Re: Battlestar Galactica Director Talks!!!

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 09:18:15 -0500, Spin Wit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
enlightened me with:

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>Starbuck is a woman now... that's all I needed to know.
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>That tack is so old. Take a character that is pure masculininity and
>feminize him. How daring.
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>Maybe it will be good, but to be honest the original concept and
>execution wasn't so flawed that it needed any drastic changing.
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>I've been watching the original show and it's actually damn good for a
>TV show.
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>It only got canned because it cost too much to make, it had very good
>ratings.
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>Spinwit
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        And rather politically daring for its day.   Post-VietNam
distrust of the military combined with Carter-generated malaise in
general made this revolutionary for its time.  "You mean the evil guys
can't be trusted???"   Good luck getting that concept by Peter
Jennings today without a smirk.

H

Feel the burning stare of my hamster and change your ways!