The Pegasus storyline in the original was a cliff-hanger and brought in to save the ratings in the first season. Lloyd Bridges was the "stunt" casting. And a good choice - because both Bridges and Lorne Green had appeared on television Westerns back in the day. Sci-Fi is in an odd way the Western's child. And BSG had a lot in common with Bonzana and Wagon Train = which may be why a lot of adult viewers called it "Cattlecar Overactica" back in the day (some of them still do) LOL! At any rate - that arc was my favorite and the series does touch on it as well as the Apollo death arc in an interesting twist. Glenn Larson isn't a consultant on the new one for nothing - Moore does work hard to pay homage to it - in weird ways, which you do a brilliant job of pointing out above.
The references to "selecting" the fittest or "Darwinism" are very subtle, and sort of mildly hinted out. There's three episodes that hint at the whole thing. One of the general themes of S3 is "classism" or how people from "Caprica" are treated better than other planets in the fleet. Also there's a *strong* hint about the fact that a lot of people were smuggled aboard those ships. This is hinted at and brought up in the two episodes Jane Espenson worked on and wrote. (Oh by the way - Espenson has joined the writing staff for S4 of BSG - in case you are a fan of her writing.)
I agree with you on Helo - the poor guy has gotten saddled with the Dudley Do-Right - Self-Righteous role that used to belong to Apollo. In some ways I preferred the old Apollo's self-righteousness - because it was watered down with snarky humor and the "death-wish". Here, Helo at times comes across as a bit "one-dimensional" as a result of it. I still love the fact that Helo's self-sacrifice is responsible for getting Baltar and Boomer both back on board Galatica. Very ironic. The show is actually steeped in ironic moments. Have to love a writer who appreciates *irony*.
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The Pegasus storyline in the original was a cliff-hanger and brought in to save the ratings in the first season. Lloyd Bridges was the "stunt" casting. And a good choice - because both Bridges and Lorne Green had appeared on television Westerns back in the day. Sci-Fi is in an odd way the Western's child. And BSG had a lot in common with Bonzana and Wagon Train = which may be why a lot of adult viewers called it "Cattlecar Overactica" back in the day (some of them still do) LOL! At any rate - that arc was my favorite and the series does touch on it as well as the Apollo death arc in an interesting twist. Glenn Larson isn't a consultant on the new one for nothing - Moore does work hard to pay homage to it - in weird ways, which you do a brilliant job of pointing out above.
The references to "selecting" the fittest or "Darwinism" are very subtle, and sort of mildly hinted out. There's three episodes that hint at the whole thing. One of the general themes of S3 is "classism" or how people from "Caprica" are treated better than other planets in the fleet. Also there's a *strong* hint about the fact that a lot of people were smuggled aboard those ships. This is hinted at and brought up in the two episodes Jane Espenson worked on and wrote. (Oh by the way - Espenson has joined the writing staff for S4 of BSG - in case you are a fan of her writing.)
I agree with you on Helo - the poor guy has gotten saddled with the Dudley Do-Right - Self-Righteous role that used to belong to Apollo.
In some ways I preferred the old Apollo's self-righteousness - because it was watered down with snarky humor and the "death-wish". Here, Helo at times comes across as a bit "one-dimensional" as a result of it. I still love the fact that Helo's self-sacrifice is responsible for getting Baltar and Boomer both back on board Galatica. Very ironic. The show is actually steeped in ironic moments. Have to love a writer who appreciates *irony*.