Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]In the Stargate world, the ancient gods turned out to be Alien parasites that inhabited human hosts and then became the gods of old... And you know what? I found that concept to be rather quite fascinating in that it brought the concept of the Ancient, 'Gods' down to the level of humanity... And frankly the battle between Earth and these Ancient gods during the run of the various Stargate series I found to be extremely enjoyable!
Now Battlestar Galactica (in all of the incarnations that I have seen took it to a whole different level...)
What I mean by that is the fact that it in Battlestar Galactica, even though the concept behind the story in the series is that it is supposed to take place centuries before what is considered to be the modern real world, it still kind of has to do with an almost futuristic version of a Greek Republic, but during the time period in which mankind was soaring through space, I have to say that I found this concept to be quite amusing because included with this model of a space age Greek republic, they also followed the Greek gods, and with all the prejudice that comes with it... Which is an interesting topic that is explored a bit in episode 2, (Lost Planet Of the Gods Part 1)!
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One of Galactica's fighters as it is being pursued by the Cylons![/caption]Written by: Glen A. Larson (Magnum P.I.), Donald P. Bellisario (Quantum Leap) & Directed By: Christian I. Nybu II (Emergency!), Starring: Richard Hatch (After Hell), Dirk Benedict (The A-Team), Lorne Greene (The Alamo: Thirteen Days To Glory), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Handball), John Colicos (Star Trek), Maren Jensen (Deadly Blessing), Noah Hathaway (The Wanderer King), Laurette Spang (Airport 1975), Terry Carter (Galactication) & Jane Seymour (Unknown Heart).
This episode takes place after the attack that destroyed the 12 colonies, and everything that mankind at that time knew and loved! During this time, with the Fleet low on supplies, and with at least a portion of their food supplies contaminated, the Fleet looks for the closest most safest source for supplies... That planet is the planet, 'Corolon'... There is only one problem though... people oblivious to the recent destruction of the original 12 colonies are there and happy to be there...
After looking in to it, they discover that the planet is controlled by a group of Aliens that is all to willing to give them what they need (the only problem is that they tend to do so in very small doses...
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One of the Alien singers in this clueless bastion![/caption]So now the weary crews of the Fleet have to be cautious about the planet full of people that don't seem to know that they are the last apparently established out post within the boundaries of the former 12 Colonies, and their hosts!
During this time the leader of the, 'Cylons' being unhappy that his army was unable to destroy all of humanity, decides to send out a fleet to destroy the rest of the human race forever!
One of the things I liked about this episode is that it dealt with the stigma of bigotry to some extent and the damage it can cause a person...
The next thing that I like about this series so far is that you can tell that the cast is kind of starting to come together, which makes it unfortunate that this series is only 1 season long!
The only problems I have are this, I don't know why it was played like this, but for whatever reason it was, but I found that Commander Adama was a real windbag in this episode... As a matter of fact, so much so that his parts were kinds of distracting!
In the end this was not a bad episode... Commander Adama aside, it is fun, and as the episodes go on I find that this show is getting better and better, and if you stick with it, you might find the same thing as well!
http://youtu.be/YliHrc12SvE
