If 'Comcast / NBC-Universal' Is Done With Its 'Fake Battlestar Galactica Movie / TV Series Press Releases', It Then Faces The 'Battlestar IP' Lapsing Into The 'Public Domain'

 

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'Comcast / NBC-Universal' Was Too Cheap to Make a New 'Battlestar' Production In a Quarter Century...

 

...And then suddenly goes 'Bat Shit Crazy' with new merchandise in 2026.

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Ever Wonder What Happened to All of The Effects Footage John Dykstra and His Crew Filmed For 'Gun On Ice Planet Zero?'

 

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The high quality, custom space battle sequences that John Dykstra and his 'Apogee' team filmed for 'Gun on Ice Planet Zero' were completely wiped out and ruined due to a laboratory chemical error during film processing.

The catastrophic chain of events unfolded behind the scenes due to the following factors:

The Laboratory Blunder

Dykstra's team shot an extensive array of stunning, intricate miniatures and motion control space-battle sequences specifically tailored to the plot of the 'Ice Planet' episodes. However, when the negative was sent to the lab for processing, a technician mistakenly used the wrong chemical mixture (or ruined the chemical bath consistency.) This error completely ate away and dissolved the emulsion of the film, physically destroying all of the footage.

The Looming Airdate

Because Battlestar Galactica was working on an incredibly tight, grueling weekly tv schedule, there was absolutely no time or budget left to reconstruct the models, re-set the motion control rigs, and re-shoot the lost sequences.

The Desperate Patchwork

To deliver the two-part episode on time to ABC, the production team was forced to scramble. They threw together crude, rushed, 'quickie' replacement effects on a shoe-string turnaround and heavily relied on recycling stock shots from the pilot episode ('Saga of a Star World') to fill the gaps.

Because of a single lab mistake, what should have been one of Dykstra's absolute crowning visual achievements for the regular series was permanently lost, leaving fans an episode that awkwardly mixed high-end ground production values with noticeably cheap , repeated space effects.

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At Least Stu Phillips Work is Being Honored and Respected In This 'Never Ending Cess-Pool' of 'Comcast / NBC-Universal's'

 

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The Deleted Scenes Keep Coming

 

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Missing Footage From The First 30 Minutes

The Extended Cimtar Scout Mission

The sequence where Apollo and Zac discover the Cylon fleet hidden in the gas nebula (cloud cover) originally featured significantly more dialogue. Zac's Viper suffers an explicit, extended mechanical malfunction with his fuel line / energizer, which built up tension before they realized their scanners were being jammed.

The Flayer Attack Context

During the initial Cylon ambush, there were cut, cockpit cutaways of minor Colonial pilots being picked off by the Cylons before Apollo and Zac could sprint back to the fleet.

Adama and Tigh's Defenses

A deleted conversation on the Galactica bridge explicitly shows Tigh and Adama attempting to raise the other Battlestars via encrypted sub-space links during the ambush, only to hear the static and panic of the other Commanders as they realize their scanners are useless.

The Fall of Caprica Surface Panics

While we see the iconic shots of Serina on the balcony and the destruction of the Capital city, several street level sequences of Caprican citizens panicking and rushing for shelters were filmed but cut out to rely on the faster paced, model miniature explosion shots.

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Yes, The Major "Battlestar" News Is, "Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea" Is Being Revived

 

Someone wake up the entire world when "Comcast / NBC-Universal" learns how to conduct itself in our economy.

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Another Cut Sequence From 'Saga of a Star World'

 

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The Cut Cylon Magnetic Storm Sequence

The Strategic Argument

As Civilian Ships are frantic, chaotic, and arriving in completely unorganized clusters behind the Galactica, Col. Tigh suggests moving the defenseless fleet into a nearby radioactive nebula.

The Camoflage Idea

The nebula would act as natural camouflage, blocking Cylon long range scans and giving the Galactica breathing room to organize the ships by speed, fuel capacity, and supply type without being sitting ducks.

The Trap

Adama rejects the idea (or hesitates) because entering the storm would also completely blind their own scanners, effectively trapping the civilian ships in a radioactive soup where they couldn't see a Cylon ambush coming until it was too late.

And another cut sequence....

A major character named Lyra (played by actress Laurie Prange) was entirely cut from the pilot. She was a member of the 'Council of 12', who clashed aggressively with Adama over his skepticism of the Cylons. Her removal erased a heavy amount of dialogue detailing how the human government utterly blindfolded themselves to the Cylon threat. Her character on the council was supposed to represent a youth and peace movement within the Colonies advocating trusting the Cylons.

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