(in space, no one can hear your lisp)

I hope everyone refilled their inhalers this weekend, because I’ve got Battlestar Galactica movie news to PWN your recessive genes with. Universal Pictures has announced that Bryan Singer is attached to direct the big screen version of the cult-hit series. Hang onto your imitation vaginas though, the studio claims that this will not be the SyFy channel (then Sci-Fi) fisting fest that you’re used to:

…Singer will clearly put his own creative stamp on the project, as the studio indicates that the film will be “a complete reimagination.” [Variety]

This reminds me of the time I had sex with this girl from community college. When we awoke in the morning, I asked her how she liked her eggs, to which she replied “over easy”. I immediately jumped out of the bunk bed and told her, “Well sorry, but you’re getting them fertilized. Consider it a complete reimagination of how you previously thought you liked your eggs”.

Though yet to be officially confirmed, Battlestar’s Wikipedia page reports that Singer’s version will be based on the original series which aired from 1978-1979 on the ABC network. Personally, I’ve never really given a rat’s ass about either version of the program, but I’ve heard from many reliable sources (i.e. people that I don’t want to kill) that Battlestar Galactica is a top-notch program. I suppose the best we can hope for at this point, is that Singer doesn’t try too hard to Star Trek this thing and at least remembers to cast Sinbad as the lead.

*crosses fingers and queefs*

-Chodin

This new trailer for the next season of Battlestar Galactica has been sitting in my inbox for a while now, and I hadn’t posted it because, I’ll be honest, I still haven’t gotten around to watching this show. It’s just that usually when I’m flipping through the Sci-Fi channel, something like this is on.  But if I had a nickel for every time someone told me how awesome Battlestar Galactica is, I’d have a big bag of nickels with which to wang in the ding dong the next guy to tell me how awesome Battlestar Galactica is.  F-ck, that last sentence gave me vertigo.  Anyway, I’ll catch up soon, I promise.  So, uh, what’s with the dude in the eye patch, does he always speak in Bob Dylan lyrics?
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Alfonso Cuarón’s critically acclaimed movie Children of Men may soon be coming to TV.  Writer-Producer of Battlestar Galactica David Eick is writing a pilot script.

“It’s really taking root more in the origins of the novels [upon which the movie was based] in that it will focus on the cultural movement in which young people become the society’s utter focus. Much like our culture, whenever Lindsay Lohan does something, it becomes the headline of every news show. It’s about how, when you don’t have a responsibility to the next generation and you’re free to do whatever you want, where do you draw the line?” Eick said in an interview with SciFi. “It’s not really a war show like the movie was. It’s more an exploration of that issue." [Source]

If picked up, Eick plans for different character to give birth to a creepy CGI baby at the end of every episode.

Making of the creepy CGI baby video: