Battlestar Galatica Season End (Spoilers)
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chris_gerribI watched the Battlestar Galactica season-ending episode Sunday. All I can say is "What The Fuck?"
Four major characters are Cylons? (Tyrol, Tigh, Roslin's sidekick and whats-his-face Starbuck's husband). This is confirmed by wikipedia citing a recent interview with Ron Moore. All this hype about a human-Cylon baby and we now discover that there are multiple hybrids? And WTF with Starbuck's sudden "I've been to Earth" return? Who built her Viper? (The last one blew up.)
It's become clear to me that Ron Moore doesn't have a coherent vision of his world. I'm not alone in that theory, see this site for a lengthy essay. Don't get me wrong - I'll still watch come January. But my reasons will be different. I was watching Battlestar because I wanted to see serious science fiction. Now I'll be watching a train wreck.
And that's a damn shame. Science fiction doesn't get much respect in the US. Too much Star Trek and Star Wars, the McDonald's and Burger King of science fiction. So now we get a good show, with serious stuff going on, and Moore decides to blow it for some cheap thrills?
When Ron re-imagined Battlestar, a bunch of fanboy types ran around with their hair on fire screaming "Ron will ruin it!" Looks like they were right.
Four major characters are Cylons? (Tyrol, Tigh, Roslin's sidekick and whats-his-face Starbuck's husband). This is confirmed by wikipedia citing a recent interview with Ron Moore. All this hype about a human-Cylon baby and we now discover that there are multiple hybrids? And WTF with Starbuck's sudden "I've been to Earth" return? Who built her Viper? (The last one blew up.)
It's become clear to me that Ron Moore doesn't have a coherent vision of his world. I'm not alone in that theory, see this site for a lengthy essay. Don't get me wrong - I'll still watch come January. But my reasons will be different. I was watching Battlestar because I wanted to see serious science fiction. Now I'll be watching a train wreck.
And that's a damn shame. Science fiction doesn't get much respect in the US. Too much Star Trek and Star Wars, the McDonald's and Burger King of science fiction. So now we get a good show, with serious stuff going on, and Moore decides to blow it for some cheap thrills?
When Ron re-imagined Battlestar, a bunch of fanboy types ran around with their hair on fire screaming "Ron will ruin it!" Looks like they were right.
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Date: 2007-03-28 06:09 am (UTC)That's what I thought as well. Two years ago my kids got me the original tv show's premiere episode ...
The hair .... the sets, the now so very dated special effects. The acting lord love us and keep us from Dirk Benedict. Okay, the effects were state of the art for the day and that I can forgive but the rest ... man it's not nearly as good as it was when I was in middle school.
You know what - my kids (12 and 7) like it a lot.
There is one redeeming scene in that episode. Zak's been killed, Adama and Apollo share a moment of anguish - and that moment is acting, brother - and then they're back to business and getting on with life because there is a lot of serious stuff to take care of and that is just what you do.