#james mcdonnell

[jeffcbliss]

Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats - Greek Theatre; Los Angeles, CA (8-28-19). @officialslimjim @thestraycats

Photo: Jeff Bliss

#slim jim phantom #drummer #drumming #stray cats #the stray cats #musician #music #rock and roll #rock shots #action shot #the greek theatre #los angeles #concert photography #concert #rock photography #rockabilly #rockabilly style #james mcdonnell #kat men #songwriter

[moorestreepmcdonnell]

Mary McDonnell at the FanX in Salt Lake Citv | September 17, 2021

#mary mcdonnell #battlestar galactica #what a cutie #selfie #madam president #convenient #bsg #edward james olmos #laura roslin #selfie time #gorgeous #Instagram

[aboutmarymcdonnell]

Dancing ❤️

#mary mcdonnell #edward james olmos

[splodge04]

What I love about Battlestar Galactica is that no matter how many times you watch it there is something new that you pick up.

When you watch it from the beginning, knowing what’s going to happen, you can’t help but notice the little things.

But most of all...it just solidifies how much I ship these bloody characters.

#battlestar galactica #ilovethem #laura roslin #bill adama #roslin x adama #Ishipthemsohard #otp: written in the stars #Mary McDonnell #Edward James Olmos #so say we all #you're always welcome in one of my beds #in a manner of speaking #or not #i hate flamingos #about time #i made this

[its-a--love-story]

Katee Sackhoff with her "space parents" at her wedding...aww

#katee sackhoff #edward james olmos #admiral adama #mary mcdonnell #president laura roslin #battlestar galactica #starbuck #Instagram

[montedeto]

Their story has broken my heart 💔

#The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf #The Witcher #Vesemir #Theo James #Lady Zerbst #Mary McDonnel

[demigoddessqueens]

Happy Witcher Wednesday!! 🤍❤️

The Wolf of Vesemir coming in August (and new trailer today!)

and it’s this Queen’s birthday

#witcher #the Witcher #netflix #the witcher nightmare of the wolf #vesemir #anya chalotra #theo james #lara pulver #tetra #graham mctavish #deglan #mary mcdonnell #lady zerbst #animation #nondisney animation #screencaps #Yennefer #yennefer of vengerberg #notwedit #notw

[fracktastic]

Companion piece to the one I did of Laura a bit ago in response to Splodge's "The Rising Red" over at AO3.

Not sure if it's done or not... I kinda feel like Bill came out looking a bit like Johnny Cash...

As always, I feel like the shadows aren't dark enough. We'll see. Thoughts?

#space parents #bsg #bsg 2003 #gouache #painting #headshot #portrait #battlestar galactica #bill adama #admiral adama #laura roslin #President Roslin #edward james olmos #mary mcdonnell

[lajoiedefrancoise]

The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf (2021)

#the witcher #the witcher nightmare of the wolf #2021 #quotes #nightmare of the wolf #theo james #mary mcdonnell

[moviepostersets]

#The Witcher #The Witcher Nightmare of the Wolf #TV Posters #Theo James #David Errigo Jr #Mary McDonnell #Lara Pulver #Graham McTavish #Tom Canton #Matt Yang King

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1919 – Two members of Royal Irish Constabulary are shot dead by Irish Volunteers including Seán Treacy and Dan Breen in an ambush at Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary.

#OTD in 1919 – Two members of Royal Irish Constabulary are shot dead by Irish Volunteers including Seán Treacy and Dan Breen in an ambush at Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary.

At Soloheadbeg the war began, And the next was heard the song Of the rescue of Seán Hogan At the Station of Knocklong. On the same day, the first Dáil was meeting, an ambush takes place at Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary that is now seen as being the opening skirmish in the War of Independence. An unauthorised attack led by Seán Treacy and Dan Breen resulted in the deaths of two RIC constables, James…

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#Ambush #Co. Tipperary #Dan Breen #Dáil Eireann #Guerilla warfare #History of Ireland #Irish History #Irish War of Independence #James McDonnell #Patrick O’Connell #RIC #Sean Treacy #Soloheadbeg #Youtube

[edosianorchids901]

Battlestar Galactica 1x05 “You Can’t Go Home Again”

#battlestar galactica #bsg #bill adama #saul tigh #kara thrace #laura roslin #felix gaeta #karl agathon #lee adama #edward james olmos #michael hogan #katee sackoff #mary mcdonnell #alessandro juliani #tahmoh penikett #jamie bamber

[pintsizeddeepthoughts]

From Start to Finish: Television Reviews – Battlestar Galactica

Executive Producer: Ronald D. Moore and David Eick

Starring: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackoff, Jamie Bamber, Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas

Number of Episodes: 76

Years: 2003-2009

Country: United States

“It’s not enough to survive, one has to be worthy of survival.” – Commander William Adama

Where does one start a review of a show as messy and sprawling as this one? The original Battlestar Galactica was a cash grab meant to ride the wave of sci-fi mania after the success of Star Wars in the late 1970s. Lasting only a season, the cheesiness of that show hid a very dark idea – after a nuclear holocaust, there are only 50,000 humans left and they are being pursued by a race a killer robots (called Cylons) bent on their extinction. Fast forward twenty-five years, veteran sci-fi show runner Ronald D. Moore was intrigued by similar ideas: what if, instead of weekly episodes not linked to each other so they could be run in syndication, there was a show where things that broke or were depleted in the previous episode didn’t get fixed?

