Hi everyone,
Is this Dirk Benedict article that was mentioned available online?
On a show note…I too would like to know who(m) set off the music that activated the Final 5 in the fleet. If Cavill had them hidden - who had the ability to “wake them up?”
http://www.dirkbenedictcentral.com/home/articles-readarticle.php?nid=5
Edited to add: Dang sircastor beat me too it
Okaaaaay. Just read the Dirk Benedict article. Wow.
“Stardoe”? I…have no idea how to respond. I must be a product of my limp, feminized, Technocrat-controlled generation. I guess I’ll just go put on my thong and smoke a cigar and castrate the first man I see.
Oi. (Oh BTW, Dirk: more people might take you seriously if you learned the difference between “there”, “their” and “they’re”. Just sayin’.)
kay, i 've read the dirk benedict article, am not all that offended cause hey, i was 8 and was madly in love with the cigar smoking womanizing scoundrel…had his starbuck poster on my wall and kissed it goodnight while listening to the original bsg theme song!! i’ve always said to my friends that watched the original as kids and are curious about the new show that they are COMPLETELY different but equally good…this ‘re~imagining’ actually gave me hope that one day before i’m dead, someone will reimagine star wars and unfrak it!! 
Just finished reading the article. What a bloody winger!
Geez, he certainly is a legend in his own mind.
Welcome aboard davey1108.
He has had a change of heart in the four years since he wrote that. While I’m not excusing what he said before, he has said that his opinion has changed over the years.
After much internal debate regarding whether or not to read this article I decided to take the plunge. All I can say is: Dirk Benedict has an over-inflated view of himself.
It is actually a fascinating read. I am reminded of the old acting advice regarding how to play a villain, “A villain doesn’t believe they are a villain…they believe they are doing the right thing. They are not evil, they are righteous in the belief they are correct.”
Dirk Benedict isn’t evil, he is living within a construct of his own importance. Right or wrong, he believes he stood up for something when he made bold choices to smoke a stogie or flirt with women as Starbuck. He has defined himself by those choices and now lashes out at anything that disrupts the illusion of his reality. Look at his website, he has constructed a shrine to who he was at a point when he has some fame. It is like the high school quarterback who thirty years later can only talk about his glory days.
In the end it isn’t offensive as much as it is pathetic. He tries to paint a picture of how the world has changed for the worse and what he accomplishes is demonstrating how he has not changed at all.
The whole thing is an interesting compare&contrast when you consider Richard Hatch. Richard Hatch seems like a person driven to create more sci fi and he’s gone out and done it. And when presented with the opportunity to play a character on the new BSG, he stepped up and not only did it but did it with great commitment and skill. Combine the facts that (a) he (Hatch) was originally opposed to the re imagined version of BSG and (b) that Zarek is a pretty dark character on a lot of levels and it’s clear to me that Hatch is a person of great …I’m not sure of the proper word, but of great character I suppose. He had the elegance to put aside the past, and take a new look at things. Looks like Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict are light years apart in that way.
I do have a bit of problem with Hatch’s nudity on the reality show Survivor. Was that really necessary? :eek:
It really is kind of sad - but still kind of makes me crazy.
I really want to believe this. Has he written anything, done any interviews or such that I could read to get a feel for it?
(And I’m not giving you crap or anything. Truthfully the article just really made me sad. I wish I hadn’t read it. If you know of anything where he’s recanting this at all it’d be as close to “unreading” the first as possible – and I’d really like to do that.)
Don’t take this the wrong way. I love the original Battlestar… And have introduced it to my 5 year old son, who also loves it. ( i can’t wait to introduce him to the new BSG when he is old enough.)
And I almost did not give the mini-series a chance because Starbuck was a girl. But since Eddie Olmos was Adama I could not stay away.
now in reality
Dirk Benidict as Starbuck = 21 episodes
Katie Sackhoff as Starbuck = 71 episodes
Conclusion…
Starbuck = Katie Sackhoff
as Zarek.
so say we all…
I had never really seen anything with drick besides the TOS…
And this just makes me think he’s a dick…
I’m interested too to see if he’s had a change of heart. Looks link he wrote that bit in 2004, and BSG was pretty new back then. Even he would have to concede that BSG has become a huge sucess—whether he likes it or not.
It is about the second or third result in google. While he still does have issues, he does seem to want to clarify what he said.
Why is this article suddenly a big deal again since it was written over four years ago? Seems to pop up every few months… Guess there are a lot of new people to BSG lately that are just now discovering it.
Not trying to be a Benedict apologist here, please, don’t get me wrong. Just saying that he has commented and tried to clarify what he said over four years ago.
I have not been able to find anything where he comments on the new BSG besides the article in 2004.
I’m not sure why the article keeps popping back up. I was unaware of it until a couple of weeks ago when it was posted here.
What search term? (Or better yet, link please.) I’m a huge A-Team fan, and it’s killing me thinking of Face as a ranting asshole. 
And to answer your questions:
I think the reason it came up here is pretty simple: Richard Hatch spoke about his past vs. recent experiences – specifically his changing thoughts about decisions he made when he was younger and his change of heart regarding the current series – which got everyone thinking about Benedict.
As far as the article being four years old, I can tell you how I found it. Everyone said “Dirk Benedict’s a dick” and I thought, “Why?” Then I found the article. This seems to happen a lot.
FWIW, when we talked to Richard Hatch we specifically nixed any idea of asking about his issues with SciFi and the new program. Why? He’s recanted and apologized a thousand times and we felt absolutely no need to put him in a position to do it again. (The fact that he brought it up and recanted again indicates to me that he’s just a solid dude about that. If anyone brings this up to me, I’ll defend the man. I live in a glass house; no stones for me.)
So, if Benedict is recanting, I’ll be first in line to say “give the man a break.” Looking forward to reading it.
I think it’s the nature of the people amplified by the internet that leads to this sort of circulation and recirculation. People like to share their opinions, and the internet provides a communication forum for that. Most of us I think find that we see the same email message, with the details slightly different circulated every once in a while (Snopes.com’s examples are a testament to that)
Bet Dirk Benedict would really appreciate if they were to cast Katee Sackhoff as “Faceman” for the upcoming A-Team movie 
Unless all of this is a disinformation strategy to cover that he might play Kara’s father in the upcoming episodes (now THAT would be cool )