Completely agree with you as Kara portrayed as a cliché… The almighty Starbuck, the pilot with super-human abilities –and hey, can you believe that I havent’t watched “Top Gun”??? I definitely should put a remedy to that :). But even if Starbuck was a cliché I was immediately drawn to her –I love the triad scene— because… well, it is a very appealing stereotype and I’m a sucker for kickass heroines, I can't help myself. However, I must say that I fell for Kara for real later, in “Act of Contrition”… The scene when she tells Adama, completely broken, that Zak failed basic flight gets me every time. I think that is when I started to understand the complexity of Kara as a character.
By the way, this is the third time I rewatch the mini… And it is funny, because if the first time I watched it I was drawn to Kara, in my second rewatch –last summer, I think--I fell for Lee… and really hard, btw :). I especially enjoyed all his interactions with Roslin, they gave him a depth I really appreciated. One of my Lee squee!moments was the “lady’s in charge” line… I adore that he never questioned Roslin’s leadership as soon as he realized that she was handling the situation pretty well. Frankly, I find Lee’s pragmatic streak fascinating. That, and the combination with his idealism and her sense of justice kills me. And Another moment I love is when he saves the day making the Cylons believe that they really nuked the Fleet. Rolin’s line “thank you Captain Adama for saving our collective asses!” is priceless.
And completely agree about Kara and her interactions with Lee in the mini… Pilots only share three scenes, but you can infer right from the beginning that theirs is a relationship with a lot baggage, and that they care deeply for each other. And the chemistry and all the eyefrakking and the UST were a joy to watch ;). I cannot understand why some people only see friendship and camaraderie between this two in the mini… It is SO obvious that they are in love. ;)
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Date: 2009-07-04 06:59 pm (UTC)Completely agree with you as Kara portrayed as a cliché… The almighty Starbuck, the pilot with super-human abilities –and hey, can you believe that I havent’t watched “Top Gun”??? I definitely should put a remedy to that :). But even if Starbuck was a cliché I was immediately drawn to her –I love the triad scene— because… well, it is a very appealing stereotype and I’m a sucker for kickass heroines, I can't help myself. However, I must say that I fell for Kara for real later, in “Act of Contrition”… The scene when she tells Adama, completely broken, that Zak failed basic flight gets me every time. I think that is when I started to understand the complexity of Kara as a character.
By the way, this is the third time I rewatch the mini… And it is funny, because if the first time I watched it I was drawn to Kara, in my second rewatch –last summer, I think--I fell for Lee… and really hard, btw :). I especially enjoyed all his interactions with Roslin, they gave him a depth I really appreciated. One of my Lee squee!moments was the “lady’s in charge” line… I adore that he never questioned Roslin’s leadership as soon as he realized that she was handling the situation pretty well. Frankly, I find Lee’s pragmatic streak fascinating. That, and the combination with his idealism and her sense of justice kills me.
And Another moment I love is when he saves the day making the Cylons believe that they really nuked the Fleet. Rolin’s line “thank you Captain Adama for saving our collective asses!” is priceless.
And completely agree about Kara and her interactions with Lee in the mini… Pilots only share three scenes, but you can infer right from the beginning that theirs is a relationship with a lot baggage, and that they care deeply for each other. And the chemistry and all the eyefrakking and the UST were a joy to watch ;). I cannot understand why some people only see friendship and camaraderie between this two in the mini… It is SO obvious that they are in love. ;)