Mar 21 2009
Goodbye Ole Girl
Most of you never knew her. Maybe all of you. But last night, I spent two final, wonderful, exciting, and frankly, sad, hours with her before she flew into the sun. I’m talking about the Battlestar, Galactica, and her host of human and cylon occupants, neighbors, and enemies. This gritty, contemporary, and often topical reimagining of the 1978 series unfortunately concluded its four year run last night.
While some of our most enduring fiction and cinema is Sci-fi, as a genre, it still orbits the outer fringe of mainstream entertainment. Battlestar, though, like any good story Sci-fi or otherwise, was about human drama at its core — about the relationships between people, their hopes, dreams, ideas and fears, far more than it was about laser beams and hyper drives. I will miss this show like I still do Cheers and The Sopranos. Yes, it was that good. Fortunately for you, the Sci-Fi Channel will continue to air episodes (but may never recover from this loss), and of course, it is available on DVD. Fortunately for me, I was able to visit the set in Vancouver, and see a bit of its creation first-hand.
Do yourself a favor and check Battlestar Galactica. You won’t be disappointed. So say we all.
*salute!*