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So my son has discovered Battlestar Galactica. No, not the much (possibly 'over') -hyped SyFy series that aired a couple of years back. I mean the original (dare I say 'real?'*) Battlestar Galactica. Oh, and now he's on an A-Team kick, too. (Also the original, natch. Gotta love Netflix Watch Instantly.)

It's....nice to see it again, if a little embarrassing. It's homey and comfy and awkward all at once. Much like going back to your high school reunion, I imagine. For one thing, it was all so real, so dramatic, so...epic back then. Now I have to admit, it's sort of cheesy. Endearingly cheesy, but still. This is where some of the embarrassment comes in, I suppose.

Then there's the remembered girl-crush. Oy. I mean, Starbuck, on whom I will confess I had a heck of a crush (the cigar-smoking, sexy, womanizing Starbuck, that is), still looks darn good in the reruns. Then I remember he is now 65. This is a hard pill to swallow.

Still, I have to say the past is pretty cool. But I really wish I could visit for real...

*You gotta allow me this one, sorry. I know, I'm totally dating myself, but I grew up on the first series. It was seminal, formative, precious.

Date: February 25th, 2011 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctoreon.livejournal.com
When I was a kid, I loved Starbuck/Face. Then they filmed an episode of the A-Team and my grandpa's store, so I got to meet a bunch of them. I was totally scared of Mr. T, even though he's the nicest guy ever, but I really, really wanted to meet Face. But guess what. Dirk Benedict is a HUGE asshole. HUGE. I was just a little kid, and he completely refused to talk to me, even though he was in my family's store! I ended up hanging out with Lance LeGault (the colonel who chased the team). He showed me his gun and everything. It turns out they used bb guns, which is why they never pointed them at each other on screen.

Date: February 25th, 2011 11:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raven-moon.livejournal.com
BB guns? Wow. Interesting choice for prop guns.... Which episode, do you recall? (Just for grins). Vis a vis Benedict, *shrug* I don't mean to downplay what happened to you, but actors are people, too. I've dealt with enough of them (both the famous varieties and less so) to take them with a grain of salt, and a dash of pity. They can get stretched pretty thin. It's a shame you had a bad experience though.... :(

Date: February 26th, 2011 12:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctoreon.livejournal.com
I can't remember what episode it was. This must have been more than twenty-five years ago. I was just a little dude.

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• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
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• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.

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