This series is far darker than the 1970's version, and is more intense. Combining all kinds of ideas and relationships together to show to what depths mankind is capable of. Showing us what could happen if we lose what "humanity" we have, as well as what we could achieve if we strive for a goal.
The series starts with a massive Cylon invasion that almost entirely wipes out the human race leaving only a few thousand survivors. They flee in hopes of finding the fabled "Earth" from their religious texts. But everyone has their secrets and burdens to bear, and on a relatively small ship, none of their secrets will remain that way for long. But here is the biggest twist, the robot-like Cylons have been developing a new race of Cylons. Humonoid Cylons that are almost indistinguishable from normal humans, even on the inside. These new Cylons are how the humans were defeated, and anyone in the fleet could be one, or as we find out later 12 are, or at least there are 12 Cylon/human models.
The series goes over multiple current events like the argument over abortion, or how we should treat our enemies, and even racial tensions. The one that I was most impressed with was the idea of allotted places in life. Someone who is born to a poor family is likely to remain relatively poor their entire life. The children of farmers are likely to be farmers themselves and so on.
The ending even leads to ideas of the origin of mankind as a whole which was rather interesting. For the most part I really liked the show, but I did have one rather major problem with the show and that was the whole Starbuck thing within the last season, but I don't want to give any spoilers away so I will just leave it at that.
The show gets a 9 out of 11. While I liked the idea of how they ended the series, I thought they could have led up to it better.
The series starts with a massive Cylon invasion that almost entirely wipes out the human race leaving only a few thousand survivors. They flee in hopes of finding the fabled "Earth" from their religious texts. But everyone has their secrets and burdens to bear, and on a relatively small ship, none of their secrets will remain that way for long. But here is the biggest twist, the robot-like Cylons have been developing a new race of Cylons. Humonoid Cylons that are almost indistinguishable from normal humans, even on the inside. These new Cylons are how the humans were defeated, and anyone in the fleet could be one, or as we find out later 12 are, or at least there are 12 Cylon/human models.
The series goes over multiple current events like the argument over abortion, or how we should treat our enemies, and even racial tensions. The one that I was most impressed with was the idea of allotted places in life. Someone who is born to a poor family is likely to remain relatively poor their entire life. The children of farmers are likely to be farmers themselves and so on.
The ending even leads to ideas of the origin of mankind as a whole which was rather interesting. For the most part I really liked the show, but I did have one rather major problem with the show and that was the whole Starbuck thing within the last season, but I don't want to give any spoilers away so I will just leave it at that.
The show gets a 9 out of 11. While I liked the idea of how they ended the series, I thought they could have led up to it better.
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