Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama) plays a man involved in a search for dangerous androids who are nearly impossible to distinguish from humans. He played a man in a very similar situation in Blade Runner as Gaff. Amusing coincidence.
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When Sharon throws the picture frame at the wall and Six's face is cut, the camera angle quickly changes a few times showing Six alternately from the front and rear. But with each angle change, the location and position of her right hand is wildly different. Palm facing toward her face, then away from it, then closed fist with fingers near her cheek, then immediately arm down at her side, then back to fist at her cheek. See more...
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Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama) plays a man involved in a search for dangerous androids who are nearly impossible to distinguish from humans. He played a man in a very similar situation in Blade Runner as Gaff. Amusing coincidence.
Season 1 Finale "Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2" There is a fight between Tricia Heffler and Katee Sackoff, where the actresses decided to do their own stunts. Tricia threw Katee into a real vase, resulting in a large bruise. They both thought all the props around them were breakaway material.
Tricia Helfer's character "Number 6" was named as a tribute to the 1967 series "The Prisoner".
After several discussions with Edward James Olmos and viewing the movie, Tricia Helfer decided to base her character on the replicant Roy Batty from the film "Blade Runner."
In the commentary on the episode "Pegasus," Ron Moore states that behind the scenes, Number Six had been nicknamed "Gina" in response to the derogatory nickname critics had labeled the series - GINO (for "Galactica In Name Only). For Razor, the Number Six model aboard the Pegasus was eventually named Gina on-screen.
The "Weapons Locker" being used by the 'new' Cylon foursome as a meeting place is designated "1701D", a clear reference to producer Ron Moore's previous work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" where the U.S.S. Enterprise was designated "NCC-1701D".
The guy who plays Lt. Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza is really Edward James Olmos's son Bodie.
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When Laura Roslin is in the doctor's office, just before the doctor walks in and tells her about having cancer, there is a wide camera shot through the large ceiling window of ships flying by outside. If you look closely you will see one of the ships is Serenity from the TV show Firefly.
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