Re: Galactica 2003

At 9:28 AM -0800 12/12/03, Brian B wrote:
>--- Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>  At 8:43 AM -0800 12/12/03, Brian B wrote:
>>  >--- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
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>  > I see him as less of a villain than the previous
>>  incarnation of
>>  Baltar. He seems more like a man riding the tail of
>>  a tiger and
>>  doesn't know how to get off. He, however, lacks the
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>>  fortitude to jump off and take the consequences like
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>And that's the point that villifies him, at least in
>my eyes.
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Oh granted, its just that hes not a calculatingly, evil villain (TM). 
Like Senator Palpatine, Hitler, Bun-Bun, Bill Gates, etc.

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>  > I thought they were just showing off the Victoria
>>  Secret Model eye candy.
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>An as pretty as the candy was, it was damned annoying
>for someone trying to take his SF seriously when they
>could have filled that air time with more combat
>sequences or more germaine dialogue...

I've pretty much accepted that hot chicks (tm) and sci-fi are pretty 
much here to stay. Look at any of the recent what ever movies or 
books. There's always someone that is there to provide a bit of 
distraction. Imagine a cover for the novelization of the current 
movie series. Jim Baen would have a tall order to top with a cover 
like that.

Speaking of, did you guys see that Baen donated some several thousand 
books to the Navy and the Enterprise in particular...(rather 
appropriate ship for a bunch of sci-fi novels).
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