Redstick SF

Now that Starbuck is dead, impersonators such as Heather J. Finklefarn can return to their highly rewarding careers, nurturing relationships… okay, okay, it’s back to lonely nights, romantic comedies, and pints of “Chunky Monkey.”

It’s been almost three weeks since my last post. Sorry about that, I’ve been bogged down with papers to grade. Not unlike this one.

In that time we’ve seen Ep 317 “Maelstrom” and Ep 318 “The Son Also Rises.”

In reality, these two episodes could be called Ep 317 “Starbuck is Dead” and Ep 318 “No, Really. Starbuck is Dead.”

Like you, I’ve enjoyed watching the ripple of fan-boy/fan-girl freakout make its way through the web over Starbuck’s death. At first I thought I would post something like this:

But I thought that might be in poor taste. And, to tell the truth, if the 3rd season has taught us anything, it’s that there are certainly worse actors on this show.

Generally, these were good episodes. I had only a few qualms with them.

- The whole thing with Starbuck’s mom seemed to say that any degree of child abuse is okay as long as you scrapbook along the way.

-Who knew that Starbuck would go out like that? I would have guessed that she would have succumbed to a nasty STD. Something that rhymes with honorhea…

-If you really think Starbuck is gone, you should have your head examined. Just take a look at ALL of the upcoming projects Katie Sackhoff is working on over at IMDB. Yeah, she’ll be around.

-Was I the only person having trouble understanding anything Romo Lampkin said? I’ll add Mark Sheppard’s name next to Clive Owen and Bobcat Goldthwait’s on my list of people who talk like they have marbles/ sandpaper in their mouths.

-The pen that Baltar uses to write his manifesto. When Lampkin hands it to Caprica Six, she sniffs it like it reminds her of him.

BALTAR IS IN JAIL. HOW DO YOU THINK HE HIDES THAT PEN?!!!

Simply put, Caprica Six is sniffing Baltar’s ass. GROSS!

Finally, Battlestar has instituted its “Make Your Own Battlestar Video” competition. Not a bad idea, and it’s really nice of them that they’ve ponied up for the video, sound, and music clips. If you’re 14, you’ve got to be thrilled.

I’ve heard it said before, and I’ll repeat it again. I’m glad that there was no such thing as Youtube when I was a teenager. Chances are, this Battlestar video competition is going to lead to some very embarrasing footage for some young boy or girl that they’ll regret during a senate campaign later in life.

Like this

Or, definitely this.

On your way out, you MUST check out the site of these other impersonators. The Cylon Six is just sad.