Prima di tutto, l'ennesimo necrologio:
LeRoi Moore, R.I.P. 
Poi, ho colto l'occasione della pubblicazione in edicola (7.90 euro, mi pare) per vedermi
Battlestar Galactica - La Miniserie: tre ore di film da vedere cronologicamente prima del resto della serie.
Fantascienza classica come non ne vedevo da anni: sono rimasto estasiato e medito l'acquisto della
serie (tre stagioni completate, la quarta in corso) da amazon UK o US (i prezzi italiani, al solito, sono privi di contatto con la realtà).
In un lontanissimo futuro (e/o, se vogliamo, in un universo alterenativo) in cui tanto per cambiare si è persa l'ubicazione della
Terra (portarsi dietro la guida Michelin, no?), le 12 colonie contano decine di miliardi di persone, pace, democrazia e prosperità.
Decenni prima si era conclusa la guerra coi
Cylons, robot fuggiti al controllo, che ora sono scomparsi.
Non per molto, comunque: stavano in realtà prendendo tempo per pianificare un devastante attacco in massa, che lascerà ben poco dell'umanità.
I pochi sopravvissuti, su una manciata di navi civili, si ritrovano sotto la protezione della gigantesca
Battlestar Galactica, ultima nave costruita per combattere quella spaventosa guerra (e che sta per essere decommissionata e trasformata in un museo, e quindi non ha a bordo neanche dei fagioli, da sparare).
Ci si ritroverà divisi tra necessità di protezione e desiderio di vendetta immediata.
Trama veramente bella ed ottimamente narrata, come in tutte le serie che si rispettino a farla da padrona sono le relazione tra i personaggi: eroici, sbruffoni, codardi, vendicativi, impauriti ed abbattuti.
Tutti quelli presentati nelle tre ore del film sono veramente ottimi e ben tratteggiati e pongono le basi per eccellenti relazioni.
Ciò che ho apprezzato di più è la cura nei dettagli ed un gusto retrò che non è però fine a sé stesso; la nave da guerra (sufficientemente grande e corazzata da sostenere una esplosione nucleare sullo scafo - seppur non senza danni) ha i boccaporti manuali e nessuno dei suoi computer è in rete, ma tutto questo ha una spiegazione: in una guerra contro delle macchine, non puoi affidarti troppo a qualcosa che loro sanno gestire inifinitamente meglio!
Non ci si fa inoltre scrupoli di far morire gente a manate, né di creare casi privi di soluzioni indolori.
Insomma: l'umanità è stata di fatto annientata, e
lo si sente.
La recitazione è di norma decente, da segnalare solo un com'è-diventato-veeecchio-
Edward James Olmos e quella abbacinante pataccona di
Tricia Helfer.
Gli effetti speciali non sono malissimo, per una serie, ma niente che faccia gridare al miracolo.
In prospettiva di prendere il resto dall'estero, l'ho visto in inglese; il doppiaggio italiano mi pare comunque molto buono (almeno come voci).
Non ho ancora visto il documentario allegato.
Come in
qualunque cosa prodotta negli ultimi anni (vedi
300), immancabilmente
qualcuno ci ha trovato riferimenti alla
GuerraAlTerrorismo+Iraq+Bush; francamente, mi paiono sempre più una manica di minchiate...
Voto: 9. Fantascienza spettacolare!
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Olmos, Edward James
Data di nascita: 24 February 1947
Altezza: 5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
Coniuge: Lymari Nadal::(2002 - present), Lorraine Bracco::(28 January 1994 - 4 March 2002) (divorced), Kaija Keel::(29 December 1971 - 1992) (divorced) 2 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:If Edward James Olmos had followed the first love of his life, he'd have been a professional baseball player. But by age 13, another love entered his life: rock music. By age 15 he was already an experienced rock singer, forming and reforming several "garage bands" along the way. During the late '60s and early '70s he played the most famous clubs on Sunset Strip, including Gazzarri's and The Factory. But a friend suggested that, with his flair for the dramatic, he consider a career in acting. Throughout the seventies he divided his time between rock music gigs, acting classes, bit parts in TV, Off-off-off Broadway plays and his business of moving fine furniture (which kept body, soul and family together). His first big break was a starring role in Luis Valdez's play, "Zoot Suit", in 1978. The play moved to Broadway and led to a Tony nomination and great critical acclaim. Perhaps best known for his role as "Lt. Martin Castillo" in the NBC TV series, "Miami Vice" (1984) (1984-1989), he has been seen in numerous film and TV productions. He received an Accademy Award nomination for "best actor" for his starring role in Stand and Deliver (1988). Most notable of his recent offerings is American Me (1992), which was also his directing debut. But acting, directing and screenwriting are only parts of what he does. Olmos contends he would much rather be known as an activist than an actor. He devotes much of his time to causes, particularly those focusing on the needs and rights of children. He makes, on average, some 150 personal appearances a year to places where he can reach kids at risk; juvenile halls, detention centers, boys/girls clubs, schools. Anywhere he can get across his message that "we all have a choice" about where life takes us. He stresses the importance of education, the risks of gang life and tries to promote the notion of taking responsibility for one's own actions and one's own happiness in life. Using his own "disadvantaged background" as an example (he grew up in East Los Angeles, infamous for its gang problems), he tells the kids, "If I can do it, so can you". And he tries to point them in a positive direction. He has served as an ambassador for UNICEF and has received numerous accolades for his activism. He will long be remembered for getting out in the thick of the L.A. Riots of 1992 with his broom: one calm, reasonable presence in the midst of chaos and gunfire. Olmos was married to actress Lorraine Bracco. Between them they have 6 children, ages 10 - 25.
