Open thread. Talk about the series finale here. Loved it? Hated it? Wish it meant another few years? Have at.
Spoilers? Yes, absolutely. Fights? Only if they’re polite.
Open thread. Talk about the series finale here. Loved it? Hated it? Wish it meant another few years? Have at.
Spoilers? Yes, absolutely. Fights? Only if they’re polite.
I thought they pulled off a solid and fitting ending. I did want more clarification on exactly what Starbuck was as a messenger, but I can cope. Nice touch at the end to state, “It doesn’t like being called that.” “God” seems likely to be a giant computer with some impressive projection capabilities from who knows how many trials ago.
That’s the narrative consistency I want in a series.
Would it be heretical of me to say that overall the series left me kinda cold? But I liked many of the special effects.
Heretical? Perhaps not, but I’d love to hear why.
Beyond the sets, I never much noticed the special effects. Found that a strength of the series; unlike other story driven sci fi, like Babylon 5 or Farscape, where a misstep on a effects could suck the drama right out of a scene.
I have to agree. The metaphysical wankery (I’m really unsure what other label fits, here) was pretty generally unsatisfying.
And the humans from the future founded the human race theme is worn thin in the science fiction community. I understand wheel of fate references, but there wasn’t anything fresh to this.
And the Kara Thrace is an angel bit? Really? I could have done with a series that consistently took itself seriously throughout and didn’t cop out with a play at some deep meaningful moral message at the end.
And why did Cavil, after all his fighting and struggling and refusing to die out suddenly decide that suicide was an option? Really?
Too many loose ends sloppily tied. Too long spent on a meandering exploration of some higher metaphysical meaning. Tried to be too much.
I agree with a lot of this. Awesome moments though. Spoilers follow.
How could they top dropping into atmo with a battlestar (as they did on New Caprica)? Just exactly how they boarded the Colony ship, that’s how!
I really enjoyed the projection part with the CIC/Opera House. It jived completely with cylon perception.
The centurions get their freedom.
President Romo Lampkin. Awesome.
I liked the very last where they showed the real-life robots they are building in Japan. “WTF?” I thought “We are building cylons…again!”
Ron Moore had an M. Night moment. Not so much.
See, I thought the spiritual elements, while admittedly spiritual, existed completely within the constructed narrative. They also give you plenty of tools (namely cylon projection abilities) to fabricate a rational explanation for everything that happens, given a sufficiently advanced technological force behind the scenes.
I admit that I felt inclined toward a few extra peaks behind the curtain of mystery, but you can’t make a show about the duality of belief without acknowledging the limitations of human knowing. What makes our assumptions so vital to functionality and so insidious to accuracy rests completely in our inability to know all the facts and our need to operate within those limitations. So while not perfect, I thought the ending stayed true to its core.
And the grappling match between the colony and Galactica paid off quite satisfactorily as a space battle.