The New Star Trek

The last couple days I’ve developed an addiction to a TV show. A TV show with a group of space-fairing characters looking for home. Sounds a little like Star Trek: Voyager?
The last couple days I’ve developed an addiction for a TV show with a charismatic leader taking his crew through hell and back. Sound like Star Trek: The Next Generation?
I’ve developed and addiction to a TV show about the crew aboard a ship that is more than a crew but a close knit group of friends that move on for the betterment of humanity. Sound like Star Trek in General?
Well it should, although these are superficial and elements chosen purely to their similarity to Star Trek there are many others, most hard to describe that give this new addiction the feel of what I love in Star Trek. Only thing is…. it’s not. I did just recently watch the last season of Star Trek: Enterprise. It was canceled after only 4 seasons. Before it the only Star Trek show to be canceled before season 7 was the original and it was doomed by stupid network execs and faulty rating systems. The point is that although I enjoyed it, Enterprise isn’t what Star Trek used to be.
My new addiction is Battlestar Galactica. Not the old series the new one that’s currently on the air. It’s absolutely amazing. I’d read reviews calling it “the best show on television… period.” I found them kind of hard to swollow. Although it does have some decent stuff the Sci-fi Channel isn’t really known for quality in it’s original shows. Quite frankly Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis are ok at best, they can’t lay a hand on The Next Generation though. BSG is simply amazing though. Good writing, great characters, fantastic story. Really it’s all there.
Battlestar Galatica is the new Star Trek.