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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [qb] It's even harder to watch if they are NOT supposed to be advanced. Fuck man, if I want the EXACT same military-drama crap, I'll watch JAG. At least there I can ogle Catherine Bell! :D How can you NOT be "advanced" when you've had FTL travel for years and years....? I think I'll go buy the Firefly DVD set instead (as I've not seen a single episode of that!) [/qb][/QUOTE]Define "advanced"? What is this nebulous state of being that you think comes hand in hand with spaceships and striped toothpaste? If I'm interpreting the show correctly then the 12 colonies are, or rather were a decaying culture. Seemingly more concerned with internal politics than a "trekian" need to explore the universe and expand cultural understanding. Sound like anyone we know? That aside, if you really must justify anything, consider that this civilisation is (was) made up of colonies, so already they're a remnant of something greater that came before and I wouldn't be surprised if the "advanced" FTL drive technology is also a remnant of that time. Even if the colonies developed the tech themselves then that still doesn't mean that everyone gets automatic enlightenment, wealth and prosperity. In the last century we, as a species have made some pretty long technological strides, but on the ground level, are we any more advanced, individually as say someone living 100, 1000 or maybe even 10,000 years ago? Are our motives or drives any more or less primitive than our ancient hunter gatherer ancestors? At least that's possibly some of the questions this series will be posing. Indeed, Baltar is the very definition of a "colonial human", by all accounts a brilliant, intelligent genius, but driven by his own self interest and appetites. While on the other hand, the Caprican Boomer is at the other end of the spectrum. Not that I want to discourage you from Firefly. That show rocks! :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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