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Video: PUMAs, Birthers, Tea Parties Get Their Own Sci Fi Series - V!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyScience fiction has a long tradition of embedding political messages into far-out scenarios. Most recently, The Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica remake held a mirror up to many of the Bush era's dilemmas.Now, it looks like ABC is putting out a remake that flips the script. See if you can catch the oh-so-subtle parallels in this trailer for V:Let me start off by saying that I will totally be watching this. Wild cylons couldn't keep me away. Phasers are set on "Teh Awesome!" You get the picture.The original V had cool effects (for the time), a mean streak of black humor, and a heavy hand ...
Battlestar Galactica at the Frakkin' United Nations!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe creators and cast of the best political drama on television, Battlestar Galactica, are participating in a UN panel discussion today. The U.N. is hosting a "Battlestar Galactica" retrospective to examine how the sci-fi show deals with issues like "human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, human rights and reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faith," according to the Sci Fi channel. Whoopi Goldberg will moderate a panel that will include the show's executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, as well as stars Mary McDonnell (who plays president Laura Roslin ...
'Trekkies' vs. 'Galactica' Fans in Writer's Strike
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe Writer's Guild of America Strike has taken a tragic turn, pitting brother against brother. According to Wired News, the labor dispute has pitted two normally sympathetic, if competing, groups against each other: Star Trek Fans and Battlestar Galactica Fans. According to Wired, the Battlestar Galactica Fans tend to side with the writers, while the Star Trek Fans, fearful of delays to the much anticipated "Star Trek" prequel, "Trek", tend to be pro-management. All of which puts yours truly in an awkward position. As a longstanding member of both groups, I feel tremendous pressure to be a ...
Battlestar Galactica: Best Poli-SciFi Videos
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyBattlestar Galactica, the aforementioned best political show on television, returns to Sci-Fi Channel tonight with the much-awaited movie, "Razor" (check local listings). Check out the trailer and several "flashback" shorts that were shot as backstory for the new movie below. The re-imagined Battlestar Galactica is not your father's space parable. Updated for a generation who thinks Richard Hatch is a tax-dodging reality show winner, this iteration eschews campy mythology references in favor of a much darker political allegory. Those familiar with the show know of it's unblinking examinations ...
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