[fr_freak]

What an intelligent comment. Thanks for contributing nothing to the conversation.

Don't get too bent out of shape. It's just a show. But let me clarify: it appears that whether one will like the show or not depends on one's worldview. If a person feels that the universe is truly full of moral greyness, that there is no true right or wrong, and that humans are fundamentally weak, then such a person will probably like this show. This show portrays humanity in exactly that way.

I liked this show for the first season or so, when it was a kickass science fiction story about the remnants of the human race trying to survive at all costs, using the battlestars basically as US Navy aircraft carriers in space. Back then, we had hope. We had triumph. We had comraderie. We had people rising above a bad situation and showing what they're made of. Enter Season 2 or so, when virtually every character became a whiny little punk, when humans were increasingly portrayed as the bad guys, and, best of all, when multiple human characters began to question whether the humans had any right to fight for their own survival.

Now, once the show started going in that direction, I pretty much stopped watching because I KNOW that it is complete BS. I know that people, especially professional military, would not behave in this manner en masse. However, there are plenty of people in this world who see humanity as the show portrays: nothing but a bunch of self-absorbed, selfish, disloyal, drunks. Only people with that bleak and incorrect view of humanity could stand to watch the show now, because otherwise it would have no more a real feel to it than an old episode of "Beverly Hills 90210". Apparently, your worldview is such that it allows you to identify with the show and therefore enjoy it. The show is for people like you.

[Citizen Blade]

But let me clarify: it appears that whether one will like the show or not depends on one's worldview. If a person feels that the universe is truly full of moral greyness, that there is no true right or wrong, and that humans are fundamentally weak, then such a person will probably like this show. This show portrays humanity in exactly that way.

Perhaps. But that does not mean that everyone who watched BSG shares that worldview. That's where your argument breaks down.

Now, once the show started going in that direction, I pretty much stopped watching because I KNOW that it is complete BS. I know that people, especially professional military, would not behave in this manner en masse.

You know how people would react in a situation where 99% of humanity was wiped out and the rest are on the run?

Apparently, your worldview is such that it allows you to identify with the show and therefore enjoy it.

Whatever.