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Edward James Olmos

2009-02-07T06:59:25Z

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'''Edward James Olmos''' was born February 24, 1947, in East Los Angeles, Calif., and raised in the Boyle Heights neighbourhood. He played baseball as a way to avoid street gangs and drugs, and became the Golden State batting champion. Turning to rock music in his teens, he became lead singer in a band he named Pacific Ocean (because it was "the biggest thing on the West Coast"), which released a record in 1968. Around this time he was attending East Los Angeles College and California State University, performing in clubs, and studying acting. His son [[Bodie Olmos]] portrays [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]].

== Biographical Notes ==
He married Kaija Keel, daughter of actor Howard Keel, in 1971, having two sons with her: Mico and [[Bodie Olmos|Bodie]]. At this time, he started working as an actor in theater and television (in which he appeared in such iconic television series as ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Canon'', ''Police Woman'', ''Kojak'', and ''Starsky and Hutch'') for a number of years until his mesmerizing performance in the dramatic musical ''Zoot Suit'' (1978) led to a Tony Award nomination, a Los Angeles Drama Circle Award and a Theatre World award.

As a result of this recognition, he recreated the role for the film of the musical, thus kick-starting his film career; later that year he starred in Wolfen. This success was quickly followed-up with the acclaimed historical drama ''The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez'' and Ridley Scott's landmark ''[[Wikipedia:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]]''.

Following this, he took on the role of Lt. Martin Castillo in the 1980's hit TV series ''Miami Vice''. During his 5-year tenure on the series, the role earned Olmos an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, plus an additional nomination each.

In 1989 Olmos received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Jaime Escalante, the dedicated, real-life math teacher of ''Stand and Deliver'', and in 1992 he made his directorial debut with the powerful feature film ''American Me'', in which he also starred. In that year he also divorced his first wife, Kaija Keel, after 21 years of marriage.

He was honored with a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award nomination for his work in the 1994 HBO production ''The Burning Season'', the story of Brazilian political activist Chico Mendes. Olmos also played Jose Menendez in the CBS miniseries ''Menendez: A Murder in Beverly Hills'' that year, and was the executive producer of the award-winning NBC documentary ''Lives in Hazard''. In 1994 he also re-married to actress Lorraine Bracco. This marriage was also to end in divorce in 2002, after a 5-year separation.

In 1995 Olmos starred with [[w:Jimmy Smits|Jimmy Smits]] and [[Esai Morales]] in the landmark Latino-American drama ''My Family / Mi Familia'', directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gregory Nava. Olmos starred in the ABC miniseries ''Dead Man's Walk'', the prequel to ''Lonesome Dove'', and played Abraham Quintanilla, the strong, supportive father of singing star Selena in the hit biographical drama ''Selena''. Olmos physically transformed himself for the role, gaining 60 pounds.

Olmos' recent work includes appearing in 2 segments of the critically-acclaimed television drama series ''The West Wing'', in which he played Supreme Court hopeful Judge Roberto Mendoza. He also took the title role of the 2002 NBC miniseries Steve Martini's ''The Judge'', for which he earned an Outstanding Actor nomination from the American Latino Media Arts Awards; the PBS series ''American Family'', created by Gregory Nava; the Showtime telefilms ''Bonanno: A Godfather's Story'', ''The Princess and the Barrio Boy'', and ''In the Time of the Butterflies'', with Salma Hayek, in which he played Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. He provided the voice of the wise Pre-Columbian village chief in DreamWorks' animated ''The Road to El Dorado''. Among his many other films are ''Triumph of the Spirit'', ''Talent for the Game'', ''Caught'' and ''The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit'', based on a Ray Bradbury story.

He has hosted or narrated documentaries including ''Zapatista'', ''The Unfinished Journey'' (directed by Steven Spielberg), ''Good Cop, Bad Kid and Father'', ''Son: America's Desperate Passage''.

== Other endeavors ==
The Americanos Project, produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution as a national museum tour, a feature documentary on HBO, a book of photographs and text about the Latino community across America, a CD, and a concert extravaganza; and the 2002 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, co-produced by Olmos and featuring the work of more than 100 Latino filmmakers representing 13 countries.

In 2006, Olmos served as Director for made for television feature film ''Walkout'', based upon the true story of a Mexican-American student activist who protests the ant-Mexican bias present in the American educational system at the time. Olmos worked with Battlestar Galacticas' ''[[Exodus]]'' director [[Félix Enríquez Alcalá]] on this project, who served as the features co-producer.

