Battlestar Galactica uses tense historical handshake as an inspiration for an episode

According to Chris Snellgrove
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Part of what Ronald Moore did Battlestar Galactica Show so popular that they often mix allusions to real events with his futuristic narrative. For example, all fans know that huge points of plotting in the show were to dramatize things such as consolidation of government power and approval of torture of America after September 11. But most of them Battlestar Galactica Fandom missed one connection in the real world in the episode “Colonial Day”: Handshake Plot on Zarek and President Roslin written to refer to Oslo and Accord from 1993.

Battlestar Galactica and Historical Handshake

For this story about Battlestar GalacticaHandshake history to make sense, you will need accidents in “Colonial Day”. This season 1 episodes President Roslin will rebuild the twelve -shop quorum to allow specially chosen individuals to represent their respective colonies. Tom Zarek, a man who tried to force Roslin before to resign, ended up running to a vacancy of the vice president, and the members of the press speculate about whether Roslin would run for a man who once openly resisted her authority.

The reason most Battlestar Galactica The fans did not speak of Handshake’s sub -Handshake as a specific reference that the show as a whole is immersed in modern politics. This included the policy of that time (most of the show serves as a criticism of the presidential administration George W. Bush) and the policy in space of the show (these characters spend much more time fighting each other than fighting cylones). However, it turned out that this moment was inspired by a slightly older historical event. Namely the Signature of Oslo and Accord from 1993.

If you are younger Battlestar Galactica Fan, you may not remember this event and a strange debate on Handshake that surrounded her. You can see that the real world press has been consumed by speculating whether the chairman of the Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin could overcome their relatively steep political differences and shake their hands. They did so and eventually did a history; It was the first time that the Plo and Israel formally recognized each other.

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Of course the only one in Battlestar Galactica It seemed that it really depends on whether there would be a handshake between Roslin and Zarek, are members of the press. The only reason why they appeared so prominent on a “colonial day” is that the previous mini -series revealed that most colonial passengers were various reporters and photographers. Inserting them into this episode shows that life returns to a certain appearance of normality for

The presence of surviving press and their role in this story was inspired by a mini -series that showed that most of the passengers on Colonial One at the time of the cylon attack was reporters and photographers; Their presence here also strengthens the theme that has returned to normal. However, this presence also appreciates the high betting of future episodes, because we know that any measure of President Roslin and commander Adama will be carefully explored.

And that’s all, people: not only is the “colonial day” standout episode Battlestar GalacticaBut he has a smaller handhake referring to a significant historical opportunity. All this serves as a reminder that no matter how many times you have watched the show, there is always something new. And our own turbulent national policy does it perfect It is time to re -renovate this iconic series. Let’s say everyone.