Comments on: the true history of the cylons

By: This Has All Happened Before and This Will All Happen Again « celebrationofthenerd

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:31:21 +0000

[...] Great article on the design of the Cylons in the original show. Granted I’m not into the original (my pretentiousness knows its limits) but it is important to understand your history and also much respect to those who had to kick it old school. [...]

By: wanderingjustin

wanderingjustin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:53:31 +0000

Great post! The Cylons were definitely some scary robots in their day.

This reminds me of a conversation from this weekend … my friends and I were talking about what we thought were the creepiest and scariest of the robots from TV and movies. I actually put Maximilian from The Black Hole at the top of my list. It just oozed menace.

By: Kenneth Thomson Jr.

Kenneth Thomson Jr. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:57:00 +0000

I had the distinct honor and pleasure of working with Andy Probert directly on “Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming” in 1999. That is the project he is referring to, and I have a few images he sent to me on my site for anyone who is interested in seeing them as well as the 3d cylons I created for Richard Hatch’s trailer which was instrumental in helping generate new interest in Battlestar Galactica several years prior to the new scifi series for which I also created the Celestra.

http://hometown.aol.com/raymar3d/TheSecondComingGallery1.html
http://hometown.aol.com/raymar3d/TheSecondComingGallery2.html
http://hometown.aol.com/raymar3d/TheSecondComingGallery3.html
http://hometown.aol.com/raymar3d/TheSecondComingGallery4.html

My website has a lot of other links to the Battlestar projects, including the finished but unpublished Battlestar Galactica Technical Journal by Realm Press that was illustrated by myself (Galactica Bridge) and Mike McAdams (All the rest).

Sincerely,

Ken Thomson Jr.

By: KNN Foddr

KNN Foddr — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:23:10 +0000

That’s all well and good, but how does this fit in with the Cylon plan? And what is their frakking plan? I still can’t work it out.

By: Pearse

Pearse — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:00:08 +0000

It’s interesting that the producers were insistent on the “high waisted” look. That’s the one aspect of the original design I’m not so keen on, as I think it makes them look a bit ‘puffy’, as if they’re holding their stomachs in. Although, interestingly, the new Cylon design is very big up top, with a size-0 waistline as well. I don’t notice that so much, but I suppose it makes a difference when you know there’s an actor inside.

Giving the Cylons swords was a great idea, though. The scene in the movie/pilot when the centurions behead/threaten to behead Batlar gave me nightmares as a kid. The idea of a robot that *could* shoot you dead, but instead chooses the slicing and dicing route is very menacing.

By: nenyok

nenyok — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:20:21 +0000

Wow, great nice outfit :)

By: AstroNerdBoy

AstroNerdBoy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:04:43 +0000

As a BSG fan, I loved reading this article on how the Cylon design came about. I would have loved to have heard his thoughts on the new series “toaster” designs but that’s OK. Thanks for the good work!

By: Greg Bonkowski

Greg Bonkowski — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:25 +0000

The suped-up “next generation” cylon would’ve been awesome. Just let’s see Starbuck go face to face with that…And the red-eye with the sound, scary!!

By: Max Bell

Max Bell — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:34:42 +0000

The illustration with the lizard head is priceless.

Thank you both for sharing this!

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:41:31 +0000

Great article. Could we see the Skull like Cyclon concept art?