Olmos participates in many humanitarian efforts, which include working with the David Rockefeller Foundation in the recruitment of new teachers for U.S. schools. He is the executive director of the Lives in Hazard Educational Project, a national gang-prevention program funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, and a national spokesperson for the Southwest Voter Registration Project, where he helps the Latino community in its pursuit of citizenship and voter registration; the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation; and the AIDS Awareness Foundation. He played an instrumental role in the clean-up efforts after the Los Angeles riots, the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake and Hurricane Andrew in Florida, and Hurricane Mitch in Central America.

For his work portraying Admiral William Adama on ''Battlestar Galactica'', Olmos has been nominated for an [http://www.almaawards.com/nominees/tv/index.html ALMA Award]. The ALMA Award recognizes positive portrayals of Latinos in television, film, and music.

Olmos was briefly mentioned in the book GIT-R-DONE by Larry the Cable Guy as The Faceless Anouncer.

Olmos currently performs in bilingual commercials for Farmer's Insurance.

In January 2008, Olmos had an asteroid named after him. It is called 5608 Olmos.<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=9|title=SCI FI Wire|publisher=|page=|date=|accessdate=2 February 2008|language=}}</ref>

==Joining ''Battlestar Galactica''==

When [[Ron Moore]] and [[David Eick]] were casting the roles of [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]], they used [[Mary McDonnell]] and Edward James Olmos, respectively, as the template for their "ideal" casting choice, which they didn't think they'd actually get (i.e. "The perfect person for this role would be Olmos, but we'll never get an actor that big"). However, Moore and Eick were shocked when both McDonnell and Olmos agreed to join the show. Thus the character of William Adama was written with Edward James Olmos in mind.

Although Edward James Olmos was always the first choice for the role of William Adama, in the event that the production team could not convince him to join alternative casting choices (actors similar to Olmos) included ''X-Men 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Brian Cox|Brian Cox]], ''Adaptation''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Chris Cooper (actor)|Chris Cooper]], ''Alien''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Tom Skerritt|Tom Skerritt]], ''Tombstone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Sam Elliott|Sam Elliott]], and ''Deadwood''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Powers Boothe|Powers Boothe]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=22|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>

== Director credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==

*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]
*[[Escape Velocity]]
*[[The Plan]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.hometown.aol.com/mbeve10258/EddieOlmos.html Edward James Olmos - official site]
* [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---interviews/edward-james-olmos-galactica.tv-interview.html Edward James Olmos GALACTICA.TV interview]

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User:Tebici

2007-05-15T05:19:45Z

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BSG is the bestest show ever!

I hope I'm allowed to be silly on my own page.

==Other SciFi(-related) Media I Partake Of==
--Suddenly the choice to only list SciFi shows seems silly given BSGs reliance on drama but that list would be too exhaustive. Maybe I'll do it some other time.
=== SciFi TV ===
*[[wikipedia:Space: Above and Beyond | Space: Above and Beyond]] (1995, FOX) ([http://www.spaceaboveandbeyond.tv/ fan], [http://www.tv.com/space-above-and-beyond/show/427/summary.html tv.com])
*Firefly (2002, FOX, or dvd for me)
*[[wikipedia:Welcome to Paradox (TV series) | Welcome to Paradox]] (1998, SciFi) ([http://www.tv.com/welcome-to-paradox/show/966/summary.html tv.com])
*Dark Skies (1996, NBC)
*Heroes (NBC)
*Stargate SG-1 (Showtime, SciFi, first 2 seasons, last 2 seasons, roughly)
*Sliders (FOX, SciFi, first few seasons faithfully)
*Quantum Leap (1989, NBC)
*Some Star Trek here and there (mostly Next Generation, Voyager)
*Marginally SciFi: Strange Luck, Early Edition, Jake 2.0 (feat. [[Grace Park | Boomer]] and [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as pals),
*http://www.tv.com/users/tebici/profile.php
*...

===SciFi Films===
*[[wikipedia:The Fifth Element | The Fifth Element]] (Dir: [[wikipedia:Luc Besson | Luc Besson]])
*[[wikipedia:Children of Men | Children of Men]]
*Stargate
*Blade Runner
*12 Monkeys
*Star Wars - A New Hope
*Minority Report
*28 days later
*Space Camp
*Tron (1982)
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
*I watch lots of cheese scifi that I wouldn't have nerve to post here (e.g. the 20 other movies based on Phillip K Dick novels)
*Comic book movies (from Spider-man to Sin City)
*Aeon Flux and other cheesy ambiguously girl power flicks.
*...more coming

