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....never end! They just keep getting better!
Good evening, Colonials!
Welcome to our new members...as always another group from all over the planet have landed on our Battlestar...so again welcome.
First of all with this...personally speaking I'm so honored that you are all a part of our family & I'm also very thrilled and pleased with our management team & associates.
Since the BFC was founded in 2000 a lot has gone on and we have a unique history...up until the time of the emergence of the re-imagined series there was pretty much ZERO support from the studios for the property...the fans kept the fires lit along with Richard Hatch and other alumni from the original show.
This IS where the Fan Club has & had it's roots...when I first encountered Richard the question of a viable Fan Club came up & with his inspiration and the combined efforts of Chris Feehan & myself...the BFC was born.
So literally this was a project put forward by fans of the show plus alumni of the show...and that has been how it's been...Richard has always been an innovator in that respect...his Second Coming project was based on the same principal & other people with passion for the product have found that the fan/actor alliance is the champ (because they ARE all fans btw)...like Walter Koenig, George Takei,Tim Russ & Garret Wang from Star Trek...all good examples.
They get it!
To be sure being a fan of something does not mean you need to form a Fan Club...I'm a fan of fried chicken, but I would never make a Fan Club to admire it...!
However this is a totally different thing...it is neither a studio creature telling fans what to like nor is it a bunch of folks with absolutely no connection to what is going on either...we are an interactive group that combines fans of Battlestar Galactica with the actors, writers, musicians, directors & producers of BSG & other productions to create a truly complete whole.
Before I forget to mention...I want to send a BIG thank you out to Bear McCreary for calling and broadcasting Stu Phillips to the fans gathered at our Galacticon 3 opening ceremony & though he wasn't there with us, for making him a part of the celebration.
Stu Phillips, I know you are reading this...we all love you & thank you for bringing light and magic into our universe!
In that continuing frame of thought...we...as you know...have a weekly Hero of Battlestar Galactica announcement...and this goes out to an individual who has enhanced, moved forward and expanded the animal we call Battlestar Galactica in some way shape or form.
This could be an actor, a writer, a director or a fan...anybody who has made a positive contribution...this week it falls to someone who was instrumental in making Galacticon 3 move forward and kept peace and order in the house and who continues to bring that to the Fan Club as well...not only is he a great and hard working fan of BFC (and has been honored by Katee Sackhoff & Tricia Helfer in their road trip adventures) he is an equally hard working member of the police force in Texas....and an example of a cop everyone should have in their town!...I do not honor him because he is a friend of mine, i honor him because he is a good man and a shining example of what a hero is...Colonials, our Hero of Battlestar Galactica....head of security at G3 & I want his butt back for G4...heading our security on the BFC and looking out in the same capacity on BattlestarGalactica.com...our Chief of Staff here as well...Ladies & Gentleman...Paul Nix!
So Say We All!
Shawn O'Donnell
President
Battlestar Galactica Fan Club
ACTION STATION! ACTION STATIONS! BSR-05 EXCALIBUR SET CONDITION 1 THROUGHOUT THE SHIP. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Attention to orders, we set Condition 1 to engage in this fight. There is a facebook combat, BSG Reimagined vs Star Trek TNG, organized by Montreal Comiccon. We must win this combat. Those treekies are just frakkin skinjobs, so It's time to kick their butt. Launch all vipers Ens. Sloan. Start marines deployement as planned LT Ferland.
We need your vote!!!
Good morning, Colonials!
I want to thank you all again for welcoming me and giving me the chance to be your Deputy VP. I'm looking forward to the opportunities this role will bring to me and what I can bring to all of you.
A little about myself...
BSG didn't enter my life when I was a kid. Sci-fi was not introduced to me until I was about 8 years old when my uncle showed me Terminator II. I was all about it. Post apocalyptic plots, robots, big machine guns, motorcycles (vipers :-p), etc. How could a little kid NOT like those things, right?
From there my interest in sci-fi grew into what it is today - a passion. Strangely enough, I didn't watch BSG (reimagined) when it was airing in 2004. I had just graduated high school in 2003 and was off to college 3 months after. So when BSG aired, I was in college with no TV and a terrible Internet connection. I moved back home in 2005 to pursue a different degree. While working at Sam's club to make some money, I'd come home to see my parents watching Star Trek on a regular basis. Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, Next Generation. They would watch them over and over. They'd wait for me every night to start the episode after I got back from work. That's when it started to click for me. But still, no BSG yet.
