As you may have noticed, this blog has been defunct for 2 years. What has prompted me to write again? 3 letters: BSG. To the uninitiated, this stands for Battlestar Galactica, which by the way, passes blogger's spell check. I promise, I will avoid spoilers.
Battlestar Galactica is a show of such a high quality rarely seen outside the Whedonverse. (Whedonverse does not, however, pass bloggers spell check. Too much to hope for, I guess.) It takes place many thousands of years in the future. There are spaceships and robots and plenty of violence and intrigue. All of this makes for a pretty good show, but what really makes BSG stand out is how the writers steer towards tough questions, rather than try to avoid them. This show provides one of the most interesting commentaries on issues in contemporary times I have ever seen. Just as Buffy shined a light on the difficulties of High School and vampire slaying, BSG raises many complicated issues we as a society should and do grapple with. Also, it teaches us to watch out for robots. And hubris.
I started watching BSG because Joss Whedon told me to. In a dvd commentary on an episode of Dollhouse, he mentioned he loved the show. When you worship at the house of Joss you do as you are told. Interestingly, Tahmoh Penikett, who is the lead actor on Dollhouse, has a great role on BSG. In a different commentary, Joss said he cast Penikett in Dollhouse because he loved him so much as Helo in BSG. I love him so much, too.
So in conclusion, I'm not entirely sure why I resurrected this blog except that I had such a strong urge to register my approval for BSG in cyberspace. The best part is the series is currently on Netflix Instant Play! So queue up and enjoy!
