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Battlestar's "Daybreak:" The worst ending in the history of on-screen science...
Battlestar Galactica attracted a lot of fans and a lot of kudos during its run, and engendered this sub blog about it. Here, in my final post on the ending, I present the case that its final hour was...
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Rewatching the show with my girlfriend. Didn't like the ending but tolerated it before. I am even more disappointed the second go-around and reliving all the building blocks of what could have been an...
View ArticleGod Complex
The problem with making God an essential part of a storyline is that it is not God that controls the story--it's the writers. The reason Starbuck gets her acclaim has nothing to do with any God in the...
View ArticleGimme a Fraking Break.
I just watched the entire series in about a month and I have to say I actually enjoyed it all the way through. I thought the ending fit the series as a whole and it created a nice emotional bookend for...
View ArticleAlternate Ending
I would have thrown out the entire connection to our world and left it in its own fantasy universe, or just set it in the future. I had been brainstorming explanations for Kara's miraculous return, and...
View ArticleI Can't Really Agree With This...
If you don't want to be judged by the textbook, then don't bring the textbook into the story. That's particularly true in science fiction, where nobody makes you try to prove that warp drive works, but...
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Excelent article. Untilt t ending I was a fan of BSG and posted often on a BSG forum. I too hated the finale and argued this same case to my forum mates. Soon enuf I grew tired of my arguments falling...
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I have just finished watching the entire series on Netflix, watched a good few episodes as they were broadcast but never managed to follow the whole thing and missed the last series anyway, great to...
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I didn't like the ending. My criticisms are best outlined in JRR Tolkien's "On Faerie stories." I don't think Deus ex-machina is always bad, but it becomes unrealistic if reality changes too much, or...
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I'd given up on the show by season 2, had my rage reconfirmed with the new idiocies the fans were bitching about, knew it had gone off the rails with Watchtower and the Final Five retcons, and I'm so...
View Article12 Colonies
12 colonies... why are they called like that?? Who colonized them? It's logical to think that BSG was set in the future and that Earth was the starting point. That would be a good link with reality. In...
View ArticleI Mostly Agree, But...
Thanks for this great essay! I really disliked the ending for many of the reasons you gave. In my own mind, I just treat the show as though it ended with "Revelations," since it's a far better ending...
View ArticleI thought it was just another luddite ending
I guess there was way more wrong with it, but the "lets go back to nature" ending is so old hat it feels like it was pulled out of an old hat.
View ArticleBSG is Mormon Myth
In reply to Battlestar's "Daybreak:" The worst ending in the history of on-screen science fictionBSG has always been based on Mormon myth. This is no secret and can researched on google by anyone who...
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In reply to BSG is Mormon MythBSG was based on mormon mythology, and the creator, Larson is LDS. However, Moore and the new crew are not of that faith, and while the names and a few of the plot points...
View ArticleTruth.
In reply to There's another problem withI just want to say: WORD. That is a great summation. While Brad has listed many flaws, and I myself have outlined some major character issues, this is a...
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In reply to Battlestar's "Daybreak:" The worst ending in the history of on-screen science fictionOne of the most offensive aspects of the ending was the twin heavy-handed, father-knows-best Public...
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