The moralism of Battlestar Galactica

Science fiction, or at least proper science fiction, has always opened a window on the present through the future. A literary giant like Robert Anson Heinlein wrote extensive treatises on liberty, the place of the military in our society, and even humor and polyamory, all under the guise of visions on the future. Yet in more recent times, science fiction often seems to have fallen prey to the same nihilism that pervades much of Western culture. Films like 'The Day after Tomorrow' and 'I, Robot' are neo-Frankensteinian flicks which are postmodernist in the sense that they brim with nihilism, denial and self-hate. Battlestar Galactica, currently airing on Sky Channel, changes all that.

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