A Game For You To Play (if you're bored)

[1Nivek1]

So here's the game. I hope you'll give it a try.

The idea is to recast every (major & currently alive (as of s4e01) character for the series...then make pithy comments on your rationale. Lastly, whoever you pick to be the soon to be revealed 5th cylon...you will have to get back to Kevin Bacon in 6 degrees of separation. If your 5th pick is not on this list then go with your pick for Roslin:

If enough people are bored enough to do it, perhaps we'll hold a vote for whose was best.

The following I hope will serve as a "key" that can be cut/paste

Adm. Adama(EJ Olmos):
Pres. L. Roslin(M McDonnell):
Starbuck(K Sackhoff):
Apollo(J Bamber):
G. Baltar(J Callis)
No6 (T. Helfer):
Athena/No8(G Park):
Col Tigh(M Hogan):
Chief Tyrol(A Douglass):
Helo Agethon(T Penikett):
Gaeta(A Juliani):
Lt. Dualla (K. McClure):
Cally[tyrol's wife] (N. Clyne):
VP Tom Zarek(R. Hatch):
No3(Lucy Lawless):
Leoben(CK Rennie):
Doral/No5(M. Bennet):
Doc Cottle(D. Rhodes):
Brother Cavil(D Stockwell):
Sam Anders(M Trucco):

I'll post a reply to show you what I mean

[1Nivek1]

Adm. Adama(EJ Olmos):Ed Harris -natural leader
Pres. L. Roslin(M McDonnell):Judi Dench because she was M for 007
Starbuck(K Sackhoff):Michelle Rodriguez --resident evil & recently got DUI
Apollo(J Bamber):Tom Cruise -never the bad guy/knows way around space
G. Baltar(J Callis):Michael Caine - the orignial Alfie
No6 (T. Helfer):Milla Jovavich --for obvious reasons
Athena/No8(G Park):Sigourney Weaver -she killed her alien child
Col Tigh(M Hogan):Jack Nicholson --mean, drunk and angry at world
Chief Tyrol(A Douglass):Red Green - always fix with duck tape
Helo Agethon(T Penikett):HAL 9000 -always confused
Gaeta(A Juliani):Bill Murray ---he'd just be awesome in the CIC
Lt. Dualla (K. McClure):Naomi Campbell -- it'd convice me she was a cylon
Cally[tyrol's wife] (N. Clyne):Martha Stewart -get stuff done around house
VP Tom Zarek(R. Hatch):Dick Cheney - for obvious reasons
No3(Lucy Lawless):Xena Warrior Princess- she'd look better in that garb
Leoben(CK Rennie):Bill O'Reilly -- he swears truth when he's lying
Doral/No5(M. Bennet):Donald Trump --he's always trying to sell something
Doc Cottle(D. Rhodes):Christopher Walken - he should have a job w knives
Brother Cavil(D Stockwell):Scott Bakula -a quantum substitution
Sam Anders(M Trucco):Brian Bozworth - just for making "Stone Cold"

Apollo is my pick for the 5th so...
1)Tom Cruise +Brad Pitt (Interview w a vampire)
2)Brad Pitt + Kevin Bacon (Sleepers)

2 degrees (you have to do it in 6 or under)

Have Fun!

[EverlastingGaze]

Adm. Adama(EJ Olmos): Sir Ian McKellan – who better than Gandalf?
Pres. L. Roslin(M McDonnell): Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady
Starbuck(K Sackhoff): Sonia Blade (Mortal Kombat) – blonde and kicks ass
Apollo(J Bamber): Zac Efron – looks pretty? check
G. Baltar(J Callis): David Koresh – bearded cult leader with a huge ego.
No6 (T. Helfer): Oscar Wilde – just imagine the witty banter, both in and out of imaginations.
Athena/No8(G Park): The horizon – just lie flat.
Col Tigh(M Hogan): Barny Gumble – no explanation needed.
Chief Tyrol(A Douglass): John Lennon – working class hero seduced by non-human woman.
Helo Agethon(T Penikett): Pinocchio – no personality but stiff enough to reproduce.
Gaeta(A Juliani): Chandler Bing – could I BE anymore Gay?
Lt. Dualla (K. McClure): A tricycle wheel.
Cally[tyrol's wife] (N. Clyne): Jane Austen – inexplicably loved by many
VP Tom Zarek(R. Hatch): Che Guevara – Awesome Freedom Fighter
No3(Lucy Lawless): Random Emo girl 3 – easily fits into box
Leoben(CK Rennie): David Duchovny – he’s a believer
Doral/No5(M. Bennet): Kevin Spacey – what’s the difference?
Doc Cottle(D. Rhodes): Bill Hicks – chain smoking cynic
Brother Cavil(D Stockwell): L Ron Hubbard – promoted a otherworldly religion he never believed in.
Sam Anders(M Trucco): Eddie Vedder – I oh I’m still alive…….


