Sunday, June 15, 2008
Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek
Mental Floss has a good discussion of Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek. It doesn't fall into the "which is better" trap. (Read the comments on Digg if that's what you are looking for. I think of BSG as being the anti-Star Trek in a lot of ways, but that doesn't make me like Trek any less. Except Vovager, which was just lame.
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Battlestar Galactica Revelations
And so, Battlestar Galactica is reduced to a simple fable - we run from our past, believing the future holds something better for our species, while praying we can rise above our dark “human nature” before we do ourselves in. This episode was a mirror, showing how despite hope for a bright technological future, we’re simultaneously on the knife’s edge of destruction.
In one episode, Battlestar Galactica moved beyond the addictive, nit-picky details like “who is the last Cylon?” and “how did Tigh get Six pregnant?” and reminded me of the big picture - our irrepressibly hopeful yet frustratingly misguided humanity.
Enter Doctor Zee - The Fifth Cylon
“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr
http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/06/14/battlestar-galactica-revelations/
And so, Battlestar Galactica is reduced to a simple fable - we run from our past, believing the future holds something better for our species, while praying we can rise above our dark “human nature” before we do ourselves in. This episode was a mirror, showing how despite hope for a bright technological future, we’re simultaneously on the knife’s edge of destruction.
In one episode, Battlestar Galactica moved beyond the addictive, nit-picky details like “who is the last Cylon?” and “how did Tigh get Six pregnant?” and reminded me of the big picture - our irrepressibly hopeful yet frustratingly misguided humanity.
Enter Doctor Zee - The Fifth Cylon
“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr
http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/06/14/battlestar-galactica-revelations/
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: June 15, 2008 3:01 PM
: June 15, 2008 3:01 PM
Nice comment, although it probably would have seemed less like blog spam if it had it been on the post for Revelations.
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