The nerds are in the house

Anyone watch Battlestar Galactica?  I mean the new one. I've only been a part-time fan, but saw something that caught my attention.

I just got done watching the series summary show, peppered with interviews with the show's creative team, Ron Moore and David Eick.  Eick characterized character Gaius Baltar as, "...the show's libido.  He's equal parts Steven Hawking, Jim Morrison, and the backroom side of Bill Clinton." 

Wow. The nerds are in da hizzy. 

Only a couple of nerds would classify a gutless bookworm as "the show's libido" and give him a blonde model as a lover.  These guys clearly spent way too much time whacking off to Victoria's Secret catalogs as teenagers.   

I'm old enough to remember Lost in Space and am having trouble seeing Doctor Smith as  "the show's Hugh Heffner."

Maybe these sci-fi shows should have something analogous to a civilian review board.  Or an armed air marshal.  Say Vin Diesel or Tommy Lee Jones.  Someone to keep the nerds in line.  Just a thought.

Comments

[Chickenpig]

I really like the new Battlestar Galactica, but I would be more likely to say Gaius Baltar is the BG's Benedict Arnold. I must be the only female SciFi fan that doesn't find long, lanky, unwashed hair attached to a psychotic traitor attractive. :)

[missmuffet]

Come on, James Callis (Baltar) is much better looking the guy who played Doctor Smith. It's not that much of a stretch to see him hooking up with Tricia Helfer (Six)It's not like they cast some ugly freak for the part. And bookworm? When have you ever seen Baltar read anything? Baltar is a genius but he's not really a nerd. You are, of course, right about the gutless part.