On Cliches

So I finally started watching Battlestar Galactica (the remake) last night. I think the writers must have read the big of book of cliched characters you need to have in your sci fi...

- Ace fighter pilot who happens to be rebellious and a woman (shock horror!)
- Low level politician who makes good after being thrust into a leadership role...
- Commanding officer with troubled past and family issues...
- Scientist with negotiable morality (OMG!)
- Disrespectful son of aforementioned commander...
- Drunken officer who puts people in danger!

The rest of them didn't really register. They just kinda stumbled around not really giving a shit about the fact their planets just got nuked to fuckery...

Also if you're not going to use music in any of your scenes whatsoever you'd better make sure you've got the best damned actors in the world... not a bunch a pretty pretty soap stars. Oh wait...