After Firefly was aborted in 2003, I lost interest in investing in "fringe" TV... At any time, loved characters could be axed and heartfelt universes unwritten...
So when BSG was released, I didn't even bother to watch and assumed that it would be canned after a couple of episodes.
When a third year was confirmed, however, I changed my mind and decided to start to watch it.
It was 2005 when I first saw Adama walk down the corridor and decry all networked computers. And I loved it.
Now, 13 years later I am rewatching it...
13 years.
Imagine that. That is the difference between 1987 and 2000...
That is the difference between:
Superman IV The Quest For Peace, Inner Space, Masters of the the Universe, Predator and The Running Man
VS
The Matrix (Japan Release) Existenz and the X-Men.
13 years is a LONG TIME in terms of Sci Fi...
And yet, 13 years later, I'm rewatching Battlestar Galactica.
When I first watched it back in the day, I was unmarried, did not own a home and had no children... Now, I'm married, have two beautiful children and own an apartment.
Yet watching it today, it's as fresh and vibrant as it was all the way back then.
Moreover, I still view this as one of the finest pieces of "hard" science fiction ever aired. The science, the characterisations, the situations, the politics, the religious commentary, the ramifications of hubris and the sheer edge of seat drama is absolutely spot on.
13 years later and in an age where science fiction and fantasy are mainstream now, and are as acceptable as a crime and comedy, but still this story takes no prisoners.
Recently, The 100, Killjoys, Altered Carbon, Star Trek Discovery and the closest yet, of course, The Expanse, have all shown their mettle and revealed appealing dystopias or post apocalyptic charms, but at the end of the day, only one show has really covered all bases so satisfactorily...
Battlestar Galactica.