Starting out as a miniseries that became a backdoor pilot, the reimagined Battlestar Galactica released in 2003 was dark and gritty, filmed in a mockumentary style aboard a ship one could confuse with a submarine or aircraft carrier. The ship had obvious limitations and people who took those limitations seriously. It understood that few of the people, outside of the commander and his second command, had ever been in actual combat before. The characters were fully realized and fully human, prone both resiliency and rash emotion. It understood people told lies to protect themselves from internal and external forces. It knew that mistakes would be made and did not shy from showing us the consequences of the characters’ actions.

And what characters. Although the cast would expand and change over the course of the show’s four official seasons, the core would remain. At the center of the show is Commander William Adama and President of the Colonies, Laura Roslin. Adama (via a towering performance by Edward James Olmos) is flexible, a bluffer, practical, sentimental, and unusually humanitarian for a career military man. His calm demeanor hides explosive rage and as more is asked of him he has to dig deeper to find the will and cleverness to survive. By the end of the series, these asks break him and he begins to come apart. The same goes for Roslin, portrayed with commanding warmth and steeliness by Mary McDonnell. The secretary of education before the holocaust, she grows into her role as president. By the second and third seasons, she’s been tempered by the fires she’s had to put out and the decisions she’s been forced to make. But, like Adama, it comes at a cost that begins to accumulate beyond what she can tolerate.

The show was at its best when it focused on the basics of what it would take to make the fleet survive. The first season featured episodes focused on finding water, finding fuel, and trying to figure out where to go (they settle on a mythical plant, Earth). The second season featured the discovery of another battlestar and how things could’ve gone differently – and very wrong. The third season began with the occupation of their new home by those same Cylons and featured humans using suicide bombers against their occupiers. The fourth season showed all the accumulated battle damage finally taking its toll on the ship to the point of no return. These were real problems that forced characters to react and stretch beyond their comfort zones. For some characters, these storylines cost them everything (I am forever haunted by Michael Hogan’s performance as Saul Tigh in season three). For others, it stripped them of the lies they’d lived by for years. It left them bare, raw, exposed to grief that grips the soul.

This brings us to the controversial series finale, which is tellingly titled “Daybreak”. The series could’ve ended at the fourth season midway point (titled “Revelations”), a brutal, cold, and cruel episode that would’ve cemented the series theme of grim grief. But that’s not how grief works. Eventually it recedes and, one day at a time, day does eventually break the horizon. A lot of what happens in the series finale ties to the sloppy mythology that Moore and his team of writers made up as they went along. While this mythology did provide the show with some of its greatest emotional highs and its best mysteries, it’s not the show’s center. To the end, the show focused on the characters and the series finale nails the correct tone. Grief ends. Dawn does return.

Along with Lost, Battlestar Galactica was a pioneer in showing that serialized storytelling could work on television. As such, the show runners made pioneer’s mistakes. Moore famously admitted they made up the story as they went along, which left them scrambling to wrap up loose ends in the second half the final season (not always successfully). Still, the show is important because it did not flinch from the reality of a such a bleak story. It did not flinch from being cruel to its characters at times or from giving them moments of heartbreaking grace. Edward James Olmos, from the very start of the series, recognized the show’s strength and power and frequently told his fellow castmates that this would be the best job they would ever have. It’s hard to disagree.

#television review #battlestar galactica #bsg #ronald d. moore #edward james olmos #mary mcdonnell #william adama #laura roslin #from start to finish

[aboutmarymcdonnell]

I love them so much.

#mary mcdonnell #edward james olmos #laura roslin #bsg #bill adama

[thevulcanbobdylan]

This is so lovely, and also - damn, Mary is so pretty I think I just stopped existing there for a second

#mary mcdonnell #edward james olmos #madam president #bsg #Youtube

[captain-buttonbeard]

Hello yes, I’m here to share my All The Young Dudes fan art! My tik tok is @ gabdalfthegay, my insta is @ mallyn_art and I often post my art there. Credit me if you are going to repost somewhere else. 

#all the young dudes #atyd #lily and the m's #lily evans #marlene mckinnon #mary mcdonnell #hogwarts #harry potter #the marauders #moony wormtail padfoot and prongs #wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #peter petigrew #the order of the phoenix #fanart #fuck jk rowling