Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Return Of Starbuck

The Return Of Starbuck

Several years earlier, Starbuck and Boomer, while on patrol, are ambushed by Cylon raiders. Starbuck's Viper is damaged severely and crashes on a small planet, while the Galactica is forced to move on.
Starbuck awakens in a desert landscape and discovers a Cylon ship that also crashed. Starbuck constructs a shelter out of the ship wreck and then tries to rebuild one of the Cylons. When the Cylon is reactivated, it immediately threatens to kill Starbuck, but the human manages to win over the huge robot soldier with a combination of argument and threats to turn off his power. Starbuck also starts calling him "Cy" and proposes that they teach one other about their respective races.
The twosome's lonely existence on the planet is interrupted when the Cylon discovers a strange woman, whom they are surprised to discover is pregnant. The woman remains mute for the first few days but then enigmatically asks Starbuck, "Would you die for me?". The woman, named Angela, starts referring to her unborn baby as "our child." On her request, Starbuck and Cy build a vehicle to transport the baby to safety.
The morning after the baby's birth, another Cylon ship lands close to the crash site, apparently having picked up the distress beacon. Cy announces that he must join his fellow Cylons. Starbuck protests, but cannot bring himself to shoot the departing centurion. He then hustles Angela to the completed hybrid ship and gets her and the baby inside. He himself stays behind (to save fuel) and launches the ship manually. Starbuck is suddenly attacked by the Cylons. Cy reappears and shoots the attackers, his fellow Cylons, but is himself mortally damaged. Cy dies in Starbuck's arms, calling the human his "friend." Angela's shape appears above the hills, declaring, "The child is safely on its way and I am ready to return home now... And I judge this mortal to be good, so very good."
Planet Starbuck
Planet Starbuck is a barren, desert-like planet that its sole Colonial occupant, Starbuck, names after himself.
During the battle above this planet, both Lieutenant Boomer and Starbuck engage a squadron on Cylon Raiders. With Starbuck'sViper too damaged to make it back to the Fleet, Starbuck makes a one-way trip to the planet and begins to grow lonely on planet.
Eventually, he discovers a Raider he had shot down also crash-landed on the planet, using the debris from the Raider to build a shelter, as well as eventually rebuilding a lone Centurion whom he calls Cy (The Return of Starbuck).
The Seraphs (singular: Seraph) were an alien race in the original Battlestar Galactica series from 1978/79 and its spinoff series, Galactica 1980. They were never expressly referred to by name in the series, and were called "Seraphs" in the scripts for the episodes in which they appear, as well as in the mid-1990s Galactica comic books.

Contents

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·        1 Appearances
·        2 Depiction
o   2.1 Ship of Lights
·        3 References
·        4 External links
·        5 See also

Appearances[edit]

The Seraphs were a noncorporeal race of sentients who first appear in "War of the Gods". They show up again at the conclusion of the "Terra" story arc and in the Galactica 1980 episode "The Return of Starbuck" which explained the origins of the mysterious Doctor Zee. They were to figure heavily in the episode "Wheel of Fire", which was in preproduction when the series was cancelled.
The Seraphs are represented in the 2003 reimagining by the mysterious "angel" characters who appear throughout the series' run.

Depiction[edit]

Seraphs are wingless angels, traveling in a large spacecraft most commonly referred to as the Ship of Lights. They appear roughly humanoid, though their faces are always veiled. When Lieutenant Starbuck attempts to touch one, his hand goes through its body. It is later revealed in "Experiment in Terra" that they can take on a normal human form when called upon to do so. In this particular instance a Seraph appeared as a normal human and called himself John (played by Edward Mulhare) and acted as Apollo's liaison during the Terra crisis.
When asked about their origins, the Seraphs claimed to have evolved to their present state: "As you now are, we once were; as we now are you may yet become." This references the concept of deification in Mormon cosmology,[1] which was succinctly summarized in a couplet by Lorenzo Snow: "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be."[2][3]
Commander Adama realizes the Seraphs are the same angelic "Beings of Light" mentioned in "The Book of the Word", the dominant Colonial Scripture, and that these beings have played a part in human society. In "War of the Gods", the crew of the ship indicate they are the natural enemies of Count Iblis. Because it is implied that Count Iblis is the original basis for Satan or "evil", this could imply the Ship Of Lights and its inhabitants are meant to represent angels or "good", though this is not directly stated.[4] This is indicative of the absolutist, even Manichean world-view of the original Battlestar Galactica.[5]
In Galactica 1980's last episode. "The Return of Starbuck", the character of Dr. Zee is revealed to have been born to one of the Seraphs known as "Angela". While the series was cancelled before it could be shot, a script was written where it is revealed that Starbuck had in fact joined the Seraphs.

Ship of Lights[edit]

Ship of Lights
Ship of Lights from Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series).jpg
Ship of Lights from War of the Gods
First appearance
"War of the Gods"
Affiliation
Beings of Light
References
"War of the Gods"
The Ship of Lights is a Seraph spacecraft from the original Battlestar Galactica television series.[6] It emits an extremely loud sound that can be heard by people in nearby spaceships and is sufficient to render humans unconscious. The Ship of Lights also carries smaller craft. In the re-imagined series, this vessel appears in a painting created by Starbuck. In addition, that series' Resurrection Ship restores characters (Cylons) to life, and in both series (Lieutenant Starbuck/Kara Thrace) is part of a resurrection-related plot that leads the characters toward Earth.
The model for the Ship of Lights was made out of neon and plastic by Universal Hartland Visual Effects.[7]

Saturday, January 19, 2008

The Return Of Starbuck

...and now the conclusion to Galactica 1980.

