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2004 series matched the post 9/11 sentiment in the US. As an European, it always baffled me how religious it was. Although was more about Mormonism, not Chris
by nabla9 2y ago
2004 series matched the post 9/11 sentiment in the US. As an European, it always baffled me how religious it was. Although was more about Mormonism, not Christianity, most Americans didn't seem to notice. (Kobol/Kolob, Quorum of twelve, 13 lost tribes, 101 Mormonism)
Ronald D. Moore's another space epic, "For All Mankind" 2019- also matches the sentiment in the US now. What I really like is the attempt at hard-scifi. Many of the designs were in the drawing board once.
- Uvix 2y agoReally? I thought that was pretty widely known about the original (which the 2000s series then imported wholesale).
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoMost of humanity is religious and it appears that's been the case throughout history. Why is it surprising that this would be reflected in a show about humans?
- CrLf 2y agoBecause in Europe religion is either less prevalent (in some countries) or something people don't usually talk about (other countries). Being overt about religion is uncommon, and most religious people are non-practicing.
- dpifke 2y agoHave you been to Bavaria? Europe is just as varied as the U.S. in terms of attitudes towards religion. I don't think you can generalize either the entire continent or all the states.
- slowhadoken 2y agoThe show had an overly emotional faux-religious intensity similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion. It marked the beginning of the fanatical audience. A lot of pseudo-political crowdsourced promotional rhetoric was born from 2004 Battlestar. For example Laura Roslin is the prototype for characters like Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo from Star Wars.
- spywaregorilla 2y agoNeon Genesis is moreso Christianity as an aesthetic.
- slowhadoken 2y agoIt’s faux-Christian aesthetic. Hideaki Anno has explained it in interviews. Anno has no knowledge of Judaism or Christianity, he said he tacked it on to distinguish it from other kaiju shows at the time. Similarly, Battlestar makes zero sense, it’s just meant to be provocative.
- greggsy 2y agoI find that religion adds an interesting dimension to space sci-fi - Dune, The Expanse, and even some of the Riddick movies feature religion in varying degrees.
- nabla9 2y agoIt can. Religion can be used well either philosophically, explain motivations, explore humanity, or as a social commentary. Kurt Vonnegut or PKD for example. PKD was genuinely spiritual in weird but interesting way. In Galactica a its near constant in the dialogue and its bad. They just repeat religious phrases without any substance and do it a lot. It's like everybody is an atheist playing religious role playing game. Just platitudes.
- marci 2y agoAnd all these instances of distractingly bad uses are in my thoughts and prayers.
- pndy 2y ago> As an European, it always baffled me how religious it was. RDM managed to combine all aspects pretty well and it's shame that universe wasn't explored further. While there was Caprica series that took on pre-war Colonies, apparently it wasn't what people wanted to see. I'm from Europe as well and I always find quite fascinating that setting. Colonials polytheism, Cylons monotheism, the mystic element of the Messengers Baltar and later Caprica Six saw; so the technology of that world felt unique yet close to real one. Tho, the octagonal themes on few occasions were way too silly, especially the 8-sided compact disks equivalents. Luckily there was no aliens like in the 80s series - Olmos' requirement for the role was that show wouldn't include these