#Writephant 2026.0504 — A2. Do you have a favorite work that is either set in space or a celestial body that isn’t Earth?
Plenty. Not only do I write SF, I read it. However, let's stick to media.
I love Firefly. From beginning to end, it was weirdly interesting and fun, with a pure demonstration of how to lampshade facts you really don't want to have to explain. I'm often offended when obvious science is gotten wrong, but the characters and plot lines had their own consistent logic and I went with the quirkiness.
I also loved the last series version of Battlestar Galactica, except for the very last episode. They made a think about FTL rules, and I felt they got the military milieu exceptionally well, with the robotics explained well enough to make it all consistent and believable—except for the very end where the story went so far off the rails, it launched the locomotive directly to high orbit. Otherwise, good SF, showing how technology affects humans.
I'll give a shout out to Babylon 5 for mixing idealism and multiculturalism in a way much better than most TV SF ever did.
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While Commander Adama leads the rag-tag fleet of ships to the planet Kobol, where he hopes to find clues of Earth's location, the Viper pilots contract a disease, making it necessary for the women to take on fighter patrol duties. But the traitor Baltar leads the Cylons in an attack on the Galactica.
Was hat es nur mit dieser verfluchten Pegasus auf sich, dass ein kommandierender Offizier nach dem anderen kurz nach Antritt seines Postens ins Gras beißt? Immerhin ist der schnelle Abschied vom neuesten Battlestar-Commander Garner (RIP!) etwas würdevoller als der seines Vorgängers Fisk (RIP!), darf er sich doch in letzter Minute noch als Held beweisen. Der Weg dahin ist allerdings gepflastert von zickigen Wortgefechten mit Starbuck und Apollo, schlechten Entscheidungen und einer beinahe mit der Zerstörung der Pegasus endenden Raumschlacht. Phew! Außerdem: Wie steht es um die Moral von Laura Roslin? Britt-Marie und Patrick sind sich nicht ganz einig und spielen guter Cop und böser Cop.
While Commander Adama leads the rag-tag fleet of ships to the planet Kobol, where he hopes to find clues of Earth's location, the Viper pilots contract a disease, making it necessary for the women to take on fighter patrol duties. But the traitor Baltar leads the Cylons in an attack on the Galactica.
The Cylon Empire tricks the Twelve Colonies into believing they are striving for peace. Then they ambush the unprepared colonies and destroy the military's Battlestar fleet. One surviving Battlestar, the Galactica, under the command of Commander Adama, gathers the remaining humans and leads them in the search for the legendary 13th colony called Earth.
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