Post by Niemz on Jun 20, 2007 17:52:43 GMT -6
Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance is the collective title of 10 two- to five-minute "webisodes" (also known as a web series) released exclusively on the world wide web through the Sci Fi Channel's website. The serial storyline follows events that occur between the close of season 2 and the beginning of season 3 of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series.
The first webisode was released on September 5, 2006, with two subsequent webisodes posted to the site each week through October 5 to lead into the season 3 premiere.
The series was produced as a promotional event to promote Battlestar Galactica, and as such generates no residuals for its writers. This has provoked the wrath of the Writers' Guild of America. The WGA has called for the boycott of all un-residualed webisodes by writers and producers (the WGA does not represent producers, and this is an unusual request) from working on them.
The webisodes are only available for viewers from the United States, upsetting many fans worldwide; the decision to restrict the webisodes to the US has those international fans who might not have been using peer-to-peer networks now turning to them in order to get content which is supposedly free. The webisodes have since been reposted on various free video hosting sites, such as YouTube but had since been removed at "the request of copyright owner NBC Universal because its content was used without permission".
The webisodes will be released as part of the season three DVD. They will be spliced together, along with additional cut scenes, to produce a near-full-length "episode zero."
The first webisode was released on September 5, 2006, with two subsequent webisodes posted to the site each week through October 5 to lead into the season 3 premiere.
The series was produced as a promotional event to promote Battlestar Galactica, and as such generates no residuals for its writers. This has provoked the wrath of the Writers' Guild of America. The WGA has called for the boycott of all un-residualed webisodes by writers and producers (the WGA does not represent producers, and this is an unusual request) from working on them.
The webisodes are only available for viewers from the United States, upsetting many fans worldwide; the decision to restrict the webisodes to the US has those international fans who might not have been using peer-to-peer networks now turning to them in order to get content which is supposedly free. The webisodes have since been reposted on various free video hosting sites, such as YouTube but had since been removed at "the request of copyright owner NBC Universal because its content was used without permission".
The webisodes will be released as part of the season three DVD. They will be spliced together, along with additional cut scenes, to produce a near-full-length "episode zero."