I moved to Austin in 2007 for a new job and to be closer to my sister. At this new job, my coworker and I began connecting through things like movies and TV. At that time my impression of BSG was the 1978 version. I wasn't interested at all.
One day he came into the office and asked me if I had seen Battlestar Galactica. I said, "No, isn't that show like really outdated?" And he responded, "No no, the new version." I replied, "What? There is a new version?" He said, "Yes dude. And you need to watch it." I replied, "Nah, I can't see myself enjoying that." He replied, "Do you like Star Trek and Star Wars?" I said, "Of course." He replied, "Then you need to jump on this."
At the time, I didn't have Netflix or Hulu or any streaming device to make it easy to watch the show. So that night I went to Blockbusters and found Season 1 available for rental. I went home and turned it on. For a few minutes I kept thinking, "Psh, this can't be THAT good. I don't see any major action or space opera." But boy was I wrong. Once Caprica Six revealed that she was a Cylon, I was really intrigued. Then Baltar's panic set in. After that I was glued to the TV. I watched the entire series in just 3 weeks. I beat my coworker to the finale.
I became obsessed. I think I've watched the series all the way through at least 10 times (Now on Netflix). I'd have it on in the background while cleaning or cooking.
BSG plunged me into a new love for sci-fi. Even out of the sci-fi genre. It was more like it made me realize what it means to have a passion for a franchise.
I'm so glad to have seen the light and to have given the show a chance. It led me to G3; it led me to new friends and now it has led me to all of you.
It's my pleasure to be a part of this great team and I look forward to what's in store for the future.
So say we all!
Rob
Deputy VP
Colonials,
Just a little info we just want to pass along that we just got to each and everyone of you.
The American Cinematheque will be showing BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE MOVIE on the big screen in Sensurround (as it was originally shown theatrically) at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood this Friday night, preceded by a discussion with original series creator Glen A. Larson, plus writer Terry McDonnell and visual effects artist Pat McClung.
You can find more info about it on their website here:
http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/battlestar-galactica
They also have a Facebook event you can share on your social media:
https://www.facebook.com/events/351861321602980/
Tickets are still available at $11 General Admission.
So we encourage all of you especially those that lives locally to come and check this out. And please, spread the word.
Keeping the faith! So Say We All!
In Service,
Cherry "DragonLady"
Battlestar Galactica Fan Club Vice President
ATTENTION TO ORDERS - SET CONDITION 2 THROUGHOUT THE SHIP!
Crew of the Excalibur and Colonial patriots! An intelligency report has come to our attention. On June 15Th, the Montreal Comiccon team is organizing within a big Genre TV Tournament a battle between BSG Reimagined and Star Trek TNG. We need your vote
to allow BSG to win.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Montreal-Comiccon/161293941887
Colonel Fred "Harfang" Landry
BSR-05 Excalibur Commanding Officer
11Th Fleet
Viper and Raptor pilot 11041QC
Well I have looked around at a few places online for the flight suits and dress blues. I "like" the stuff at Anovos, but I don't know what they are smoking to think I am paying $1250.00 for an officers uniform dress blues. Guess I will have to try one of the other suggested links. I really want the flight suit though. Tahmoh and Leah were telling me at the Con about the terrific weight loss program you get with the ownership of one of those flight suits.
I used to make full suits of leather armor for folks at the Renaissance Faire in Texas, and for $1250, you got one hell of a suit of armor for that price. A blue chefs coat and some trousers with a couple patches doesn't come close in my book to "getting my money's worth".
So the search continues...
Hey all, new member here, longtime BSG fan, since the initial showing of the original series. I've since become a passionate fan of the new series, due to the fact the final episode really falls along into my personal beliefs.
Anyhow, I live in North Carolina, hope some other members live here
So Say We All!!!
Battlestar Raven would just like to wish Raven Member: Jason Lee Nedbalek, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! From all of us here on Battlestar Raven. May you have a great one and many more to come.
Attention on the decks throughout the fleet! A Hearty Congratulations to our new Deputy Vice President Rob Soto! So say we ALL!
