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-Removed-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.
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-Removed-Baltar 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.
And I agree, few actresses could have pulled off Starbuck. She's also better than most of the roles she's chosen. She was in 2018's British sci-fi film 2036: Origin Unknown. Her role was adequate, but I thought the film in general just stunk.
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 original series.
As for the LDS connection, Glen Larson (executive producer of the original series) was LDS, so that kind of explains it.
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@divegeester
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!