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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/
Mini-review: The Twilight Zone DVD Vol. 10
I’ve been battling a chest cold and not getting as much done as I’d like.
Luckily, just before catching the chill I’d been to the library and taken out a few Twilight Zone videos by Rod Serling.
Growing up in the ’60s I managed to see a few of these classic episodes, but not nearly enough.
What a great time to watch them!
Volume 10 of the multi-volume DVD series was perfect for my slightly feverish condition. All four episodes in this set are about time travel (one of my favorite sci-fi themes).
Anyhow, all were captivating but the real show stopper was an episode featuring Buster Keaton, who travels from 1890 (where the sequences are jumpy and silent) to 1962, where we hear the cinematic legend speak.
Not to be missed! Unless, of course, you already happen to be occupied in…
THE TWILIGHT ZONE!
