So Say We All!

Oh Lord, it's been a while again hasn't it? And after I promised myself I'd keep up to date as well. Silly me.

Anyway, advanced warning: in this post I'm gonna be talking about my reactions to the finalé of Battlestar Galactica. If you haven't seen it but do intend to see it at some point DO NOT READ IT! Spoilers ahoy.

Point of no return right here.

OK?

I loved it. Overall. Battlestar Galactica is (was?) one of my favourite programmes. I'm not going to spout off about its genius here, but suffice to say that it's probably the most intelligent science fiction programme ever created. And if you've paid heed to my warnings, then you should already know this, because you'll have watched it yourself. So I'll not babble.

Anyway, I did have one problem with Daybreak Part 2 and 3. After the crew found Earth (our Earth, I should say), it all got a bit preachy. I know the mantra 'All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again' has been spouted pretty much since the start. That's fine. But seriously?

Half the time, the dialogue seemed to be built around 'Oh woe is us, technology has been our downfall and it shall be yours too' or words to that effect. Especially when Lee was walking with his father along the plains of Africa just after they'd landed. It kinda ruined it a little for me. And it really was just a little. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter. The show, as a whole got the ending it deserved. And at least it finished completely closed (what with it being 150,000 years in the past and all) so there won't be any stupid cash-in continuations. (Apart, of course, from the spin off called Caprica, which I can live with, and one more TV movie from the Cylons' perspective. That too I can live with. Any more is pushing it a little though.)

Anyway, one thing that a lot of people seem to have a problem with is the seemingly random turn for the spiritual. Y'know, with it turning out to be all part of God's grand plan for humanity. (Although "It doesn't like to be called that," apparantly.) I suppose it's always been there under the surface, but I can sort of see why revealing Head Six and Head Baltar (and Starbuck The Second) as Angels has got some peoples' backs up.

I'm fine with it though. I mean, it's a bit of fantasy in an otherwise hardcore sci-fi programme, but it served to wrap things up nicely enough, as well as conveniently explaining away several plotholes. Also loved how All Along The Watchtower was far more instrumental (no pun intended) in the whole series.

All in all, I think it worked really bloody well. I could have done without Lee et al explaining why we're all going to die in the near future, but hey ho. Bottom line is this: if Lost ends anywhere near as well then I'll be perfectly happy. You've gotta appreciate BSG for what it is anyway: not everyone was ever going to like the ending no matter what happened. It was still a great show, and deserves to be remembered as such.