Battlestar Galactica

[Chris Miller]

If you've listened to show 21, you know how I felt about the BSG Finale. What did you think?  Also, do you feel that it casts a shadow across the rest of the series, or show the rest of the series be enjoyed for what it was?

[Natalie Metzger]

All I have to say about this is that I'm quite satisfied in my decision to only have watched the first episode or two, a spattering (by spattering, I mean a few minutes here and there) of the middle, and the last episode.

[Chris Miller]

Now, I'm curious: What made you make that decision? What did you see that turned you off?

[Natalie Metzger]

Honestly, the wobbly camera bugged the crap out of me. As silly as this reason is, that's how it shook out. Maybe one day I'll acclimate myself to wobbly cinematography enough to watch the entire series.

[Kris Johnson]

Honestly, the wobbly camera bugged the crap out of me...

That was a bit of a turn-off to me, too, especially in early episodes. I'm not really sure what the point was. I think it calmed down a bit after a while, or maybe I just got used to it.

[P.G. Holyfield]

Should be another option... "Happy with the character arcs at the expense of a coherent and satisfying plot."

[Chris Miller]

Oh no. Those writers need to be shot.

[asteigle]

I am just sad that now I have no reason to watch Sci Fi. . .or excuse me SyFy. Actually, then I guarantee I won't.

[asteigle]

Honestly this helped fill in the gap a bit, but it would have been better if they had spent less time on some of the meaningless flashbacks and put a bit more definition in: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/battlestar_galactica_ronald_d.html

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Much like the whole series, the finale embodied great moments and a roughly equal amount of "Wha?? Why?"

Also like the entire series, for me, I found the balance to tilt heavier on the "great" side, though.

[The Bearded Goose]

Wait... they did a remake of Battlestar Galactica? Holy shit.

[P.G. Holyfield]

In response to Chris's gasket-bursting semi-rant on ep. 21 about "has there ever been a series that ended with 'God did it.'" And I'm only at the 16 minute mark right now, so I'm not sure where you go with your discussion.

What if it wasn't God? I know people are calling Head Six and Head Baltar "angels" now, and Starbuck was truly resurrected by God.

But what if they weren't?

The last lines between Head Six and Head Baltar were:

Head Six: "Mathematics... Law of Averages... Let a complex system repeat itself long enough, eventually something surprising might occur. This too is in God's plan."

Head Baltar: "You know it doesn't like that name."

My thoughts... since "this has happened before, and will happen again"... and if that's true, and this has happened so many times before, then what if the true original cylon, millions of years old, has evolved to such a point that it has achieved universal consciousness, and can do things like create Head Six and Head Baltar, and resurrect without the need for a resurrection ship, and whatever else that is currently being explained as God or gods or fate, etc.?

I mean... since cylons have projection abilities... who is to say that a cylon millions of years old won't have the ability to project so well that it creates Head Baltar and Head Six.
and since cylons have their resurrection technology... who is to say that a cylon millions of years old won't be able to resurrect anything it wants to (even a burned up viper?)

I didn't like the repeated deus ex machina in the finale (the music converted to jump coordinates didn't bother me at all (two years of building on the music theme worked for me), but the payoff of the opera house and dead Racetrack firing the nukes made me cringe), but I like the idea that our perception of spirituality and destiny and God is actually the first robot that humanity created eons and eons ago... sort of taking V-GER from the original Star Trek movie to the nth degree...

And it doesn't like being called God.