The new show is politically neutral, as far as I can detect. The drama is first rate. Even my non-scifi wife likes it, and it is the only show we regularly watch together.
The only evil and stupidity involved in the show is how Sci-fi channel execs are handling it as a “franchise”.
Same here, which, frankly, worries me! My wife wathes drivel drama, or murder mystery as she'd put it. I watch science and engineering. Somehow we've met in the middle at BSG. BSG is the closest thing to a soap opera I've ever been able to stomach. Again, something to worry about. :(