Battlestar TV Movies?

It's been weeks and still everyone is talking about the mid season finale of Battlestar Galactica. I have to tip my hat to the show's creative team for once again, taking all of us on another twist and turn from the original show and hitting all of us with an ending that the late Rod Serling would have been proud of as I don't think anyone saw that one coming.

Now, during this “off season,” we are starting to hear news of maybe one, two or three TV movies from the Battlestar Universe could be in the future. In a story posted on tv.com, the Chicago Tribune has unleashed a news item that has BSG fans spinning. On top of the already successful movies already made (the Pilot and Razor), a third BSG movie has been green lighted. Now, in an interview with Los Angeles Times, Grace Park has confirmed the rumors, saying she had just heard about the first movie being approved.

In that same interview, she states that there will be in the next part of the season, one episode where everything is revealed. She goes on to say that she read it three times, and then met with Ron Moore to have him explain it to her.

Better break out the Tylenol when that one runs!!!!

A Look at the Stars on Route 66

Jill and I just got home from a week and a half on the road. We first attended the 2008 Optimist International Convention, which was a great experience for us both. We then went to Lubbock, TX to visit some friends where we got to go to a Drive-In movie (which Jill wrote about last week). That was a great thing for me as the last time I went to a drive-in, Smokey and the Bandit II was on and in first release!

Our journey home also had some adventure for us. The first night heading back to Kentucky, we spent the night in Weatherford, OK at a Motel along the historic Route 66. When we left there, we saw the signs for the Thomas Stafford Air and Space Museum which was near by. We decided to investigate and had a great time there. The museum is named after Weatherford's famous son, LGEN Thomas P. Stafford, USAF retired. General Stafford flew in space four times in his career as an astronaut; first as Pilot on Gemini 6 with Wally Schirra, second time as Command Pilot of Gemini 9 with Gene Cernan, as Command Pilot on Apollo 10 which was the dress rehearsal for the landing, again with Gene Cernan and also John Young, and as American Commander of the Apollo-Soyuz mission with Vance Brand and Mercury Seven astronaut, Donald (Deke) Slayton.

The museum is part of the town's airport, which is also named after Gen. Stafford and where a statue of this American hero stands. Upon entering, and paying our $5 each for admission to the museum, we left the regular hot world outside and entered the world of space exploration. In the museum are replicas of various famous aircraft, including a full size replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, a Russian MIG, various other aircraft, and lots of exhibits on America's race into space. The museum also has many of Gen. Stafford's mementos, including his Congressional Space Medal of Honor, a piece of moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission, and Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's military uniform, just to name a few.

The museum is well worth the time to seek out and visit, especially if you live in Oklahoma. It reflects on the life and career of an American hero and is a testament to his hometown's pride in him. If you would like to learn more about it, click here to visit their website.

Yes, I said BarBQ!

When I discovered that we would be within just a few miles of Norman, Oklahoma on our way home, I started bugging Jill if we could stop at a certain establishment for lunch. After some coaxing, pleading, and an out and out bribe, she agreed and we made the slight detour. The object of our side trip was JR's BarBQ. The restaurant is owned by Jim Ross, WWE Announcer and a member of the WWE Hall of Fame. If you didn't know he was a wrestling announcer, you would when you enter the front door, where you see a movie poster autographed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and a WWE Title Belt, signed by John Cena (who has shown up a few times on ECW on the SciFi Channel). When we sat down, we looked around at the different items on exhibit there, and not just from wrestling either. One item of note was a electric guitar, signed by the members of ZZ Top, and photos of JR meeting other famous individuals along the wall.

But the exhibits weren't the reason we were there as it was past lunchtime. Now, some famous folks start their own brands of items and establishments and sometimes they don't meet people's expectations. JR's not only met them, but surpassed them. The food was wonderful and the staff was very friendly and outgoing, including the manager who chatted with us briefly before we left. It is a great establishment with great food which I recommend to not only wrestling fans, but to anyone who loves good BarBQ cause they have GREAT BarBQ and that's coming from a fellow from Tennessee where BarBQ is considered an art form!

Between the Drive-in in Lubbock, and these two stops, our trip home was very enjoyable and a great ending to a wonderful week and a half. Now we've got to rest up as the big Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas is coming up, including, sadly, “Experiencing the End” of Star Trek the Experience. Frankly, I have a suggestion for Cedar Fair and CBS on what to do with it. There is a nice place that CBS/Paramount once owned and Cedar Fair does now called King's Island. Why not put it there or at some park owned by Cedar Fair? Just my two strips of latinum on the matter.

Ain't That Weird!

In an news item on SciFi.com's Scifiwire, Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin had some unkind words for science fiction on television, and it seems, for one certain sci-fi franchise in particular.

The website reports that Aldrin said the following on the matter of why young people are not interested in space exploration. “I blame the fantastic and unbelievable about space flight and rocket ships that are on today. All the shows where they beam people around and things like that have made young people think that that is what the space program should be doing. It's not realistic.”

The shows are not realistic? Gee, maybe that's why they are called science fiction!

Think about it.

PHOTOS:  Wikipedia.org, StaffordSpaceCenter.com, JRsBarBQ.com

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