Creative team Space Shank Media drags the lofty Battletar Galactica mythology down to earth, where an apartment full of semi-dim twenty-somethings debate Cylon DNA. Smart editing eliminates the need for stunt people to fall off a three-story balcony.
In the tradition of the Lonely Island.com website, which brought Andy Samberg to the attention of Saturday Night Live, SpaceShank’s web work is getting noticed by people with money. Partner Alec McNayr says “Cylon really opened some doors for us. We’ve been pitching Comedy Central, meeting agents and talking to managers. It seems as though a web series is what a screenplay-in-tote used to be: proof of young, untested talent.”
Which roommate is the Cylon robot in hiding? Bennett the responsible one, Pjeter the weirdo, or Dale the slacker? In 1.6 “The Reveal,” you’ll finally frakking find out.
After drinking battery acid and having balls thrown in their face, the guys STILL don’t know which of them is the Cylon skinjob. Time is running out, but Jessica has one last test for them to endure… that’s never a good thing.
Full disclosure:We informed the President of the identity of our final Cylon Roommate. He had to know, and couldn’t be distracted during the G20 summit.
WASHINGTON—According to sources in the White House, President Barack Obama has been uncharacteristically distant and withdrawn ever since last month’s two-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.
“The president seems to be someplace else lately,” said one high-level official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Yesterday we were all being briefed on the encroachment of Iranian drone planes into Iraq, when he just looked up from the table and blurted out, ‘What am I supposed to watch on Fridays at 10 p.m. now? Numb3rs?’”
“I haven’t seen him this upset since Admiral Adama realized that Earth was actually an uninhabitable wasteland,” the official continued. “Or at least that’s what he told me. I don’t actually watch the show. It’s not really my thing.”
The guys undergo a series of intense tests to determine which of them is the Cylon. No challenge is too great, no obstacle too demeaning. Every series has a classic montage, and for My Roommate the Cylon, this is frakkin’ it.
Hat tip to i09, who scooped up this BSG sequel that wasn’t: Battlestar Galactica, The Second Coming. It’s starring Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek to current BSG watchers).
Update:The YouTube video was changed to private. Sorry to get you excited, then pull the rug out from under you. You can catch a screenshot at i09. Come on, Richard Hatch, let that content freeeeeeeeee!
Sure that he’s the Cylon, Bennett dons an eye patch to protect his apartmentmates from his deadly laser-eye. Jessica, who spent the night, fears being left alone with Pjeter and Dale as Bennett heads off to the Ministry of Education. Who gets caught a trap and needs a plan to escape?
