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Offline FLOOB

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Re: Battlestar Galactica - How it should have been...
« Reply #45 on: September 28, 2013, 10:41:03 AM »
Found it. Standing on it's own it's not that funny. But in the context of the show it was. The scripting was melodramatic suspense, so when somebody would say something that the viewer or a real person would say it was very funny without breaking the fourth wall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvB4tTwhQXI
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« Reply #46 on: September 28, 2013, 10:45:04 AM »
The other funny moment was when Xena told the president that she was a cylon.
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« Reply #47 on: September 28, 2013, 11:22:44 AM »
She was obviously playing the role of a male character. Oh lets get an ugly actress, give her a butch haircut and throw in some scenes of her kissing dudes and maybe nobody will notice. They did the same thing with the female admiral, although not ugly they had to make her a lezbo because they painted themselves in a corner with the honey trap being number six. But both starbuck and the admiral had flaming male personalities. They did it because they thought that it would be a neato twist on the original story. And boy did it fail because like the rest of the series they didn't think it through, and or they thought that the viewer would be too dumb to care.

My favorite line from the whole series. "You're a bad salesman."


You obviously never saw season 1 "Colonial Day"

Starbuck was hot and she could be very feminine. I thought Sackhoff nailed the part.
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« Reply #48 on: September 28, 2013, 02:47:23 PM »
That's good pic of her because it doesn't show her face.
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« Reply #49 on: September 28, 2013, 02:55:39 PM »
As far as TV women go, she isn't even a little bit hot.  Rather ordinary, even for a woman you would see on the street.
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« Reply #50 on: September 28, 2013, 05:09:53 PM »
Starbuck was hot and she could be very feminine. I thought Sackhoff nailed the part.

Amen.  :D

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« Reply #51 on: September 28, 2013, 05:11:32 PM »
As far as TV women go, she isn't even a little bit hot.  Rather ordinary, even for a woman you would see on the street.

Which lends credibility. If she was picked to play the part because she was a 'model' .... well ..... pfffft. She plays Starbuck because she could. Even managed to up the role a notch.  :)

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« Reply #52 on: September 28, 2013, 05:36:06 PM »
A hilarious moment was when she caught Baltar choking the weasel when she went to take her cylon test. :lol
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« Reply #53 on: September 28, 2013, 05:51:43 PM »
How much you want to bet the "you're a lousy salesman" line and xena telling the pres. that she's a cylon were ad libs. They've got to be because the humor is at the expense of the script.
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« Reply #54 on: September 28, 2013, 06:01:49 PM »
How much you want to bet the "you're a lousy salesman" line and xena telling the pres. that she's a cylon were ad libs. They've got to be because the humor is at the expense of the script.

Dunno. But you do seem to presume a lot and your dislike and bias aren't hidden in the least.  :D

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« Reply #55 on: September 28, 2013, 06:13:58 PM »
You mean I'm biased against stuff that I don't like?? Holy toejam you just blew my mind! Anybody else notice that so many of this guys posts aren't about the topic but the people posting about the topic. I bet he's posted thousands of posts like this.
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« Reply #56 on: September 28, 2013, 06:23:24 PM »
that's what the Arlo does. it is what it is...
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Re: Battlestar Galactica - How it should have been...
« Reply #57 on: September 28, 2013, 09:38:15 PM »
You mean I'm biased against stuff that I don't like?? Holy toejam you just blew my mind! Anybody else notice that so many of this guys posts aren't about the topic but the people posting about the topic. I bet he's posted thousands of posts like this.

You bet I've posted thousands (ok, dozens) of posts where I told someone they were acting stupid .... on topic.  :aok

You can like or not like anything you want. It's when you start rationalizing your dislike with things like 'women shouldn't play roles designed for men' when, in fact, the role itself is gender neutral. That comes off 'proud to be stupid in public' - like. She wasn't playing a 'man's role' ... she played a role (and played it well). You not liking her portrayal because 'a woman can't play a man's role' is pure bias. You not liking her portrayal because she was a bad actress is an entirely different thing. I know a guy who won't let black mechanics work on his car because black people are not mechanically skilled. He doesn't like the idea one bit. Believes it with all his heart. He is biased.

And you made this part of the topic. Not me. I'm still praising her role. You're still defending why you didn't like her in it. You don't have to like the actress or her portrayal. I'd advise you leaving the stupid out of it.  ;)

Do you understand me now?  :D

Having said that, I've also seen you post both interesting and rational posts. Yeah, I could have just ignored your opinion in this thread and I kinda wish I had (that's MY part of the stupid). I'll work on that more. To be honest, I gave you credit that you wouldn't cling to your stance as something worthwhile.

Ok, that's all the cards and chips. If you're offended then I can live with it. If you stay offended then get in line. Here's your beer. :cheers:  :D
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« Reply #58 on: September 28, 2013, 09:40:32 PM »
that's what the Arlo does. it is what it is...

Yep. It's what I do.  :D
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