BSG dials up the darkness

Duane Dudek has an article at Sun-Sentinal.com about Battlestar Galactica and the darker side of science fiction. He interviews Executive producer David Eick:

Question: Tell me why I like this show. There's something I respond to, but I'm not sure what it is.

Answer: It's that we're treating the genre like a sophisticated, grown-up complex adult ... drama that happens to be set in space, and you don't have a sense of being kidded with or talked down to. [Star Trek] presents an idealized futuristic society where mankind put aside its petty differences and banded together and now only faces the challenges that lie in the beyond. Our show is about the screwed-up, twisted dysfunction that still lies within, the failings of humanity and how those failures are overcome in order for heroes to be defined. It's the inverse of Star Trek in every way.

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(thanks for the link BSG_News!)

Comments

[Zot]

I liked this interview. It sums up many of the reasons that I like the show so much -- it doesn't attempt to take the path of least resistance. It's far more difficult to portray characters with many sides, but that's what makes the drama so rich.

[Trapper Markelz]

I really like this line:

"We're doing a show about the thin line that separates ... heroes from villains. And there are times when we expect the audience to ask if they're even rooting for the right side. That's the nature of drama."

I have a feeling that is going to play out big as the show matures... you know there is a side of the writers that wants to make us cheer for the Cylons... just to mess with our minds! :)