Bring on the Battlestar

For those of you who can’t wait for the upcoming Battlestar Galactica movie coming in December, you can get a little taste of the best show on television by checking out two-minute Razor Flashbacks almost every Friday up until the Nov. 24 premiere of the BSG television movie, called Razor.

The mini-episodes will appear during the SciFi Channel’s airing of Flash Gordon episodes. Cool, huh?

From scifi.com:

Written by Michael Taylor and directed by Wayne Rose and Felix Alcala, these intense, roughly two-minute segments tell the story of young William “Husker” Adama’s rookie Viper mission during the first Cylon war. In addition to fighting for his very survival against relentless Cylon centurions, Adama makes a terrifying discovery that will come back 40 years later to threaten him, the crew of the Pegasus and the survival of the human race.

The “Flashback” footage will NOT appear in the Nov. 24 SciFi version of “Razor” but will be featured on the “Razor” DVD which hits stores Dec. 4.

If you’re not a fan of the new “Flash Gordon” (or can’t afford cable) you can also watch all the “Razor Flashbacks” on scifi.com immediately after broadcast.

And here’s a bit on the BSG movie, if you need to know more:

The special two-hour episode “Razor”, which will serve as a backdrop for the events of season four of Battlestar Galactica, tells the story of Lee Adama’s first mission as the commander of the battlestar Pegasus — and the harrowing tale of that ship’s desperate fight for survival in the immediate aftermath of the Cylon’s genocidal siege of the Twelve Colonies.

Lee Adama’s new XO, Major Kendra Shaw, is plagued by memories of her service and sacrifices under Admiral Helena Cain, who was able to save her ship during the Cylon attack — but only by making Shaw and her fellow officers rationalize suicidal battle tactics and brutal war crimes against their own people.

In the crucible of war, Shaw must let her hesitation and doubts burn away, until all that remains of her is the honed edge of a living human weapon — what Colonial veterans call “a razor.” But an edge so fine cuts in more than one direction. It can cleave an enemy to pieces … or it can carve away a person’s soul.

Season four of “Battlestar Galactica” begins in January.

Shamelessly stolen from Ain’t It Cool News.
Thanks for the heads-up, Lightnin’.