Must-see TV: "Battlestar Galactica"?
And now for a brief side trip into one of my guilty pleasures as a sci-fi geek:
The series "Battlestar Galactica" (the new one, not the silly original) is one the best, most involving shows on TV.
Among the themes and subplots in the just-completed latest season:
abortion, terrorism, election fraud, religion and genocide, sometimes in the same episode.
The show is gritty and intense, with enough twists and turns to make you dizzy. The acting and writing are first-rate.
Plus there's not one syllable of the tedious technobabble that could make "Star Trek" so insufferable at times.
While the show's tone is almost relentlessly dark, it doesn't take itself too seriously. For instance, when one of the bad guys, a humanoid machine called a Cylon, turns up in Friday's season finale, he says with an impish smirk, "Take me to your leader."
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Mr. Johnson, I too am a sci-fi "geekett". In my case an ORIGINAL Star Trek fan. Which of course is telling my age. I didn't bother to watch Battlestar Galactica this time because the first one was so awful, but now with your indorsement I will have to spend the summer catchiong up with the reruns. thank you.
Oh and by the way, I have done a blog entry on my take of the first episode of "Black, White".
Posted on March 12, 2006 12:24 PM
Ms. Bowers:
I'll check your blog entry. As for "Battlestar," I recommend it highly. Let me know what you think.
Posted on March 13, 2006 11:42 AM
Allen,
I didn't know you watched Battlestar. It is my favorite show on TV right now. Well, maybe tied with "Lost".
The writers have done a superb job creating a realistic society. It's much better than the original on all fronts: acting, writing, special effects. Although, being a sci-fi geek, I did watch the original, too.
I hate that the season goes by so quickly. I feel like the new episodes just started back, and now we have to wait again.
Posted on March 13, 2006 3:45 PM
Was that ending a killer or what? How many shows take those kinds of chances?
Posted on March 13, 2006 3:59 PM