SciFi and The Issues of the Day

The Battlestar Galactica premier had some interesting political commentary last night. The humans are the insurgents (and are polytheistic), and the Cylons are the occupation/liberation forces (and has a monotheistic almost Christian-like religion). All of the characters are painted in shades of gray on this series. Very well written.

"As for the early insurgency plot, Eick said it's an opportunity to explore the adage that "one person's freedom fighter is another person's terrorist.
"It all depends on what your frame of reference is and what side of the ledger you're on," Eick said. "I think we also relate to these actions in a different way, because, ironically, that's the way this country was born, so what does it mean to be an insurgent?"
The ability to ask such questions was in the mind of "Galactica's" creators from the outset.
"All the people involved were of a mind that the world didn't need another space opera," Eick said. Instead of trying to out-do "Star Trek," producers went back to the origins of science-fiction, taking their cues from the novels of Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. "Those were all about the allegorical and socio-political commentary, which we felt had been lost in contemporary science fiction. It wasn't so much about us coming up with a new idea as going back to an old one, using science-fiction as a smokescreen to discuss and invest in issues of the day."

More:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06279/727712-237.stm

This is interesting, because last season, I actually looked at issues such as abortion, and pro-war stances in a different light. Very well written series. Of course, it won't take long for right-wing nuts to latch onto this plot and start screaming something about "liberal media" blah, blah, blah.