Shouldn't Eli be losing weight?

[MeanJoePhaser]

As many Subway locations as there are, I'd be surprised if Destiny doesn't encounter one next season.

Also, Chloe's legs should be hairy by now.

Also, no cotex supply out there.

 

[The Wormhole]

Also, Chloe's legs should be hairy by now.

Since the guys are using electric razors on their faces, I see no reason why the women can't use that on their legs.

 

[bryce]

We should work that into continuity. Eli was unemployed in the pilot, but he must have had a job at some point. So there, he was at random fast food joint.

I'm declaring it canon.

But it already is canon!

In the pilot Eli told Cloe that his "last job was was in the burgers and fries field."

 

[Brent]

nevermind, i'm stupid

 

[broberfett]

I've been hearing Eli's voice on the radio for that commercial and never even realized it.

 

[Ryan]

Reminds me of the BSG episode where everyone was supposed to be nearly starved to death yet Edward James Olmos, Aaron Douglas and the rest of the cast all looked the exact same.

 

[David cgc]

Well, in that one, they'd only been out of food for a week or two. They got around it by having it be a sudden disaster, not a lengthy dwindling of resources with long-term rationing.

 

[The Wormhole]

It only took Lee Adama a week to lose all his weight.

Yes, I know more than a week went by in continuity. I was making a joke.

 

[David cgc]

That one bothered me, especially since they presumably would've still known how to make not-nearly-as-fat Lee from "Lay Down Your Burdens." The transition would've helped.

 

[StarshipDefiant]

Actually Eli can't lose weight due to the bizarre clash between LA and Vancouver. It's part of the endless battle between the Hollywood unions (especially the Screen Actors Guild), the governor of California, the Candian Parliament, the Prime Minister of Canada, and the British Columbia Film Board. Some of the maneuvers have been brought about by Tom Hanks' loss of 35 pounds in his role opposite a soccer ball in Castaway.

Sadly, the victim of all these high-pressure political battles is David Blue, who now under international agreement must have a team of UNSCOM inspectors verify that he spend at least 3.7% of his gross salary at Tim Horton's.

What?

For folk who supposedly have been stuck on a dirty old ship for quite some time it does seem odd that they are all pristine, tanned and well fed.

That said as far as plotholes go there have been worse, like being overrun via the single most defensible object known to man.

I'll give you that one, I just...I mean considering that they could have been standing there and be like "yeah, Hi... movement other then putting the gun down? bang bang"

 

[bigdaddy]

Dharma is droppinbg off food.

 

[Meredith]

All of the food they have been able to grow in the hydroponic bay is chock full of High Fructose Alien Plant Syrup. Expect a bunch crew members to die of Type-II Diabetes and Infections from Gangrene later on next season.

A diet of that also increases irritability so expect more conflict fromt he crew too, except they won't fight, they will just hurl insults at each other from their Ancient Rascal Scooters.

 

[broberfett]

Eli was able to forklift over the entire base supply of Mt.Dew and twinkies. He has them stashed in one of the rooms and polishes off a box of twinkies and a 12 pack of Dew each night.

 

[T'Girl]

Eli better hope they never completely run out of food, considering some of the people on the ship, he's the first one to get eaten

 

[broberfett]

Eli better hope they never completely run out of food, considering some of the people on the ship, he's the first one to get eaten

But some of the crew have already been eaten.

 

[Python Trek]

OK, I gotta say it....Lt. James could provide the entire crew with dairy products..............

 

[Sidney]

Weight loss is an incredibly difficult task to accomplish and while many go to great lengths to achieve a healthier body, there are often those last few pounds that seem impossible to eliminate. Through a procedure such as liposuction, a person will have the opportunity to easily remove that difficult weight and finally achieve the stomach which they have always desired.

 

[Gepard]

I've gotta give the spambot credit for at least being on-topic. Well done.

 

[Kaijima]

Given that Eli is supposed to be growing up a bit due to the plot and his circumstances, I think it would have been a smart and interesting idea to help the actor lose some weight and have Eli's development mirror a growing adult self confidence.

He's the only one who is a possible second for Rush so would end up being a pretty critical team member in time. (We already see that for all Rush is annoyed at moments with dealing with a "kid", he tacitly admits Eli really does have a brain and that he needs him.)

 

[The Wormhole]

^^Although Rush is annoyed that a kid figured out what he couldn't, there is the undeniable fact that Eli figured out what no other scientist on Icarus did. Therefore, Rush might have a higher opinion of Eli's intelligence than he does of Brody's or Volker's.