tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post6230788911525327684..comments2019-09-05T11:04:36.146-07:00Comments on I Hate My DVR: Battlestar Galactica: Series FinaleBigmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04885083460724621786noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-53399561885211708752009-08-16T12:38:27.770-07:002009-08-16T12:38:27.770-07:00David-
Not that you will ever read this but Lost ...David-<br /><br />Not that you will ever read this but Lost over came your fear of Ellen being Jacob, lol. Mark P. as Jacob is/was? brilliant and has only brought more depth to the character.<br /><br />I was ok with the ending of BSG. Agree about Ellen being the 5th as just asinine. Also, All Along The Watch Tower just bugged me as being thematically important. The song has to much pop culture relevance to introduce it into a separate mythology. That coinciding with the reveal of the final five almost did BSG in for me and it wasn't until today that I actually finished the series.neolokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428457820273320110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-68914849534136990782009-03-23T13:25:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:25:00.000-07:00Hi Big. LantzDogg here. I was pumped that you de...Hi Big. LantzDogg here. I was pumped that you decided to write about the last episode of BSG.<br>Personally, I was pleasantly surprised by the finale. The writing has been so choppy this season that I just thought the writers might blow it. They didn't (for the most part). The fact that they went the route of not having a Disney-esque ending of peace with the cylons, thanks to Galen’s revenge on Tory, and the epic chaos that ensued, really elevated the series ending in my mind. I mean really, did you expect Cavil to blow his head off? Great stuff. Perhaps that was an offering to the loyal viewer for the decision to make Helen the final cylon…the MOST disappointing revelation I can remember. Helen? And then in the end, she really didn’t play much of a role. Would have been so much more riveting to find out that it was in fact Adama or Balltar…but Helen? <br>I will skip through my feelings about the action, the killer battle scenes, which I am confident the die hard BSG fan felt good about in this last episode, and concentrate my remarks about the mythology, particularly about Starbuck:<br>What I took away from her sudden disappearance at the end was that Starbuck was in fact the manifestation of the Archangel Gabriel, a guiding angel for humanity. She was the highest of all angels, charged with sharing the “greatest” news, but in this scenario, not the birth of Christ, but a way to earth, and a new beginning (genesis?). <br>The bible tells us that Gabriel started wars and was the “strength of God.” Both of these are apt descriptors for Starbuck. She was the strongest of the humans, the most fierce, the most likely to start and finish a fight.<br>Gabriel is the patron saint of messengers (Starbuck, the ultimate messenger).<br>I am taken by Leoben’s statements in previous episodes, “everything has happened before, and will happen again” not just to mean that humanity would follow the same path, but in fact that Starbuck would again lead humanity to a new civilization. <br>Gabriel took human form while on earth, ascending into heaven upon completion of his mission…and descends onto earth when needed. Starbuck leads the tribe to Old Earth; reincarnated to lead humanity from Caprica to New earth. Hence, Starbuck is left with a wonderful feeling when she last sees Apollo, knowing she has completed her mission, and she then ascends back to the heavens…only to be reincarnated 150,000 years later when Nuevo Earth goes down that same path.<br>I am confident that I am down a path far from the writer’s intent. But I like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-42886191190010024762009-03-23T19:24:00.000-07:002009-03-23T19:24:00.000-07:00Meh. Starbuck vanishes. Divine intervention at eve...Meh. Starbuck vanishes. Divine intervention at every turn. Just like with Lost, I did not watch for the first 3 years, then got caught up in a marathon setting (thx to bittorrent). So I was lucky in that I could skip ahead for BSG when the going got slow. While I watched at normal speed all episodes from this last half of the season, I found myself fast forwarding through the last episode. In that same limited attention style...<br><br><b>Battle scenes:</b> Boring. No tension whatsoever - the raptor/viper/raider bits in particular. Waste of a good portion of the time.<br><b>The strip club:</b> Sheesh. One more rebel yell and I was going to just stop watching.<br><b>The day job:</b> Was there really any reason for the admiral to be retiring? So why did we have to watch his decision process so closely? No tension whatsoever.<br><b>The boarding party:</b> Nothing like blind chance to secure your victory. Although the returning of the favor was actually a good bit.