrrrrrrrr.

*calming meditative pose*

ENTIRE BAMBER INTERVIEW HERE