Comments on: Some Random Thoughts on Battlestar Galactica: Revelations http://davidnordmark.com/some-random-thought-on-battlestar-galactica-revelations/ My Thoughts on Politics. Economics, and anything else that catches my eye ... Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:20:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Doctor Zee http://davidnordmark.com/some-random-thought-on-battlestar-galactica-revelations/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Doctor Zee Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:34:05 +0000 http://davidnordmark.com/?p=3215#comment-213 And so, Battlestar Galactica is reduced to a simple fable - we run from our past, believing the future holds something better for our species, while praying we can rise above our dark “human nature” before we do ourselves in. This episode was a mirror, showing how despite hope for a bright technological future, we’re simultaneously on the knife’s edge of destruction. In one episode, Battlestar Galactica moved beyond the addictive, nit-picky details like “who is the last Cylon?” and “how did Tigh get Six pregnant?” and reminded me of the big picture - our irrepressibly hopeful yet frustratingly misguided humanity. Enter Doctor Zee - The Fifth Cylon “The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/0...ca-revelations/ And so, Battlestar Galactica is reduced to a simple fable – we run from our past, believing the future holds something better for our species, while praying we can rise above our dark “human nature” before we do ourselves in. This episode was a mirror, showing how despite hope for a bright technological future, we’re simultaneously on the knife’s edge of destruction.

In one episode, Battlestar Galactica moved beyond the addictive, nit-picky details like “who is the last Cylon?” and “how did Tigh get Six pregnant?” and reminded me of the big picture – our irrepressibly hopeful yet frustratingly misguided humanity.

Enter Doctor Zee – The Fifth Cylon

“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

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]]> By: Stormking http://davidnordmark.com/some-random-thought-on-battlestar-galactica-revelations/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Stormking Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:39:35 +0000 http://davidnordmark.com/?p=3215#comment-212 Hello David, it's me, again ;) You wrote: At the end of the episode, Earth has apparently gone through some kind of nuclear holocaust. The question is, how long ago did this happen? I’m thinking this catastrophe happened relatively recently. The reason for this? There are still buildings standing. I once saw a Discovery channel type show which talked about what would happen to the Earth if the people on it suddenly vanished. How long would the buildings last? The answer is, not that long. There's a comment from RDM on this. He said the ruins are supposed to be the remains of futuristic buildings made of futuristic materials that could very well withstand the "test of time". I think in his comment he wrote about "a few thousand years". Of course, after such a long time, earth would have regenerated itself, a green wilderness would be much more realistic. But would it have the same emotional impact on the viewer? I doubt that. So they had to show ruins, no matter how long ago the destruction is supposed to have happened. Hello David, it’s me, again ;)

You wrote:

At the end of the episode, Earth has apparently gone through some kind of nuclear holocaust. The question is, how long ago did this happen? I’m thinking this catastrophe happened relatively recently. The reason for this? There are still buildings standing. I once saw a Discovery channel type show which talked about what would happen to the Earth if the people on it suddenly vanished. How long would the buildings last? The answer is, not that long.

There’s a comment from RDM on this. He said the ruins are supposed to be the remains of futuristic buildings made of futuristic materials that could very well withstand the “test of time”. I think in his comment he wrote about “a few thousand years”.

Of course, after such a long time, earth would have regenerated itself, a green wilderness would be much more realistic. But would it have the same emotional impact on the viewer? I doubt that. So they had to show ruins, no matter how long ago the destruction is supposed to have happened.

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