Trivia random: Drove a red Porsche Turbo, which he bought in Miami at a sale of articles confiscated in drug-busts. "He got 30 years. I got the car!". But soon afterwards the Porsche was stolen.
Citazione random: "Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money." Speaking of his role as the laconic "Lt. Castillo" on "Miami Vice" (1984): "I was the highest-paid actor--per word--in the history of television!".
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Helfer, Tricia
Nome di battesimo: Helfer, Tricia Janine
Data di nascita: 11 April 1974
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Jonathan Marshall::(2003 - present)
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Measurements: 34-24-34 (Source: celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Citazione random: I would change the push for women to look like Playmate Barbie dolls, that is just ridiculous. - one thing she would change about film industry
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV)
Regista: Michael Rymer Scrittore: Glen A. Larson,
Ronald D. Moore Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 8.1/10 (11443 voti)
Durata: USA:180 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:It's been 40 years since the 12 colonies of mankind have heard from their progeny, the Cylons -- robotic creatures who rose up and declared war on their masters, then disappeared. In a sudden, devastating strike, the Cylons return and lay waste to the colonies, aided by human-looking Cylon variants and an unwitting fifth columnist. The attack forces Commander William Adama to call into action his museum-piece warship, the Battlestar Galactica, and soon its company of hotshot fighter pilots is blasting away at the invaders. But their best efforts can't prevent the colonies' obliteration. Fleeing the Cylon genocide, the Galactica leads a rag-tag fleet of survivors on a lonely quest to find humanity's fabled 13th colony -- a planet known as Earth.
Trivia random: DVD features deleted scenes with incomplete visual effects: - Laura meeting Billy for the first time on the space liner before it lifts off - Extended scene of Apollo arriving on Galactica: up in Pri-Fly, Aaron Doral explains why manned Vipers are still used; added shots from Apollo's point of view of the landing - Boomer lands the Raptor on Galactica, actually bouncing it on the deck a couple of times - Cally stops Socinus from going into the tool room where Tyrol and Boomer are having sex - Extended scene of Billy meeting Dualla: she explains why the Galactica has unisex bathrooms and helps him get to where he needed to be - The actual decommissioning of Galactica, involving the jettisoning of all her live ordnance into space for remote destruction - Extended scene of Apollo dealing with the missile fired at the space liner: he takes it on a chase through the canyons of a moon, using up all his fuel in the process, before flipping over and shooting it down - The space liner picks up Apollo after he'd flamed out Just as Galactica is preparing for the FTL jump to Ragnar Anchorage, Starbuck and her flight group have to deal with three more Cylon raiders and another nuke attack; she shoots it down this time Cally berates Tyrol for his affair with Boomer - Tyrol takes Boxey to his new bunk in pilots' quarters, saying it used to belong to a pilot with the call sign of Carrot - In the Galactica's wardroom, Billy explains to Laura that she's going to have to think in more military terms if she's ever going to win over Tigh and Adama
Citazione random: Baltar: So now you're telling me, um, now you're telling me you're a machine?::Number Six: I'm a woman.::Baltar: You're a machine. You're a synthetic woman, a robot.::Number Six: I've said it three times now.::Baltar: Well, forgive me, I'm having the tiniest little bit of trouble believing that because the last time anybody saw the Cylons they looked more like walking chrome toasters.::Number Six: Those models are still around. They have their uses.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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