Gods dammit, now I need to go back and re-watch Battlestar Galactica because that show was just phenomenal. No laser swords, blasters, phasers, or aliens. Just Marines with M-16s and grenades up against robotic warriors. Starfighters that use bullets. Capital ships with flak guns, torpedoes, and nuclear warheads. And space battles that actually acknowledge the frakin zero G environment they fought in.