Battlestar Galactica Downloaded

Author : David Bassom
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781848561113

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Battlestar Galactica: Downloaded by David Bassom Pdf

Battlestar Galactica the ‘re-imagined’ version of the cult 1970s series and now in its fourth and final season is without doubt the most critically acclaimed SF show on TV. With a classy ensemble cast, including Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice) and Mary McDonnell (Independence Day), cutting edge special effects, superb production design and adult-oriented scripts, the new Battlestar Galactica is both a worthy successor to a classic original, and a stunning piece of television in its own right. This official full-colour companion to the first and second seasons is packed with exclusive interviews, stunning photos, behind-the-scenes secrets, and a complete episode guide with in-depth commentary from both cast and crew.

Author : Tiffany Potter,C. W. Marshall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781441157065

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Cylons in America by Tiffany Potter,C. W. Marshall Pdf

With its fourth season due to air in January 2008, the award-winning Battlestar Galactica continues to be exceptionally popular for non-network television, combining the familiar features of science fiction with direct commentary on life in mainstream America. Cylons in America is the first collection of critical studies of Battlestar Galactica (its 2003 miniseries, and the ongoing 2004 television series), examining its place within popular culture and its engagement with contemporary American society. Battlestar Galactica depicts the remnants of the human race fleeing across space from a robotic enemy called the Cylons. The fleet is protected by a single warship, the Battlestar, and is searching for a "lost colony" that settled on the legendary planet "Earth." Originally a television series in the 1970s, the current series maintains the mythic sense established with the earlier quest narrative, but adds elements of hard science and aggressive engagement with post-9/11 American politics. Cylons In America casts a critical eye on the revived series and is sure to appeal to fans of the show, as well as to scholars and researchers of contemporary television.

Author : Roz Kaveney,Jennifer Stoy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857710741

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Battlestar Galactica by Roz Kaveney,Jennifer Stoy Pdf

"The West Wing" or "Generation Kill" in Space? A show about God-fearing sex-obsessed robots? Or a complex meditation on fate, dreaming and eternal recurrence? Of all recent television science fiction series, the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" is the most highly praised and consistently inventive and intelligent. Where the original show was a straightforward space opera, the new one is rich, strange and above all unpredictable. This book covers the new "Battlestar Galactica" from beginning to end, covering all of the show's principal themes from the depiction of sexuality in an era of artificial people and downloaded memories to what it means to be a member of a military organization when the stakes are not victory or defeat but survival. Like all the best shows about the future or the past - we are never sure when all this is supposed to be happening - "Battlestar Galactica" is a series about the present; chapters here cover its depiction of the post-9.11 world and such issues as abortion and worker's rights. This definitive book on the full new "Battlestar Galactica" also includes an interview with Jane Espenson, co-executive producer of the show's last seasons and writer/director of the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel film "The Plan", with a complete episode guide.

Author : Roz Kaveney,Jennifer Stoy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857731098

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Battlestar Galactica by Roz Kaveney,Jennifer Stoy Pdf

"The West Wing" or "Generation Kill" in Space? A show about God-fearing sex-obsessed robots? Or a complex meditation on fate, dreaming and eternal recurrence? Of all recent television science fiction series, the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" is the most highly praised and consistently inventive and intelligent. Where the original show was a straightforward space opera, the new one is rich, strange and above all unpredictable. This book covers the new "Battlestar Galactica" from beginning to end, covering all of the show's principal themes from the depiction of sexuality in an era of artificial people and downloaded memories to what it means to be a member of a military organization when the stakes are not victory or defeat but survival. Like all the best shows about the future or the past - we are never sure when all this is supposed to be happening - "Battlestar Galactica" is a series about the present; chapters here cover its depiction of the post-9.11 world and such issues as abortion and worker's rights. This definitive book on the full new "Battlestar Galactica" also includes an interview with Jane Espenson, co-executive producer of the show's last seasons and writer/director of the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel film "The Plan", with a complete episode guide.

Author : Nicholas J. Kiersey,Iver B. Neumann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780415632812

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Battlestar Galactica and International Relations by Nicholas J. Kiersey,Iver B. Neumann Pdf

Tackling some of the key contemporary issues in IR, the writers of BSG have taken on a range of important political themes and issues, including the legitimacy of military government, the tactical utility of genocide, and even the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence technologies for the very category of what it means to be 'human'. The contributors in this book explore in depth the argument that one of the most important aspects of popular culture is to naturalize or normalise a certain social order by further entrenching the expectations of social behaviour upon which our mentalities of rule are founded.

Author : Kieran Tranter
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474420907

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Living in Technical Legality by Kieran Tranter Pdf

First comparative study to address the rediscovery of baroque aesthetic in modernism.

Author : Jason T. Eberl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444356571

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Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy by Jason T. Eberl Pdf

PHILOSOPHY/POP CULTURE “The contributors to Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy strive to make things relevant to fans of the show, and they put their information out in a way that is accessible to folks who wouldn't know Heidegger from Heineken.” Green Man Review, Spring 2009 "The writers are well versed in their subjects...The book is most effective at making the reader rethink what they thought they knew." Neo-opsis What’s the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel’s critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed “space opera,” each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises. This volume addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won’t find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar’s scientific worldview superior to Six’s religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one’s losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a “flawed creation?” Should we share the Cylon goal of “transhumanism?” Is it really a big deal that Starbuck’s a woman?

