Comments on: Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek http://www.greenflame.org/2008/06/15/battlestar-galactica-vs-star-trek/ Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Doctor Zee http://www.greenflame.org/2008/06/15/battlestar-galactica-vs-star-trek/#comment-7820 Doctor Zee Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:37:52 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/06/15/battlestar-galactica-vs-star-trek/#comment-7820 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/2008/06/14/battlestar-galactica-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

http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2008/06/14/battlestar-galactica-revelations/

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