Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome is shaping up to be a pale shadow of its predecessor, but I'll be damned if this shot isn't one of the best cinematic portraits I've ever seen.

The Battle

Battlestar Galactica "Resurrection Ship, Part 2"
dir. Michael Rymer

Battleship (2012)
dir. Peter Berg

Also, if any of you need a reminder of how good the ship combat was in Battlestar, here's two more from "Scattered" to remind you.

The Turret Gun

Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas

Starship Troopers (1997)
dir. Paul Verhoeven

Battlestar Galactica "Scattered" (2005)
dir. Michael Rymer

The Out of Focus Conversation

Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
dir. Ciro Ippolito

Battlestar Galactica "Resurrection Ship, Part 2"
dir. Michael Rymer

The Torture Chair

Star Trek "Dagger of the Mind" (1966)
dir. Vincent McEveety

Battlestar Galactica "A Measure of Salvation" (2006)
dir. Bill Eagles

The Grave

Star Trek: Generations (1994)
dir. David Carson

Battlestar Galactica "Daybreak: Part II"
dir. Michael Rymer


Ron Moore is always killing people I like.

The Farewell

Battlestar Galactica "Lost Planet of the Gods Part II" (1978) (intro)
Glen A. Larson

Battlestar Galactica "Daybreak Part III" (2009)
dir. Michael Rymer

The Sleeper

 Aliens (1986)
dir. James Cameron

Battlestar Galactica "A Measure of Salvation" (2006)
dir. Bill Eagles

The Nukes

Time Masters (1982)

dir. Rene Laloux

Battlestar Galactica (2003)

dir. Michael Rymer

The Drinking Problem

"I gather you drink."

"Only to excess."

M*A*S*H "Change of Command" (1975)

Written by James Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum

"You drink, Thrace?"

"Only to excess, sir."

Battlestar Galactica "Resurrection Ship: Part 2" (2006)

Written by Michael Rymer & Ron Moore

The Eye Of Jupiter

Star Trek "The Doomsday Machine" (1967)

dir. Marc Daniels

Battlestar Galactica "Valley of Darkness" (2005)

dir. Michael Rymer

The New Administration

Johnson is Sworn In (1963)

Photograph by Cecil W. Stoughton

Battlestar Galactica (2003)

dir. Michael Rymer