Author : Jason T. Eberl
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124023271

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Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy by Jason T. Eberl Pdf

PHILOSOPHY/POP CULTURE “The contributors to Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy strive to make things relevant to fans of the show, and they put their information out in a way that is accessible to folks who wouldn't know Heidegger from Heineken.” Green Man Review, Spring 2009 "The writers are well versed in their subjects...The book is most effective at making the reader rethink what they thought they knew." Neo-opsis What’s the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel’s critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed “space opera,” each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises. This volume addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won’t find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar’s scientific worldview superior to Six’s religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one’s losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a “flawed creation?” Should we share the Cylon goal of “transhumanism?” Is it really a big deal that Starbuck’s a woman?

Author : Richard Hatch
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781932100945

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So Say We All by Richard Hatch Pdf

The science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica is known for raising thought-provoking questions concerning martial law, artificial intelligence, power and corruption, and ultimately what it means to be human. What ethical complexities come into play when one mistake could mean the anihilation of the human race? How do you maintain faith in the Gods when you're involved in an Armageddon of your own creation? What is the distinction between a terrorist and a freedom fighter? These questions are given an intelligent and insightful examination in this engaging collection of essays.

Author : Kimberly Yost
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442229860

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From Starship Captains to Galactic Rebels by Kimberly Yost Pdf

Real-world leaders hold the fates of companies, armies, and nations in their hands, but the leaders portrayed in science fiction play for larger stakes. Their decisions determine the survival of species, planets, or reality itself. They tend, therefore, to be larger-than-life characters like Doc Savage, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Captain James T. Kirk. In From Starship Captains to Galactic Rebels, Kimberley Yost brings the principles of leadership studies to bear on characters from a quarter-century of classic science fiction television series, examining how their adventures can illuminate the challenges of real-world leadership. These in-depth case studies cover a full range of science-fictional leaders—from conventional heroes such as Jonathan Archer of Star Trek: Enterprise to William Adama and Laura Roslin, the dark, conflicted protagonists of Battlestar Galactica. Charismatic rebels like Malcolm Reynolds of Firefly and the ragtag fugitives of Farscape stand alongside pillars of the establishment like John Sheridan of Babylon 5. In her analysis, Yost considers emerging, flawed, and failed leaders as well as successful ones; women as well as men; and aliens as well as humans. An insightful examination of how leadership is represented on the small screen, From Starship Captains to Galactic Rebels will appeal not only to fans of televised science fiction but also to those grappling with the problems of leadership, regardless of their species.

Author : Courtney Stanton
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781648896927

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Project(ing) Human: Representations of Disability in Science Fiction by Courtney Stanton Pdf

This edited volume examines representations of disability within popular science fiction, using examples from television, film, literature, and gaming to explore how the genre of science fiction shapes cultural understanding of disability experience. Science fiction texts typically grapple with concepts such as transhumanism, embodiment, and autonomy more directly than do those of other genres. In doing so, they raise significant questions about the experience of disability. More broadly, they often convey the place of disability in not only the future but also the world of today. Through critical research, the chapters within this interdisciplinary collection explore what science fiction texts convey about the value of disability, whether it be through disabled characters, biotechnologies, or, more broadly, conceptions of an idealized future. Chapters are grouped thematically and include discussions of the intersections of disability with other identity groups, the interplay of disability and market/capitalist value, and how disability shapes current and future definitions of human-ness, agency, and autonomy. This full volume builds on current research regarding the relationship of disability studies to the science fiction genre by exploring new themes and contemporary media to aid as an instructional tool for scholars in fields of disability studies, science fiction literature, and media studies.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1640 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Television Series by Universal Television by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786489466

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The Theology of Battlestar Galactica by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Pdf

The reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica (2005 to 2009 on the Sci Fi Channel), features religion and theology among its central concerns--but does not simply use its myriad faiths as plot devices or background material. Battlestar Galactica is, in and of itself, a theological text. Over the course of 87 episodes and two television movies, the series' narrative arc explores the meanings of salvation, prophecy, exile, apocalypse, resurrection, and messianism, and clearly demonstrates the working of a divine will in a material world. The book offers a systematic theology for each of Battlestar Galactica's invented religions and surveys echoes of American Christianity in the groundbreaking series.

Author : Jesse D. Hollington
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118035665

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Borders iPod and iTunes Pocket Genius by Jesse D. Hollington Pdf

Get a taste of the complete iPod and iTunes Portable Genius with this handy, info-packed, e-book starter that gives you plenty to get up and running. Want to import your existing media files to iTunes? Create an iTunes store wish list? Get involved with Apple's new Ping social music network? Buy and download this Pocket Genius today and find colorful screenshots, savvy tips, and great shortcuts that save you time and help you enjoy your iPod and iTunes to the max.

Author : Jesse D. Hollington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780470494035

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iPod & iTunes Portable Genius by Jesse D. Hollington Pdf

As the hottest tech phenomenon of the past decade, the Apple iPod boasts tens of millions of units sold--and that number keeps growing In addition, more than 3 billion songs have been purchased from the iTunes store, making iTunes the third largest music retailer in the U.S. With this book, Apple enthusiasts discover techniques to get the most from products like the video iPod, iPod shuffle, and the new iPod touch, to name a few Offers hip tips on behind-the-scenes secrets for maximizing the features of iPod and iTunes Essential information gets readers quickly grooving with iTunes