Helo Tymoshenko

Many of the actors, such as Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, captivate the viewers and pull them into believing that they are the characters they portray. Admiral William Adama refuses to commit war crimes, James Olmos's character is not a man worthy of worship but is just another guy. Mary McDonnell embodied something you rarely see on television, a consummate politician who is nevertheless treated sympathetically. She is a woman whose composure almost never ruffles, whose strength lies in her ability to dissemble expertly and act expediently when necessary. I can see the parallelism between cable news and the movie industry. Hollywood produces movies that are mostly produced for sex appeal and the profit, sometimes dumbing down science as seen in Inception, or antagonizing the Muslim world and stereotyping them in James Bond movies. American movies worthy enough of appraisal in European movie festivals are just as rare as charming and genuine TV series like Galactica. How often do we see in television a show that captivates our imagination, while holding on to sincere acting to express a story worthy of appraise? It beats the Twilight Zone in creating an allegory of the political and socioeconomic issues of its time. Like Rod Serling did with The Twilight Zone, Ronald D. Moore uses science fiction to write about current events. In this case, through science-fiction, we get a feel for the War on Terror.