Edward James Olmos was soberly convincing as Commander Adama, a man facing the end times in the darkness of space.

FORBES: Spielberg's Falling Skies Not So Original

"Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War" combines historical footage, crisp narration by Edward James Olmos and interviews with a well-balanced group of historians.

FORBES: Remember the Maine

In the early episodes, Edward James Olmos growled and Colin Hanks snivelled as an Apocalypse-addled duo a professor and his flunky who sew together corpse-tableaux from the Book of Revelations.

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