===SciFi/Fantasy on some level Books/Authors===
*[[wikipedia:Ray Bradbury | Ray Bradbury]] - [[wikipedia:The Martian Chronicles | The Martian Chronicles]], Fahrenheit 451
** Said something to the effect of great science fiction isn't about futures, aliens and far away places; it presents situations in which we can better see people and humanity for what they are by taking them out of their usual context. (I think he said it; if you recognize the quote I'm referencing please tell me b/c I can't find it again)
*Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
*[[wikipedia:Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Luis Borges]] - "The Aleph"
**thoughts from the author - "I wonder why a dream or an idea should be any less real than this table, or why Macbeth should be less real than today's newspaper."
*H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
*[[wikipedia:Nathaniel Hawthorne | Nathaniel Hawthorne]] - "The Birthmark", "Rappaccini's Daughter"
*Frank Herbert - Dune
*Edwin Abbott Abbott - [[wikipedia:Flatland | Flatland]]: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)
*Asimov - Foundation
*Shakespeare - [[wikipedia:The Tempest | The Tempest]]
** "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy" [[wikipedia:Prince Hamlet | Hamlet]] in '''[[wikipedia:Hamlet | Hamlet]]'''

==Links==
===BSG===
:http://community.livejournal.com/galactica_vids - purely a spectator in case you're wondering.
:http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=tebici - Click on links that say BSG, obviously. Also a spectator sport.

User:Tebici

2007-05-15T05:04:32Z

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BSG is the bestest show ever!

I hope I'm allowed to be silly on my own page.

==Other SciFi(-related) Media I Partake Of==
--Suddenly the choice to only list SciFi shows seems silly given BSGs reliance on drama but that list would be too exhaustive. Maybe I'll do it some other time.
=== SciFi TV ===
*[[wikipedia:Space: Above and Beyond | Space: Above and Beyond]] (1995, FOX) ([http://www.spaceaboveandbeyond.tv/ fan], [http://www.tv.com/space-above-and-beyond/show/427/summary.html tv.com])
*Firefly (2002, FOX, or dvd for me)
*[[wikipedia:Welcome to Paradox (TV series) | Welcome to Paradox]] (1998, SciFi) ([http://www.tv.com/welcome-to-paradox/show/966/summary.html tv.com])
*Dark Skies (1996, NBC)
*Heroes (NBC)
*Stargate SG-1 (Showtime, SciFi, first 2 seasons, last 2 seasons, roughly)
*Sliders (FOX, SciFi, first few seasons faithfully)
*Quantum Leap (1989, NBC)
*Some Star Trek here and there (mostly Next Generation, Voyager)
*Marginally SciFi: Strange Luck, Early Edition, Jake 2.0 (feat. [[Grace Park | Boomer]] and [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as pals),
*http://www.tv.com/users/tebici/profile.php
*...

===SciFi Films===
*[[wikipedia:The Fifth Element | The Fifth Element]] (Dir: [[wikipedia:Luc Besson | Luc Besson]])
*[[wikipedia:Children of Men | Children of Men]]
*Stargate
*Blade Runner
*12 Monkeys
*Star Wars - A New Hope
*Minority Report
*28 days later
*Space Camp
*Tron (1982)
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
*I watch lots of cheese scifi that I wouldn't have nerve to post here (e.g. the 20 other movies based on Phillip K Dick novels)
*Comic book movies (from Spider-man to Sin City)
*Aeon Flux and other cheesy ambiguously girl power flicks.
*...more coming

===SciFi/Fantasy on some level Books/Authors===
*[[wikipedia:Ray Bradbury | Ray Bradbury]] - [[wikipedia:The Martian Chronicles | The Martian Chronicles]], Fahrenheit 451
** Said something to the effect of great science fiction isn't about futures, aliens and far away places; it present situations in which we can better see people and humanity for what they are by taking them out of their usual context.
*Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
*[[wikipedia:Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Luis Borges]] - "The Aleph"
**thoughts from the author - "I wonder why a dream or an idea should be any less real than this table, or why Macbeth should be less real than today's newspaper."
*H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
*[[wikipedia:Nathaniel Hawthorne | Nathaniel Hawthorne]] - "The Birthmark", "Rappaccini's Daughter"
*Frank Herbert - Dune
*Edwin Abbott Abbott - [[wikipedia:Flatland | Flatland]]: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)
*Asimov - Foundation
*Shakespeare - [[wikipedia:The Tempest | The Tempest]]
** "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy" [[wikipedia:Prince Hamlet | Hamlet]] in '''[[wikipedia:Hamlet | Hamlet]]'''

==Links==
===BSG===
:http://community.livejournal.com/galactica_vids - purely a spectator in case you're wondering.
:http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=tebici - Click on links that say BSG, obviously. Also a spectator sport.

