Dear fellow Battlestar Galactica fans,

If you haven't had a chance to meet the amazingly beautiful Tricia Helfer or Katee Sackhoff, you should. These are two very classy ladies, warm and approachable, generous and just plain sweet. 

I hadn't been sure if I would attend the Women of SciFi Expo in Plano, Texas, this weekend, but things worked out and I am glad I had the opportunity to shake their hands and thank them for their work on BSG — a show that has meant a great deal to me — and to share a little of my own with them. 

Take a look:

If you're interested in the Galacticubees, head on over to the official site.

And thanks to Laura for playing photographer while I spoke to the ladies!

Okay, now I'm really worried about Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Not only did the released concept art make me cringe — depicting cylon models and technology neither mentioned or seen in the previous 80+ hours of BSG — but now they've cast some guy (Luke Pasqualino) I've never heard of as young William Adama.

No offense to Mr. Pasqualino, but why the frak are they messing with a known good thing?

Nico Cortez turned in a brilliantly nuanced and intense performance as Adama in Battlestar Galactica: Razor. He was so good that I never questioned he wasn't a young Edward James Olmos. Scores of other fans obviously felt the same way, which I thought made the casting of Adama a no-brainer: Don't mess with Bill, go with Nico.

But noooooooo.

I suppose I should be accustomed to disappointment by now with SyFy being associated with the show. The network is, after all, the one that canceled the visionary Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica after mishandling it a dozen different ways — then blaming ratings — and deciding to fill their schedule with reality show crap and wrestling.

Which one of these guys looks like he could fill the shoes of Edward James Olmos and Bill Adama, humanity's savior from the cylons? Hint. The guy on the right has already worn the boots convincingly!

I guess we should just shut up and be satisfied that they let Battlestar finish its run and tell its story, even if some fans didn't like the ending, but I can't…

I WANT NICO!

Frankly, I have been on the fence about watching Blood and Chrome but now I have no reason to do so with this casting choice. It shatters my faith in the people helming the show on a network that has completely lost my respect.

What I fear most, though, is that Blood and Chrome will be a show with all style and no substance — in other words, nothing like BSG. And, unlike Caprica, which had both, Blood and Chrome has the potential to be a big, ugly blemish on the legacy of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

It took some looking but I finally found a display case for my Bill Adama Cubee that Edward James Olmos signed for me at the 2010 Dallas Comic Con. It pleases me to now have a proper way to showcase the cubee since he's been relegated to a cardboard box for the last six months to keep him from getting crushed.

I found the acrylic case at The Container Store and purchased the little photo frame at Walmart. A total investment of $10.00. Not bad.

If you're interested in downloading, printing and assembling this cubee design or one of the others I've made, you'll find them on my deviantART page.