Talk:Adama Glare/Archive 1

Looking good

This article looks good, though it could use a picture. Also, I'm not sure about the real-world Chuck Norris reference. JubalHarshaw, could you give your professional opinion on this one? --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 03:19, 30 June 2007 (CDT)

The Chuck Norris reference should go. Maybe replace it with something like "Even Colonel Tigh and Doctor Cottle regularly lose against Adama's glare". Those two have some intense glaring and frowning going on themselves. --Serenity 05:41, 30 June 2007 (CDT)

Good suggestion. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 05:45, 30 June 2007 (CDT)

Agreed and removed—Chuck Norris jokes haven't been funny since 2006. Philwelch 03:39, 14 July 2007 (CDT)

Is it just me or are the feats ascribes to the glare way over the top? I think its effects should be described more subtly. --Serenity 05:04, 1 July 2007 (CDT)

LOL at my "professional opinion" ... but the glare is definitely worthy of a Silly page. The feats being over the top works, I think. Though a little subtlety is always a good addition, the best Silly pages seem to be a mixture of both. JubalHarshaw 07:02, 3 July 2007 (CDT)

Yeah, some can be good, but in this case it's just way too much for my taste, and moves the page from being silly and amusing to groan-inducing. --Serenity 11:17, 7 July 2007 (CDT)

I think some of the over-the-top stuff is good, especially the part about the scanning eye. Philwelch 09:52, 14 July 2007 (CDT)

Picture

Would be nice to have a picture of the Glare of Death. ;-) -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 18:24, 3 July 2007 (CDT)

Still working on finding a good one. If any one has any, feel free to add them. I think I barely comprehensible scientific diagram might be in order too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FulltimeDefendent (talk • contribs).

Is this enough of a bad glare or just his normal scowl? Or maybe this from "Unfinished Business", though that's an extremely intense glare. --Serenity 06:11, 14 July 2007 (CDT)

I'm liking that second glare. Maybe caption it with something like "Approximately 1 second after this photo was taken, the camera melted and the photographer burst into flame." --BklynBruzer 09:43, 14 July 2007 (CDT)

I think the screenshot needs to be something without a definite context. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FulltimeDefendent (talk • contribs).

I agree. I particularly like the one where he glares at Cain. Philwelch 08:03, 15 July 2007 (CDT)

Yeah, we need a better picture, and they're out there. I do recall the Glare appearing in "Act of Contrition", but it's been a while since I've seen it. Although the Cain one is just as good as well. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 20:42, 15 July 2007 (CDT)

As I recall, that was a two-shot with Starbuck, whereas Cain wasn't visible in "Pegasus" when she received the glare. His glare at Cain was just plain blood-chilling, too—his glare at Starbuck had a slight twinge of betrayed love to it, which was an incredible acting job from Olmos but not as fitting with the badass description in this rather silly article. Philwelch 21:23, 15 July 2007 (CDT)

Can someone get a cap of the Pegasus glare? --BklynBruzer 21:46, 15 July 2007 (CDT)

[[1]] Does this one from "Torn" work? It's definitely the "betrayal" glare.

It's an improvement, but I still prefer the one from Pegasus. Philwelch 16:43, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Oh yeah, that one is awesome. Just cut off the left part and upload it. You can just overwrite the existing file. or we could have both below each other. The article is big enough for that to look good. Then one can be entitled "betrayal glare" or something. --Serenity 16:51, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

I like the empty space to the side of it, frames it nicely. Philwelch 16:59, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

I think crop off the left side. --BklynBruzer 17:22, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Chuck Norris

I don't think there needs to be a consensus on this. That reference is somewhat out of place, as the voice should be largely in-universe. Chuck Norris chokes are also ancient and not that funny anymore. --Serenity 05:40, 14 July 2007 (CDT)

Consensus is sometimes best quantified as the product that remains after the dust settles after the editing is done. While it's polite and good form to discuss contentious items (especially if an "edit war" appears to be developing), sometimes it's most expedient to show what you mean by just doing it. (Please don't sue me, Nike.) As for myself, while I was slightly amused by the "Chucks" metric, it did seem out of place. --Steelviper 05:45, 14 July 2007 (CDT)

New Caprica

In response to the edit summary: "Though I still don't see how the glare can be used on NC if noone else masters it"

That's not really the point of the joke. The point is that the Cylons were so afraid of the tactic that they took advantage of the puppet government to have it declared a war crime. Philwelch 00:58, 17 July 2007 (CDT)

Ok, that makes some sense. I'll rephrase it to make that a bit more clear. Right now, it reads as if the glare is used on New Caprica. For example in that it killed thousands of Cylons. Silly page aside, I don't think it should just make up patent nonsense, but instead poke some fun at events that actually occurred. The latest edits have gone some way to ensure that by tying the glare to Adama's interaction with certain characters for example. --Serenity 04:10, 17 July 2007 (CDT)

Six of One

I think the record-length Adama Glare in the first seven minutes of Six on One should be included in this article. Maybe it would worth including a picture, and Helo's attempt of mimicking the Glare could be mentioned too. -- Freevo 13:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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