Battlestar Galactica

OK, hear me out. I am not a huge sci-fi fan, but Kurt has been into this show for a few months and for as often as I talk about LOST he talks about Battlestar Galactica. I figured I would give it a try, because I rarely see him this animated about a TV show (except Scrubs...he also loves that show). So I Netflixed the mini-series and season 1 of BSG. And I'm hooked.
The storyline is as follows: humans create robots called Cylons. Cylons evolve and rebel against humans. As a sort of peace treaty, humans and cylons agree to live in separate parts of the solar system. They also agree to meet once a year to discuss peace and such. For 40 years humans always send someone to the annual peace conference. The cylons never send anyone.
Then, one year, they do send a cylon only now the cylons are so evolved they actually look and feel like human beings. They infiltrate where the humans are living and drop nuclear weapons all over the place. There are only 45,000 humans left and they are under the threat of extinction. And the cylons are still at war with them.
The first season of the show is mostly religion based. But as the show progresses a more political theme is emerging. During the genocide of humans, the entire political cabinet was killed, except one woman who happens to be something like 55th in line for the presidency. She used to be a school teacher and now she has been appointed president of the human race. She is also battling breast cancer. There are many political discussions on a woman running the human race, what to do about abortion rights if they are facing possible extinction, and how do they set up a new government and elections moving forward.
If you can get past some of the cheesy acting and the "Star Wars"-esque fight scenes, it really is a fascinating show.
It airs on the Sci-Fi channel but I have heard rumors that NBC is currently in contract negotiations for the rights of the show. NBC is desperate for a good show and BSG has gotten top ratings in all sorts of publications. (It often ties LOST on the top 10 TV shows of 2006.) But if you don't have cable, like me, you can Netflix the series.


I give it two thumbs up!