Battlestar Galactica confirma que el mayor enemigo nunca fueron los Cylons
Originalmente creada como competidora de Star Wars, una de las mayores óperas espaciales no alcanzó su verdadero auge hasta que se volvió más parecida a Star Trek. En lugar de una visión optimista del futuro de la humanidad, Battlestar Galacticaera una visión cínica de su pasado lejano. Porque los Cylons nunca fueron el mayor enemigo de los humanos supervivientes, fue su propia mezquindad y miedo.
No es casualidad que la serie reiniciada fuera desarrollada por Ronald D. Moore después de que terminara una larga etapa escribiendo para Star Trek. El fan de toda la vida revolucionó y desafió los ideales del universo de Gene Roddenberry, pero no pudo cambiar tanto. No ocurrió lo mismo con el universo creado por Glen A. Larson en 1978. Moore mantuvo a los Cylons como la amenaza abierta, pero reinventó casi todo lo demás y convirtió a los humanos en su peor enemigo.
El carácter de la humanidad es la principal diferencia entre Star Trek y Battlestar Galactica
Al igual que Star Trek y todas las grandes epopeyas de ciencia ficción, Battlestar Galactica utilizó su fantástico escenario ficticio para contar una historia sobre el mundo real contemporáneo. Tras varios intentos fallidos de continuar la historia original con su propia versión de La Nueva Generación, Universal optó por un reinicio completo.
Con la libertad creativa que Moore nunca tuvo en Star Trek, pudo crear una nueva serie basada en una base alegórica inspirada en los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001 y la posterior "guerra contra el terrorismo".
Que la mayoría de la humanidad haya superado los conflictos mezquinos y los prejuicios es una de las mayores fortalezas de Star Trek. Esto le da al universo de Roddenberry su perspectiva única y optimista y aspiracional, que sigue siendo una rareza en la ciencia ficción. Incluso cuando los antagonistas eran fuerzas poderosas como el Dominio o los Borg, los héroes siempre tenían que llegar a la altura de los ideales de la Flota Estelar y la Federación. Pero, irónicamente, eso también puede presentarse como su mayor debilidad dramática.
The greatest difference between the Battlestar Galactica reboot and Star Trek is that there is no agreed-upon moral standard for humanity to eventually meet. So, in the wake of the attempted genocide by the Cylons, the surviving humans are at odds about what to do in response.
They are united by the common cause of survival, but how to achieve that creates deep internal conflicts. Also, unlike the post-scarcity economy in Star Trek, the humans in Battlestar Galactica struggle for basic resources.
Battlestar Galactica no es cínico, sino un reflejo alegórico de su época
Perhaps the greatest parallel between Battlestar Galactica and the real-world post-9/11 is how much fear drives decision-making. In the immediate wake of the attacks that destroyed the Twelve Colonies, people rallied. The crew on Galactica, which was supposed to be decommissioned, went into action to try to stop further destruction.
Other people, both military and civilian, tried to save as many people as they could. Yet, when the realization that the fleet carrying 50,000 survivors represented the whole of the human race set in, cracks started to form.
The greatest weapon the Cylons had wasn't nuclear bombs or their starfighters, but rather their ability to look like humans. This meant that people turned on each other, seeing enemies everywhere they looked. Rather than uniting against an external threat of Cylon attack, the characters feared "sleeper cell" type attacks.
This extended beyond just Cylons to simply marginalized groups within the survivor fleet. In fact, one of the darkest episodes of Battlestar Galacticainvolved the destruction of a ship with hundreds of innocent people on a hunch. This wasn't late in the series, either. It was the first episode of the show's first season after the miniseries.
A recurring source of tension amongst the survivors was the struggle between their society's civic ideals and cold authoritarianism. Civil liberties were often discarded in the name of safety and security. This led to Commander Adama's temporary military coup against President Roslin, all in the name of keeping the fleet safe.
Later in the series, Roslin tries to rig an election in order to keep Gaius Baltar from winning. Characters gave in to military or religious extremism, justifying torture and mass casualty events.
Battlestar Galactica is a chilling reflection of its time, presenting its saga of violence, fear and moral decay as a cycle that "happened before and will happen again." The Cylons were a genuine threat, but throughout the larger arc of the series, humanity's failings were the greatest and most persistent enemy.
If Star Trek is a sci-fi universe that imagines humanity at its best, this is one that shows us at our worst. Battlestar Galactica is a profound warning that came at a time when humanity in the real world needed it most.
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