BSG 3/11/07Follow

Best part of the episode was the introduction of Romo Lampkin played by Mark Sheppard. He plays Gaius Baltar's new lawyer. Great performance - owned the whole episode. I hope he'll be around for a while.

While I do have sympathy for Sam and Lee for mourning Kara, I thought Sam might as well just put on a dress at this point. I used to think he was a bad ***. He's been a complete sopping vag for too many episodes now.

maybe he's another one of the five.

Edited, Mar 12th 2007 10:07pm by Kelvyquayo

And the bomb-sniffing cat was lame.

Even though Starbuck is an awesome character, I wouldn't be surprised if she ended up being one of the final five (and thus making a return). Lampkin definitely has that vibe but I would hope things like that wouldn't be so obvious.

It would be nice if a real manipulative cold person like that could just be human.

Even the cylons, albeit pretty evil in some of the ways they've handled situations, still seem ambiguous to an extent. They are still young in a way. There inception wasn't all that long ago, relatively speaking (although since they're computers I suppose they would "mature" much faster).

To me the cylons really mean it when they say they want to coexist with the humans but they are still ill equipped in human reasoning and emotion and so handle all these situations in a very in humane, cold, logical way.

It will be interesting to see what comes of Hera especially since we're (supposedly) so near to finding earth.

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As it pertains to this episode in particular, I enjoyed seeing Michael Trucco (Anders) manage to play with the emotional gamut more. In comparison to the others his acting isn't as great but he has physical advantages that make it easier to ignore.

Ive always loved the interaction between Bill Adama and and Lee and this episode definitely highlights some great scenes with the two of them!

Even in this episode Starbuck still played a pretty influential character even without any actual screen presence and it made for a welcome change in pace from the anger that they've been working with over the last couple of episodes.

The underlying story lines with romantic tensions between all the obvious players, and the dimensions in the Baltar/six story line were also all well written in my opinion making for an admittedly slower but much deeper episode.

Either way the next one's most likely going to leave us with a giant cliff hanger and that, I am not looking forward to.

*whistles* ditto!

I guess the actress who plays Starbuck has a contract through season five. Not that this is definitive proof she will return or anything but I find it a hopeful sign.

or mabe you guys missed the obvious.

starbucks death was faked so she could go underground to sniff out the terrorists? or to go ahead of the fleet to find earth without being missed?

no starbuck, no BSG. might as well kill off odama and his whinning son lee. you guys are sooo blind.

One word:

Cheesy

An idiotic, cliched, asinine stunt like this would basically be a big ol' can of cheese-whiz sprayed all over the screen. It would be the "I want to be subtle, but I'm too braindead to pull off anything more than obvious and contrived" solution. It's "Bobby Ewing in the shower" all over again.

In short, only an idiot would consider it "clever."

But then, consider the source of the speculation...



Edited, Mar 13th 2007 12:27pm by Ambrya

they cant kill off starbuck. i dont know why you cant see that.

the starbuck character IS battle star galactica. the entire series has been wrapped around the super daring, carefree shoot first, think later hero/heroin dragged into a war as the undergod pull it out of your **** savior. starbuck was the main character from the first series, and even with the soap opera crap going on now, and the little side shows like baltar, odama, lee and a few others, starbuck IS, well, the STAR. the center of the entire series.

always has been, always will be.

no starbuck, no BSG. that simple.

not dead. will be back. would bet big bucks on something so obvious as this.

just more proof the masses will swollow whatever they are handed without glancing side ways. blind. just like you fools that swollowed the replublican package.

no starbuck, no BSG. it would be like taking luke skywalker out of the last three SW movies. hello, mcfly, anyone home?
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An idiotic, cliched, asinine stunt like this would basically be a big ol' can of cheese-whiz sprayed all over the screen. It would be the "I want to be subtle, but I'm too braindead to pull off anything more than obvious and contrived" solution. It's "Bobby Ewing in the shower" all over again.

In short, only an idiot would consider it "clever."

But then, consider the source of the speculation...
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clever? no, i dont thnk its clever. i think it is so obvious it is almost lame. why do you think they went through 2 episoded convincing you she was having a breakdown? to sell you down the river. just like any soap opera would.

rofl. cant wait till the ball is droped. hope i can still find this thread when it does.


Edited, Mar 13th 2007 7:09pm by shadowrelm

Neph wrote:

Again?

I'm sorry but this is patently untrue. Oh I think Starbuck will be back alright but you seem to have missed the fact that the writers have made a huge effort to give the other characters backstories and episodes of their own. I really would hate to see Starbuck disappear however, I think the other characters in this series are strong enough and interesting enough to merit watching without Starbuck.

The most ironic thing about BSG is that the cylons seem more emotional and fixated with religion then the humans (on the whole): in short, they seem more "human" and the humans like Adama seem more like machines.

Except Starbuck and Baltar (particularly in the scenes with Caprica six). In what is perhaps an ill conceived attempt to force the show in a new direction, the writers seem to be eliminating what works. Good move if they can come up with something new. Lampkin is interesting, but BSG is not a legal drama, at heart.