[Atrocities]

You know what the current story line reminds me of? How the US wiped out the american indians in the mid to late 1800's. They numbered in the millions and we all but exterminated them. We forced them from their lands, made them nomadic tribes, and when they finally settled down we swooped in and made them surrender. Eventually the call for blood was lessoned to the desire to "cage" what few of them remained.

We did this not because we were evil, but because we believed that God wanted us to win in order to build a nation. God guided our leaders of the time just as much as ambition and greed had. Perhaps this story line, albeit somewhat convaluted and too anchored in current events for my tastes, might in some way pay off for the overall story line of the series. Then again it could just be a bad idea in which the writers have locked themselves into and cannot seem to find a clever way out of.

It reminds me of the old Buck Rogers series, the one Glen Larson produced. It was on the air for a year, then off then it came back again but it wasn't the same. In stead of being earth based they change the story line so that they were now out in a space ship looking for the lost tribes of humanity or something. IT failed too last a full season.

Before that we had BSG 1978 and then two years later BSG 1980. Both were BSG but the second series just didn't have it.

In both of these examples the writers tried to save the series by changing what the series was about. Imagine if Lucas did that... oh wait he did. Bad example.

What I am trying to say is, they had a solid premis for a series and then they changed it. Why they changed it I don't know. But they did change it and now its not the same. I would say that I want them to go back too their roots but I know that won't happen. I am sure that in a few dozen episodes things will turn out fine and we will all be amazed by how well they pulled it off, but in the intrum, I am finding the journey a bit too dry and dusty to see the path clearly.