Battlestar Galactica (NEW FILM)

The thing that Hollywood, and a lot of these neo-feminist liberals haven't figured out is that simply gender swapping does not make things equal, nor do inclusion contracts or other forms of affirmative action. All it really does is say that X group isn't strong or good enough to stand on their own when the playing field has been leveled and that they need some sort of helping hand.

In the case of BSG, as others have pointed out, there were any number of strong female chjaracters and to say that they need to gender swap characters in order to have strong female characters is an insult to the actresses who portrayed them originally and the script writers too. If they really want to go the whole gender equality route then all they have to do is take the existing female characters and give them a more prominent role in the movie, problem solved. It's a simple solution to what's really, in this case, a non-existent problem.

CessnaDriver said:

The original characters give them sooooooooooooo much to work with if they wanted to expand on them.

Can anyone name a black female fighter pilot depicted EVER before TOS BG on TV?

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And that is the point.
Good to bring up LT Deitre who was played by Sheila DeWindt. There were times she commanded the squadron when Starbuck and Apollo would fly off.

Thanks to Gene Roddenberry and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek; I didn't see Uhura as out of place on the bridge of the Enterprise. I know that I'll get hit with the sexist stick but she was just an attractive officer who could sing and really sported that mini-skirt uniform.

At least, TOS BSG gave female officers the same warrior costumes so they weren't just eye candy.... but to think of it, I don't remember any guys ever wearing the pressure suits just those hot-pants shorts and the pyramid armour. :facepalm

Fly4v said:

And that is the point.
Good to bring up LT Deitre who was played by Sheila DeWindt. There were times she commanded the squadron when Starbuck and Apollo would fly off.

Thanks to Gene Roddenberry and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek; I didn't see Uhura as out of place on the bridge of the Enterprise. I know that I'll get hit with the sexist stick but she was just an attractive officer who could sing and really sported that mini-skirt uniform.

At least, TOS BSG gave female officers the same warrior costumes so they weren't just eye candy.... but to think of it, I don't remember any guys ever wearing the pressure suits just those hot-pants shorts and the pyramid armour. :facepalm

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Original launch tube scene with Starbuck and Cassiopia, he had his shirt off. They, probably wisely, decided to dial back the implied sexuality.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Siress Belloby!

You talk about a STRONG Female character, hell she even had Adama running for the hills!!

Apollo said:

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Siress Belloby!

You talk about a STRONG Female character, hell she even had Adama running for the hills!!

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Now, that was an interesting episode!
https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/The_Magnificent_Warriors

Yeah gonna run that one later tonight.

Loved how Adama never wanted to be left alone with her :lol

MooCriket said:

Now, that was an interesting episode!
https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/The_Magnificent_Warriors

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MooCriket said:

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/ba...y-gender-swapped-characters-francis-lawrence/
How about we just return the story to the way it was originally written, rather than play these silly games with characters?

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While they are at it why don't they switch it around so the cylons are the ones trying to find a new home while being chased across space by the humans?