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tom from gloucestershire sez....
bsg is 10/10 there is only one reason why america is in iraq- afghanistan- the balkans--------- OIL. wake up. who was buddy with saddam and gave him backing and his gas weapons when fighting the iran iraq war? guess who? come on wake up. and what bussiness is it of america if saddam did butcher the kurds. yes america can really show the world how to treat its ethic minorities , genocide on the american indians, slaves from africa to build the country. wake up the oil is running out. or is it that its a never ending supply, something magical. the last big supply of oil untapped is in te caspian sea area, the balkan countries, chetchnia, afghanistan and iraq surround it and guess whos in charge of the area now. good ol'e uncle sam. and another thing. during the 2 illegal wars on iraq usa and uk bombed the shit out of the country killing 100.000's of cilvilians with thinng like illegal clusterbombs. the good old shock and awe sledge hammer. my god have mercy on all our souls tom
1/8/2007 11:57:21 AM

Omar from Norway sez....
Hei!! when can we see the series in this frakking part of the world?? or when can we buy the last season
11/22/2006 12:34:38 AM

rob from yorkshire england sez....
when can we expect to see season 3 over in england
11/1/2006 3:44:48 PM

Robin G. from Stone Mountain, GA sez....
The show is frakkin' good. Nuff said!!
10/27/2006 6:38:19 AM

Cross from USA sez....
You guys who are drawing parallels, talking about good and evil, etc. need to understand one key factor: New Caprica is NOT Iraq. And the Cylons don't represent Americans, nor do the human colonists represent Iraqis. These stories are about people under pressure. Iraqis, yes even the suicide bombers, are human beings that made a choice. That's what this is about, people making choices. So stop thinking just because they're the protagonists, they have to act the way Americans would act. If that's how you think, you're defining humanity as including only Americans; and that's incredibly narrow-minded. The characters on Battlestar Galactica are meant to include all facets of humanity: the reasonable, the extreme, the good and the ugly. For god's sake, think before you judge. That means you're going to have characters like Roslin, who speak against suicide bombing, and Tigh, who are for it. If you can't accept that some people are willing to go over the edge, and others are willing to stay on the side of reason, and that humanity consists of both sides, you're not the target demographic and I don't give a frak whether or not you want to watch Battlestar Galactica anymore.
10/21/2006 12:47:42 AM

David from Florida sez....
BSG is a great show, but this episode did force the protagonists to embrace suicide bombing, and thereby (in the american context) suggested a certain moral equivalence between Jihadi's and the crew of Galactica. There is no valid comparision to be made between the Iraqi and Cylon occupations, and any such suggestion is irresponsible. American soldiers just want to do the job and come home, and as soon as people vote with ballots instead of explosives - they will. Maybe the writers only intended to draw on the Iraqi imagery, but it was a bit disturbing. I hope the writers will add some perspective in future episodes.
10/12/2006 10:51:46 PM

Kurt from Australia sez....
Why are people complaining when the writers appear to express opinions subtly or otherwise? Just like the last season with the episodes on torture, the political subtext so far is great, obvious or not. What’s wrong with writing edgy, original, opinionated science fiction? Would you prefer the normal sanitised, censored, homogenised, product tested, state sanctioned rubbish that usually gurgles its way onto our television screens? Maybe they are trying to make a point? Maybe they are trying to express alternative ideas or question viewpoints. Heaven forbid! Remember the assault on Sharon in season 2? What a great way to highlight the fact that as soon as you label people as different you can justify anything (and rather rapidly too): from friend to object in seconds. If you’re uncomfortable with the implications perhaps you should be? If the US was invaded by religious robots claiming your political systems were inadequate or because you possessed a death star (killing millions in the process and destroying infrastructure) perhaps you'd be able to generate some empathy for their plight!? :-) It's much more entertaining, intriguing and attention grabbing when you push boundaries. We should encourage them to do so!
10/12/2006 5:42:24 PM

Max from Colorado sez....
It's unfortunate that people aren’t' educated enough about the many, many other wars in our human history. The themes presented in the Season 3 premiere reminded me much more of German occupied France during WW2. Yes there were suicide bombers but there was never an attempt by the writer(s) to impose any particular view onto the viewer. He just presented the reality of the situation from a story and drama point of view and the viewer is free to draw their own ethical conclusions. I think most people turned off by the "Iraq parallels" are mostly looking for those elements, and when people look so deeply into a story for something; more often or not, they will find what they are looking for regardless of if the author placed it there or not.
10/11/2006 3:53:23 PM

Darren from Kentucky sez....
To say that there is no parallel between the story line and the situation in Iraq is ridiculous. Of course, a political statement was being made. There were too few attempts in the story to make us think otherwise. It was one big blatant commentary and, for the first time, I did not like an episode of the new Galactica. So sad.
10/11/2006 12:17:32 PM

Ron from New Hampshire sez....
At first I was turned off by the Iraq parallels as well but the more I thought about it... a) Everything in the episode followed naturally and logically from the situation. Nothing seemed to be thrown in just to make a point about Iraq; I felt there were perfectly valid dramatic reasons for everything. b) One could make a very strong argument that the situation parallels Vichy France under the Nazis far more than it does Iraq. c) Suicide bombing was not simply portrayed as a justified technique, it was a point of debate among the humans. d) To suggest that the situation in Iraq is ANYTHING like the situation on New Caprica would be absurd on more counts than I could effectively list here, and I'd like to give the writers credit for more intelligence than that. So I decided to let it go and enjoy the episode. And enjoy it I did, very much! Really looking forward to this season.
10/10/2006 2:57:45 PM

Joe V from NNJ sez....
"I was saddened to see that the writer opted to take us on a sojourn through his personal political views of the war in Iraq" ahh - give me a frakkin' break.
10/10/2006 12:39:32 PM

Denise from Seattle sez....
I think that the episode was more subtle, evoking several different moments in history, rather than being a simplistic take on the war on Iraq. It didn't have one consistent, big moralizing message, either--unlike the first poster, I don't think that I can pin down the writers' political viewpoints with any certainty. I think this show is great because it deals with so many topics that are so central to our lives today, yet are never presented in a one-sided manner. The torture issue first arose when it was the humans interrogating/airlocking Cylons, now we have the Cylons in the roles of torturers. And besides, this is a sci-fi show that has ALWAYS been political (how could we watch the explosive destruction of the Colonies in the series opener and not think of the dangers in our own world?)--it doesn't need to 'get back' to being plain ol' sci fi.
10/9/2006 2:45:50 PM

David A from Arizona sez....
Although the quality of the show in terms of ambiance and acting was first-rate, I was saddened to see that the writer opted to take us on a sojourn through his personal political views of the war in Iraq, Amercia's role in the world, and the morality of suicide bombings against "oppressors" (the USA)...sad...hopefully we get back to high-quality fantasy sci-fi and less political preaching, real soon.
10/9/2006 11:55:48 AM

David from Texas sez....
I agree. It's the best show on TV, and the clowns who decided the Emmy Awards this year are frakking idiots for not at least nominating it for best drama.
10/7/2006 11:11:58 PM

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