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Originally Posted by Tolden  <snip>
Now here is where you really threw a curve ball. Assuming you remember earlier when I mentioned that BSG uses Science Fiction as a SETTING, not a STORY? The scifi part of BSG is merely a boat to deliver a message, a story. That's the great thing about it. What about commenting on important issues such as religion, morality, the very essence of humanity is unoriginal? Is a story about trying to get a ship out of a black hole because the hyperdrive broke more creative then intertwining a story where the 'good' guys are driven to such extremes to resort to suicide bombings? I'll take the story about how these people we've been following for years now are so desperate to do ANYTHING to lash out against their occupiers as to sacrifice themselves over technobabble anyday. Some of the characters support them, some of them try to remain neutral, and some are totally disgusted with those actions. Funny thing is, so are the viewers. That's quality. It brings up topics that actually matter and make you look at them, it's not saying "Oh suicide bombing is noble!" it's trying to make you understand WHY they resort to that, what makes people work in these situations. You may not care for that and it seems you don't, so I don't really know what else to say in regards to that.
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This is actually why I - and half the people at my job - loves the series.
The sci-fi of BSG is not just aliens running around in silly customes (hi StarTrek, nice to see you again) having superficial plots.
BSG is very much deeper then that, and is very much about character development and progress, and the choices facing the characters (both "good" guys and "bad" guys).
The religious themes, political struggles and "wartime behaviour" and all that are very much a part of BSG. It isn't just space ships going pew-pew with their lasers.
It is not dumped down for the lowest common denominator as happens with so much entertainment these days.