{"id":4964,"date":"2003-11-25T08:16:17","date_gmt":"2003-11-25T15:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2003-11-25T08:16:17","modified_gmt":"2003-11-25T15:16:17","slug":"and_on_another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/25\/and_on_another.html","title":{"rendered":"And on another SF front"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking at the new Battlestar Galactica<\/i><\/a> trailers, it’s interesting how times change.<\/p>\n

In the late 70s, when the original series aired, it was still the Cold War. The idea of the Bad Guys betraying our peaceful overtures and nuking us while our pants were down was, at least in the popular culture, completely believable.<\/p>\n

The new BG, instead, has the “enemy is us” about it. The Cylons are no longer “walking toasters” and aliens, but synthetic creatures, created by humanity — and, now, capable of resembling humanity. A parable for the dangers of modern science? An allusion to humanity creating its own internal enemies in an era of terrorism and WMDs? Take your headline-of-the-week pick.<\/p>\n

All that’s certain is that there’s going to be Human\/Cylon nookie. Guaranteed.<\/p>\n

The Enemy Among us is not, though, a new theme. And while the Borg might have made the Evil Robot Invader meme theirs for decades to come, I’m going to miss those Walking Toasters.<\/p>\n

We’ll see.<\/p>\n

(via GoaF<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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