Re: Galactica 2003

At 8:43 AM -0800 12/12/03, Brian B wrote:
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>Agreed.  and again, it definitely made his character a
>more believable villain than the flat cardboard-cutout
>Baltar of the original.
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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 intestinal 
fortitude to jump off and take the consequences like a man.

>  > > Ah, yes. This bugged me as well. Clearly this
>>  Baltar's extra flaky, but
>>  > the show plays as if "The Woman In the Red Dress"
>>  is every man's
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>>  What man hasn't fallen for at least one beautiful
>>  women who wasn't much more
>>  trouble then she was worth???  Fortunately, it
>>  doesn't usually result in the
>>  nuking of cities...
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>Again, let me reiterate, I had no problem with the
>concept of his seduction by the cylon.  What bothered
>me was the hamfisted way the kept beating us over the
>head with it in every other scene, just to make sure
>we knew how important a plot point it was.

I thought they were just showing off the Victoria Secret Model eye
candy.

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