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Olmos transports from 'Family 'to 'Battlestar Galactica'
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | April 29, 2003 | Rob Owen, Post-Gazette TV Editor

Posted on 04/29/2003 8:12:14 AM PDT by RayBob

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The first season of PBS's "American Family," in which Edward James Olmos plays the conservative patriarch of a Hispanic Los Angeles family, comes out on DVD today.

But it's his role as another patriarch that's bound to get TV viewers in their 30s and 40s talking. Olmos is filming Sci Fi Channel's miniseries remake of the late '70s TV show "Battlestar Galactica." Olmos takes over the role of Commander Adama, originally played by the late Lorne Greene.


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To: Charles Martel
Neat premise, but the show didn't last very long IIRC. I guess it struck a chord with a kid who regularly converted an old gym locker into a race car/spaceship/submarine in the back yard.
121 posted on 04/29/2003 10:52:35 AM PDT by strela ("... you're lucky you still have your brown paper bag, small change ...")
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To: CathyRyan
You said it right sister! I loved that show.
122 posted on 04/29/2003 10:56:52 AM PDT by CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
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To: mhking
I'm a long time SF fan, but this looks like a train-wreck waiting to happen. And like the proverbial train-wreck, I won't be able to tear myself away.

Yup. And about the character-driven nature of the new show... it turns out that the "Starbuck" character is female, this time around. Given that, uh, change, I wonder if Starbuck will still be a babe-hound? < shakes head in bemused disgust >

123 posted on 04/29/2003 10:57:22 AM PDT by Charles Martel
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To: Kieri
Jane was really pretty but "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman" pretty much defines the term "PC".

I guess the only way they could have made it any more politically correct would be to change her boyfriend into a Lesbian.

124 posted on 04/29/2003 10:57:22 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: strela
Salvage1: The spaceship made out of spare parts from a junkyard or something like that, right? Lasted what, 1 season in the late 70's?
125 posted on 04/29/2003 10:57:38 AM PDT by Sam's Army
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To: redhead
I thought "First Wave" was very good

Tracy Lords did provide a little eye candy.
She was better looking when she was 15.

126 posted on 04/29/2003 10:59:52 AM PDT by ASA Vet ("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
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To: Wolfie
We've had that already. It was called Independence Day.
127 posted on 04/29/2003 11:00:39 AM PDT by CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
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To: unix
Sci-fi is showing 'Battlestar Galactica 1980' (not to be confused with the original 'Battlestar Galactica') on Fridays. That is considered to be the WORST sci-fi series EVER made.

By the way, in the new 'Battlestar Galactica' series, Starbuck is a played by a GIRL!!

For those reading this that don't understand how profane and bad a change like this is, imagine if there was a Star Wars remake and Han Solo was played by a girl and you get the idea.

And yes I am a Farscape fan.

128 posted on 04/29/2003 11:04:42 AM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Charles Martel
... it turns out that the "Starbuck" character is female, this time around. Given that, uh, change, I wonder if Starbuck will still be a babe-hound?

Starbuck, a girl?

Well, frell me dead!

129 posted on 04/29/2003 11:07:20 AM PDT by Kieri
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To: RightOnline
The character Starbuck was the Han Solo of the series. Now do you understand.
130 posted on 04/29/2003 11:08:30 AM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup
By the way, in the new 'Battlestar Galactica' series, Starbuck is a played by a GIRL!!

So, what are they gonna call her? Stardoe?

131 posted on 04/29/2003 11:11:52 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: unix
So, what are they gonna call her? Stardoe?

If she's as frisky as Starbuck and the series is PC, wouldn't she be Stardyke?

I've sunk to a new low...

132 posted on 04/29/2003 11:16:23 AM PDT by Kieri
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To: Charles Martel
Maren Jensen


133 posted on 04/29/2003 11:18:41 AM PDT by ASA Vet ("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
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To: Kieri
heh-heh....In the mindset of PC, starperson.
134 posted on 04/29/2003 11:19:36 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Paul C. Jesup
Galactica 80 WAS the worst SciFi series ever. Then came the triple threat of SeaQuest DSV, Earth 2 and Space Above and Beyond. Now Galactica 80 is barely hanging in the top 5.
135 posted on 04/29/2003 11:19:59 AM PDT by discostu (A cow don't make ham)
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To: discostu
Gee, thanks..Just when Sea Quest DSV was purged from my grey matter, you had to go and screw it up by mentioning it..

;)

136 posted on 04/29/2003 11:21:17 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: unix
We must never forget the horror, only by remember can we keep it from ever happening again.
137 posted on 04/29/2003 11:22:34 AM PDT by discostu (A cow don't make ham)
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To: unix

138 posted on 04/29/2003 11:23:10 AM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: discostu
Space Above and Beyond, ROCKED, this why is was canseled.
139 posted on 04/29/2003 11:24:25 AM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: unix
How about one of John Crichton in his leather coat, just for us ladies?
140 posted on 04/29/2003 11:25:15 AM PDT by Kieri
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