Again, I sit back and let someone else do the talking for a change. You may have seen this essay before, written by the actor Dirk Benedict of A-Team and Battlestar Gallactica fame. I will actually come onto both the merits and the Christian Zionist propaganda of the 1978 version of Battlestar Gallactica itself in another article, but for now, I want to leave what he said regarding the feminisation of Battlestar Gallactica's 2003-2009 reboot. Perhaps you have already read it, but in light of the ever increasing trend towards rebooting old franchises and remaking old films with women in the once-male roles, I think what he wrote in May 2004 is even more relevant now. I think here immediately of Ghostbusters, Dr Who and the upcoming adaptation of Lord of the Flies. Anyway, if Mr Benedict wishes his article to be removed from this site, he is free to contact me.
Starbuck: Lost in Castration
Once upon a time, in what used to be a far away land called Hollywood but is now a state of mind and everywhere, a young actor was handed a script and asked to bring to life a character called Starbuck. I am that actor. The script was called Battlestar Galactica.
