Great news for Battlestar Galactica fans who continue to suffer serious withdrawals symptoms of which Caprica is incapable of easing. Execs at SyFy are actively exploring the possibilities of a new Battlestar Galactica spin-off series that would return the franchise to space.

The network also is looking to order another “Battlestar”-related project. Details were slim, but Stern said the title would mark a return to the franchise’s space-opera roots.

“We’re looking for other ways to spin off ‘Battlestar’ beyond ‘Caprica,’” he said. “That world is so rich. We’re sitting down with (executive producer) Ron Moore and his team. It would not necessarily be a traditional series.”

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For reasons not entirely known or understandable, the classic movie The Thing From Another World, which in turn was remade into The Thing, another classic by John Carpenter, is once again getting the remake treatment, though it’s being billed as a prequel.  The cast is coming together now, with Joel Edgerton assuming the lead role and the recently announced Mary Elizabeth Winstead playing a “Ph.D candidate who joins the research team in Antarctica after it discovers a ship in ice.”

While all of this sounds moderately alarming, one can take a little solace in the fact the script was written by Ronald D. Moore, perhaps best known for rebooting Battlestar Galactica for the SyFy network.

If nothing else, Mary Elizabeth Winstead will be bringing the hotness, something missing in the first two version of The Thing…and probably for good reason.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan releases this week, which should make fans going through withdrawal quite happy. The Plan, directed James Olmos, attempts to fill in fill in gaps as it relates to the Cylons, specifically the story of Kavil. Unfortunately, The Plan is not a strong movie, lacking a central narrative thread. It plays out like a retrospective of key Battlestar events, doesn’t really shed light on anything, is disjointed and without purpose. Not a great review, sorry to say. On the upside, the special-effects have never been better, easily the best technical work of the series.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan is available on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Buy Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on DVD

Buy Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on Blu-Ray

Monty Python: Almost The Truth is the best documentary ever created about the British comedy group Monty Python. Stretching six glorious hours, every member is interviewed, memories are recalled and tons of things you never new are revealed. This documentary, made by the son of Terry Jones, goes in-depth on how the group formed, what their lives were like prior to Monty Python, their inspirations, battles with the BBC, how George Harrison of the Beatles financed The Holy Grail because he wanted to see the movie, and on and on and on. No Monty Python fan should be without this great documentary in their library.

Buy Monty Python: Almost the Truth on DVD

Buy Monty Python: Almost the Truth on Blu-Ray

Being a bit of a Sci-Fi nerd (or is it Sy-Fy now?) , the few friends I have managed to accumulate over the years tend to have similar interests, and whenever a few of us get together one area of disagreement tends to rear it’s ugly head more often then others — Which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars?

While I haven’t discovered anything that gives a definitive answer to which is better, I have come across the answer to which is bigger.  Someone named Dan Carlson went to the trouble of compiling an image that features ships from both universes to scale with 1 pixel = 10 meters. Apparently with little else to do in his life, he also added ships from almost every other Science Fiction property that made its way into television and film including things as obscure Lexx and Space: Above and Beyond.

So if size matters (and all Carlson’s distances are accurate), it looks like the Star Wars fans have something to brag about due to the incredible length of the Executor class Destroyer. (Star Trek fans can salvage some pride however, if they point to the Earth Spacedock and try to make an arguement for girth.) Unfortunately this area of comparison may only start up another bitter debate, especially if one subscribes to the theory that guys with big trucks (or space ships) are only trying to compensate for a deficiency somewhere else.

So what are you trying to draw attention away from, Star Wars fans? Perhaps you’re suffering from a little Light Saber performance anxiety?