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Honestly, I am so incredibly impressed with Battlestar's depiction of women. I generally find that television's depiction of women is patriarchal and stereotypical and when you see a strong female lead, it's either ironic, disproportionately manly, or just unbelievable to me. What I love about Starbuck is that she is a strong woman who is also feminine and sensitive. Also, while she is headstrong, she is also definitely flawed, in a very real sort of way (susceptible to hubris especially as well as an abundance of pride and at times self pity).
I think that president Rosalin takes the role of the stereotypical matriarch in a nonconventional sort of way. She is strong, sensitive, and, quite frankly can be a frakking bitch. I love her as the president and I also love the dynamic between her and Admiral Adalma as well as her and Starbuck.
Then you have Boomer, the classic sympathetic character, young mother, who is sympathetic but at the same time a warrior in her own right.
And that's only 3 of them. At first I wasn't sure about 6 (Caprica), but the way she was developed by the end of Season 2, I was so incredibly intrigued and finally started looking at her as something more than a 2-dimensional sexual embodiment of Evil and Temptation (ironically touting praise for the "One True God").
This is absolutely my favorite show on television and I am glad that this is the last season. While I thought that season 3 started incredibly strong, I thought that the writers had a lot of good ideas, but lost sight of the ensemble cast and how to handle the bigger themes and issues of the show (the fact that Balthar's Trial AND the 4 Reveal were resolved in two episodes - that's just poor planning when there should have been a more dramatic arch).
HOWEVER, I think that the first two episodes of Season 4 are strong (I am pleasantly surprised) and I hope that it goes out with a bang. It's exciting to see people who love the show here. I honestly think it's the best-written show on television and I am constantly impressed with it.
Wufong - I've never seen the original series, so I don't have a frame of reference, though I don't blame you for disliking the remake if you feel so strongly about the original. I just find it interesting; you are the first person who I've heard proclaim that the remake is worse than the original - most people say the opposite, but to each their own.
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