<br>The deal gone bad. Great part actually, Galens revenge, Cavil blowing his head off. Both were done very very well, not overdone. If you werent watching closely, you would have missed Cavil, so desperate to not live the mortal life, just deciding to off himself. Those two bits actually stuck with me after the show. The speech though - while no complaints about it, it always bothers me when time stops while the wise man speaks. Adama has the situation under some control, and who invited the negotiator?<br><b>A DNA match???:</b> Sorry, divine intervention. Woohoo. How about a moral dilemma instead?? Why arent the native population the neandertals, and the humans showing up are the reason why they died out? Too much trouble I guess.<br><b>Did I mention?:</b> Starbuck vanishes??? At this point, who cares, so why add in one final open question?<br><br>Aside from my overwhelmingly negative opinions on the final episode, I do love the idea of the show. Great carrier battles in space struck me as wicked cool as a kid, and given the trilogy of epic sci-fi - *Wars, *Trek and BSG v1.0, I would always go with Adama and company. Just sorry it got bogged down so much along the way.Mark Cloudenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997739896332846696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-61475956018561522482009-03-25T10:24:00.000-07:002009-03-25T10:24:00.000-07:00Well I must say I was happy with the culmination o...Well I must say I was happy with the culmination of events. I won't go into depth of detail in regards to mythology but I will say that all in all BSG was a fantastic journey from start to finish, bot within and outside the show, a real labor of love. In regards to the final episode - and more specifically the final 40 minutes - I am pleased that they decided to emphasize the beauty of their new found Home, there was a true lump in my throat as Adama and Roslyn flew across the waters, cliched perhaps but something I would have wanted for them regardless.<br><br>There was a show around in the 80's (it covered all aspects of science and the human race, but for the life of me I can't remember the name) that ran the theory that eventually Humans (and all civilizations) reach technological proficiency and ultimately destroy themselves (they ran multiple calculations (again I can't remember the name of this show, but it was fantastic) through Nuclear war. I couldn't help but be reminded of this when the final credits rolled on BSG and I found myself agreeing with the writers choice of ending.<br><br>As for Starbuck, I think the beauty of this lies in whatever you want to believe yourself. Me? Well I think she finally found peace. I'm gonna miss the frakkin' show, you will be missed BSG, but not forgotten.<br><br><br>EDIT: found the show I was referencing: <br><br>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081846/usercommentsGarethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18432963792981843945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-76350155285251922222009-03-25T12:48:00.000-07:002009-03-25T12:48:00.000-07:00Have you ever read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Ga...Have you ever read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Adam's?<br><br>Moore borrowed way to heavily from them for the Finale.<br><br>Including the 2nd earth,Aliens landing and interbreeding with cavemen, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-14622306910462251902009-03-26T10:32:00.000-07:002009-03-26T10:32:00.000-07:00I am a huge Battlestar fan, but truthfully I watch...I am a huge Battlestar fan, but truthfully I watched only three of this final "Seasons" episodes, and then watched the finale. I loved the show but couldn't find the time after the hiatus - I think once Kara Thrace found her corpse on Earth, it was basically done. In a good way, of course, but done.<br><br>My point is one of worry and also one of resignation. After last night's Ho Hum Lost episode, I am worrying about the inevitability of the "reveals" being on par with BSG reveals - basically, seemingly insignificant and random. Take for example, who is the fifth cylon? Ellen Tigh. Ok, it works on some level, and it was explained, and it "fits," per se, as much as the end of the series "fits" the rest of it. It's what Moore et al wanted, but I didn't necessarily agree it was the best possible outcome (and judging by your fanfic proposed new ending, you feel similar).<br><br>So, in relating this to Lost - what if Jacob turns out to be as interesting as Ellen Tigh? "Jacob is... Jack!" or some such nonsense - vaguely explained, ultimately non-essential. Of course, I ultimately trust Lost scribes, and believe they have created my favorite show in television history, no question. But as BSG, an incredible show in itself, proved, not many ever deliver on the promise of greatness.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09478925177366235641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673564878110539219.post-53648963091986371522009-03-28T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-28T09:51:00.000-07:00I liked your ending even better. You should get t...I liked your ending even better. You should get those big bucks. CrisCrisnoreply@blogger.com