It finally happened, my first Battlestar Galactica dream, and confirmation to ubergeekdom.

In my dream, a war rattled planet Earth was occupied by Cylons much like happened to Caprica at the beginning of season one. Only in my dream the Cylons were a mix of the old and new cylons, it seems the new ones were more like battle droids, whereas the old ones were officers or cop types. For some reason I had a “pass,” which meant I could live, only it was hard to convince Cylons you came across that you had a pass, so I was getting shot at a lot. There was one dream part when I was on an elevator and it opened to a firing squad of Cylons. How did I escape? Tune in next time…

There are some great evolution conundrums they seem to be exploring on BSG, most interestingly the cross-breeding of Cylons and Humans. This we are told with slightly melodramatic spiritual ambiguity, is “the shape of things to come.” Also interesting is the developing Cylon obsession with understanding human emotions like love, and their affinity for “God.” Oddly, there does’t seem to be any Cylon leadership…it’s a top down parliment based on 11 different humanoid models, but no one seems in charge. The acting is decent, the cinematography, good CGI, and arty editing are what makes it rule. Catch up if you haven’t. There’s a 3 minute and a 44 minute recap. But I would order it all from Netflix, starting with the pilot and Season 1. Also coming soon is a spinoff, Caprica, which takes place before the Cylon revolution. Geekalicious.

There appears to be some political debate about the show too. Dorkofascists, unite. Battlestar America.

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