Celebrity fans of 'Battlestar Galactica'

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Battlestar GalacticaWhoopi GoldbergJoss Whedon, "Dollhouse" creatorMila Kunis, "Max Payne"Joel McHale, host of "Talk Soup"Stephen King"Law & Order" loves "Galactica"Kevin Smith, directorBrad PaisleySeth GreenTrey Parker and Matt StoneScott Ian, lead guitar player for Anthrax

<a href="http://thetyee.ca/Entertainment/2006/10/05/BSG/">On what got him hooked:</a> The webmaster for Anthrax is a huge fan and he kept raving about it to me in the first season, about how great it was, but I just couldn't get past the title: it's so cheesy. Then he sent me the series on DVD, and he said, just give it 15 minutes, and as soon as I started watching it I was hooked. From the first minute, you see it has nothing to do with the original show except character names.

Scott Ian, lead guitar player for Anthrax

( Karen Tapia / Los Angeles Times )

On what got him hooked: The webmaster for Anthrax is a huge fan and he kept raving about it to me in the first season, about how great it was, but I just couldn't get past the title: it's so cheesy. Then he sent me the series on DVD, and he said, just give it 15 minutes, and as soon as I started watching it I was hooked. From the first minute, you see it has nothing to do with the original show except character names.

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