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Why Battlestar Galactica is the Best Political Drama on TV

This exclusive new preview clip for Battlestar Galactica season 4 reminds us why the science fiction series' violent moral ambiguity has made it the most compelling political drama on TV. Sure the show is about humans fleeing for their lives from cyborgs in space, but it has a realistic, ripped-from-the-headlines urgency that 24 could only dream of. Even the basic BSG premise sounds familiar: Separatists with a burning desire for religious purity have launched a coordinated nuclear attack on our heroes, who are themselves struggling in a mire of corrupt political leadership and a military gone mad with power. It just so happens that the separatists are cyborgs called Cylon and the heroes are from a star system halfway across the galaxy from us. More »

2:15 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Annalee Newitz
16,066 views, 45 comments

Latest by docfromthepodcast: hey this is doc the itunes podcast: Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy, found this website thru a google alert. Was looking thru the posts and the responses and will definitely be back. Went over "Razor" and the episode "Valley more »