The new PTB may have felt it would be verging on "The Scottish Play" unlucky to go near any of that.
Ha! Perhaps that's why they decided to reincarnate Starbuck and Boomer as women instead...creating space for women while trying to escape the curse.
And of course, they do eventually have an Athena, but I don't know that she was terribly similar to the original. I suspect not, but I don't know what role the original played. Were there female military pilots in the original series?
Adama's wife--ex-wife in the new version--does get a name and a face, but she only appears in flashbacks and in one or perhaps two episodes, so it's hardly a major role.
ETA: I certainly understand the someday-watchlist. I think we all have one of those. So much television, so few hours in which to watch! (Plus the fact that it's probably better not to devote all of one's time to television.)
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Ha! Perhaps that's why they decided to reincarnate Starbuck and Boomer as women instead...creating space for women while trying to escape the curse.
And of course, they do eventually have an Athena, but I don't know that she was terribly similar to the original. I suspect not, but I don't know what role the original played. Were there female military pilots in the original series?
Adama's wife--ex-wife in the new version--does get a name and a face, but she only appears in flashbacks and in one or perhaps two episodes, so it's hardly a major role.
ETA: I certainly understand the someday-watchlist. I think we all have one of those. So much television, so few hours in which to watch! (Plus the fact that it's probably better not to devote all of one's time to television.)