Fellow Colonials,
Greetings on this day of June 8th...I hope all is well with everyone & that most have sufficiently recovered from Galacticon 3...lot of fun, but I suppose most would be hard pressed to keep up that pace EVERY weekend...or would they?
I do know that the Battlestar Galactica family...and the weekend of the Con proved it once again...is a thriving vital tribe.
Again, once again, the diversity of the fans that love BSG have no bounds...younger fans, older fans, black, white, latino & asian...men and women...gay and straight...different religon's, different nationalities, from nations scattered around the globe, physically came together in that one spot in Houston to celebrate...and here we are, right here and now, together.
You could say that we reflect the BSG universe, but the actual truth is that it reflects all of US, which provides its ultimate humanity.
How could anyone not like that?
Of course...it is Hero time...Hero of Battlestar Galactica that is...and I think I have said before that this is meant to honor either an actor, a writer, a producer, or a fan of the show...actually any capacity that is connected with it and where that person added a contribution to the multi-verse that is BSG.
Well, I can think of no better person to honor tonight than a lady who worked TIRELESSLY to make things work, who kept things moving along (despite frequent schedule changes imposed upon her)...she was there all the way & then some.
This person has been working in show business for many years...notably with well known Producer Norman Lear...and she came to work with us too.
Tonight, the Hero of Battlestar Galactica certificate goes to none other than our own Cheryl Dubuque!
So Say We All!
Shawn O'Donnell
President
Battlestar Galactica Fan Club
What is it like to be a Marine aboard the Raven you ask? I believe the General Orders that all new Marine Recruits have to know and memorize will tell it all.
-To take charge of this post and all BFC property in view
-To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
-To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
-To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own. IE: in the event of a COMM breakdown, all orders must be yelled or verbally given to the next sentry no matter the distance from the next post and so on...until the entire unit knows the same order issued.
-To quit my post only when properly relieved.
-To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the Executive Officer, Detachment commander, and officers, both commissioned and non-commissioned, of the guard only.
-To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
-To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
-To call the MarDet Commander or the XO in any case not covered by instructions.
-To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.
-To be especially watchful at all times, especially wartime, and to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
If you have what it takes to be the elite of the elites, then there is only one place to join. JOIN THE RAVEN COLONIAL MARINES here at Battlestar Galactica Fan Club !!! Check us out on the Raven website:
http://www.battlestarraven-bfc-002.com/raven-marines
http://www.battlestarraven-bfc-002.com/marine-training-regiment
-Major Eduardo "Enforcer"
Raven Marine OIC
Since I joined up with this wonderful organization, I have had some thoughts and ideas that needed to be fleshed out. In the recent years including this one, I have had several friends or family members finish college degrees and some with advanced degrees. For the longest time I felt uncomfortable around these people for the fact that I spent time in the Military, and after I got out tried to go to school full time, but when working full time at the same time made trying to accomplish this goal almost impossible.
I dropped out of college back in 1999 and now 14 years later, there had been some things that have affected my life. I am not ashamed to say that for the past 2 years I could not find a job, and yes there were times that I did not even look. However with my roommate (Ens. Chronstier) graduating from Law School in 2011 everyone in my household had at the very least a bachelor's degree. Again that feeling uncomfortable started up again. It caused some strife in my house and I was feeling very ashamed and embarrassed about not getting an education. So one night after an argument I sat down and started to look at stuff online.
Because of the people I hang around with and the interests I have being political in a sense, I started to look at becoming a paralegal due to the fact that I feel there is job opportunities once I got the training. So I found a school that is not traditional in the sense that I have to take multiple classes at the same time. I only take one class a month 3 days a week. To me this allows me to concentrate on that one subject and get it out of the way. I like this kind of deal when Composition I and Composition II come rolling around. But I was still sketchy on trying to attend school, I have pretty much lost a lot of my personal things. Being out of work I could not afford Insurance and keeping up with the Tag on my car. My apartment complex towed my car away due to the fact of that tag. Well that made things extremely hard. Since I could not afford the normal stuff so I could not getting my car out of impound so I cut my losses on that and considered it lost to the ravages of being unemployed.
