Today (which we have off for Presidents’ Day) Matt and I finally finished watching the Battlestar Galactica Season 1 DVDs, which I’d borrowed from Jon. We’ve been watching Season 2 every week with a group of friends, but I was confused for a long time because I hadn’t seen the miniseries or the first season. Now everything is clear to me. (Or at least everything that is supposed to be clear.) And perusing various aspects of the show via Wikipedia helps even more.
What an absolutely terrific show this is. While it’s sci-fi, it’s not your typical sci-fi. A good term for it is naturalistic science fiction. The characters are rich, realistic and flawed.
It’s a complex, character-driven show with multiple long-term story arcs. One way in which TV is superior to movies is the ability to do things like that. It’s the modern-day version of reading Charles Dickens novels in weekly or monthly installments.
It’s just great.
Also: Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith. Yum. Hold me, Commander Apollo. Hold me.
Wow, I’m amazed you followed the show in season two without all the rich backstory from the mini and season one.
Of course, like Brad said, the whole Apollo thing helps smooth over the rough patches, I guess.