Saturday 26 October 2019

CLASSIC IMAGE: CLONE FIGHTER!


Under Cylon dominance, life is hard for the human Theta-class clone lifeforms residing on the ice planet of Arcta. Still, a small resistance is thriving as The Gun on Ice Planet Zero begins, one of its key leaders being the striking Tenna, as played by Swedish film and TV star Britt Ekland, a familiar face in Glen A. Larson/Universal productions, having featured alongside Lee Major's The Six Million Dollar Man, in the show's second feature-length episode a couple of years earlier.

Saturday 19 October 2019

BEHIND THE SCENES: A MAN AND HIS BATTLESTAR!


Soon one of the most sought after SPFX men in Hollywood what with the incredible debut of Star Wars, of which he brought old and new ideas/techniques to spectacular onscreen results, John Dykstra poses with the fine detailed model of the Battlestar Galactica, for the seven part mini-series he would be crucially involved in as a producer. A great behind the scenes image from mid 1978.

Saturday 12 October 2019

CLASSIC ART: APOLLO, THE WARRIOR!


The youthful heroism of the Galactica's finest Colonial Warrior, Captain Apollo. is well rendered by iconic MARVEL Comics artist Walt Simonson, who was such a terrific creative force for the US series monthly all-colour comic during the second half of its run existence.

Saturday 5 October 2019

CLASSIC ART: RENDERING OF A STAR PILOT!


Amongst the lovely pieces of art happily filling out the page count of one of the 1978 MARVEL Super Specials of Galactica, is this distinctive art primarily of Starbuck, captured by Joe Rubinstein.