In the modern remake of the Battlestar Galactica series done by the Sci-Fi Channel the Colonials are depicted as being polytheistic (in fact, worshipping Gods and Goddesses very similar to those of ancient Greece and Rome). Their opponents the Cylons are monotheistic and believe that their God wants them to exterminate the Humans (even though there are individual Cylons who do not embrace this policy).
Is this a case of Art imitating History? After all, the Christian Church after it was made legal then adopted a policy of exterminating Pagans in forced conversion campaigns.....
2007-10-03 08:29:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anne Hatzakis 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Here's an interview that beliefnet did with the producer of the show. I think you'll find it interesting:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/166/story_16650_1.html
2007-10-03 09:06:31 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That is definately what I got the first time that I watch Battlestar, and they made the first religious overtones in the show. Of course I haven't seen the miniseries that came before the series, so the earliest religious overtone that I saw was when Starbuck prayed to the idol for safety, I forget in which season that was shown in.
And I totally agree with that the Ori were definately another Christian-like religious group in Stargate SG-1, just as the Cylons are a Christian-like religious group.
2007-10-03 13:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by Silver Wolf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly the analogy I got from it.
Pagans (Colonials) gave rise to the Christians (Cylons) who then turned against their forebears and are attempting to destroy the pagans who basically just want to be left in peace.
Art imitating life history.
2007-10-03 12:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I noticed that but I haven't seen that far - only the first series of the remake. I didn't think much of it too be honest, and won't be bothering to watch the others.
The original was my boyhood favourite TV show, although when I saw it again as an adult I was rather surprised to notice that the good guys were all Mormons...
2007-10-03 08:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FRAK YES!!! It is a fascinating study of a culture clash between a monotheistic (Cylon) culture THAT BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS HAS TRIED TO BE "NICE" and is now fractured and a polytheistic (Colonial) culture that is trying to avoid being wiped out while attempting to preserve the things that made them great. It will be interesting to find out what happens when the "Final 5" Cylons are integrated into Cylon culture -- considering that at least 2 of them are polytheists and one Cylon model already admits to being at least agnostic if not actually atheistic in outlook
2016-05-20 00:02:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i kept waiting for calls to boycott. perhaps it's just too subtle, or the polytheists look too scriptural. i find the deliberate parallels to modern america to be distracting.
quailman, pagans did not send christians to the lions, an oppressive empirial regime sent many kinds of people to the lions. christians were merely annoying enough to make them a crowd favorite. still didn't justify the subsequent genocide. and our dear hestia was too kind by stating 'forced conversion campaigns' instead of the more accurate 'looting, pillaging, torture, and murder campaigns of genocide'.
2007-10-03 16:08:02 · answer #6 · answered by bad tim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I loved that aspect of it, and the first season or two were brilliant television. It got a little too stylized and disjointed after that.
If it's art imitating history, I'm pretty sure it's intentionally so.
2007-10-03 12:48:43 · answer #7 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think their handling of religion is sometimes ham-fisted. They are so complex and multi-faceted when it comes to politics and ethics (such as the good guys becoming suicide bombers and being referred to as the insurrection), while the monotheists trying to wipe out the polytheists is rather...blunt, unclever and non-graceful.
2007-10-03 16:45:04 · answer #8 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never saw the show (don't watch TV), but I kinda like the idea of a race of machines waging a jihad....
And it's not exactly new -- the original series was really just "Jews in Space", anyway....
2007-10-03 08:33:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes. it's very much art imitating history. it's an interesting way to recreate the original (which was frankly far more entertaining. heh)
2007-10-03 23:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