Benedict was hoping for a BG worth watching. The original was campy and goofy but fun. This current one is a porno flick with dialogue because the TPTB think that will make it look legit. Old BG ok, new BG T&A insult to anybody and everybody.Even if I had never seen the old BG I'd stop watching this one because of the insult to the brain it causes not to mention suggesting women are only good for spreading their legs. Sackhoof should be ashamed of that piece of crap and quit not because Bendict joins the cast but because it's an insult to anyone with an IQ.
If Benedict is such a bad sport about a show that is obviously better than the one he was in than so be it. Imagine what he will do when they actually go ahead with an A-team movie??
I really think he has no right to continue on like this. He was good in the original but time to stop being a baby. He could have had work on the show and now will probably never be asked back again. His Loss!!!!!
he ...WAS starbuck.....
she now IS starbuck.
simple really.
he no longer is the character , where as she is now the character , i think many people are in denial about it ,,maybe they need medication?
and really ..with todays audience..u really think his protrayal would work??.. i really like the old BSG when it was on ...i was 12 then , and i thought WHAT when i heard that it was gonna be a woman playing the role..however.. i evolved, adapted and accepted.
if i was 12 i probably would prefer dirk's version..but i am not.
i think a lot of people need to realise this version is not made for the 12 yr old age group. BSG has matured and it required a matured version of starbuck.
people who prefer the old version... fine u go ahead and watch the old version on DVD and let the people who wanna enjoy the new one do so.
i'll stand by Katee for sticking up for her version , its what u do when u belive in something u do..as for her acting abilites.. yeah shes had a few naff moments...but on the whole i buy her character..and
if Mr Olmos thinks shes one of the best new actors then i aint gonna argue with him.
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What has Katee Sackhoff done on TV besides crap?
I don't think that she is a very talented actor and the show is not that good. Aside from Edward James Olmos and Jamie Bamber, the cast sucks.
As for Richard Hatch he sold out. Dirk Benedict on the other hand left Hollywood to stay home and raise his family. I respect Dirk more than that hack Hatch.
Katee, shut up.
Isn't it obvious that all this venom Dirk's spewing is just an attempt to get a role on the series? I mean, first the guy goes along with the new show, appearing in that admittedly lame-sounding "Starbuck and Starbuck at Starbucks" ad. Doesn't say anything negative to anybody then. Why? Because he's hoping to make a good impression, lay the groundwork for a guest-starring role.
But he doesn't get the call. So what's the next course of action? Start in with the ranting. Try to whip up that portion of the fanbase that's still loyal to him. It's what seemed to work for Richard Hatch, right? Dirk figures that if he complains loudly and longly enough, the powers that be will try to "buy him off" in the same way.
However, while Hatch's criticism of the new series was essentially "That's not the show we wanted," Dirk's criticism has been "A woman can't play the role of Starbuck." Hatch put in a lot of time, effort, and his own money coming up with his own version of a new Galactica series prior to RDM's version; Dirk, as far as I know, hasn't done anything similar.
What's really awful is that Dirk's trying to inflict damage to a fine actress's career, using sexist terminology, all just in order to get a role for himself. That's unforgiveable.
So I'm with Katee on this one. I hope they never give Dirk a role on the new series. But I'll wager if they did he'd snatch it up in a heartbeat, and leave all his "principles" behind.
Her character seems a bit too multiversatile, though. But this is probably just publicity anyway. What are the current ratings on this show anyway?
Katee is right on the money.
But, honestly, who gives a shit what Dirk Benedict says anyway? Fuck him, Katee; he's got nothing on you. The guy's just a washed-up B-movie grade actor desperately clinging to the only quasi-success he ever had in Battlestar Galactica (he should just stick with trying to exploit his other quasi-success 'The A-Team'--at least it lasted a few years). Had Dirk played his cards right, he could have gotten himself a recurring role on the new BSG like Hatch did (and, judging by one of Ron's commentaries on the season one DVDs, he would have), but that's not gonna happen anymore. Bye bye Dirk.
