Posted on 10/06/2006 8:58:56 PM PDT by Freep EE
Freepers please help. This is one of my first posts. I am sorry if I don't do this right! I just watched Battlestar Galactica tonight. I was just sickened by the program tonight where the resistance fighters were wearing suicide belts, blowing themselves up to fight the "evil silons". This is blatant "moral equivalance" situation where Sci Fi viewers were subjected to the "war on terror" equivalance of the "war on Silons" where they try to equate the terrorists to fictional characters on Sci. If this continues, I will not watch Sci Fi channel anymore. Freepers please help ssend a messasge to Sci Fi that that this is not OK!
BOOOOOOOO to you
Hardly...
Right answer. You used a phrase that sounded like Scientologese. I was just curious...
Son, (Sorry if i got the gender incorrect) If you'd read the producer Ronald D. Moore's comments in various publications, you'd realise that the premise of the Occupation of New Caprica was taken from the Nazi occupation of France. Had we the technology that we do today, reports from Occupied France would probably look remarkably like the present Iraqi conflict. FWIW, i happen to side with Col Tigh's perspective on what is proper. He appears to be the only person on the entire planet who is actually THINKING.
The two have very little in common. This happens to be a story and character oriented show, and they're not afraid to do some rather shocking things. The also don't shy away from tough topics, as you may have noticed from this discussion. And of course, 2 of the main characters, Starbuck and Boomer are now extremely hot babes! And they've both opened cans of "whoop-ass" on more than one occassion!
Mark
Actually, there were 2 babies in that episode. There was a girl who stowed away on a transport ship to get to the Dr on Galactica, and her baby WAS aborted.
The other baby was delivered prematurely, and the mother (the Cylon formerly known as Sharon) and father (Helo) were told that the baby died. However, that baby, a human/cylon hybrid was given to another woman to raise, and her dead baby was substituted.
Mark
I never liked Battle Star even the first two seasons I could never "get into it" im more of a "Stargate SG1 and Atlantis" AND "Farscape" type (i miss Farscape!!!)
Did you notice that everyone else in the resistance condemned it? Did you know that of all the main characters on BSG, Col Tigh (the one who ordered the suicide bombings) is close to the least moral human there is? He's certainly the one with the worst decision making abilities, as was shown when he was in command after Cdr Adama got shot.
You are looking at the surface "humans=Iraqi terrorists," but you're used to the standard shallow fare of today. BSG is deeper.
That would be the Christian approach -- but in this universe there are NO Christians.
Aye! Moore's Wife said that he's a conservative. He's a great fella.
I think as a previous poster said, they are pretty evenhanded. Much like a dramatic version of South Park they give equal time to all aspects.
BTW - you stole my tagline! * actually, I'm a noob poster (long time lurker) so I guess you were first!
The new BSG ain't nothing like the old series. The DVDs are out for season 1 and 2, rent them.
Set phasers to stun
Um the child was born. What are you talking about?
I see RDM as more of a scholar and an independent thinker type.
Exactly. They were attacking the Cylons and the humans who had turned traitors, not innocent civilians like the terrorists do. It's a real stretch to say the show was glorifying the Palestinian cowards.
1) Has Captain Adama been Rikerized?
2) Why would Admiral Adama listen to the Pres-elect after the outgoing Pres raise the (unproven) charge that he was with Cyclons at Caprica? Civilian rule / military rule depends on how active the battlefield is. Here a Cylon suspect wants to put all of humanity's eggs in one basket and he defers? They's have been better off with the first Admiral.
3) Why was there still people who wanted to go to only one planet when the news was that the Cylons had vacated the original colonies they called home?
4) Why did the Cylons come back after detecting a nuclear detonation when that was set off by model 6 who would have downloaded again and told them she did it?
Really, I'm not interested in Battlestar Galacta. Even reading blurbs doesn't hold my interest. Thanks but no thanks.
I realize the bSG is different but the plot line then and now still doesn't hold my interest. I've read the blurbs but it's just not interesting to me.
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