Calling all fans of Tobias!

[sue]

Okay... I just found this!

WGN is airing Slow Pitch, the episode he did for Corner Gas on Monday (5/19) at 10:00PM (Mountain time, I think...check your own listings and Tivos)

If you haven't seen this one, you should DEFINITELY catch it. It's one of those roles that if you weren't actually watching for him, you might not even pay attention to the character, yet he does such a great job with.

Well, I liked it, anyway. ;D

[jeantre16]

Thanks Sue! I'll have to see when it's playing here.

[Gabrielle]

Thanks for the heads up! ;D

[sue]

And May 29th, The Outer Limits, The Hunt, IMDB says noon, Sci Fi.

[sue]

Here's one I've never seen aired:

The Inspectors - Hallmark 7:00 Eastern Saturday 8/16. I'm going to put it on all my machines, just to make sure ONE of them gets it.

[jeantre16]

I was curious what it was about so I looked it up on Imdb.

U.S Postal Inspectors (Louis Gossett, Jr., Jonathon Silverman) are called in when a suburban couple are killed by a mail bomb. Suspicion immediately falls on the couple's estranged and heavily in debt son (Tobias Mehler), who also just happens to be a Navy munitions expert. But investigations reveal that he is on the run from a past event in his life that is associated with the bombings.

It sounds good, even though it had a six out of ten star rating.

[jeantre16]

BTW, I'm really confused how imdb lists BSG. Notice how it says 2009? I thought he was dead and the episode was shot and aired already. Can someone explain this?

"Battlestar Galactica" .... Zak Adama (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
... aka BSG (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Episode #4.18 (2009) TV episode .... Zak Adama
- Episode #4.19 (2009) TV episode .... Zak Adama
- Episode #4.20 (2009) TV episode .... Zak Adama
- Act of Contrition (2004) TV episode .... Zak Adama

[sue]

Looks like the boy has been working again. Hasn't had anything released in two years! I'm guessing there's either in some archival footage, or he's ACTUALLY appearing in new episodes! That's a new entry, and if you go in to the episode list, there's nothing up, yet, but, obviously, to be aired next year.

[sue]

Personally, I was disappointed by the whole big deal everyone makes about the role, since most of the single episode (apparently, until now) was dark, and difficult to make out. It was a single episode, and you could barely see him, because it was all dark, and poorly lit. And, well, he was more like a prop than a character, I thought. Tried to get into the series, but haven't been able to. Just don't care about the characters. However, I will be on the lookout for those...Sci Fi, right? I have to have a friend record that.

[raven]

Oh, if he is in the last three epsiodes ever of BSG than he might be the big reveal. His character has been mentioned by three of the main characters- because he was their son/brother and the third's fiance. I always wondered, since nothing is revealed for nothing on the show. But three appearances/episodes at the very end of the series, makes me really wonder about his character and the possibilities. Thanks for the information.

[jeantre16]

Without ever having followed the show, I've heard a lot of hype about Tobias's character. Adama was mentioned several times in the fanlib BSG contest. It was nice to see his picture floating around. That's where I first heard about the controversy surrounding his character.

I'll have to watch the three last eps. ;D

[sue]

Yeah, that looks like the last three. Hmmm.

[oscardjarjeyes]

Hiya.

BSG has... a long and crazy history. Trust me. My friends and younger sister are fans, and they've roped me in, though admittedly I'm nowhere as far along into the show.

If I am correct, there are at least 2 TV versions of BSG out there. My 40+-year-old friends remember the 1960s/1970s version. There's the 2000s version which has just successfully given it a good parting shot. The thing was, Writer's Strike and a lot of production problems killed the show for a bit, leaving quite a long interruption between 2007 and sometime 2008. Of course, its writers and fandom both wouldn't let Tobias' character fade away just like that, since he is quite pivotal in BSG-verse, so they worked around it, so to speak. That accounts for the somewhat spotty IMDB entry on the BSG.

Also as an aside, Tobias' character here makes me proud of my race especially at a time when I'm not - because Zak Adama was originally written to be half-Filipino, and (from the looks of it, remember my friends have got me to watch it and I'm not far along into the series) they haven't discarded that part of his history. ;D

Aug 10, 2008 15:39:02 GMT -5 jeantre16 said:

BTW, I'm really confused how imdb lists BSG. Notice how it says 2009? I thought he was dead and the episode was shot and aired already. Can someone explain this?

"Battlestar Galactica" .... Zak Adama (4 episodes, 2004-2009)
... aka BSG (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Episode #4.18 (2009) TV episode .... Zak Adama
- Episode #4.19 (2009) TV episode .... Zak Adama
- Episode #4.20 (2009) TV episode .... Zak Adama
- Act of Contrition (2004) TV episode .... Zak Adama

[sue]

Yeah, in about 1978, Lorne Greene played Capt. Adama. The show ran a few years, and there were constant jokes about it being "Bonanza in Space."

They shook up the characters for the new version, from what I understand. I think, if you're watching it for the show...you probably like it. Personally, I couldn't really get into it, in either generation.

I'm disappointed, though...Tobias' role is only the one episode in the first season, and that is dark, shadowy, only a few scenes, and only in a flashback. This "return"...well, whatever he shot for episode 18 was cut, it's not even up on the IMDB site anymore. Episode 19, he had...(honest! I counted) 20 seconds! And most of that was (appropriate to the character) standing in Lee's shadow. I haven't had a chance yet to see the final episode...

[jeantre16]

Poor Tobias. Man, I'd really love to see him full throtle again.