A tribute to 'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA' flowers

Ronald de Moores reimagining of Battlestar Galactica emerged in the mid 2000s with many driving forces behind it both creatively and commercially. In developing the series Moore drew on post 9/11 concerns about American life and security as well as his own frustrations with the limitations he faced while working on the Star Trek franchise. For him,mid-2000s Battlestar was an opportunity to get rough and rough to get an opa of a space opera. Looking at the show today nearly 20 years after it came out you can certainly see those themes and interests perhaps more clearly than when the series first premiered in 2004. Moores's vision for Battlestar Galactica is that of realistic military and often Painfully dark. Science fiction focuses on the political social and psychological implications of a protracted war the plight of refugees and the ongoing balance between freedom and security if such a balance can be achieved. Longtime fans of the series myself included citing this compelling sense of realism embedded in Vipers and Cylon Centurions as one of the main reasons why the show did so well.

But realism isn't the whole story nor the vivid sense of show design character action or real world similarities that the series often relies on to tell Starfleet stories. The colony and its constant battle for survival. Looking back at Battlestar Galactica now I remember some fans disappointed when the show moved away from realism and toward something closer to magical realism assuming a certain metaphysical sense of story logic to guide the series to its ultimate solution. To some fans, it seemed to go against the initial approach or evidence that the show might have strayed altered his concerns or both. But looking back now it is clear that a sense of metaphysical weight has always been a part of Battlestar Galactica and its elaborate and comprehensive construction in the shows last two seasons makes it all the more compelling. The more metaphysical aspects of the series have been shown in one form or another right from the start from Gaius Baltars constant efforts to discern the truth of the various visions that the Cylon Six seem to bestow on the Hidden Cylons and his own account. Presence. For the presence of the hybrid child Hera Agathon. But even with all of these elements running throughout the series nowhere does the Battlestar feel magical thinking and philosophical force stronger than in the Kara Starbuck Thrace arc played by Katee Sackhoff.

Starbuck begins the series as a rough sometimes how pilot who is often interested in the tangible things in her life whether its sex or the cockpit of her Viper. Then in season three things start to change. show's control over what's real and howStarbuck's she can affect her life in a tactile way turns into something else when she escapes from the fleet during an explosion and then somehow returns at the end of the season not only apparently alive but claiming that she knows the way down to earth. It is a moment when many fans were scratching their heads but it was ultimately worth it with the accuracy of the entire series. In the fourth and final season of Battlestar, all of creator Ronald de Moores's explorations of myth prophecy visions dreams consciousness, and free will are applied in a quest to save Hera and eventually reach Earth no matter what. For Starbuck that means not only using his years of experience but also investing in music to somehow save everyone. In the final three-partself-destructive episode, he realizes he can use the musical notation to create a set of coordinates ultimately tied to the song All Along the Watchtower to create a jump path for Galactica to Escape from Cylon Attack. What he finds on the other side of that leap the leap of faith to end all the leaps of faith is the land the home the colonial fleet and survivors have been waiting for for years.

 If you're not paying enough attention this decision for a series that began as a story of the human race struggling to survive a devastating and often realistic space attack might sound so comforting a machine has been uprooted out of nowhere. When the need arises only to finish things. However in the larger scheme of things it fits perfectly with the overall mission of the show to show us how humanity can resist and even triumph. Putting The Final Edition of Earth thousands of years in the past Moore and his companions bring us not only the story of how Galactica found a new home but also a new version of the Prometheus myth the birth of modern humanity through a twisting new arrival. A type of star. The show survivors descend as angelic characters making the noble decision to ditch their technology and start over with basically nothing but the wisdom they've gained. In Starbuck's case, the angelic angle becomes literal disappearing at the end of the show as a magical character hasStarbuck's achieved her goal of finally bringing her friends to Earth.

By putting Starbuck in this literal angelic mode at the end of the show and taking his journey to get into as much about art music as science spaceships and jump flights the show makes a statement. Creativity values. And beauty is as much as tactical ingenuity. Hera wrote some musical notes using crayons and Starbuck turned them into a melody and together they created the salvation and future of mankind. It is a magical story that proves Battlestar Galactica has always been as metaphysical as a physical journey and helps cement the shows standing as one of our great science fiction stories.