Margaret Thatcher is the subject of a song by singer Frank Turner (Thatcher Fucked the Kids)
Frank Turner was formerly in the band Million Dead
Million Dead had a song refrencing Willie Wonka
Willie Wonka was played by Johnny Depp in a recent adaptation.
Johnny Depp once played a victim of horror icon Freddy Kreugar
Freddy Kreugar faced off against fellow horror icon Jason Voorhees
Whose mother once killed Kevin Bacon.

[genji2000]

Adm. Adama(EJ Olmos): The Dirt
Pres. L. Roslin(M McDonnell): Aurora
Starbuck(K Sackhoff): timbo
Apollo(J Bamber): bazzyb
G. Baltar(J Callis): Neakal
Caprica Six: Goldwolf
Head Six: BSGfan-atic
Gina (T. Helfer): westie
Athena/No8(G Park): laisan
Col Tigh(M Hogan): bluce_ree
Chief Tyrol(A Douglass): Joe Beaudoin Jr
Helo Agethon(T Penikett): prolescum
Gaeta(A Juliani): pagad
Lt. Dualla (K. McClure): Stairway
Cally[tyrol's wife] (N. Clyne): Zlaticko
VP Tom Zarek(R. Hatch): thevarrior
No3(Lucy Lawless): Zod
Leoben(CK Rennie): wouter
Doral/No5(M. Bennet): Pnutty
Doc Cottle(D. Rhodes): Osprey
Brother Cavil(D Stockwell): 13th_Cylon
Sam Anders(M Trucco):
Romo Lampkin: Chiefchess

[westie]

Adm. Adama(EJ Olmos): The Dirt
Pres. L. Roslin(M McDonnell): Aurora
Starbuck(K Sackhoff): timbo
Apollo(J Bamber): bazzyb
G. Baltar(J Callis): Neakal
Caprica Six: Goldwolf
Head Six: BSGfan-atic
Gina (T. Helfer): westie
Athena/No8(G Park): laisan
Col Tigh(M Hogan): bluce_ree
Chief Tyrol(A Douglass): Joe Beaudoin Jr
Helo Agethon(T Penikett): prolescum
Gaeta(A Juliani): pagad
Lt. Dualla (K. McClure): Stairway
Cally[tyrol's wife] (N. Clyne): Zlaticko
VP Tom Zarek(R. Hatch): thevarrior
No3(Lucy Lawless): Zod
Leoben(CK Rennie): wouter
Doral/No5(M. Bennet): Pnutty
Doc Cottle(D. Rhodes): Osprey
Brother Cavil(D Stockwell): 13th_Cylon
Sam Anders(M Trucco):
Romo Lampkin: Chiefchess

I think we should hear the reasoning behind the choices!

[Zlaticko]

Cally[tyrol's wife] (N. Clyne): Zlaticko

Am I really that whiny? :D

[genji2000]

You're supposed to do your own not berate other members for their choices. I'm sure I've missed someone off: I forgot Anders.

[timbo]

Starbuck?? Brilliant dude. You got me nailed. Strangely talented but emotionally and psychologically a mess. And the weirdest thing is, that she is the spitting image of the psychologically and emotionally messed up girlfriend who put me on me knees and I suppose led to my fleeing to Spain. It was the first thing that ever struck me about BSG. Weird, dude.

Afterthought: Wait a minute, what if she never really existed and it was just me dressing up and stabbing myself and stuff. Y´know, like fight club. No, wait, she was real, her name is on the mortgage she left me with.

[genji2000]

Afterthought: Wait a minute, what if she never really existed and it was just me dressing up and stabbing myself and stuff. Y´know, like fight club.

Yeah I have one of those. Still not sure if she was real.

