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Cast Pulls Off Episode Despite Cliched Script, July 30, 1999
This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Lost Warrior [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Battlestar Galactica's The Lost Warrior is one of the most notorious episodes in sci-fi history, an episode most easily cited as an example of inferior sci-fi writing. I think what makes the episode so maddening to fans is that Richard Hatch, Lance LeGault, and the rest of the cast pull it off with superlative performances under excellent direction by Rod Holcolm. Purused by Cylon raiders, Apollo must lure them as far away from the Galactica as he can - this answers the question often posed of why he strays so far from the Fleet. He lands on a planet that is populated only by a small town and some scattered farmers, all under the boot of landowner LaCerta and his gunman, a damaged Cylon centurion named Red Eye (for the centurion's crimson eye scanner). Apollo believes Red Eye is part of a larger Cylon garrison nearby and thus refuses repeated pleas that he defeat the Cylon, until he learns that Red Eye was the sole survivor of a crashed Cylon raider. The episode's subplot revolves around Starbuck and Boomer, who both want to go find Apollo and also keep his adopted son Boxey (Noah Hathaway) from learning the truth about his dad's disappearence. "Boxey's lost one parent," Starbuck pointedly says (referring to the death of Serina in Lost Planet Of The Gods), "and he's not going to lose two." Though at times sappily handled (Cassiopeia throws a petulant tantrum when she finds Boxey playing cards with the other warriors) this subplot is superb. Warts and all, this is an entertaining episode.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Something of a yawner, unless you like Apollo, December 27, 2000
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This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Lost Warrior [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Let's face it, the character of Apollo, as written, is too stilted and goody-goody to be of much interest to the general public. This episode doesn't help matters much, placing Apollo (conveniently out of fuel, with no wingmates, tracking, or support vessels) on a planet run by a third-rate slimebag and a malfunctioning Cylon. Naturally, a somewhat useless female and her son need Apollo to defend them. This entire episode is basically a vehicle to show what a nice guy Apollo is, a point that needs no further pounding into BG fans' skulls. "Inept" is the operative word here.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Battlestar Galactica version of "Shane", February 22, 1999
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This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Lost Warrior [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is a story of the old west, uh, I mean outer space. Apollo runs out of fuel (Why he would be dumb enough to fly so far out as to run out of fuel is never explained) and lands on a planet where a Cylon named "Red Eye" is terrorizing an old shanty town. He eventually has a duel with Red Eye and you probably can guess who wins. This episode is enjoyable, but the story is too much of a cliche.
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