First of all, let me clarify. I'm not talking about the 1978 series. Meh. I avoided watching the 2004 series because I thought it would be like the cheesy 1978 series. It's not. It's exponentially different.
Let's start with the insistent earwig theme music from prequel aka the miniseries:
From Season 2 onwards it got even better (the "subtitles" were added by a BSG addict and shows the translation of the Maha Gayatri mantra which are the "lyrics" used in the theme music):
Hooked yet? No? Don't like sci-fi? Outer space? The future? Afraid of machines becoming human? C'mon. Don't be a bunch of wussies.
Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is probably one of the best things ever shown on TV, other than "The Wire."
It is a complex drama about the meaning of life: why are we here? What is morality? Are "good" people capable of doing bad things? Are those bad things excusable, given the context in which they occur? What is the most important thing in life? Are first impressions correct? Should we dig deeper and actually think about things, or just believe what is reported or repeated? How do we live with our choices and actions?
From da Wiki:
The story arc of Battlestar Galactica is set one hundred and fifty millennia ago in our own galaxy, where a civilization of humans live on a series of planets known as the Twelve Colonies. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with a cybernetic race known as theCylons. With the unwitting help of a human named Gaius Baltar, the Cylons launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. Approximately 50,000 humans survive, most of whom were aboard civilian ships that avoided destruction. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the eponymous Battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama (Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (McDonnell), the Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled refuge known as Earth.
So I watched them all. Twice. The second time was when I got my son Ali into it and it was our ritual for a few months during his senior year in high school. Thank god he was hooked - it means that I got to see him more! (JK, Ali! It was fun to share my obsession with you!)
EMP/SFM had a BSG exhibit this year that just ended in March. Ali and I visited it at the end of February. It was epic.
First of all, the Frank Gehry designed museum is amazing. It's hard to photograph, but when you're in it, it's totally organic.
Inside, a wall of LEDs form a giant screen.
A Jimi Hendrix permanent exhibit, with a 30 foot tall column of guitars in front of it.
And then the BSG exhibit. Ali and I were in heaven. Apologies again for the fuzzy photos. No flash used. Isn't Ali adorable in his t-shirt with all the Vancouver skateparks on it?
How did they get the full scale models into the building? Yep, even Frank Gehry (or should that be "obviously" instead of "even"?) doesn't think about how to get large objects into a jewel box of a museum. So they cut a hole in it and put in a rollup door. Way to plan ahead, Frank.
A few weeks ago, they brought the costumers down from Vancouver BC where BSG was filmed. That's the next BSG Geek Out Post.
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