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Post by caseOrange on Jan 23, 2005 8:01:47 GMT -5
If only he could do something cool, like levitate objects with his mind  , or make his head spin around like something out of The Exorcist.  He could go off like a vomit sprinkler whenever someone made him angry.  ;D But seriously, i don't think he's a Cylon or anything like that. He's insignificant for the most part; he'll probably get a portion of an episode devoted to his character at some point. i've always believed, however, that Boxey is simply there for nostagia's sake, and nothing more. He's there because he was there in TOS.   |
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Post by pudge on Jan 23, 2005 11:40:11 GMT -5
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Post by larocque6689 on Jan 23, 2005 16:11:29 GMT -5
TOS: Toss Boxey and his robot chimp out of an airlock.
TNS: Toss Boxey and his 1970s hair out of an airlock.
For the record I never liked Boxey, and in 1994 advocated the creation of the following newsgroups:
alt.tv.galactica80
alt.religion.galactica
alt.religion.mormon.galactica
alt.boxey.die.die.die
comp.ai.research.cylon-empire
A reason to dislike Galactica 1980: It's Boxey grown up.
A reason to dislike Richard Hatch's Galactica novels: Boxey gets psychic powers through the Jedi-like "Kobolian blood".
A reason to dislike Desanto's Galactica: Boxey is running the fleet!
A reason to dislike Ron Moore's Galcatica: Boxey coming back from the dead.
What does it take to remove Boxey from the Galactica mythos?
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Post by ViperPilotMomma on Jan 23, 2005 16:49:53 GMT -5
TOS: Toss Boxey and his robot chimp out of an airlock. TNS: Toss Boxey and his 1970s hair out of an airlock. LOL! VPM |
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OoohFrak
Nugget
Who needs a blaster when a flashlight will do
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Post by OoohFrak on Jan 23, 2005 17:08:57 GMT -5
TOS: Toss Boxey and his robot chimp out of an airlock. TNS: Toss Boxey and his 1970s hair out of an airlock. For the record I never liked Boxey, and in 1994 advocated the creation of the following newsgroups: alt.tv.galactica80 alt.religion.galactica alt.religion.mormon.galactica alt.boxey.die.die.die comp.ai.research.cylon-empire A reason to dislike Galactica 1980: It's Boxey grown up. A reason to dislike Richard Hatch's Galactica novels: Boxey gets psychic powers through the Jedi-like "Kobolian blood". A reason to dislike Desanto's Galactica: Boxey is running the fleet! A reason to dislike Ron Moore's Galcatica: Boxey coming back from the dead. What does it take to remove Boxey from the Galactica mythos? Boxey is the Cylon god. He can't be removed. He is always, everywhere and everything. I am Boxey. You are Boxey. Everyone is Boxey. |
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Ragtag, fugitive fleeter
Tomorrow Comes A Day Too Soon
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Post by ViperTech on Jan 23, 2005 17:21:30 GMT -5
Boxey is the Cylon god. He can't be removed. He is always, everywhere and everything. I am Boxey. You are Boxey. Everyone is Boxey. And Boxey said, "Let there be Light" and there was Light! Boxey: I am, that I am... |
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Post by Big Brother on Jan 24, 2005 5:23:20 GMT -5
I kinda like the idea of Boxey being semi-adopted by the entire fighter squadron.
During WW2, my grandfather was a gunner on an 8th Air force B-17 Flying Fortress based in Knettishall, England. A couple of years ago, my family and I made a pilgrimage to visit the site of the old airbase (now just a few ruins in the middle of farm fields). One of the nearby farmers had salvaged one of the old Quonset Huts and turned it into a mini-museum about the squadrons based there. My father and I were taken on a driving tour of the area by a charming old coot who, as a young boy in Wartime England, had been semi-adopted by a barracks of USAAF personnel. He had done some odd jobs for them, shining a few shoes, picking up a few uniforms at the cleaners, running other errands and that sort of thing. In return the flyers snuck him food from the comissary, gave him chocolate bars, pocket change, and even had him made a special kid-size uniform which he wore when the pilots introduced him to Dwight D. Eisenhower on a visit to the base. The little tidbits and such helped the boy and his family avoid near-starvation (rationing was pretty strict in a WW2 England beset by U-Boats and so forth), and forevermore that boy and the old man he grew into were staunch fans of the USA.
