the greatest story ever shown

I don't know about you, but i'm a huge fan of the classics. I'm not talking about those pansy penguin classics from the 18th and 19th century. I'm talking about the real stuff. Legends. Myths. Stories that have survived and thrived across generations through hundreds of years. I'm talking Illiyad, Odyssy, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Arabian Nights. All those stories of Gods and Mortals and events big and small that touch us all. And its really easy to see why these stories have survived the ravages of time. And not only survived, but have grown in stature. Have inspired us. Its because at the heart these stories deal with the hopes, dreams, aspirations of all of us, no matter what race or religion or nationality. If you are human, you will connect to these fables. 

And it is with the full meaning of the term classic as i have just defined, i call the Battlestar Galactica mini series a Classic. Thats right. A science fiction TV series that dared to do it all. Dared to take us out to space in a distant galaxy. Dared to make fictional characters as real as you and me. Dared to take us to the edge of sanity, and then bring us right back. Because the makers of this monumental series knew that to make a great story, you have to follow the rules. Great Heroism. Dastardly Villiany. And a story thats bigger than all of that, and yet with all the little touches that make us go, "oh i know how that feels!". Hats off to all the makers, all the people involved. You did an amazing job.

The story is simple really. And thats how all great stories are at the end of the day -- simple. Its about a war between sentient robots and their creators the humans. But these humans live far, far away from our galaxy in a colony of 12 planets which are named after the horroscopes. The robots rebel and wage war on their human creators, decimating the entire human race in the process, save a handfull of survivors. Around 47,000 people i think when the mini series starts. These survivors gather around the last remaining warship called Battlestar Galactica and try to escape the robots and find a new home. 

The story throughout is electrifying and totally counter-intuitive. Whenever you think you've got something figured out, they throw a twist at your face which punches you across the room. Not gentle shakespearean twists these. Very very vicious, and very very emotional. You will laugh, you will cry, you will weep with joy with the characters of this epic series. For it is truly an epic. 

I honestly don't have the words to describe what the makers of this series and the actors have pulled off. I wish i could give some examples but anything i say will take that little bit away from you enjoying the series when you watch it. Because everything little thing is important. So all i'll say is that i am lucky to have been alive when this series first aired. It has truly inspired me and i wish all the people involved with this miracle the best of luck in all their future engagements.

To everyone else, watch Battlestar Galactica. Its simply totally awesome.