After reading the AV club recaps of the BSG mini and "33," I got nostalgic, and started rewatching, and then I couldn't stop, because it's always so compelling, even knowing how it ends (and my complicated feelings about the end). So I just finished through Resurrection Ship part 2, and honestly, if they'd ended the show there, it'd be a pretty
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My favorite favorite favorite was Sharon so her being Eve's mommy pretty much made me handwave everything else.
I loved Papa Adama, man pain and all. Honestly it was the President who started to grate on me by series' end.
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Seriously! Like, I don't understand how people didn't think God was going to figure into it when it's all Six talked about for four seasons.
I loved Papa Adama, man pain and all. Honestly it was the President who started to grate on me by series' end.
I loved him almost until the end, and yeah, I feel like at a certain point, Roslin also started to wear thin also, but both in ways that seemed legit in terms of characterization.
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After Eight, I loved Chief and his ending made me the saddest, I think.
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YES. This was my issue with LOST, too. Yes, a few people guessed that the island was Purgatory. That's okay. In a longer series, you're going to have die hard fans that guess. Kara as the first hybrid made complete sense ( ... )
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Exactly! It means people are picking up the clues you're laying down! That is how telling a story works! Not everything has to be a surprise twist. Sigh. A logical completion based on what happened before is really satisfying.
but Lee Adama's Idiotic Slingshot Into The Sun. I really can't believe anyone would agree that this plan was a good idea. You'd have to downgrade tech, sure, but flinging EVERYTHING into the sun? And saying the problem with New Caprica was that they tried to build a city? That was one of the dumbest lines EVER.Yeah, that was another boneheaded thing to do. Like, so much of the emotional stuff worked for me, but plot-wise it was such a mess ( ... )
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Having heard Eddie Olmos at (too many) Dragon*Con panels, I cannot forgive him for how he hogged the camera and the plot in the last few episodes. We can't get a good, true Starbuck/Apollo farewell because Eddie wants the audience to see Adama throwing up on himself. Really.
/bitter Starbuck/Apollo shipper
Still, when the show is good, it's as good as anything I've ever seen on TV. And I just ignore/handwave the stuff I hate.
(bah. I don't have a paid account and can't access my Starbuck/Apollo icon)
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