The old BSG is dead and gone; a relic of 70's sci-fi kitsch. It's over. The new BSG is a proverbial godsend; a revelation and breakthrough for the sci-fi genre in general, and one of the best dramas on televsion period (ranking right up there with Deadwood, the Shield, Six Feet Under, Lost and Rome). Why do you think prestigous publications like Time Magazine and the Boston Globe have called it the best science-fiction program ever since the Twilight Zone and the original Star Trek? Sorry, but that's one hell of an endorsement. The monthly obscure sci-fi geek mags, and internet watering holls, that may be bashing the new show and looking back through their rose-tinted glasses on the original dont know what the hell they are talking about; nostalgia's clouding their judgement.
Fans of the original can continue to bitch and moan all they want, but Moore's BSG WILL not only outlast the old show, it will also be remembered with more regard because of it's vastly superior artistic substance and because of the fact that it executed Glen Larson's original premise better than it's predecessor did. Sorry...it's just a fact. Deal with it.
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I think both Starbucks are great. I think she is taking what he said too much to heart.
Interesting on how this topic has people polarized since being posted earlier today - never a dull topic, the debate on whether or not people find Starbuck to be realistically portrayed (I've argued in the past that I do feel she is realistically portrayed - I know people who are just as talented in diverse areas of interest).
Nonetheless, in half a day 16 comments have already been posted on this topic, almost half of what has been posted over the period of a few days re: the passing of Michael Piller.
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RE: hmmm
by TRexx @ 13:58:31 on Nov 03
RE: hmmm
by steveleenow @ 15:14:23 on Nov 03
She sounds real hot talking smack like that. Very much like her chracter on the show. Katee is going to go far in Hollywood, a hell of a lot farther than Benedict ever did..........
Dirk Benedict's Starbuck was a joke compared to Sackhoff's. Now, the character actually has pathos.
It's odd how time and new incarnations change perspectives. Last year, after having seen "Private Ryan" and the miniseries "Band of Brothers," I tried to watch the Audie Murphy film "To Hell and Back." I had seen it before, but not since "Ryan," etc. I couldn't watch it. It had a "Gosh-golly-gee whiz, let's get some Germans," quality that I couldn't stand. It was just too clean.
Likewise, I see the original Galactica in the same way now. I've always loved the OG show, but I don't think I could sit and watch too much of it again after having seen the new one. The old one is just too camp.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the new Galactica is far better than any show with that name should be.
Sackhoff's Starbuck has been so "over the top" that she's too much of a caricature for a human character in a drama. The result is that she comes across as unbelievable, particularly as Moore's BSG doesn't have the broader sense of play that Larson's original series has.
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: "Starbuck" (Dirk Benedict) Action Figure
It's the age old cry of the opressed.
I may like a person but may also be critical of say; their politics, job performance, employer...
Was Dirk being two faced? Hardly.
He certainly was geniune w/ his public appearance, but he also can be critical of the same people he befriended.
Do you really believe Howard Stern is just like the radio? Please.
I don't think anyone holds James Earl Jones responsible for the 'deaths' he caused in movies, why get all huffy at Stern [just doing his job like the cop who give you a ticket].
It's too bad everyone wants to get on this bash band wagon.
All this time wasted while you could be doing something positive [I Blog on my work breaks, can't leave, better than sitting facing the wall].
Benedict as Starbuck was cool. Sackhoff as Starbuck is sci-fi cliche.
How many sci-fi shows post-80's have featured the mouthy, butch feminine character that has had a shaky past and takes matters into their own hands when they think they are right: DS9, Bab5, Space Above, Farscape, Voyager, Firefly... and now BG.
When Benedict was doing the role he invented the cigar-smoking chisel-jawed ace-fighter-pilot cliche!
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"Men don't use sex to get what they want. Sex IS what they want" - Frasier
Well good to see she will stand up for her self. I thought it was kinda crappy that he did do that little stunt with her at starbucks, act like they got along all buddy like, then said what he said. He did stab her in the back.
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