Talking with my roommates and then started to talk with the Admissions Recruiter, we saw the fact that we can work things around to allow me to go to school. We looked to Financial Aid, and sure I was in need of student loans. But we saw that it was not a whole lot for student loans and it covered my tuition for the classes. Again feeling sketchy about getting into debt since I could not pay for anything else. I was assured that things will be alright. So I decided to take the plunge and enrolled in school.
School started this past week and I am enjoying the class so far. Again I am just taking one course at a time. So I am still excited about the whole process.
In character you will see Gambit sitting in his quarters or in the rec room pouring over the correspondences courses from the JAG corps. He is not going to ignore his duties but his off hours are now nose deep in books and pages of notes strewn across the table.
Thank you for reading and Thank you for all being of awesome.
RAVEN MARINES,
I have to apologize for my absence. My duty to our country pretty much occupied my time. But now that it has calm down a bit, you will see me here around more often. During my absense, I have been able to develop the Marine Manual which I will implement aboard the Raven pending Command approval. So all my Marines better dust the their boots off, get their gears ready, and be ready for some training. IS THAT CLEAR?!?!?!?!? No more slacking off now that I am back.
AWWOOORRRRRHHHH! AWOOOORRRRRHHHHH!
Major Eduardo "Enforcer"
Raven Marine OIC
Here is an article on our friends across the pond doing a Live Action Role Play of the story in the Re-Imaged series.
http://kotaku.com/oh-my-god-theyve-recreated-battlestar-galactica-in-rea-511141201
Here a follow up article on how that type of game could cross the Atlantic
I think we need to have the command staff send out invitations to this crew and see if we can help them along.
I think I may have come up with a recipe that is close to my interpretation of what Ambrosia would have been like. Only thing is, what I came up with is about 80 proof, but I guinea pigged a few friends on it over the weekend and they pretty much wiped me out of thew stuff without even knowing what it was I made.
What I need is one or two of the bottles that Col. Tigh had in the show. I know they bottles came from a company called Brilliant out of Scotland that makes vodka, but I have torn apart the city trying to find anyone who carries the stuff anymore. My best contact is a place called Binny's up in Chicago but they dont' ship to TX and I don't know anyone from there.
I am going to go check out a few more places in Houston to see about a hexagon-shaped tall clear bottle and see if I can come up with anything.
If any of you have leads on this, let me know.
Thanks.
~S~
Colonials!
I have returned to Southern California from my little sojourn to Corpus Christi Texas...where I was raised & first "met" Richard Hatch & Kathy Coleman...at least via television...my email was patchy (where did I leave that communicator?)...but I am most certainly back.
Just a small note...in THIS note, I will explain the title of my current message to everyone.
To get started, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who attended Galacticon 3, you the fans...thank you all for being there.
I do want to also single out some people for thanks (but warning: this might get long!) that really do need to be mentioned.
First of all I want to thank all the volunteers who were there to help us out:
Alvina Bryant, Cassie Kramer, Cherie Leach, Dan Donalson, David Roohy, Drew Vavrin, Duane Zamarron, Elaine Nowak, Erik Arroyos, Erin Stark, Frank Kennedy, Gayle Jackson, Giler McCarroll, Gladys Ramirez, Greg Goodwin, Guy Earle, Harold Best, Heather Rief, Holly Vavrin, Jacob Montgomery, James Hogancamp, James Stines, James Wood, Jamie Wood, Jennifer Roberson, Jennifer Thibideaux, Jesse Koves, Jessica Bailess, Jessika Kynett, Joe Slush, Judy Kennedy, Karolina "Karo" Kayko, Kat Hibsphman, Keith Allen, Kenneth Winnett, Kyle Denny, Laua Sanderson, Lessa Grable, Lexie Jackson, Lisa Spence, Lisa Wolfson, Lorena Arroyos, Lulu Tapia, Maia Szekely, Mark Rothkop, Mark Todd & Everyone from Blackstar Squardron, Michael "Rabbit" Boyett, Michael Amowitz, Michael Schloer, Mina Frannea, Mina Sharpe, Nela Milic, Nikkie Koves, Omar Buchanan, Rebecca Peierson, Richard Saunders, Robert "Bobby DJ" Lorber, Rober Ybarra, Rodney Johnson, Sal Baldovino, Samantha "Sam" Murray, Sandra Douglass, Sandra Merritt, Sara Gries, Scotty WhiteHurst, Sharon Bronson, Sherrie Crevoisier, Stacy Walker, Stepanie Youngblood, Stephen Dodd, Stephen Sardeson, Stuart Ransonm, Susan Gray, Tanyia "TJ" Johnson, Tony Leach, Travis Pickrey, Tym Pollack, Valerie Ng-Joe & Yvonne Neatby/
Special Thanks to:
Daniel Allan, Amy Prentice, Cherry Oclima & the Battlestar Raven, Chris Loomis, David Kunkle Cliff Gardner, Bill Watters, Missy Best, Tom Tagliente, Paul Nix & Stephen Gross.