The title is rich. The Return Of Starbuck is laughable for many reasons not least of which is that it misleads you to think he's returning to the Galactica. Not so. 
Editor Notes; . The Return Of Starbuck  was suppose to refer to the original tv series,where might return to the Galactica.What is a sham,it wasn’t apart of the original,as it intended to be.If the post researched the subject,he’d understand,it apart of a sequile episode where Lt.Starbuck being rescued by the Serapheans.Fool.ok.?

So the question is, does it refer to a return of the glory days of Battlestar Galactica? Does Dirk Benedict [Starbuck] redirect the course of Galactica 1980? 

The fact that this is the last installment in the series speaks volumes, but the answer in short is NOT A CHANCE!

I have read on ocassion this one episode alone single-handedly rights the ship and validates the purchase of Galactica 1980. I'm hear to say it does not, so save your money.

The story begins with young, miracle child Dr. Z narrating as he speaks with Commander Adama about his dream of a warrior named Starbuck. This is the backstory of Starbuck's disappearance. Following a firefight with the cylons [alongside partner Boomer], his viper is hit and he and a cylon raider crash land on an unknown, but habitable planet. The story begins well. Credit goes to Herbert Jefferson and Dirk Benedict for raising the bar of this episode's results above the rest. It's better initially, but goes south quickly for the second half. The first half is kind of like Galactica's version of Castaway. 

Here's a decent scene from the first portion of the show.


Eventually, Starbuck, clearly not a rocket scientist, somehow activates one of the centurians and its companionship serves up a second half that is like a perversion of Enemy Mine [1985]. The two work together for mutual survival. Actually, it's more for Starbuck's survival since the cylon is nothing more than a walking tin can. Where is Starbuck getting food from on this desolate planet?
Editor Notes ;We assume,he grows it.If Larson had more time,those question might be answered.
 The cylon [dubbed 'Cy' by Starbuck] departs the encampment and brings back a "wo-man" for Starbuck albeit out of thin air. Where the hell did she come from? She's also preganant! Huh? Starbuck is dubbed the father and makes the baby a cradle! WTF! You see, it goes wrong quickly. Logic flies out the window at the half-way point and it becomes just another piece of hot, steaming Galactica 1980 crap. Oh, by the way, McCord and Van Dyke apparently got their walking papers because they're nowhere to be found!

Here's a scene from this complete debacle of a second half that degraded into utter kookiness.


In the end, more cylons land and it's a shootout, but Cy stands by Starbuck's side because they are "friends." Thank God this was the last episode. Have mercy. I couldn't take another morality play of this caliber again. Starbuck assembles a spaceship out of the scrap heap of parts. Hmmm, maybe he is a rocket scientist.
Editor Notes;Obviously,Colonial Warriors have skills to fix their ships and maybe rebuild them.After all,we are told to the 12 Colonies have been fighting a war with Cylons for thousands of years.In that time,we can assume Colnial Warriors,like Lt.Starbuck could build such a rube golberg star ship.Once again foolish thinking by Sci-Fi Fanatic.
Starbuck launches his "wo-man" into space with their newborn baby and he remains behind to die a lonely death. That baby turns out to be stupid Dr. Z. Thankfully Larson addressed this question because it had been really gnawing at me since the beginning to find out more. Dr. Z was such a well-defined character and such a likeable addition to the cast! NOT! Stupid! Die!
Editors Notes;Obvious,this poster,is fixated on his hated for the Doctor Z,which is Doctor Zee,by the way. ! NOT! Stupid! Die!shows this idiocy.
All conclusions idiotically,extend from studity.Considering how of Battlestar Galactica .and Galactica 1980 consisted of tripe garbage,the Return of Starbuck,despite it’s flaws is considered one the best episodes of both series.This show,dimwit shows that Cylons,once away the obvious societies hive like programming,can be salvaged into a more human like civilization.Something,the previous episode,don’t hint at.

More importantly, what the hell happened to Apollo? Remember him, Adama's son. Yeah, the guy who made Battlestar Galactica special. That was the series and the man that helped propel the powers that be into spawning a modern day reimagining. Fortunately, Richard Hatch saw the writing on the wall, or the lack of writing perhaps, and stayed far away from this Galacticameltdown. It's like the space version of Titanic.

Had the episode killed off Dr. Z and Cy, left the woman out, gone with a sharper script and concentrated solely on a deserted Starbuck being hunted by the cylons you may have had an entry that belonged within the classic Battlestar Galactica cannon. The bottom line, Larson lost his way or was rushed or whatever. More importantly the original cast had charm and chemistry, which explains why Dirk Benedict elevates the material here briefly. Galactica 1980 missed all of that. Benedict, as good as he is, just can't save this poorly conceived, poorly written, poorly executed show.
And this the obvious,opinions from an assbackwards jackass.

Worse yet for me personally, I'll never get this time back.
Worse yet,  The Sci-Fi Fanatic 

"The Return Of Starbuck" is one of the best episodes of both Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980.If think it less inferior to everything else make you the fool-not Glen Larson

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