Why I love sci-fi (Part 1)
It takes life seriously ...
The Reimagined Battlestar Galactica has pulled off what many serious TV shows (sci-fi or otherwise) seek to do, i.e. provide intelligent and socially relevant entertainment. This has resulted in - among others - BSG receiving the 65th Peabody Award in April 2006 for "excellence in news, documentary, comedy, drama, education and public service"...
... and being voted as the Best TV Show in 2005 by Time Magazine:
"Most of you probably think this entry has got to be a joke. The rest of you have actually watched the show. Adapted from a cheesy '70s Star Wars clone of the same name, Galactica (returning in January) is a ripping sci-fi allegory of the war on terror, complete with religious fundamentalists (here, genocidal robots called Cylons), sleeper cells, civil-liberties crackdowns and even a prisoner-torture scandal. The basic-cable budget sometimes shows in the production, but the writing and performances are first-class, especially Edward James Olmos as the noble but authoritarian commander in charge of saving the last remnants of humanity. Laugh if you want, but this story of enemies within is dead serious, and seriously good."
The Reimagined Battlestar Galactica has pulled off what many serious TV shows (sci-fi or otherwise) seek to do, i.e. provide intelligent and socially relevant entertainment. This has resulted in - among others - BSG receiving the 65th Peabody Award in April 2006 for "excellence in news, documentary, comedy, drama, education and public service"...
... and being voted as the Best TV Show in 2005 by Time Magazine:
"Most of you probably think this entry has got to be a joke. The rest of you have actually watched the show. Adapted from a cheesy '70s Star Wars clone of the same name, Galactica (returning in January) is a ripping sci-fi allegory of the war on terror, complete with religious fundamentalists (here, genocidal robots called Cylons), sleeper cells, civil-liberties crackdowns and even a prisoner-torture scandal. The basic-cable budget sometimes shows in the production, but the writing and performances are first-class, especially Edward James Olmos as the noble but authoritarian commander in charge of saving the last remnants of humanity. Laugh if you want, but this story of enemies within is dead serious, and seriously good."
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