While it's entertaining at times, Comics Guy feels "Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five," as a whole, is an overly complex, convoluted mess.

The series is definitely not accessible to anyone who is not a hard-core fan of the show. heck, Comics Guy is a huge BSG fan and he still found it almost impossible to follow.

The beginning of the series highlights both its promise and its problems. It focuses on Pythia, who seems to be - and certainly looks like - Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck after the point in the show where her plane explodes and she is presumed dead.

Now 4,000 years in the past, Pythia is thought to be crazy for talking to people only she can see. Most alarming is a neat bit showing her main "apparition" is a character that looks remarkably like Tricia Helfer's Number Six, iconic red dress and all.

Pythia is portrayed as an almost Christ-like figure, sentenced to death for mocking the gods while being viewed by many as a goddess herself.

There are a few major problems with this.

First, take a look at the few preceding paragraphs. Comics Guy has to write "appears to be Starbuck" and "appears to be Number Six" because virtually nothing in this series is clear.

More importantly, she gets a lot of pages despite the fact that Pythia is not a member of the Final Five! Indeed, there are so many characters introduced, places and time periods presented and changed without explanation, it seems that writers Seamus Fahey and David Reed not only view linear or coherent storytelling as an enemy, but they seemingly forget what the title of the book is. They are too busy with political machinations, pop psychology and dime-store philosophy. "Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five" is not the worst book you'll ever read. It's simply a title that doesn't live up to its promise.

'Battlestar' crew

had a blast in Philly

"This is great," said Michael Hogan (Saul Tigh) to Comics Guy. "This is really great," Luciana Carro (Kat) reiterated, adding that she was still mourning her character's death on the show. "It was emotional for me," she said. "I was like, 'Why, Ron [Ron Moore, the show's producer]? Why?' "

Carro revealed how she found out and reacted to Kat's death.

"[My roommate] had gotten my script in the mail and she said. 'They hang your picture on the memorial wall.' "

"I was like, 'What?! I'm going to die?! What did I do?! So, I was at LAX screaming into the phone, 'I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!' and there were people going by saying, 'She must be on the phone with her doctor. I feel bad for her.' "

Carro also recalled fellow panelist Nicki Clyne (Cally) calling her and saying, "Cally is going to meet Kat in heaven" and the both of them crying.

"I think we all started flipping to the last page of the script to see [if we survived another episode]," Clyne said.

Even Edward James Olmos said that despite playing a star role of Admiral Bill Adama, he never felt his character was safe either. "You've got to remember, Ron Moore is the guy who killed ["Star Trek's" Captain] Kirk," he said.

'Lantern' script in can

"I would like to see someone who is, while not being baby-faced by any stretch of the imagination, I would personally like someone who's young enough to carry a franchise going forward," Guggenheim said.

Shooting will start in Australia in September; release June 17, 2011. Chris Pine ("Star Trek"), Ryan Gosling ("The Notebook"), Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover") and Sam Worthington ("Terminator Salvation") are among those rumored to be eyed for the role. *

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