The sentimentalist in me wants to pinpoint Laura as the primary protagonist, because it's her goal from the moment she takes office to the moment she dies to protect humanity, and that's what's accomplished during the course of the show.
I like that reasoning. I think she'd be a good choice.
Maybe the primary protagonist is the ship itself, Galactica. It is the single most consistent entity of all.
Heh! A good point.
I'm actually going to give my personal award for most consistent characterization to Tom Zarek, he who never changes even though we all really want him to.
Good call! Zarek is very consistent. I think he's kind of a pleasure to watch. After New Caprica you get just a tiny bit hopeful that he might become an actual friend instead of just an enemy of the enemy, but he never changes his stripes.
I wish I could discount the first half of Season Four, because they really screwed the pooch with Starbuck and Tigh, both of whom could easily have been my picks for most consistently characterized until then.
Yeah. I suppose they're entitled to shake up Starbuck's characterization once she's become a dead-girl tool-of-destiny, but it was jarring. I was relieved that she was acting like herself again by the mutiny. And Tigh... well, on the one hand, season four brings us moments like his firm declaration that the man he's been up until the discovery that he's a Cylon is the man he wants to be. And on the other there's the Six affair.
Keep it zipped?
Ha! Sage advice. Let's try it on Gaius.
It's a rough episode, but I'm going to be saying that about all of them, I'm sure.
I like that reasoning. I think she'd be a good choice.
Maybe the primary protagonist is the ship itself, Galactica. It is the single most consistent entity of all.
Heh! A good point.
I'm actually going to give my personal award for most consistent characterization to Tom Zarek, he who never changes even though we all really want him to.
Good call! Zarek is very consistent. I think he's kind of a pleasure to watch. After New Caprica you get just a tiny bit hopeful that he might become an actual friend instead of just an enemy of the enemy, but he never changes his stripes.
I wish I could discount the first half of Season Four, because they really screwed the pooch with Starbuck and Tigh, both of whom could easily have been my picks for most consistently characterized until then.
Yeah. I suppose they're entitled to shake up Starbuck's characterization once she's become a dead-girl tool-of-destiny, but it was jarring. I was relieved that she was acting like herself again by the mutiny. And Tigh... well, on the one hand, season four brings us moments like his firm declaration that the man he's been up until the discovery that he's a Cylon is the man he wants to be. And on the other there's the Six affair.
Keep it zipped?
Ha! Sage advice. Let's try it on Gaius.
It's a rough episode, but I'm going to be saying that about all of them, I'm sure.
We can keep a running tally!
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