tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post110728394798259722..comments2024-01-01T09:20:22.363-05:00Comments on Brutal Women: The Latest on Battlestar GalacticaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107812360279115842005-02-07T16:39:00.000-05:002005-02-07T16:39:00.000-05:00Can't she just be ass-kicking Starbuck and have pe...<I>Can't she just be ass-kicking Starbuck and have people like her anyway? Does she really need to wear a low-cut tank top (way lower cut that any body else's in the room) while she's kicking everybody's ass at poker?<br />...<br />And you know there's this war going on: the director's saying, "These are tough women, but they haven't lost touch with their femininity! More femininity!" Which, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107723477601830132005-02-06T15:57:00.000-05:002005-02-06T15:57:00.000-05:00Hey Valdan. I'm definately looking at the series w...Hey Valdan. I'm definately looking at the series with a different eye than you are. Not good or bad, just different. <br /><br />Good to see that you're enjoying the series so much, though I'd hesitate to compare the writers of BSG to DaVinci, even this early in the game ;)<br /> <br /><br /><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107714057835561622005-02-06T13:20:00.000-05:002005-02-06T13:20:00.000-05:00I think you should watch the entire series before ...I think you should watch the entire series before passing judgement on the characters. Your essay is basically irrelevant because the writers haven't revealed the characters in one fell swoop - they are developing them over the entire series of 13 episodes (and even more to come hopefully). So when you say the show fucks up their opportunity, it is like someone saying to Leonardo Da Vinci that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107460841159045472005-02-03T15:00:00.000-05:002005-02-03T15:00:00.000-05:00At least they're getting a little better. They're ...At least they're getting a little better. They're making an attempt. I just wish they didn't always get it so fucking *wrong.* It's like you can see their brains turning, "But if she acts *this* way, she'll be too much like a man, and if she acts too much *this* way, she'll be too girly."<br /><br />Why don't you just make her a *person,* and let her go out into the wild blue yonder from there?&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107446764872494462005-02-03T11:06:00.000-05:002005-02-03T11:06:00.000-05:00I'm having a similar love/hate relationship with t...I'm having a similar love/hate relationship with the way women are portrayed on one of my favorite sci fi shows, Farscape. <br /><br />I tend to watch TV on dvd these days, thanks to netflix, so I watched most of farscape last year, over a period of a few months. The show was cancelled on a cliffhanger, and due to audience petitioning, sci fi made a 4 hour movie to cap the series and give it a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107387236752563982005-02-02T18:33:00.000-05:002005-02-02T18:33:00.000-05:00Wow. Excellent point.
I posted an excerpt of your...Wow. Excellent point.<br /><br />I posted an excerpt of your rant on my LJ, with a link to your blog. <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livejournal.com%2Fusers%2Fide_cyan%2F628811.html">Here</A>. <br /><br /><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fide_cyan.livejournal.com%2F" TITLE="ide_cyan at yahoo dot com">Ide Cyan</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107375925548863212005-02-02T15:25:00.000-05:002005-02-02T15:25:00.000-05:00The Sci-Fi Channel has a history of screwing thing...The Sci-Fi Channel has a history of screwing things up.<br /><br /><br />Have you read Ursula K. Le Guin's article about how the Sci-Fi Channel ruined her books?<br /><br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fslate.msn.com%2Fid%2F2111107%2F">A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books.</A>The Sci-Fi Channel was supposed to make a miniseries based on the Myst/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107294229130768102005-02-01T16:43:00.000-05:002005-02-01T16:43:00.000-05:00Re: Boomer's lover. Yea, he's OK, but doesn't do a...Re: Boomer's lover. Yea, he's OK, but doesn't do anything for me. Something about the way he handled that detonation stuff in "Water." There's something to his personality that doesn't really draw me in. <br /><br />Starbuck had a weird reaction when he won the poker game (I'm thinking of the one in "Water") - just really weird. He comes up to her to seduce her, and she gives him a heavy look, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107293062006680842005-02-01T16:24:00.000-05:002005-02-01T16:24:00.000-05:00The chief, Boomer's lover (whose name I can't reme...The chief, Boomer's lover (whose name I can't remember). Not too pretty, and seems to have some personality. IMHO.<br /><br />I don't remember Starbuck pretending to defer to the scientist guy; I just remember her being shocked at losing a big poker hand to him, since she's obviously been the champ for a while, and then jumping ship on another poker hand because she's freaked by guilty memoriesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com