Greetings loyal minons. Your Maximum Leader enjoyed watching the Sci Fi channels “Battlestar Galactica” mini-series on Monday and Tuesday night. He shall now share some thoughts on it with you…

I really liked how it became a human drama and not just a space adventure shoot ‘em up. The human stories were the prime movers of the story. They did a great job of developing characters that were full. Full in the sense of being real and accessible to the viewer. The special effects were good. CGI gets better and better. I liked the way the show looked. The sets were good, there was enough of the old series in it to satisfy my nostalgic impulses, but it was new enough for me to recognize the art direction involved was good.

I enjoyed the the way the Cylon concept had been modified from the series. They were created by humans to make life easier and then decided to rise up against their creators. This storyline taps into some interesting archetypal stories. But one interesting subtext to the new human-esque Cylons is their capacity to feel emotion and to grow and learn intellectually. In some respect the primary Cylon character in the story (the hot blonde one) seems to have feelings for Baltar and is giving him help (if she is in fact more than a figment of his imagination - another great possible storyline). In what way could they be like Replicants from Blade Runner…. Humm….

On a lighter note:

But Boomer is a Cylon!!!!! ACK! Yes, she is a Cylon. Hummm… Like the Replicant (Rachel) in Blade Runner, she doesn’t know. She may even think she is a human. Is Apollo going to have to invite her back to his place, get her drunk, sleep with her, and then start describing her memories for her to make her realize she is a Cylon?

Also, So let me get this straight. There are 12 models of Cylons. And as best we can tell there are four models that look and act like humans. And of those four models, there are two male models; and two female models. The male models are generally unattractive and even sorta geeky. But the female models are a scortching hot blonde and an equally hot asian. As as best we can tell, both female models are quite hormonally active. Hummmm… What was the downside to a Cylon takeover for Baltar? (Assuming they would let him live…)

And finally… Where did all The Brothers go? Col. Tigh used to be a Brother; now he is an old bald boozing white guy. Boomer used to be a Brother; now he is a hot asian chick (Cylon). The only Brother I saw was the one guy panicing on the Transport ship with the Education Minister/President of the Colonies. Okay, what’s her name, that used to be the Blonde communications girl; she is now a Sister. But really… What happened? The “Lords of Cobol” (sounds like a bad heavy metal band made up of middle aged computer programmers) sent almost all the Brothers to Earth? Where’s the love in that?

That is all for now.

Carry on.