About frakin' time!

It's Sunday, a day of resting and watching TV. I thought I'd give a tip about a really good show.
Season 2 of the great new science-fiction-series Battlestar Galactica premiered a couple of days ago. (The series is a remake of the old Battlestar Galactica from the '70s. I haven't seen the original.)
This is a great show in many ways. It's a tight, well written storyline that spans the entire season. You can't miss a single episode. The characters are really good and interesting. Starbuck, the hotshot fighterpilot with cigarstump in her mouth at all times, and Chief, low in rank but is in charge of the landing bay. The series also explore interesting angels of the military versus the civilian government.
Basic plot outline: There is 13 colonies. Cylons, a sort of robotrace once created by mankind and that later rebelled, causing a big, big war. Peace has ruled for some time between the Cylons and mankind, when the Cylons out of the blue (40 years later) attack the 13 colonies and wiping out everyone. 50 000 people survive, and escape. The surviving fleet include a big warship called Battlestar Galactica, aswell as a lot of smaller civilian ships. We follow the crew of the Battlestar Galactica.
I think one of the most interesting aspects of Battlestar Galactica is the realism. All the effects aspire for some sort of documentary feeling, with handheld cameras, imperfections and so on. The story is kind of primal. We need to survive, that's it. And it's a tight call. The human race loose the war, before it has even begun. The series deal with democracy and the people try keeping up a functioning government, even though it's a crisis. Throw some mytical aspects into the mix, and some really cool action and you've got it.
Check it out, and don't miss the free podcast in iTunes from producer and creator Ronald D. Moore. It's just like a DVD-commentary. Very interesting.
May the lords of Kobol watch over you. So say we all.