Well that's me finished episode of 11 of Battlestar Galactica. I'm on Season 3 at the moment, possibly the last season. This is the remake I'm talking about, not the campy 1970s affair. The plot's quite convoluted and the style of the programme is quite distinct, everything looks gritty and worn out which sets it apart from other sci fi (Star Trek springs to mind). For those of you who have never seen Battlestar Galactica it's basically about humanity living on 12 planets then one day the Cylons, robotic creations made by humans, rebel and they fight a long war. Afterwards the Cylons isolate themselves for 40 years but return, having evolved and upgraded, and destroy humanity by nuking their planets. The survivors, numbering 40,000, escape in a ragtag fleet of spaceships led by the Battlestar Galactica (that's why the show is named so). People believe there is a long lost 13th colony of mankind and so they set off to find it. Pursued by the Cylons of course, otherwise it'd be a rather boring fifty something episodes. The 13th colony is called Earth by the way.
Generally the show is excellent, as I said the earlier the plot is good with a few twists and turns. Some of the characters are interesting. Gaius Baltar, for example, seems somewhat demented as he has conversations with a blonde woman who only he can see. Many of the main characters, who used to be male in the original, have been rewritten to be female. This includes Starbuck and Boomer as well as the President of the colonies. I think this is to reflect the more modern and egalitarian times we live in in contrast to the dark and primitive 1970s that my parents lived through, when space invaders was the most exhilirating video game you could play and people were unaware of the dangers of asbestos. My friend Manson said that eventually half the crew of Battlestar Galactica will be revealed to actually be women disguised as men. This sent a shudder up my spine especially when I imagined Admiral Adama wearing a dress. Adama also has a gravelly voice, which would be rather disturbing in a woman. It would suggest she smokes, tobacco smoke is one thing I hate more than boy bands. The only thing I could possibly hate more is when people tear bits off a banana and eat it in tiny bites. Anyway back to the subject of BSG (I'm using this abbreviation to save time even). The revelation that most of the crew are actually women would make a terrific plot twist. Forget about finding Earth or revealing the final 5 Cylon models, this would be the greatest idea ever! Manson, you are a genius, you must become a full time writer. Any how try watching BSG. It's really good even if you're not really into sci fi. To catch up on what you've missed try alluc.com