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The original BattleStar Galactica (mostly a dog) was a 70's series - in that era, the Cylons were a tv shadow of the Soviet Union - a vast, impersonal empire out to mindlessly crush humanity. The new iteration is a great series - it's not campy, and it has real characters. The Cylons are very different. They aren't exactly robots, and their ships ssem to be cyborgs - living animals. Additionally, the series seems to be pulling themes from modern conflict. The Cylons seem to be religious - and their beliefs are different from those of humanity. In fact, it's starting to look to me like the Cylons consider humanity to be heretics. It's not clear if that's how things are going, but the writers are dropping a lot of hints that way - last night's episode in particular was fascinating (in deference to my readers down under, I won't reveal anything). In any case, I'm now very curious to see where they go with this.