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The writers need to keep the moral reality with the fiction. It's science fiction, not moral fiction. A lot of the shows seem like they're a techno West Wing. Many of the plot lines are not very believable, particularly in the circumstances they're presented. Impractical people aren't going to be running an interstellar gate or refugee starship. At least with BSG there's Adama to propose the rational stuff, but then the actions of the rest are incredibly childish, impractical and short-sighted and aren't realistic morally, politically or materially.

The episodes showcase a lot of moral and material waste. There's really nothing to be gained from them other than the impression you can be light years away from earth, marooned, helpless and wanting and you can still get by being a sappy, self-centered, ignoramous. This is probably what the writers figure their audience is.

Consider BSG: they're adrift in space, the last of humanity (supposedly), vulnerable and with limited supplies. They should be thinking of 2 things strategically: hiding and acquiring resources. And the whole 'inter-stellar socialism' theme that runs rampant through the plots is disgusting.

I watch the shows via DVD or file share and usually end viewing sessions with more disbelief than anything. The technological fantasy is interesting but the stories and character actions are a joke. It's Science Socialism.

They should be thinking of 2 things strategically: hiding and acquiring resources.

They've been running (how do you hide in space?), and early episodes were about supplies. Now they're going for the important end strategic objective: a long-term place for humanity to settle. Humanity can't live on in a bunch of old spaceships forever.

So far that's been the search of Earth, but it was recently suggested to go back to Caprica and retake it.

Oh sure, 30-50,000 people left in their race, and they're concerned about PC nonsense? NO way. THat would all go out the window in seconds. You'd probably just start making jumps in the opposite direction to get away from harm, and find a place to live.

Kind of like Gilligan's Island- in real life, Ginger and marianne would be knocked up all the time, Gilligan would have been killed and used for food the first time he botched an escape, the men would all have zz top beards and would stink-- but I sure loved that robot that walked to Hawaii

Apparently you haven't been paying much attention. They are looking for somewhere to hide, initially the looking for Earth thing was just a cover they were looking for a nice planet to hide, then they got a clue where Earth was so they're figuring that would be a good place to hide. There've been numerous episodes that revolve around the search for resources. And the only reason they have socialism going on is that they haven't figured out how to make the money system work just yet, people who have cash are using it out of habit people who don't are being given supplies for survival and getting themselves back into a normal economy is high on the government's list.