[Bluce_Ree]

Col Tigh(M Hogan): bluce_ree

this.

[pagad]

And I get stuck with Gay-ta.

[genji2000]

Oh for Christ's sake. It was only a bump. Just do your own.

[pagad]

Oh for Christ's sake. It was only a bump. Just do your own.

Lighten up :lol:

I had a go at doing a "serious" one but for some characters I couldn't think of an actor/actress that could pull it off. Simon Pegg for Baltar, anyone?

[genji2000]

Oh for Christ's sake. It was only a bump. Just do your own.

Lighten up :lol:

I had a go at doing a "serious" one but for some characters I couldn't think of an actor/actress that could pull it off. Simon Pegg for Baltar, anyone?

That, if you didn't notice, was light. Just post a reply and keep it going, dude.

[westie]

And the weirdest thing is, that she is the spitting image of the psychologically and emotionally messed up girlfriend who put me on me knees and I suppose led to my fleeing to Spain.

Ummm.... casual and minor interest only of course, but.... physically the spitting image too?

No6 (T. Helfer): Oscar Wilde – just imagine the witty banter, both in and out of imaginations.
^ THIS. This would be *awesome*. I would absolutely become Dorian Grey.

Speaking of summing up characters with pithy one-liners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_5coDleIU&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nrRoevDuA&feature=related
The maker posted it here a while back, but for anyone who missed them, here they are again. Crude, but some of the music choices were quite amusing, esp. Lee, Tory and Roslin. And I almost choked at Dualla and Helena in the second one.

I'd re-cast the characters, but most of them are intrinsically linked in my mind with the people who play them anyway. The only improvement I could make would be to cast Michelle Rodrigez as Starbuck, but that is for shallow and entirely obvious reasons.

[timbo]

Ummm.... casual and minor interest only of course, but.... physically the spitting image too?


Yeah, I meant physically. Why do you ask? You´re scaring me a little Westie.

[The Dirt]

Adm. Adama(EJ Olmos): The Dirt

Can't complain about that. I guess this means that I can take two in the chest and still do the Adama stare. I'm going to get my men!

[westie]

Yeah, I meant physically. Why do you ask? You´re scaring me a little Westie.

Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out, but....wow. I mean, I'm sure she was a bitch like you say.... but still.
I have heightened respect for your pulling powers and now imagine you to be some amazing cross between Jonny Depp and Brad Pitt.

Btw, LOVED the forts! Did you manage to clean the carpets before you passed out?

[timbo]

Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out, but....wow. I mean, I'm sure she was a bitch like you say.... but still.
I have heightened respect for your pulling powers and now imagine you to be some amazing cross between Jonny Depp and Brad Pitt.

Btw, LOVED the forts! Did you manage to clean the carpets before you passed out?

He he, now I understand. Her face and mannerisms were similar, but she didn´t have that athletic bod. She was attractive, but my being with her had more to do with every one knowing she was bad juju, and me being the only too stupid to see it.

It´s funny you should ask about the carpets. We used to do this thing where we just held the wand in the air and then sprayed everything so it was wet and smelled nice. We had the van mounted machine, a real beast, and this little portable thing. Once, we had to do a job on a little island in Scotland. Near Largs I think - Great Cumbrae or something like that. Anyway, we spent all our expense money on booze, not realising that we had to pay to put the van on a little ferry. Allwe had enough for was to go as foot passengers and take the portable. On the boat, then on the bus, then wheeling it down the high street. Tubes and shit trailing behind us. A pair of useless wankers.

[westie]

Allwe had enough for was to go as foot passengers and take the portable. On the boat, then on the bus, then wheeling it down the high street. Tubes and shit trailing behind us. A pair of useless wankers.

Fantastic. Not wankers. Legends.
*wishes for a job where she gets expenses money*

[genji2000]

Fantastic. Not wankers. Legends.

I agree. Timbo, why'd you ever give up drinking (and posting your stories in the Funny Drunk Stories thread)?

[timbo]

I agree. Timbo, why'd you ever give up drinking (and posting your stories in the Funny Drunk Stories thread)?

Because after the funny stuff came the nightmare stuff. Hospitals, police, self-hatred, suicidal behaviour, DTs, blackouts - total misery. The funniest stuff is always the darkest, I suppose.