Battlestar Galactica
Oct. 15th, 2004 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloI never liked the old Galactica: too cheesy. I don't think I'm going to like the new one either: too pompous.
The only thing I want from sci-fi is cute ideas. If the ideas are cute enough I don't care if the sets wobble. Galactic war against a race of robots is not a cute idea.
Since the enemy are soulless robots we can kill 'em guiltlessly. They have no civilians. Ain't it great to be a soldier!
Honour, self-sacrifice, beautiful bodies.
Blood and iron.
OK it's just a TV programme but.....
The only thing I want from sci-fi is cute ideas. If the ideas are cute enough I don't care if the sets wobble. Galactic war against a race of robots is not a cute idea.
Since the enemy are soulless robots we can kill 'em guiltlessly. They have no civilians. Ain't it great to be a soldier!
Honour, self-sacrifice, beautiful bodies.
Blood and iron.
OK it's just a TV programme but.....
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Date: 2004-10-15 09:10 pm (UTC)I never watched the old Galactica systematically- just caught the odd episode here and there. I seem to remember reading or hearing that the original writer was a Mormon and that the series is full of coded Mormon theology.
The best thing about the new series is that they gave the Dirk Benedict role- the cigar chomping, super-macho fighter jock- to a girl. She's rather good in it too.
I'm hoping that the series may perk up as it progresses. They've got two things right; the sets and special effects are terrific and they've hired some good actors. All they need now are some writers.