Gee - he doesn’t seem too happy about it. I wonder why? ;) His reasoning does appear a bit flawed though; maybe Starbuck is not a sex-obsessed, cigar-smoking “jock” pilot in this re-imagined series. But Baltar is. Shoot, he has his own harem of female worshippers. He smokes. He is unflinchingly selfish.

Then again, Baltar is not Starbuck. Why did the studio portray Starbuck as a female this time? Was it really an attempt to be politically correct? Was there fear that women would be turned off by a cigar-smoking, flirtatious lead actor?

Can you think of another TV series whose lead actor is a womanizing playboy? Well, if we’re talking sit-coms, then Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men definitely fits that bill. Although he’s not meant to be taken seriously. He’s a caricature. So I guess a better question would be: can you think of a serious role in which the lead character is an honorable but rakish man? Maybe that’s the disconnect. The suits can’t envision a character that does the right thing, yet can’t keep his d**k out of his pants.

The only problem is that the world is not like that (thank God!). Men can be honorable and still woo women. In fact, they’re kind of hard-wired to do it. See a cute girl, go after her. Why is that wrong? When did men’s sexuality become such a threat? And why are men going along with this paradigm change?

Link: Lt. Starbuck … Lost In Castration.