I don't have to like the character as a person. I have to feel there's an in universe reason for him to be part of the show. And I didn't.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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§ ita § - Dec 14, 2010 11:36:58 am PST #15357 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Morgana - Dec 14, 2010 12:20:40 pm PST #15358 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
The way I describe Farscape to other people is, "everything that you didn't realize was missing from Star Trek."
I think this was especially illustrated in "...Different Destinations." I remember being completely blown away by the ending, when Chrichton hears the voices of the nuns and realizes that not only were they slaughtered after all, but they they were killed while calling out his name, thinking "Star Trek would never have done that."
le nubian - Dec 14, 2010 12:47:56 pm PST #15359 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
you know, I could not stand Baltar. My hate of the character GREW over the seasons. There is no point at which I liked the character.
I admire those of you who found him hilarious.
I hated him more than Dawn.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2010 12:54:21 pm PST #15360 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
See, I thought Baltar was a thousand times better than the Baltar in BSG:TOS. That Baltar seemed to be one of those characters who are evil for the sake of being evil - plus they lit him from below to make him look more evil. The new Baltar at least seemed like a three-dimensional character to me. (Although the fact that he didn't change made him less three-dimensional.)
Consuela - Dec 14, 2010 1:15:04 pm PST #15361 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think this was especially illustrated in "...Different Destinations."
Oh, yes. That one was just the quintessential anti-Trek episode. Because every time they tried to "fix the timeline" they just MADE IT WORSE. Heh. So awful.
A friend of mine once wrote a post-ep for that episode, in which a far-future college student from Earth discovers, to her shock, that the legendary murderer on that planet is also the legendary astronaut hero who brought space travel to Earth. It was really cool.
Strega - Dec 14, 2010 1:21:35 pm PST #15362 of 30001
I think this was especially illustrated in "...Different Destinations."
Oooh, yes, that was such a great episode. I will try to concentrate on that when the bitterness comes.
If someone made a good Rygel plush toy, I'd totally buy one.
Polter-Cow - Dec 14, 2010 1:27:40 pm PST #15363 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha, I like that it's described as "lifesize." Doesn't take much.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 14, 2010 1:49:28 pm PST #15364 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh, yes. That one was just the quintessential anti-Trek episode.
thinking "Star Trek would never have done that."
Well, except for DS9. They never quite went that far, but they came close. The episode where Sisko asks Garrick for help (I'm spacing on the details), and Garrick gets the result Ben wanted, but at a major cost (namely, successfully planting a bomb on a ship), comes to mind.
Dana - Dec 14, 2010 1:50:50 pm PST #15365 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, oh, it's the one with the Latin title.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2010 1:51:47 pm PST #15366 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, yeah. DS9 was the least Trek-ish of all the Treks. Which is, in part, why Voyager was such a disappointment to me: it felt like the franchise had gone backwards.