Last night my friend Troy and I attended the advance screening of the new Battlestar Galactica: Razor movie at Pacific Place theaters in Seattle. We arrived at 4 pm to get in line and were the 4th and 5th people from the beginning of the line. What a crowd! Poor Troy waited next uber lab coat geek (see picture below) who talked about the video format, H.264 codecs, Flash Gordon vs Stargate and their friend who complained the whole time that she had a medical condition and whined about having to stand in line. Troy tried to ignore them by trying to unsuccessfully go to sleep in line.
It seemed that everyone in line had an iPhone…even the girl I sat next to who said she was a late adopter of technology and a fan of the new Doctor Who. While we were waiting in line, I ran into an old co-worker from the Electro Rent days Tim Thew. It turns out that he works with Jeremy and Jarod Owen. He said that he ran into Peter Stapleton and Arne Buhmann not too long ago. What a small world.
In the theater I sat next to the the guy who’s jokes were only funny to him but had to blab it out through out the whole movie. Jokes like, “Oh here comes the Microsoft Zune Psychedelic commercial again!” I think he used this joke about 3-4 times and it was annoying every time.
Battlestar Galactica Razor tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica. Getting to see the movie on a big screen before it airs on Sci-Fi channel in 2 weeks was awesome. The way they integrated the main BSG cast into the Pegasus storyline was pretty cool and the special effects were outstanding. I highly recommend watching this movie if you are a fan of the new series.
The cast and crew of BSG sat right behind us in the VIP seating area including Jamie Bamber, his wife Kelly Norton, Stephanie Chavez-Jacobsen, director Wayne Rose and special effects supervisors Gary Hutzel & Michael Davidson. I got a sweat-shirt for being one of the first people in line and Jamie & Stephanie gave away 3 Zunes and a Xbox 360 at the end of the show (see video). Bamber said that, “This screening is being shown in the 10 biggest cities and Seattle!” LOL – They gave everyone that attended a couple BSG graphic novels and a Cylon action figure to take home.
I really enjoyed the movie and being able to attend this event. “By your command!” 🙂
Troy waiting in line next the lab coat geek!
Jamie Bamber and his wife sitting directly behind us talking to the AMC usher.
Stephanie Jacobsen (Kendra Shaw) talking to Bamber (Apollo) before going up to the front.
