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Ärende: Re: BSG preview during Eureka premiere
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>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:55:12 -0400, Wendy of NJ wrote
(in article <b18f93pt915evs9p97ujop2q2h924avinc@4ax.com>):

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:41:34 GMT, Amy Guskin <aisling@fjordstone.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:40:41 -0400, Wendy of NJ wrote
>> (in article <5qoe939k7uj4ofqju9bf4ggl4ua3fbdkm9@4ax.com>):
>> 
>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:56:58 -0000, robin.moss@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 13, 1:39 am, Wendy of NJ <voxwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:33:22 -0700, Matt Ion <soundy...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> robin.m...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'll tell you what, I'll save you a lot of hassle:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The Cylons destroy the 12 Colonies. The survivors flee, and eventually
>>>>>>> they find Earth.
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Now you don't need to bother with the series at all, because you 'know
>>>>>>> all you need to know'. :^D
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hahahah, nice.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> While we're at it... don't bother with B5 either, the sun blows up and
>>>>>> destroys Earth.  No point in watching the series now.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Titanic?  Yeah, the boat sinks.  Get over it.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apollo 13?  Guess what?  They make it.  Don't hafta watch that one
>>>>>> either now.
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If it makes a good story and/or has some relevance to the overall
>>>>>>> story, I'll appreciate it. If it turns out like (the fairly pointless
>>>>>>> and largely awful) 'The Woman King' from Season 3 for example, I'll be
>>>>>>> first in line to pan it online. :^)
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Seconded.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ok, I don't remember which episode that was. Plot synopsis, please?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Wendy
>>>> 
>>>> I'm guessing it was the BSG episode  you can't remember, not the B5 ep
>>>> Matt thought you meant. 'The Woman King' was the one where Helo gets
>>>> involved with the plight of religious fanatic Geminese who refuse
>>>> treatment for a life-threatening (but fully curable) disease, and
>>>> begins to suspect the mutant-hating Senator Kelly from X-Men has been
>>>> hiding as a religious-nut-hating Doctor in the fleet so he can kill
>>>> the latest group of people to get his dander up. Not necessarily a
>>>> terrible idea (though a bit predictable), but the execution left *me*
>>>> hoping for a murderous Doctor to 'ease my passage'. :^)
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ah. I never think of that guy (Davidson, I think his last name is) as
>>> "mutant-hating Senator Kelly from X-Men" but as "George Orr from the
>>> PBS version of 'the Lathe of Heaven'" (which is where I first
>>> encountered the actor).<<
>> 
>> Geez, I _know_ I'm not the only one here old enough to look at Bruce 
>> Davison 
>> (only one "d") and think, "Willard" every time!
> 
> I never saw Willard. <<

It was very much a seminal role for him.  Sort of like looking at Joe Morton 
in whatever he's in and saying "Hey, it's the Brother from Another Planet!"  
Or always thinking of Stephen Furst as "Flounder."

Amy
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