well I've had enough of day time TV so for the past two days I've been watching Battlestar Galactica Series 1.
The basic premise is the same as the "classic" series of the eighties. The Cylons destroy the 12 Colonies and a rag tag armada of civilian craft led by the lone surviving Battlestar (the Galactica) search for the mythical 13th colony.... Earth.
Annoyingly I haven't seen the mini-series which sets the scene and shows the colonies destruction.
A big difference to the original is that some Cylons have evolved and look and feel like us. Our friend maybe a Cylon.
Is it Science Fiction? well it has a space setting but like most SF it reflects the times it was made. Its dark and edgy. Lots of dark pyschology. Lots of origina characters are there if different. Balthar for example is not quite the dark traitor of the first series. He has a female cylon some how infecting his mind like a virus. And may I say this Cylon is ever so HOT!!!
Enjoyable? Watchable? Well I want to get hold of the mini-series and the series 2. I don't think its as good as Babylon 5 but its a damn sight better than 99% of most TV SF.
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I admire people who can hold an interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
I for one have to spend an hour just separating the characters with similar names, when I read Fantasy.
I can sympathise over the names but you tend to get used to it.
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