Godspeed Apollo, Richard Hatch : 1945 - 2017

Well so far 2017 isn't shaping up to be much better than 2016 was. And this one hits really close to home. Actor Richard Hatch passed away today at the age of 71 after battling pancreatic cancer.

Some of my best memories from being a kid was waiting for a new episode of Battlestar Galactica to come on. Looking back at my youth it's hard to believe it only lasted sadly that one season.

It was that magical era before VHS was common and affordable. The great wave that was "Star Wars Fever" was still awash the land. The one fix for a sci-Fi loving kid was Battlestar. And as much as every kid wanted to be Starbuck, we all knew that really, deep down we were more like Apollo.

Even years later he worked endlessly to keep the franchise alive, and when the Scifi channel did a re-boot/update of the beloved series in 2003/2004, he ended up joining that series as a new character.

He even had branched out into the  Star Trek universe, playing Klingon General Kharn in the short fan web- film "Prelude to Axanar".

I personally never had the opportunity to meet him, but everything you hear about him was that he was nothing but kind, patient and gracious with his fans. He will be missed.

"Transferring launch control to Vipers...Launch when ready Blue Leader."

Caprica 90210

I have been trying my best to keep up with Caprica. I am an old school Battlestar fan, as I grew up watching the original back in the late 70's. So when the "re-imagined" version came around I watched it sceptically. But I enjoyed it for the most part and by the end really enjoyed the whole experience. After the final episode came a straight to DVD release of the pilot for a spin off...Caprica. Set 58 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, it is the story of life in the colonies before the first Cylon war told through the eyes of two family's. The Adama's and the Graystone's. I thought the pilot was alright. Not what I was expecting, but, hey, they had warned us that is wasn't going to be anything like BSG.


Well, here we are well into the first season...and so...what you are trying to tell me is that the super bad-asses of the universe...the very first one...the prototype that all others are based on is the mind/avatar of some spoiled, rich, 16 year old girl rebelling against her parents. Really....? wow.

You know...I have been a fan of all forms of science fiction, fantasy and anything related for most of my life. But I really think they lost me on this one. I work with youth and have known many 15-16 year old's who where opinionated and hated most adults. Think back to when you were that age....you knew everything and all adults where idiots that knew nothing. If this is the general premise I am shocked that it takes the Cylons that long to wipe out civilization. Most the rebellious teens I know, given an all-powerful robot body would get down to business a lot faster than that! God help us all.