So in the original BSG, Apollo was his actual name? Not his call sign?
Correct. As was Starbuck.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
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DXMachina - Feb 01, 2005 4:37:47 am PST #9501 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jessica - Feb 01, 2005 5:25:07 am PST #9502 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The naming in the original always cracked me up. Seriously, your kids are Apollo, Athena, and Zach? Which one did they think was going to be killed off in ep 1?
Dana - Feb 01, 2005 5:34:06 am PST #9503 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Which one did they think was going to be killed off in ep 1?
t snork I didn't know there was a Zach in the original series, but yeah. Kind of doomed there, buddy.
Some of the Trek novels have fanwanked the appearance differences in the Klingons to sort of racial or class differences. Like the imperial race looks one way, the soldiers look another.
sumi - Feb 01, 2005 5:49:48 am PST #9504 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Boy, that was back before Zach was a popular name, too.
Calli - Feb 01, 2005 6:22:27 am PST #9505 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think Zach was doomed because he was played by Rick Springfield, m'self.
I still have fond memories of seeing Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain in the Battlestar Pegasus episode. He was way more fun than ol' Adama.
Dana - Feb 01, 2005 6:25:29 am PST #9506 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I think Zach was doomed because he was played by Rick Springfield, m'self.
Oh, god, seriously? Bwahahaha.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2005 6:28:57 am PST #9507 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Some of the Trek novels have fanwanked the appearance differences in the Klingons to sort of racial or class differences. Like the imperial race looks one way, the soldiers look another.
That could have worked if they hadn't brought back Colicos' character and several pre-existing others as the bumpy-headed variety, I suppose. If they'd just done the Enterprise Klingons the old-style way, they could have left everything as it was and that fun bit from "Trials and Tribble-ations" could have stood without need for further explanation.
Nutty - Feb 01, 2005 6:29:11 am PST #9508 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
So, wait, Dirk Benedict and Rick Springfield played brothers?
Yeah, okay, in a feathered-hair way I can see the resemblance.
DXMachina - Feb 01, 2005 6:34:43 am PST #9509 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
So, wait, Dirk Benedict and Rick Springfield played brothers?
No, Rick Springfield and Richard Hatch (no, not that one, the other one) played brothers.
Calli - Feb 01, 2005 6:35:32 am PST #9510 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
So, wait, Dirk Benedict and Rick Springfield played brothers?
I think it was Richard Hatch (the Apollo verson, not the reality show version) and Rick Springfield who played brothers.