BSG Finale.
Battlestar Galactica 4.22
I... Disappointed. I'm perplexed as to how RDM thought this kind of "giving up technology to live amongst the natives" thing was great! Also? No major deaths? No Starbuck going down, she just... vanishes? Is that a death? And how Starbuck came back? Well it was just unexplained, but that was the point! A LEAP OF FAITH!
I'd love to write about how great the first hour was, but I can't. I can't because that last hour, and specifically last thirty minutes in which each group of characters slowly goes their seperate ways, ruined it. I can't even look back fondly on the series right now. I expected to be a bawling mess. I mean, I'm talking Alias bawling. And I cried a little during the first half as the Opera House Scene came together (CALLED IT BTW!)... But that was it. There was no Starbuck, Lee, or Bill death! Not at all! Not that I wanted any of them to die, but since this was a series finale, and this show is Battlestar Galactica, I expect some tragedy. I expect some shocking deaths.
I can't even gripe about pacing. I was going to, but all the revelations were cop outs, and pacing wouldn't have helped. Maybe it that fight scene had been longer and the good-byes had been WAAY shorter. Oh lord I was so sick of them on Earth, I just wanted the show to end at that point. When they just went about adopting hunter-gatherer lifestyle, I wanted the show to be over. That was just so out of my comprehension. I do not get how there weren't major objections or qualms. What's wrong with setting up government and trying to have a civilization? Why is that such a problem? And do they know they're giving up protection and medicine and other things that people need. I'm waiting for the BSG miniseries: "Epidemic", where we watch most of the survivors dying off because they either contracted a disease or are being slaughtered by the natives or by the lions they're settling with. That's just bullshit.
Oh, and I've been a big fan of the Baltar-is-Jesus movement, I really have been. As I rewatched "The Hand of God" today, one of my all-time favorites, I still got excited watching Baltar being an instrument of God. So, having those head visions really be Angels, or God and a sexy woman, or Gods, or whatever they were wasn't too shocking. I *hated* how they broke the fourth-wall with their "Robots will take over the world!" It would have been nicer to have two REAL characters discussing something like it while a montage of our modern Earth played by. The way RDM did it seemed overly camp and awkward. It just didn't fit with the tone of the show, at all.
I WISH I WAS SAD! I wish I was having a nice cry. Instead I'm kind of just stewing on the end... I'm disappointed, I'm frustrated... I just wish these emotions were connected to characters rather than the conclusion. *sigh* I'll eventually move on. I have other shows. I've just been focused on BSG for so long now, it's strange that I won't be waiting for a new season to begin.
Maybe in a week I'll talk about it more. I've had plenty of experience with mixed emotions with Doctor Who in the past, so I'll make it through this for sure. At least there were no parallel universes involved.
I... Disappointed. I'm perplexed as to how RDM thought this kind of "giving up technology to live amongst the natives" thing was great! Also? No major deaths? No Starbuck going down, she just... vanishes? Is that a death? And how Starbuck came back? Well it was just unexplained, but that was the point! A LEAP OF FAITH!
I'd love to write about how great the first hour was, but I can't. I can't because that last hour, and specifically last thirty minutes in which each group of characters slowly goes their seperate ways, ruined it. I can't even look back fondly on the series right now. I expected to be a bawling mess. I mean, I'm talking Alias bawling. And I cried a little during the first half as the Opera House Scene came together (CALLED IT BTW!)... But that was it. There was no Starbuck, Lee, or Bill death! Not at all! Not that I wanted any of them to die, but since this was a series finale, and this show is Battlestar Galactica, I expect some tragedy. I expect some shocking deaths.
I can't even gripe about pacing. I was going to, but all the revelations were cop outs, and pacing wouldn't have helped. Maybe it that fight scene had been longer and the good-byes had been WAAY shorter. Oh lord I was so sick of them on Earth, I just wanted the show to end at that point. When they just went about adopting hunter-gatherer lifestyle, I wanted the show to be over. That was just so out of my comprehension. I do not get how there weren't major objections or qualms. What's wrong with setting up government and trying to have a civilization? Why is that such a problem? And do they know they're giving up protection and medicine and other things that people need. I'm waiting for the BSG miniseries: "Epidemic", where we watch most of the survivors dying off because they either contracted a disease or are being slaughtered by the natives or by the lions they're settling with. That's just bullshit.
Oh, and I've been a big fan of the Baltar-is-Jesus movement, I really have been. As I rewatched "The Hand of God" today, one of my all-time favorites, I still got excited watching Baltar being an instrument of God. So, having those head visions really be Angels, or God and a sexy woman, or Gods, or whatever they were wasn't too shocking. I *hated* how they broke the fourth-wall with their "Robots will take over the world!" It would have been nicer to have two REAL characters discussing something like it while a montage of our modern Earth played by. The way RDM did it seemed overly camp and awkward. It just didn't fit with the tone of the show, at all.
I WISH I WAS SAD! I wish I was having a nice cry. Instead I'm kind of just stewing on the end... I'm disappointed, I'm frustrated... I just wish these emotions were connected to characters rather than the conclusion. *sigh* I'll eventually move on. I have other shows. I've just been focused on BSG for so long now, it's strange that I won't be waiting for a new season to begin.
Maybe in a week I'll talk about it more. I've had plenty of experience with mixed emotions with Doctor Who in the past, so I'll make it through this for sure. At least there were no parallel universes involved.