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Subject:	Battlestar Galactica on Mars?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space
Followup-To:	lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space
Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:25:43 GMT
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Has anyone else noticed the distinct name sharing going on between life on Mars and battlestar galactica, the most horrilbe, yet strangely entertaining, space saga known to man? The air tube hangar comes with minifigs named Riegel, and Cassiopeia. While the excavation searcher has a character named Vega. I hope that Starbuck, apollo and Adama are not next! BTW I do realize that this "outs" me as a Galactica fan. Jon

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		Re: Battlestar Galactica on Mars?
(...) Hm. I hate to spoil your show, but all of the aliens in LoM are named after stars (which is also where Galactica got those names). J (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

		Re: Battlestar Galactica on Mars?
jon furman wrote in message ... (...) What's more likely is that both BG and LOM use star and constellation names as character names. Kevin (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

		Re: Battlestar Galactica on Mars?
(...) Nah, They're drawing from two different sources. Life on Mars is naming characters after stars & constellations; BG used names from classic Greek & Roman mythology(1). There's just a lot of cross-over, that's all. James 1:When not naming them (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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