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Rod Serling did it better… but Battlestar Galactica still hot
SPOILER ALERT… don’t read this if you haven’t seen the final episode for 2008!
BSG fans no doubt delighted at the 2008 season finale where all sorts of insane tensions mount between humans and Cylons.
And Xena (oops, I mean Cylon number Three), that ever-enchanting toaster, offers an innocent civilian up to death before a truce is made between humans and Cylons.
Interesting that the truce isn’t achieved by brute force but by human and Cylon goodwill, along with President Apollo’s diplomacy.
All round great job… kudos to all concerned in the production.
Except for one thing… the final scene where Earth is trashed? Rod Serling did it way better.
If you don’t believe me, just check out the episode “Time Enough at Last.”
Cylon’s despair
Cylon’s despair, originally uploaded by earthpages.
Sci-fi fans are all hip to the idea of human beings wondering if they’re cylons… but what about the other side..?
Original Creative Commons photo “Liverpool Street station crowd blur” by David Sim » www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205/
Star Wars according to a 3 year old
Star Wars according to a 3 year old.
I recently watched the original Star Wars (1977, enhanced edition) for the umpteenth time and was struck by two things–first how groundbreaking it was and, second, how some of the inside sets/scenes seemed to be influenced by Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and to some degree Roddenberry’s Star Trek.
Likewise, it seems that the hanger scenes in Battlestar Galactica-Reimagined (BSG fans are gearing up for the fourth and final season starting in April) borrow from the rebel hanger scenes in Star Wars.
This all reminds me of those culturally backward folks who sniff and snort at the suggestion that sci-fi is myth that builds on myth not unlike any other myth. Why is it so hard for some people to get this? Minds locked in the past…?
