The New Bionic Woman

[Mark CMG]

Maybe they are looking to attract an audience younger than us.

 

[Ranger REG]

They're doing a good job attracting me.

 

[Mimic]

I really shouldn't have to explain this, but if you alter a fictional character sufficiently, drop the defining traits, then you wind up with a completely different character.

See this is what I don't understand, in what way did they dramatically change Starbuck's character? Lets look at both Starbucks:

Old BSG Starbuck: A fighter pilot, who is said to be one of the best pilots in the fleet. Does what he wants, smokes, drinks, gambles and jumps anything that stands still for more then 5 seconds.

New BSG Starbuck: A fighter pilot, who is said to be one of the best pilots in the fleet. Does what she wants, smokes, drinks, gambles and jumps anything that stands still for more then 5 seconds.

Don't get me wrong, when I first heard about Starbuck being a women I had that "what the hell are they thinking moment" but after watching I didn't really have an issue with it.

Personally I think the big problem is due to the whole casual sex thing, people still have an easier time accepting a man having multiple one night stands than a women. (Of course this is in general and as always, there are exceptions to the rule.)

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Personally I think the big problem is due to the whole casual sex thing, people still have an easier time accepting a man having multiple one night stands than a women. (Of course this is in general and as always, there are exceptions to the rule.)

I think the big problem is that some people are freaked out by Starbuck and Apollo hooking up because they can't help but picture Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch embracing in a not so manly way.

[George Costanza] Not that there's anything wrong with that. [/George Costanza]

 

[Harmon]

Interesting - I will be checking it out.

Instant fan? No, but it looks promising.

 

[Ranger REG]

I think the big problem is that some people are freaked out by Starbuck and Apollo hooking up because they can't help but picture Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch embracing in a not so manly way.

Aw, crap!

I got the image burned into my brain. Thanks a lot, dude!

 

[Brogarn]

I'll watch the first episode, at least. Preview looked good enough for that.