The Gods Are in the Details

One of the cool things about working at Propworx is you can see how much thought, craft, and TLC went into the making of Battlestar Galactica. And the attention to detail is amazing.

Awhile back we auctioned a pair of prop tickets for Eversun Luxury Liners. In the small print was the disclaimer, “Passengers will not be allowed to board unless they are inebriated.” (Or words to that effect.) Those props peeps sure are “wacky funsters.”

When we pull costumes for an eBay auction, we visually match them with images from the costume continuity binders or with scenes from the actual episodes. Oftentimes we examine scripts to see how the costumes were used on that show.

And those shooting scripts can be revelatory.

Last week I was looking at the script for “Black Market” to double-check something. And a dialogue exchange Mark Verheiden wrote for that episode leapt off the page at me:

Dualla: I heard what you said, after they rescued you. That you didn’t want to come back…
Lee: I was sick, delirious… whatever I was feeling, I never meant to dump any of it on you.
Dualla: Actually, I’m glad I heard it. For the longest time I thought I was the only one.

Whoa.

Can you say “Foreshadowing”? Although that exchange was trimmed from the aired scene, the writers clearly had foreknowledge of Dualla’s tragic fate two seasons prior to “Sometimes a Great Notion.”

Today while researching Kara Thrace’s paint-splattered shirt from “Maelstrom” (which goes up for auction soon) I read this action line written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle:

TOOTHPASTE SQUEEZED ONTO A BRUSH. Kara brings the brush to her mouth and tries to scrub away the tactile memory of Leoben’s kiss.

Wow. In two sentences, the writers give you a glimpse inside Kara’s fragile state of mind, which is one of three maelstroms referenced by the episode’s title.

Pretty frakkin’ kewl.
Thomas