• more about #inthefinalanalysis
    happymisanthrope: This has been bothering me since Cupid came out -- the religion is clearly the basis of Greek religion and to some extent greek civilization. So, some... more »
    TemporalSword: I've never actually considered science-fiction (or fantasy, for that matter) a genre of storytelling itself but rather a setting. You tell the same ty... more »
    Franklin Harris: Science fiction is not about spaceships. It is, as H.G. Wells said, about changing one thing. What if there were such a thing as a time machine? What ... more »
    Jason Quiggle: So what? Thank you Capt.Obvious for pointing out what has been pointed out one way or another for years now..and, who cares? What does setting really ... more »
    gorehound: Sometimes BSG was to soap opera for me but it always delivered on the thrilling moments and had a decent storyline.Kept me coming back and being a fan... more »
    Grey_Area: OH GRODD, THERE SHE GOES WITH THE POLITICS AGAIN!!! AAAARRRGH!! STOP MAKING US THINK! heh I enjoyed this analysis, very thought-provoking. I'm a bit d... more »
    Slatz_Grobnik: In terms of slaves and masters, possibly. I'm not so quick to go to saying "beings whose consciousness is comparable to our own" possess the same righ... more »
    jormaknowles: why, in this post, is the word "future" continuously used, while you acknowledge that BSG is set 150,000 years in our past? more »
    TobyMilda: I don't really agree that the show lacked POC core characters, (it did lack core Black characters, but those terms are hardly synonymous) I mean, Edwa... more »
    gertymac: See, I disagree. I think the best sci-fi is, in the end, more about human nature than science. Even stories that incorporate lots of hard science and ... more »
    vulcanized: For all it got right and wonderfully progressive, I agree that Battlestar did suffer from a serious lack of color diversity. Also, I was thinking the... more »
    jormaknowles: I feel I must point out that BSG was set 150,000 years in our past. So it wasn't attempting to predict anything about the "future" of human culture. more »
    capnrob: It didn't break the rule: You get one impossibility (standard tropes aside): "What if _____". In this case, it's "What if you made robots and they got... more »
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    Battlestar Galactica Didn't Need Outer Space

    Critically-acclaimed TV series Battlestar Galactica broke one of the cardinal rules of hard science fiction: It wasn't really about science. Instead it was hard social fiction, a realistic look at the future of human culture. More »