Sometimes, spoilers get out just too quickly.

Back when Airlock Alpha was a spoilers site, we would always worry about releasing some spoilers too quickly for fear that the writers would go back and change it, or worse yet, those scenes would just get edited out.

Luckily for us, the ending of "Battlestar Galactica" remained intact, just as we had predicted, but the same can't be said for the upcoming "Terminator: Salvation."

It seems that spoilers leaking of the movie's ending, where John Connor is killed but his skin is transferred to metal to keep the dream alive, got Warner Bros. in such a tizzy, they decided to change the ending again.

Now we don't know what the ending is. But it is testing much better with audiences, and maybe that might mean "Salvation" can be saved after all. -- [Moviehole]

Kirk mommy doesn't make it -- William Shatner was nearly impossible to get into "Star Trek XI," but it seemed the decision to cut out another familiar face was a little more difficult for writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Apparently, there was a plan to include Carol Marcus -- you know, the mother of Kirk's only son from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" -- into the latest film. But to do that, apparently, would've detracted from the rest of the characters, and they needed more time to be introduced, the writers said.

That doesn't mean we'll never see Carol. If "Star Trek XI" is a smashing success to the point where they need to make "Star Trek XII," there's a good chance she'll show up. -- [TrekWeb]

Network standing alone in naming credit claims -- NBC Universal may be backing off a little bit on the origin of the "Syfy" name, but apparently not as quickly as Landor, the marketing company NBCU said it worked closely with to develop the name.

In a blog post Wednesday, executive director Ken Runkel said that while his firm would "love to take credit for all the branding initiatives our clients take on, sometimes we just can't. This is the case with the recent launch of Syfy, the new name for our client, the SciFi Channel.

"As reported in last week's New York Times, the SciFi Channel ... introduced a new name and identity ... The announcement got a lot of attention, and although the New York Times story seemingly gave Landor credit for the work, we can't take it. Because we didn't do it."

By the time Landor came on board, SciFi Channel already had the name they wanted in mind, Dunkel said. While his firm was tasked with developing additional options, it seemed SciFi Channel was set with the name "Syfy."

This is an interesting development to take place, especially in light with some of the media backlash that claimed SciFi Channel didn't need to look far for their new name: They just pulled it off of Airlock Alpha's predecessor, SyFy Portal. -- [Art & Business of Motion]

One other thing to note ... Alpha Waves (formerly SyFy Radio) returns Friday at 8 p.m. ET with a live discussion on the new Syfy name. It will even include a visit from one of the founders of SciFi Channel, Mitch Rubenstein.

You can hear the show live at BlogTalkRadio.com/AlphaWaves.

Not-so-finely aged -- Rebecca Mader, who played the mysterious redhead Charlotte earlier this season on "Lost" apparently didn't go out quietly.

Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly pointed out a few weeks back that a blunder was made about when Charlotte was born. A line in an episode said she was born in 1979, which would've made it difficult for her to be a young girl in 1974 when she runs into Faraday.

Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse had blamed the mess-up on Mader herself, saying she didn't want to play a character who was nine years older than she was in real life."

However, Mader denied this, and it seems she's right. Apparently, the issue was just a continuity error in the writing process, and Lindelof and Cuse have since mea culpa-ed. -- [Entertainment Weekly]

Some casting tidbits -- Some familiar genre faces seem to be jumping to other shows -- one even staying within the genre.

Laura Vandervoot, who wowed audiences as Supergirl in "Smallville," will be making the jump over to the new ABC remake "V." There she'll play Lisa, a "free-spirited, baby-faced Visitor who is a guide on the Los Angeles mothership." It's not clear how big, or recurring, of a role this will be. -- [BuddyTV]

Also, Stephanie Jacobsen, late of "Battlestar Galactica: Razor" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," has ended up on a new series that also is a remake of a previous property. This time it's "Melrose Place," the "90210" spinoff planned for The CW. -- [The Hollywood Reporter]