User:Tebici

2007-05-15T04:57:10Z

Tebici:

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BSG is the bestest show ever!

I hope I'm allowed to be silly on my own page.

==Other SciFi(-related) TV I watch(ed)==
*[[wikipedia:Space: Above and Beyond | Space: Above and Beyond]] (1995, FOX) ([http://www.spaceaboveandbeyond.tv/ fan], [http://www.tv.com/space-above-and-beyond/show/427/summary.html tv.com])
*Firefly (2002, FOX, or dvd for me)
*[[wikipedia:Welcome to Paradox (TV series) | Welcome to Paradox]] (1998, SciFi) ([http://www.tv.com/welcome-to-paradox/show/966/summary.html tv.com])
*Dark Skies (1996, NBC)
*Heroes (NBC)
*Stargate SG-1 (Showtime, SciFi, first 2 seasons, last 2 seasons, roughly)
*Sliders (FOX, SciFi, first few seasons faithfully)
*Quantum Leap (1989, NBC)
*Some Star Trek here and there (mostly Next Generation, Voyager)
*Marginally SciFi: Strange Luck, Early Edition, Jake 2.0 (feat. [[Grace Park | Boomer]] and [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as pals),
*http://www.tv.com/users/tebici/profile.php
*...

==SciFi Films==
*[[wikipedia:The Fifth Element | The Fifth Element]] (Dir: Luc Besson)
*[[wikipedia:Children of Men | Children of Men]]
*Stargate
*Blade Runner
*12 Monkeys
*Star Wars - A New Hope
*Minority Report
*28 days later
*Space Camp
*Tron (1982)
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
*I watch lots of cheese scifi that I wouldn't have nerve to post here (e.g. the 20 other movies based on Phillip K Dick novels)
*Comic book movies (from Spider-man to Sin City)
*Aeon Flux and other cheesy ambiguously girl power flicks.
*...more coming

==SciFi/Fantasy on some level Books/Authors==
*[[wikipedia:Ray Bradbury | Ray Bradbury]] - [[wikipedia:The Martian Chronicles | The Martian Chronicles]], Fahrenheit 451
** Said something to the effect of great science fiction isn't about futures, aliens and far away places; it present situations in which we can better see people and humanity for what they are by taking them out of their usual context.
*Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
*[[wikipedia:Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Luis Borges]] - "The Aleph"
**thoughts from the author - "I wonder why a dream or an idea should be any less real than this table, or why Macbeth should be less real than today's newspaper."
*H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
*[[wikipedia:Nathaniel Hawthorne | Nathaniel Hawthorne]] - "The Birthmark", "Rappaccini's Daughter"
*Frank Herbert - Dune
*Edwin Abbott Abbott - [[wikipedia:Flatland | Flatland]]: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)
*Asimov - Foundation
*Shakespeare - [[wikipedia:The Tempest | The Tempest]]
** "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy" Hamlet in <u>Hamlet</u>

--Suddenly the choice to only list SciFi shows seems silly given BSGs reliance on drama but that list would be too exhaustive. Maybe I'll do it some other time.

==Links==
:http://community.livejournal.com/galactica_vids - purely a spectator in case you're wondering.
:http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=tebici - Click on links that say BSG, obviously. Also a spectator sport.

User talk:Tebici

2007-05-14T19:05:47Z

Tebici: re: Ministry of Silly Walks

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== User Page Silliness ==
"I hope I'm allowed to be silly on my own page." (from [[User:Tebici]])
:Not only is silliness allowed on your own page, but you can pretty much do with it whatever you want. There are limits (obvious spam accounts, personal attacks, etc.) but they are very rarely even approached. Glad to see another female contributor (especially in light of [[Battlestar_Wiki_talk:Think_Tank/Female_Involvement|recent discussions]]). Hope to see you more on the [[Special:Recentchanges|RC]]. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:40, 14 May 2007 (CDT)
::We encourage you to enjoy the silly pages for any needed inspiration, too, such as "[[Toaster]]." :) --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 13:29, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

:::Nice, sounds like my kind of neighborhood : ) --[[User:Tebici|Tebici]] 14:05, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

User:Tebici

2007-05-14T19:00:52Z

Tebici:

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BSG is the bestest show ever!

I hope I'm allowed to be silly on my own page.

