A short history of the BSG universe (SPOILERS)

Here is a short history of the universe according to Battlestar Galactica.


Don't read any further if you haven't seen the finale.




2009 - You are here.
Anytime you are at a newspaper stand look for Ron Moore, Gauis Baltar and Caprica Six. Then ask yourself, 'Why am I at a newspaper stand when all this information is free online?'"


150,000 years ago - Admiral Adama leads the remnants of the colonies to a new planet (our planet) that is just getting started. The humans who live there are soooo old they don't even have their own language. They all sound like Maurice Chevalier.
Also, Starbuck performs every action the plot required and disappeared without a word of explanation. She was either a Dues Ex Machina or a Ghost in the Machine. You pick.

150,000 years before that - 5 Cylons manage to invent a bunch of other cylons and give them the ability to resurrect themselves making them functionally immortal. It's a good thing too, because their planet (which is not our planet even though they're calling it Earth) is about to be destroyed in a nuclear war.


Sometime before that - God creates humans. He gives them a heck of an imagination.


As for the finale, I liked it. I really, really liked it.