Big Thanks to:
Cheryl "Grace Under Pressure" Dubuque....everytime something poked a hole in the Battlestar's skin, she was there to plug it!
I also want to send a special thanks over to John Simons & everyone at ComicPalooza for the support.
Nope....not done...and if you are left off this list...anyone of you...please let me know, remind me and I will make sure that we shout your name out!
Special thanks to our closing panelists: April Eden, Kathy Coleman, Richard Hatch & Jack Stauffer.
Another round of thanks for our attendees: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Michael Hogan, Alessandra Torresani, Esai Morales, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson Jr, Terry Carter, Anne Lockhart, Tahmoh Penikett, Michael Trucco, Nicki Clyne, Rekha Sharma, Kate Vernon, Kandyse McClure, Leah Cairns, Luciana Carro, Bodie Olmos, Noah Hathaway, Jack Stauffer, Sarah Rush, Eric Chu, Bear McCreary, Kevin Grazier, Lee Stringer, Andrew Probert, Kathy Coleman, Tye Bourdony & Robert Scott LePine.
Whew!
Not a better bunch of folks...not by a long shot!
I wanted also to say this to everyone, every show has it's ups & downs...and like every show we had a bunch of really great moments (mostly great moments) but we did have our expected share of frak ups & kerfluffles....it is the nature of the con beast.
So while we will obviously take credit for all the overwhelmingly great things, we also take responsibility for the the frak ups too.
I did want to make it clear to all who attended that our staff held things together and really performed miracles in light of last minute "no's" you can't do this or you can't use this or that room from either the hotel or the venue itself...or the last minute changes, and then changes & then changes once again that we were presented with.
Everything falls back on us of course, good or bad...but I did want to let you know the circumstances that we dealt with.
All in all though, IMHO...I think it was a helluva show!
Matter of fact I have something here that Jack Stauaffer asked me to share with all of you:
To the greatest fans in the world - thank you for making Galacticon 3 a fabulous event. I cannot remember when I have had more fun at a con. The fact that anyone remembers me 35 years later is mind boggling. It was great to make new friends and revisit with some old ones. Having 52 people take over Benihanas on Friday night was a gas. There were so many pictures taken. If you have some you want to share send them to me at bsgbojay@aol.com. There was one taken of Richard and me at Benihanas i would like. My special thanks to Tom, Cheryl, Marcel, and all the volunteers who helped me. Who knows how many more times we will do this but if this was the last one we went out with a bang. SO SAY WE ALL!!
I can give that one a definite ringing endorsement & I will second Jack's SO SAY WE ALL!
Of course the above note does suggest a few things that I should comment on...people were asking is there going to be a Galacticon IV (as in 4!)?...and could it maybe happen in less than 5 years?
All I can say with certainty is that yes, there will be a Galacticon IV...and it will happen in less than 5 years, much sooner in fact...not next weekend of course, but it WILL happen.
Can't say nothin' else at this point on that...but I will tell all of you thanks again for you support...KEEP THE FAITH....!
SO SAY WE ALL!
Shawn O'Donnell
President
Battlestar Galactica Fan Club
Battlestar Raven would just like to wish the following Raven Members: Don Fallo and Jason "Achilles" McNeely, A VERY BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY. From all of your fellow crewmates aboard the Raven. May you have a great one and that the both of you have many more to come.
So Say We All!!!
REAL LIFE CYLONS/Terminators etc....UN Expert Demands Their Production And Development Be Frozen...
http://www.trunews.com/un-expert-demands-freeze-on-robot-weapons/
