BSG is awesome

[fuzzy_gizmo]

I just watched yesterday's episode and want to tell everyone that Battlestar Galactica is awesome. Yes, I knew this before this last episode, but wow... I felt like I actually cared about the characters. That battle scene was so cool and well done. It was on the level of Babylon 5, but with better special effects

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[elfich47]

From the command deck: "Launch all vipers"

Heard from the launch tubes: "Well...this is going to be different"

[neolae]

My one frustration with BG is that it keeps superimposing modern politics onto the show. B5 did that and it was kind of cool, but I guess it gets kind of annoying after a while. Like it'd be cool if they made up there own politics.

Anyway, I've watched everyone of the shows so it must not bug me that much.

[fuzzy_gizmo]

Umm... you do realize that all sci-fi superimposes modern politics onto the show. Sometiems they do a little older than modern, but it is really part of what makes Sci-Fi what it is. It's like a commentary on society.

Name a Sci-Fi show that didn't touch on politics in some way.

[neolae]

My opinion on this topic is actually pretty ambiguous. I'm not really up for a hot livejournal debate. ;-)

I would say that some sci fi is a political commentary, but other shows, books, short stories, etc are more about expressing a certain idea that is not necessarily related to politics. Like 'what if there was a society with no emotions?' or 'What would alien civilization that didn't see color be like?'. So it's sort of more like a subset then a rule. Would you agree?

But yeah, my feeling is that BG has been doing it alot and repeatedly. I love the show, its great actually, but sometimes it reaches a level of heavy handed cheesiness that makes me twist in my seat.

[fuzzy_gizmo]

I agree, it is kind of a subset, rather than a rule. However, a fair number of the TV dramas tend to focus on politics now adays. I guess it is more of the continuing series however, like Stargate, Star Trek, B5, BSG, etc. Even The Twilight Zone did a lot of Political commentary, but using the "what if" scenarios to do so. Really, I guess Sci-Fi tries to just get people to think by building a fantasy world of sorts and depicting something.

I mean, even many novels and short stories hint at or blurt out political commentary. Some are more social commentary, but there is a fine line between the two.

Anyways, no need for the hot livejournal debate, since I tend to think we already agree with eachother. But, I do like livejournal posts that make me think on occasion.