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I’m currently binge-watching the remake of the TV series of Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) and finding it to be much more enjoyable and engaging than I initially expected.
71 episodes 😳
71 episodes 😳
@divegeester saidI'm somewhere in season three, I've let it go a few months.
I’m currently binge-watching the remake of the TV series of Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) and finding it to be much more enjoyable and engaging than I initially expected.
71 episodes 😳
@suzianne saidI initially found the re-characterisation of Starbuck to be a little too much of a feminism fantasy, and I still do to some extent. The cigars and card playing etc, it’s all a bit A Team and Dirty Dozen. But Katie Sackhoff’s performance carries it, she just makes it believable.
I'm somewhere in season three, I've let it go a few months.
I learned about Katie Sackhoff from her role as a deputy in Longmire (another good show, btw) and when I learned she played Starbuck in the new BG, I started watching that too.
It's better than I expected, but near the end of season three it's starting to slow down a lot, along with my interest.
@divegeester saidBaltar is one of those characters you love to hate. The cylon Number Six (Tricia Helfer) was put there as eye candy, but her role fleshes out later.
I initially found the re-characterisation of Starbuck to be a little too much of a feminism fantasy, and I still do to some extent. The cigars and card playing etc, it’s all a bit A Team and Dirty Dozen. But Katie Sackhoff’s performance carries it, she just makes it believable.
But my favourite character is the wonderfully flaky and deeply flawed English villain-witho ...[text shortened]... d the original Battlestar Galactic with a vengeance, which is why I never bothered with this remake.
@suzianne saidWell she carries it better than Benedict who’s a horses ass of an actor imo. I just thought that trying to make her all pseudo-macho was a mistake. Surely I even in 2004 we were past the point of making women look strong by making them act like men?
Interesting you say her character is all A-Team and Dirty Dozen. So was the role as played by Dirk Benedict in the original series. Benedict also played Peck on The A-Team. Her portrayal is similar to his, she's just a woman, is the only difference.
Another interesting point. The character Tom Zarek was played by Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo on the origina ...[text shortened]... ction, Glen Larson (executive producer of the original series) was LDS, so that kind of explains it.
@gambiteer saidI don’t think B5 would be my cup of tea for binge. But you go for it and enjoy. Hope you don’t get snowed in!
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After seeing some True Fans praising the series even after so many years, I shopped eBay to find a bargain on the pilot episode of "Babylon 5", and I enjoyed that enough that I now have the first season boxed set.
I plan to start watching those as winter and bad weather move in, and I think it will be a fun treat, since I'd never seen so much as a minute of the show before watching the pilot!