Why Do The People In Battlestar Galactica Favor Trapezoid & Octagonal Shapes Over Square & Oblong Ones?

By Sara Bellum On May 31, 2012 In Sara Bellum No Comments

Dear Sara,

Why do the people in Battlestar Galactica favor trapezoid and octagonal shapes over square and oblong ones? Not only were the corners of their papers clipped but things like ID badges, picture frames and even monitors and TV screens seemed to be trimmed to avoid a square profile.

Thanks,
Laura W.

Dear Laura,

The original concept was to show some small but fundamental differences between the universe of BSG and our own universe. It started on the first show and continued in the new BSG. Ronald Moore who was the Executive Producer of the 21st century series said “These people just hate right angles.” In an interview that he gave to the National Geographic he called it “the Davinci Code of Battlestar Galactica.” Of course that would not account for the why it was OK for them to use right angles in their architecture, machinery and even their clothing. I have a sneaking suspicion that the truth lays in a rumor about the network wanting the producers in the original series to keep production costs down. As a kind of insider joke they literally “cut corners” which in the long run cost a lot more money in time and customization.

-Sara Bellum

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Sara Bellum

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The name's Sara Bellum, and I'm the editor-at-large here at BuzzyMag - the hostess with the mostess, if you will. I like to think that my first calling is fighting crime and delivering a heaping dose of sweet, sweet justice to all manner of thugs, miscreants, hoodlums, ruffians, and ne'er-do-wells, but unfortunately, violent vigilantism doesn't exactly pay big bucks these days.

Times are tough, my friends, and I've got bills to pay, so I decided to put my encyclopedic knowledge of all things sci-fi & fantasy-related to use to help me land a day job. To tell you the truth, it's kind of a nice change of pace. My manicures have been lasting a bit longer lately.