BSG, Starbuck/Kara/that blond character
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timepiececlockLast night I watched the second half of BattleStar Galactica 2x02. This is the third episode I've watched. I have also seen 2x01 (the season premier) and the episode with all the prison convicts and the terrorist leader guy.
A brief history on me & BSG:
The prison episode did nothing for me. I yawned my way through it, idly thinking that the young headstrong guy who'd been taken hostage was significantly my kind of hot. Actually (this is going to sound weird), he reminded me of my kindergarten boyfriend, looks-wise. And I think it's pretty amazing I still remember what my kindergarten boyfriend looked like. Anyway, that episode left me "bleh."
Nevertheless, I watched the season premier. I guess all those promo clips of the old commander guy getting shot repeated ad infinitum while I tried to watch Atlantis and Fargate upped my curiousity. The season premier was interesting enough, but I still feel very little attachment to the characters. But I figured why not try since everyone else recs it so highly.
Last night, while watching the recorded episode from the previous Friday, I got to talking with my dad about the show. He's been watching it more than I have, and has a better handle on the current events. He's watching it because it's SciFi with explosions and space toys I think, because he doesn't seem to be all fanboyish for it like he was for Firefly and Startrek and Stargate.
He mentioned two main things he found detracted from the series. One of them was too many plot threads happening at once that made it difficult to follow and gave it weird pacing.
The second thing he mentioned was the blond pilot woman's character, Starbuck or Kara (I'm still getting used to the names on this show.) I asked him why, and he said that he found her selfish and untrustworthy, and her character didn't seem to jive with the situation, with the other characters. He said she hasn't been given much of a personality, and it was unrealistic that someone that untrustworthy and callous would be given such esteem, or would even rise to the position she's in.
I asked if maybe she was given esteem because she was a really good pilot. He said that's part of it, but that's not enough, and in a real military environment she wouldn't be regarded that highly or even reach that high a position because people wouldn't be able to trust her.
So... here's my question to you guys. What do you think about her character? I don't know much about her except what I've seen in these three episodes, and in them she's left me indifferent. But I note that she's a popular character on my flist.
So, what do you think? Do you think she's a realistic character? Do you think she has a personality? If you do like her character, why? if you dislike her, why?
A brief history on me & BSG:
The prison episode did nothing for me. I yawned my way through it, idly thinking that the young headstrong guy who'd been taken hostage was significantly my kind of hot. Actually (this is going to sound weird), he reminded me of my kindergarten boyfriend, looks-wise. And I think it's pretty amazing I still remember what my kindergarten boyfriend looked like. Anyway, that episode left me "bleh."
Nevertheless, I watched the season premier. I guess all those promo clips of the old commander guy getting shot repeated ad infinitum while I tried to watch Atlantis and Fargate upped my curiousity. The season premier was interesting enough, but I still feel very little attachment to the characters. But I figured why not try since everyone else recs it so highly.
Last night, while watching the recorded episode from the previous Friday, I got to talking with my dad about the show. He's been watching it more than I have, and has a better handle on the current events. He's watching it because it's SciFi with explosions and space toys I think, because he doesn't seem to be all fanboyish for it like he was for Firefly and Startrek and Stargate.
He mentioned two main things he found detracted from the series. One of them was too many plot threads happening at once that made it difficult to follow and gave it weird pacing.
The second thing he mentioned was the blond pilot woman's character, Starbuck or Kara (I'm still getting used to the names on this show.) I asked him why, and he said that he found her selfish and untrustworthy, and her character didn't seem to jive with the situation, with the other characters. He said she hasn't been given much of a personality, and it was unrealistic that someone that untrustworthy and callous would be given such esteem, or would even rise to the position she's in.
I asked if maybe she was given esteem because she was a really good pilot. He said that's part of it, but that's not enough, and in a real military environment she wouldn't be regarded that highly or even reach that high a position because people wouldn't be able to trust her.
So... here's my question to you guys. What do you think about her character? I don't know much about her except what I've seen in these three episodes, and in them she's left me indifferent. But I note that she's a popular character on my flist.
So, what do you think? Do you think she's a realistic character? Do you think she has a personality? If you do like her character, why? if you dislike her, why?
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Date: 2005-08-10 08:25 pm (UTC)I think any character written as such a poor officer would offend me no matter the sex of the actor portraying the schlub.
Perhaps it's because I grew up in the military, but I find Kara Thrace to be offensive. She's a disgrace to the service. Is Tigh worse? Yes, but only because he has more authority. I think it's significant that Tigh is presented as being a bad officer (though better when grounded by Adama) whereas Thrace is presented as a hero, albeit a flawed one.