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	From: lyssie	Date: February 4th, 2006 02:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Mock them. Lots. *glees*

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	From: ebneter	Date: February 6th, 2006 07:13 am (UTC)		(Link)

Mockity-mock-mock. Fools.

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	From: raffaella	Date: February 4th, 2006 03:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Where are they? Most people loved that ep. I had trouble watching parts of it, but that's totally my problem: I can't stand watching people embarrassing themselves. Even when it's supposed to be a comedy, embarrassment/humiliation scenes make me cringe and want to look away, so I didn't enjoy the ep as much as I could have. Which is too bad, because Katee Sackhoff was amazing in it.

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	From: ebneter	Date: February 6th, 2006 07:01 am (UTC)		(Link)

Actually, I totally understand that, because I have the same problem. In fact, for me, it's much worse when it's a comedy and I'm supposed to laugh at it. One reason I hate most comedies. In this case, I found it painful to watch but it was supposed to be painful, so for some reason I was able to watch it more easily, if that makes sense.

There are some people here on LJ who hated the episode, and many more on SciFi's site. Mostly Starbuck-haters, but a bunch of people who didn't like the non-linear structure of the episode (which I thought was handled fine) or who just didn't pay enough attention to get some basic plot points. Oh, and a few Anders-haters, of course.

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	From: rhi_silverflame	Date: February 4th, 2006 05:19 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Also, I am completely stupefied by people claiming that this episode was the worst ever.

Ugh. I've given up on people, man. I swear. I'm not even going to bother trying to figure that out. Argh.

But Katee. Holy God.

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	From: ebneter	Date: February 6th, 2006 07:07 am (UTC)		(Link)

You know, I'm even more amazed by Katee because of a couple of recent things: (1) the comments by Ron Moore about how significant portions of a couple of scenes (Starbuck and Apollo drinking together, with beer spitting, and the closing scene with Starbuck and Helo showing off their mad wrestling skillz) were improvised on the set by Katee and her co-stars; and (2) I recently picked up a head-shot (8x10 black & white sent out by agents to casting directors, etc.) of Katee off of eBay which had her resume stapled to it, and she has almost no real acting training at all. I'm sure that working with Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden for a year was very educational, of course, but she obviously just has a great deal of natural talent at acting.

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	From: raffaella	Date: February 4th, 2006 08:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Oh, and the prayer scene: it was supposed to be right at the end, after Kara and Helo's boxing scene. But the actors kept add-libbing to what was scripted as a serious scene, and it turned into this playful fight, and Ron Moore thought that it was so "charming and warm and life goes on" that he decided that this should be the final scene. And after all the pain of the episode, I agree. :)

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	From: ebneter	Date: February 6th, 2006 07:09 am (UTC)		(Link)

Yeah, I remember hearing that in the podcast. I s'pose I agree. :-) I just think that one of the coolest things about Kara is that she's so deeply faithful, and after what happened in this episode it would've been very much in character for her to pray. The funny thing is that I myself am not at all religious, but it's very unusual to see a lead character on television, especially one who's fundamentally The Hero, have that kind of faith.

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	From: iamann	Date: February 5th, 2006 12:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

I think this has got to be one of THE best episodes ever. Everything came together perfectly.

I saw a deleted scene in the "Previously" part at the beginning as well where Starbuuck is talking with Adama and the President. Looked like such an intense scene... really too bad they cut it from whatever episode it was supposed to be in. Looks to me there is a lot of good stuff being dropped. Just have to wait for the DVDs.

Last words... Katee Sackhoff is amaazing. Truly amazing.

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	From: ebneter	Date: February 6th, 2006 07:12 am (UTC)		(Link)

That scene in the "Previously" was from "Pegasus"; it was supposed to be the opening sequence of that episode. It might be in the "90-minute" cut. (My icon is from that scene.) It's funny, because I just knew that was what they were discussing in that scene even before I saw it. :-)

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	From: iamann	Date: February 8th, 2006 07:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

Oh... now that you mentioned it I do remember seeing some photos from Pegasus that had a picture of that scene. I like the icon : ) I sure hope the scene is in the 90-min cut!

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