rewatching the BSG mini, some not-very-deep reactions

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I'd only seen the mini once, back months ago. I had the experience of re-watching it tonight with two friends, the one who saw it with me originally and her husband, who's been avoiding BSG until now. I think it's because it's right up his alley, and he's afraid he'll be obsessed. (He watched Firefly for the first time over Christmas break. The

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My Aaron Douglas/Galen Tyrol crush is getting out of hand. I might have to upgrade him to the inner circle of my fangirl protection (with Anders, Lost's Desmond, and Supernatural's Sam).

Wow, that's pretty darn close to my fangirl inner circle of protection too, except I'd add The 4400's Shawn. (And I'm sure that if I still watched Lost, I'd probably be a Desmond girl too.)

And watching the Mini always reignites my Chief love. The Chief is everywhere, doing everything. That scene where he's stripping Boomer, and the two of them are reciting lines together about stripping "every machine on my hanger deck" totally give me giggle fits now. The awesomeness of Mini series Chief knows no bounds. (And yes, it is interesting that the first person to meet Leoben is Chief.)

(On the note of sweaty men I'd like to porn, I won't even mention that I missed Anders. Because I didn't, not really, not with everything going on. Except I did. I know him now, so it doesn't matter that he's not there, then. I'm thinking about the whole show in Sam terms. He's my BSG muse. I can't help it. I'm watching Boomer and Helo on Caprica, and I'm thinking about where Sam is and worrying about how the C-Bucs are keeping their shit together.)

OMG - This is totally me too. I picture Anders and the C-Bucs standing on a mountain top watching it happen. In shock, waiting for the bomb that's going to take them out... Realizing that it's not coming, and that they're alive... Anders taking charge, stepping up, organizing, gathering survivors. Yes, this is part of the story that's missing now.

Oh, Lee. What a cocky little shit! How did I not remember him walking around with a stick up his ass half for half of the mini...when he wasn't being adorable and brave and take-charge.

Ah, Lee in the Mini. He puts me off right from the start when his very first interaction is being surley to Chief, who I loved from the get-go. Lee didn't start off very well for me with me, and it's been an uphill struggle ever since. But he of course recouped much affection when he's with Laura on Colonial One, where they are both the awesome. In season 4, I do not want Laura to let him back in her good graces easily, particularly since I though that sniffing her tea was so completely slimey. But I do want him to find a way to earn her trust back, because I've loved it when these two were on the same side. (Yes, I'm trying to keep him out of my doghouse, I really am. But he's in my doghouse. Repeats to self: Lee in Hand of God, Lee in Hand of God, Lee in Hand of God...)

And I've always thought that Laura Roslin was awesome. It bothers me to no end that she was stranded with no storyline last season except for cute flirtations with Bill and raging at Baltar. I think that's one of the many things that somehow got lost last year to the Quad and the stand-alones and because when you give one character a "special destiny" you forget that all of these people have a special destiny.

Other observations:

When you watch the Mini, it really hits you that Billy should still be there. (And probably should have been one of the FF.)

Dualla was awesome, and most people liked her just fine until they went and inserted her between K/L. But she is one of the good guys, and always has been. Even if she, like everyone else has made mistakes.

Great post!

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In an earlier draft of the script Lee was even more of a bitch to Tyrol. He made a comment about how the deck crew should be careful with his Viper since it was a Mark VII which is new then they are used to dealing with.

Yeah, toning it down some was a good idea.

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Yes. V. good idea, indeed!

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See, I'm a weird Anders girl, because I'm totally a Lee fangirl, too. He's precisely the kind of character I always fall for (even in bitch mode in the mini). Sam's actually not. It's kind of bizarre that I love him as much as I do. I think it really boils down to shipping Kara with him more than I ship her with Lee. I like Lee better as his own character, outside of a (desctructive, insane) relationship.

I've been on a major Caprica occupation kick with my writing lately, so the mini just fueled the fire for it. Anders taking charge, stepping up, organizing, gathering survivors. *sighs* Yes. And being totally hot about it. :)

I don't think I understood the awesomeness of the Chief/Boomer the first time around. I'll be sure to appreciate it properly if I do any more rewatching. :)

I always thought Billy should have been in the final five. *misses Billy*