Battlestar Galactica - The Plan

First it was November, and then it was this fall.

Now “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” won't air in 2009 at all according to the Syfy channel and Chicago Tribune columnist Maureen Ryan.

The much anticipated movie, which is a new take on the pivotal events of “Battlestar Galactica,” will tell the story of the attack on the Twelve Colonies from the point of view of the Cylons.

Fans are eagerly anticipating the release and with much reason. The show ended in April, which left a lot of fans wanting more after only four seasons. Edward James Olmos, the director and legendary Adm. William Adama in the series that ran from 2003 to 2009, has said on numerous occasions that when “Battlestar” fans see “The Plan,” "They’re all going to have to go back and watch the entire series again.”

The DVD will still be released Oct. 27, and there's no word from Syfy that this street date will change.

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Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series DVD & Blu-ray

From the Guardian...

There are still (foolish) people who refuse to watch this on the grounds that a) It's like that dumb show from the 1970s or b) It's not enough like that dumb show from the 1970s.

Both groups are seriously missing out because the revamped Galactica might just be one of the finest shows television has ever produced.

Taking the bare bones of the original, it places humanity on the endangered species list in the opening miniseries, when 12 colony planets are attacked by the Cylons (a robot race mankind created decades previously), reducing humanity to around 50,000 souls. In this version, there are no aliens or goofy, episodic helping-out-a-planet-in-peril plots.

In fact, other than having created robots and having discovered a way to travel faster than light, they're not too different from us. They smoke, drink, use telephones, listen to the radio, have ill-considered sex and argue. A lot.

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