I hardly think I’m a mindless fan boy… I’ll call “foul” on any show that starts meandering when I think it does. You have some good points about the mid-season episodes not being all that great. I haven’t been all that enthused about some of the episodes either. But they’re still better than most other shows on TV as far as I’m concerned.

Anyhow, thanks for reading, even if you didn’t like what you read. And just to prove how appreciative I am of other points of view, even ones that call me stupid, I won’t delete your comment.

I think your idea that in truth, today America is the “empire” (while I sort of agree) is probably a bit too radical for sci-fi and American audiences. I wonder, however, if BSG will go in that direction?

The heroes are a deeply religious race, called the Cylons, who struggle to bring democratic ideals and Christian values to a planet called New Caprica (Iraq, of course) in the face of an increasingly violent insurgency.…

Yeah there are a lot of parallels to other conflicts other than just the Iraq War. War is pretty much a universal theme and it seems people will always have different ideas about ways to wage war. The political conflict between what Roslin (and Baltar) want to do and Adama’s military viewpoint is interesting to me also.

I’ve always loved the political commentary in BSG. What they’re currently doing is what I’ve always loved about the best written sci-fi as well: Sci Fi is best when it essentially uses the future to present a mirror onto present human nature. They’re doing a great job of it. And the fact that they’re getting people to think about terrorism from the other side of the coin is spot on. I agree with you that if you lost power, how the hell would you fight the oppressor? You’d use some crazy tactics man! In addition to the French resistance example from WW2, remember that U.S. Revolutionary War movie we saw back in school? (was it Johnny Tremaine?). I remember how they’d show the British army marching in fancy formations with bright red uniforms. Meanwhile the “uncivilized” Americans would be running like madmen through the woods out of formation taking crazy pot shots at the Brits. Guerrilla warfare anyone? Heck, what about Vietnam and some of the strategies of the Viet Cong? Melt back into the civilian population by day? This stuff is about the current situation in Iraq, but there are ample historical parallels too.

In any event, great post.