That's what I was reminded of when I saw Boxey hanging around while Starbuck was giving the post-mission debriefing in the third episode.
No, I don't think we need an endless stream of eps where Boxey stows away on Boomer's Raptor prior to a mission and gets into mischief, but having an orphaned kid as mascot for a wartime squadron of pilots strikes me as perfectly realistic.
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Post by MHall on Jan 24, 2005 5:28:13 GMT -5
Boxey: Shoe-shine! Shoe-shine!
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Post by ladyrheena on Jan 24, 2005 7:47:12 GMT -5
Oh dear oh dear oh dear... Maybe he's designed to emphasise the shortcomings of the others. I mean, he's better behaved than Starbuck, more mentally stable than Boomer (as far as we know, anyway!), even smaller than Cally, less prone to fits of temper than Apollo, younger and therefore presumably more hyperactive than Adama...maybe not. ;D But actually I do think Boxey could serve a useful purpose as a tool to develop the other characters. If we are going to be stuck with him (and personally I am all for blowing the kid to kingdom come but that's nothing personal, I just hate children) then it'd be a nice touch if, for instance, Colonel Tigh has a Picard-esque phobia of kids or something. Only hopefully they don't end up stuck in a life shaft during some crisis.  |
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Post by Big Brother on Jan 24, 2005 12:30:34 GMT -5
But actually I do think Boxey could serve a useful purpose as a tool to develop the other characters. If we are going to be stuck with him (and personally I am all for blowing the kid to kingdom come but that's nothing personal, I just hate children) then it'd be a nice touch if, for instance, Colonel Tigh has a Picard-esque phobia of kids or something. Only hopefully they don't end up stuck in a life shaft during some crisis. Oh dear, indeed....you may have hit on the one thing worse than turning him into the next Wesley Crusher.... ...turning him into the next Marrissa Flores Picard! (for those who never got sucked into the world of TNG fanfic MiSTing... pw1.netcom.com/~mblackwl/ might clear things up a bit) Thankfully, I can't quite see Adama creating a "kids' crew" for the Galactica. |
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Post by Mustex on Jan 24, 2005 13:20:09 GMT -5
I'VE GOT IT! We can have Boxey walk in on Boomer while her Cylon side is doing something, and have her kill him. Can you say angst.
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Post by Big Brother on Jan 24, 2005 13:53:12 GMT -5
I'VE GOT IT! We can have Boxey walk in on Boomer while her Cylon side is doing something, and have her kill him. Can you say angst. No, but I can say "Good Riddance"! |
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Post by ladyrheena on Jan 25, 2005 4:19:42 GMT -5
Oh dear, indeed....you may have hit on the one thing worse than turning him into the next Wesley Crusher.... ...turning him into the next Marrissa Flores Picard! (for those who never got sucked into the world of TNG fanfic MiSTing... pw1.netcom.com/~mblackwl/ might clear things up a bit) Thankfully, I can't quite see Adama creating a "kids' crew" for the Galactica. LOL! Maybe it would be better if the kid just got blasted. Okay, I'm officially changing my hopes to having Apollo use him as a human shield. ;D |
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Post by pudge on Jan 25, 2005 6:02:30 GMT -5
What if Boxey's curiosity gets the better of him by wandering unto the flight and getting crushed by Boomer's landing raptor? |
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Post by ladyrheena on Jan 25, 2005 7:11:32 GMT -5
It'd be funnier if it was a piano. Or a large black weight with 500 painted on it in white.
Too much sugar again... ;D
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