Battlestar Galactica is one of my most favorite of all TV shows, too bad it is over. Never watched the first series, but the new one is great. Mostly for the character development and the ethics issues it raises and addresses. I think it will have more meaning in the days ahead, as robots increase and the issue of "creating life" becomes more tricky.
Good review of the series (partial quote)
Perhaps dismissed as mere science fiction, with robots, odd-shaped paper and made-up words, Battlestar Galactica has used this freedom to ask questions fundamental to what we are as people. These are questions of freedom, of what it is to be human and of the right to life and the right to take it. It shouldn't be at all surprising to see that, by its end, Battlestar Galactica threads in the origin of man, life after death and the existence of God. Without giving away quite how it answers these questions, Battlestar Galactica ends satisfyingly with several surprises, credit paid to characters who developed out of what were initially very minor roles and so memorable a conclusion that it will be talked about for a long time to come. It's not quite the ending of St Elsewhere, which was so leftfield a closing that no one could have foreseen it, but Battlestar Galactica ends in remarkable fashion. Not all its questions are answered but such was the way of the show.
full article: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=70778
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Randy