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  1. Re:And religion? by ignoramus · · Score: 1 · on The Law and Politics of Battlestar Galactica

    if you're going to talk about politics and law, why not religion too

    Maybe because we already know it's all about mormons in space?

  2. Re:How far does "idea protection" go? by 2muchcoffeeman · · Score: 1 · on Lessig Defends Free Culture in Keynote
    Do you think that the original Battlestar Galactica TV show constituted theft of the ideas in Star Wars?
    Bad choice of reference. Now, if you had chosen the Book of Mormon instead of Star Wars, you'd have been more accurate.
  3. Mormon connection... by inblosam · · Score: 3, Informative · on Sci-Fi Channel Renews Battlestar Galactica

    To find out more about the connection, look at this commentary. If you want more in depth information about the Mormons, look at mormon.org, an official "info" site from the Church.

    Interesting to see the basis of some of the things in the show...

  4. Re:But it sucks by meadowsp · · Score: 2, Insightful · on New Battlestar Galactica Series Greenlighted

    There's a lot of congecture that the story they're telling is actually linked to mormons.

  5. Re:A quick and dirty review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series?

    I'm too young (mid 20's) to have seen the original series, except for a couple episodes re-run on Sci-Fi recently. I can't tolerate the old series. Bad acting, bad special effects, bad plots, bad music, bad everything. It's terrible. It's worse than the Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Time Travelers and all the rest. And those are pretty bad in their own right.

    I forced myself to watch the new Galactica movie and it sucked. I didn't care about any of the characters (not to mention, isn't Starbuck supposed to be a man? The guy from A-Team, I think?). There was hardly any action. The acting was okay, but that can't make up for not really being able to care about the characters themselves.

    And, last of all, why would I want to watch a movie/series that basically spreads the word of those crazy mormons?

    The Mormon/Battlestar Galactica Connection

    Battlestar Galactica and Mormonism

    Battlestar Galactica Blog

    Personally, I would rather watch a documentary about the mormons and how they believe in magically inscribed underwear to prevent harm from coming to them and how they believe that earth was created by a god from another planet and that everyone can become a god eventually and control their own planet and that you're doomed to hell if you don't worship.

  6. Re:Hurrah for mythos! by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 1 · on Grant Morrison On Battlestar Galactica Game

    Using a search engine with "Battlestar Galactica" and "mormon" will pull up quite a few, but to save you the trouble here is a link to a good resource with a bibliography. Larsen is himself a Mormon (as well as myself) and did what most writers do: write about what you know. Once you know the source material for the show, a lot of it takes on new meaning and at least for me, makes it a lot more fun to watch.

  7. Taking the Mormon stuff out? by 2muchcoffeeman · · Score: 1 · on Olmos Tells Fans: "Don't Watch Galactica"
    Does this mean that the new series (mini-series, microseries, attempt to make money, whatever) won't be a steaming truckload of Mormon propaganda like Glen Larson's was?

    Yes, I know that was insensitive. But it needed to be asked.