I miss MST3K.

It sounds like the new SFC Battlestar Galactica series will be an ideal candidate for the MST3K treatment........

As for the original TV series....it was typical televsion. It had its interesting points, but the stories were often just plain silly / stupid.

I agree with hauksdottir - dragging that irritating kid along on planetside missions - how many high-security military facilities are regularly infiltrated by 7-year old stowaways and their cute pets? And, of course, every military troop going on a critical mission will include a 7 year old or two in their personnel rosters. Happens all the time.

Of course -- on at least one issue the original BSG was more realistic than Star Trek. The issue is this: a ship's captain DOES NOT GO OUT on field missions, in hostile territory, with a few red-shirt guards and several of his command-grade officers.....while leaving his ship's crew behind to fend for itself. No, a real ship's captain orders his troops out on missions. Then, the captain himself stays on the bridge, and directs matters from there.

At least, BSG usually did it that way, unlike Star Trek.

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