The Message of Battlestar Galactica...

As any fan of the Sci-Fi Channel would, I sit in front on my TV as often as I can on a Friday night at 10 pm to watch the new Battlestar Galactica. I really enjoy this show, as it's a modern take and continuation of a show I watched as a young child. I however find a few things interesting that I think can be somewhat attributed to the times within which I am allowed to live.

1. God, Salvation, His Love, ect. - this is a subject that is actually touched on within the confines of the series. There is much talk about God, His Love, His Plan, Salvation, Redemption, ect. Here's the catch - most of the time it comes during some semi-sensual scene between a genius who is a traitor to the human race, and a tall, good looking blonde who was once a Victora Secret model and is now playing a character who is a human incarnation of a Cylon. Imagine the skeletal frame of a T-100 terminator just cooler and more menacing looking. These robots as it were are the villians of the show, seeking to snuff out the human race. Why is it that the villians have to ascrible (supposedly) to ideas that sound Christian, while the Hero's - the human race - ascrible to some polytheisitic conglomorate called the "Lords of Cobal" that's like something out of greek mythology?

2. The balnace on the show between Diplomacy and Force. The Humans are being hunted by a superior enemy. It's war. In war there are losses, no exceptions. Yet you don't want to let the military do its job of defending the fleet, of defending the greater good of 45,000 survivors of the human race, even if it means destroying one of their own ships? Sacrafices must be made. Sometimes I wonder if show creators are trying to make statements laced within their entertainment - the answer is of course yes, look at G. Lucas and Episode III...

*Now back to your regularly scheduled political blogging*