Other SciFi(-related) TV I watch(ed):
*Space:Above and Beyond (1995, FOX)
*Firefly (2002, dvd for me)
*Welcome to Paradox (1998, SciFi)
*Dark Skies (1996, NBC)
*Heroes (NBC)
*Stargate SG-1 (Showtime, SciFi, first 2 seasons, last 2 seasons, roughly)
*Sliders (FOX, SciFi, first few seasons faithfully)
*Quantum Leap
*Some Star Trek here and there (mostly Next Generation, Voyager)
*Marginally SciFi: Strange Luck, Early Edition, Jake 2.0 (feat. [[Grace Park | Boomer]] and [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as pals),
*http://www.tv.com/users/tebici/profile.php
*...

SciFi Films:
*The Fifth Element (Dir: Luc Besson)
*Children of Men
*Stargate
*Blade Runner
*12 Monkeys
*Star Wars - A New Hope
*Minority Report
*28 days later
*Space Camp
*Tron (1982)
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
*I watch lots of cheese scifi that I wouldn't have nerve to post here (e.g. the 20 other movies based on Phillip K Dick novels)
*Comic book movies (from Spider-man to Sin City)
*Aeon Flux and other cheesy ambiguously girl power flicks.
*...more coming

SciFi/Fantasy on some level Books/Authors:
*Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451
** Said something to the effect of great science fiction isn't about futures, aliens and far away places; it present situations in which we can better see people and humanity for what they are by taking them out of their usual context.
*Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
*[[wikipedia:Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Luis Borges]] - "The Aleph"
**thoughts from the author - "I wonder why a dream or an idea should be any less real than this table, or why Macbeth should be less real than today's newspaper."
*H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
*[[wikipedia:Nathaniel Hawthorne | Nathaniel Hawthorne]] - "The Birthmark", "Rappaccini's Daughter"
*Frank Herbert - Dune
*Edwin Abbott Abbott - [[wikipedia:Flatland | Flatland]]: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)
*Asimov - Foundation
*Shakespeare - The Tempest
** "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy" Hamlet in <u>Hamlet</u>

--Suddenly the choice to only list SciFi shows seems silly given BSGs reliance on drama but that list would be too exhaustive. Maybe I'll do it some other time.

Keegan Connor Tracy

2007-05-14T18:11:08Z

Tebici: Grace Park play Keegan's Lab assistant and friend in Jake 2.0

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'''Keegan Connor Tracy''' (born 3 December 1971) is a Canadian actress.

Tracy has appeared in such genre series as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel|Dark Angel]]'', ''[[w:The 4400|The 4400]]'', ''[[w:Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', and ''[[w:First Wave|First Wave]]'' (starring [[Sebastian Spence]]). Most recently, she had a role in the short-lived series ''[[w:Jake 2.0|Jake 2.0]]'', in which [[Grace Park]] also appeared playing Tracy's lab assistant.

In 2002, Tracy won a [[w:Leo Award|Leo Award]] for her appearance in "Pretend You Didn't See Me", an episode of ''[[w:Da Vinci's Inquest|Da Vinci's Inquest]]''.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870535/awards|title=Keegan Connor Tracy - Awards list at IMDb|date=|accessdate=28 February 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

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2007-05-14T18:01:42Z

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2007-05-14T15:15:20Z

Tebici: accuracy, impartiality: added "story-telling" style, "focus on technological novelty"

The Re-Imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series is in many ways a stark contrast to the story-telling style of ''[[wikipedia:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]''. As outlined by [[Ron Moore]]'s essay/mission statement on [[Naturalistic science fiction]], the series purposefully set out to revitalize the Sci-Fi genre away from the "planet of the week" type episodes and focus on technological novelty used in Stargate. Some former ''Stargate SG-1'' cast or crew members crossed over to ''Battlestar Galactica'' when the series initially started, while over time others have also joined the series.

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2007-05-14T15:13:21Z

Tebici: explanation of append "story-telling" [style] to project page

Changed "style" to "story-telling style." I daresay BSG probably owes something to the visual style of SG-1, which is ten years running and probably helped to popularize the use of a grittier and more contemporary visual style in space scifi as compared to a Star Trek or a Babylon 5 (earth-bound scifi is kind of a different story since much of it is in the very near future and admittedly SG-1 straddles the line between the two; see also: Space: Above and Beyond (1995)). In addition, SG-1 features the use of more "humble" technology by the primary team though paired with alien technology. Some of stylistic changes may have been as much a byproduct of the premise as an intentional leap forward in style but they may have been influential nonetheless.

In any case, the story-telling (if you can think of a better word, feel free) element is arguably what's backed up by the citation. Anything more is at least debatable enough to fall more on the side of opinion than encyclopedic.

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