all the roles had been recast, and that either Starbuck or Apollo is played by a woman. Is that not correct?
Yes. Starbuck is a woman, played by Katee Sackhoff. Apollo is a man, played by Jamie Bamber. I love them both, all the more so in that neither is in a standard heroic mold. Starbuck is very butch. And crazy.
Richard Hatch (who I believe used to be Apollo?) plays a dissident politician/insurgent named Tom Zarek. I'm not sure what to make of his character - as with many of the people in the show, he's interestingly ambiguous. He's opportunistic and not very sympathetic, but not exactly evil either.
I can't think when we last saw him in the storyline. He isn't one of the regulars, and the political angle on the show isn't the most interesting theme. Especially since I strongly dislike the President, who is supposed to be attractive and sympathetic, but who has religious delusions and tried to win an election illegally, by forging ballots.
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Battlestar Galactica
Date: 2007-09-28 01:27 pm (UTC)Yes. Starbuck is a woman, played by Katee Sackhoff. Apollo is a man, played by Jamie Bamber. I love them both, all the more so in that neither is in a standard heroic mold. Starbuck is very butch. And crazy.
Richard Hatch (who I believe used to be Apollo?) plays a dissident politician/insurgent named Tom Zarek. I'm not sure what to make of his character - as with many of the people in the show, he's interestingly ambiguous. He's opportunistic and not very sympathetic, but not exactly evil either.
I can't think when we last saw him in the storyline. He isn't one of the regulars, and the political angle on the show isn't the most interesting theme. Especially since I strongly dislike the President, who is supposed to be attractive and sympathetic, but who has religious delusions and tried to win an election illegally, by forging ballots.