Actually the reason given for not seriously considering non-US designs has to do with the Vietnam war. When followed the USA into that one the Swedes cut off our ammo - 84mm Carl Gustav, damn useful against the sort of Bunkers the VC used extensively - and the French threatened to cut off the spares for our Mirage fighters if we sent them. Both countries are now permanently out of contention for any significant purchase.
The Russians have major beefs with ammerican foreign policy and it is assumed they would cut off our spares too if we follow standard practice and follow our 'great and powerful allies' into something. like we always bloody do.
Not that I don't agree about the planes themselves probably being hot and all.
As a comparison, here it was competing against a british show called Blakes Seven, which substituted PLOT and CHARACTERS for all the stuff they couldn't afford and it was a much more interesting show. I mean the bad guys space suits were Belstaff motorcycle wet weather gear with a gas mask, and the various bases were all the same abandoned oil refinery shot from different angles...
As to the new BSG, well:
1/ how are the cylons hacking in when there is no outside connection - They are not on the internet after all, and putting a firewall/bastion server on any inter-ship datastream would seem more sensible than giving up networks IN the ship!!
2/ The total lack of attention to basic military concepts is annoying. The Vipers don't seem to fly/fight in any formation at all, and no attempt is made to get them into one.
Adama, as the captain of the Carrier, has no right to give orders directly to pilots, - all those special mission to Starbuck... - he has to go through the CAG, who has equal rank with him, at least that is USN practice. The Task Force commander, who commands both of them, is required to be a separate person, because the workload is too high for one person to do both, and there does not seem to be one for the refugee fleet. Who is in charge?
3/Why, after the death of the whole govenment except one minor cabinet member WHO IS DYING AND KNOWS IT didn't they IMMEDIATELY start selecting/electing an new government. This is not trivial, a society of 50,000 people like the fleet is equal to Classical Athens or Sparta in size, and WON'T WORK without a government. Why did it take a revolt by a KNOWN TERRORITST for The President to realise 'hey I'm dying of cancer, maybe we should have an election before I croak?'
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Actually the reason given for not seriously considering non-US designs has to do with the Vietnam war. When followed the USA into that one the Swedes cut off our ammo - 84mm Carl Gustav, damn useful against the sort of Bunkers the VC used extensively - and the French threatened to cut off the spares for our Mirage fighters if we sent them. Both countries are now permanently out of contention for any significant purchase. The Russians have major beefs with ammerican foreign policy and it is assumed they would cut off our spares too if we follow standard practice and follow our 'great and powerful allies' into something. like we always bloody do. Not that I don't agree about the planes themselves probably being hot and all.
As a comparison, here it was competing against a british show called Blakes Seven, which substituted PLOT and CHARACTERS for all the stuff they couldn't afford and it was a much more interesting show. I mean the bad guys space suits were Belstaff motorcycle wet weather gear with a gas mask, and the various bases were all the same abandoned oil refinery shot from different angles... As to the new BSG, well: 1/ how are the cylons hacking in when there is no outside connection - They are not on the internet after all, and putting a firewall/bastion server on any inter-ship datastream would seem more sensible than giving up networks IN the ship!! 2/ The total lack of attention to basic military concepts is annoying. The Vipers don't seem to fly/fight in any formation at all, and no attempt is made to get them into one. Adama, as the captain of the Carrier, has no right to give orders directly to pilots, - all those special mission to Starbuck... - he has to go through the CAG, who has equal rank with him, at least that is USN practice. The Task Force commander, who commands both of them, is required to be a separate person, because the workload is too high for one person to do both, and there does not seem to be one for the refugee fleet. Who is in charge? 3/Why, after the death of the whole govenment except one minor cabinet member WHO IS DYING AND KNOWS IT didn't they IMMEDIATELY start selecting/electing an new government. This is not trivial, a society of 50,000 people like the fleet is equal to Classical Athens or Sparta in size, and WON'T WORK without a government. Why did it take a revolt by a KNOWN TERRORITST for The President to realise 'hey I'm dying of cancer, maybe we should have an election before I croak?'