Perhaps the ending of Battlestar Galactica faltered (I appreciated it, for what it's worth, and was far more content to muse on the ending's meaning conceptually than perhaps I would have done with some other ending), but I mean, it's weird to me that so many people are immediately dismissive of Caprica because of it, when Caprica has never been marketed as "BSG, but like, prequel!" It just hasn't been the case.
Jane Espenson is one of the writers for Caprica (from what I understand), which is a big reason I was excited about it to begin with.
For me it comes down to not trusting the same creative folks to wrap up a series with any kind of satisfying (for me) conclusion. I tend to be into this kind of show less for the musing on meanings and more for the worldbuilding and consistency. (not that either option is inherently superior, or that it's impossible to like both, that's just where I come at much of sci-fi from)
I found the BSG survivors' decision of "let's throw all our tech into the sun and condemn our descendants to the bubonic plague" to be both dumb and inconsistent - since when have the survivors ever agreed on any course of action, let alone one that drastic?
Sorry, ranting off topic. The inconsistency of the ending like that just made me not trust the worldbuilding, which was much of the reason I liked BSG. So when something else is set in the same universe... I was skeptical.
so, if there's a moral to this story, it's: Thank you for telling me I was wrong in a way that actually changed my mind :)
Maybe I need to watch the last couple eps again, but I got the impression that they took tech with them that would keep them from harming the indigenous people of Earth, and blew up any of the tech that had anything to do with the Cylon conflict and/or Hybrids, as they were a vestige of their existence that was clearly no good in this new place of peace
( ... )
I was so utterly let down and disappointed by the weak ending of BSG that I never even considered watching Caprica.
Not that I have time for another show right now, but maybe I'll archive them and catch up this summer.
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Jane Espenson is one of the writers for Caprica (from what I understand), which is a big reason I was excited about it to begin with.
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I found the BSG survivors' decision of "let's throw all our tech into the sun and condemn our descendants to the bubonic plague" to be both dumb and inconsistent - since when have the survivors ever agreed on any course of action, let alone one that drastic?
Sorry, ranting off topic. The inconsistency of the ending like that just made me not trust the worldbuilding, which was much of the reason I liked BSG. So when something else is set in the same universe... I was skeptical.
so, if there's a moral to this story, it's: Thank you for telling me I was wrong in a way that actually changed my mind :)
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