It's Like Crack for Your Eyes

So my plan was to do some segments on video games this week. However, I find myself with an addiction and I cannot focus on my regularly scheduled activity. I have a problem and I need to come clean to you all.

Hello. My name is George Moura, and I am addicted to Battlestar Galactica.

Battlstar Galactica was originally a TV series in 1978 that ran for a season with a spin-off movie in 1980. Bad ratings shut the show down, but it had developed a cult following. In 2004 a new, re-imagined series was produced.

Now a lot of my science-fiction geek friends have raved about this show to me for a long time. But, I'm not a huge sci-fi buff and "killer robots try and kill off the human race in space" sounded like the same old thing. So I wasn't all that interested, but I noticed the series was on Netflix and I decided to give it a shot.

....three days later and I've charged through two whole seasons (35 episodes about 45min each)... My mind is telling me to ignore things like class, work and the desire to eat or sleep so I can watch more of this show.

The basic plotline is as follows. Cylons are machines that the human race created to help them with their lives. The Cylons evolved, fought and nearly wiped out the human race. The last 50,000 survivors run from the Cylons in a space caravan defended by their single warship, the Battlestar Galactica. Meanwhile their tenuous government structure must try and keep the people together. Adding to the trouble are human-looking Cylons that have infiltrated the Galactica's fleet to to deceive and sabotage.

The show is like Star Trek meets The West Wing meets Homeland. It has won a Peabody Award, multiple Emmys and made Time Magazine's list of 100 greatest shows, among numerous other accolades. The series has spawned other geek materials like comic books, board games and an Mass-Multiplayer Online video game (which I may cover later to tie into what was supposed to be my theme this week....and feed my addiction)

Seriously check it out. Even for the non-nerd Battlestar Galactica is well made, dramatic and suspenseful television. It is the crack of Sci-fi. And if I haven't convinced you of its addictive quality, maybe this will: