Battlestar Galactica 4.09 The Hub
I've got the can't-be-bothereds about posting on BSG this week, in a major way. I watched the episode a day or so ago and have been procrastinating about posting. But the completionist in me is compelling me to post something. So here goes: ( nothing of consequence to say )
Yeah... I think I had another minor moment of epiphany in this episode about the writers genuinely feeling there is no more storytelling to be done with Lee and Kara. The focus on Adama and Roslin makes that more obvious than ever. They see them as where the UST and unresolved emotional issues are. Kara and Lee are 'closed' in the writers' minds.
Kara's characterization has been... weird to me this season. Don't even get me started on the whole Leoben thing.
Oh, I know. That's been one blessing. I'm so sad because I found Kara so strong in the first few episodes of the season. And I tried to run with the idea that it was because Kara was just desperate to find Earth, physically compelled even, that was why she tolerated Leoben and even expressed happiness at the basestar being her 'comet'. But now that she's back on Galactica and apparently no longer experiencing headaches at all even though they're no closer to Earth, it just doesn't hang together for me.
I really should approach eps this way. Whenever I indulge in that pesky optimism it only ever ends in disappointment
Heh, yeah that's what I found too. But 'Faith' beat all optimism out of me. I can't say it really helps not to have it though, because I still feel disappointed in episodes--just a different sort of disappointment--the disappointment of 'oh this is just what I expected'.
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*headdesk*
Oh, writers. Your stupidity astounds me.
it just doesn't hang together for me.
Same here.
'Faith' beat all optimism out of me.
It came very close to beating all the optimism out of me too. I somehow managed to hold onto it, but I definitely had to tone it down quite a lot. I miss the days when my optimism was rewarded. :(
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I felt like this episode almost got there. There were parts of it I really liked, but then they bogged it down with dodgy leaps again. Sine Qua Non was like that too, except with more Lee, which is always going to make me squee, but I'd say both eps were about on par in terms of balance of WTF to solid material, I think. I am writing off Season 4.0 and crossing fingers that Season 4.5 redeems the show. It's hard to hang on to hope though.
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