BSG - Series Finale tonight

[Hoopz]

I've watched it since the mini-series (and the 70's  ).  Anyone watching tonight?  I saw the last documentary and they were pretty clear that everything would be resolved tonight.

Can't see how but they've had some twists lately that were...odd.

We'll see how they finish. All in all, I've enjoyed the entire series.  Some of it seemed liked they were pulling it out of there ass, but I think overall it's been good.

[CCM]

Yea, the wife and I have watched it from the beginning.  I think it is easily one of the best shows on tv.  Definitely looking forward to the final episode! 

[Ginsu Victim]

Despite the good things people have said about it, I've never watched a single episode.

[TelcoLou]

Despite the good things people have said about it, I've never watched a single episode.

Same here. Having wathced the original series as a youngster, I couldn't bear to watch any re-makes.

[knave]

I've watched the first two seasons...and am in the middle of season 3.

I've enjoyed it but sometimes it gets more dark than I like my sci-fi to be.

I feel that it is a worthy successor to the original.

[Ginsu Victim]

I've enjoyed it but sometimes it gets more dark than I like my sci-fi to be.

That's the problem. You're expecting "sci-fi".

Quickly, read Harlan Ellison and rid yourself of this disease!

[drventure]

I'll definitely be TIVOing it tonight.

Excellent stuff, though I have to admit, I think the series just hasn't been able to live up to the first 3 2-hour episodes from season 1.

I remember seeing 6 hours of BSG recorded on the TIVO all those years ago, and thinking, "Oh boy, this should be interesting " and then not getting off the couch for 6 hours.

Sad to see it go, but better to go out on a high note than drag on and have them start running into blue antennaed aliens

[Hoopz]

I've enjoyed it but sometimes it gets more dark than I like my sci-fi to be.

That's the problem. You're expecting "sci-fi".

Quickly, read Harlan Ellison and rid yourself of this disease!

I think many critics have said that it's the best drama on tv that happens to take place in space.  It really is an outstanding drama.  It certainly has some episodes that didn't add much value, but the entire series is quality. 

I rarely watch tv series, but this is one from the beginning.  Having watched the original series, I was surprised by some decisions (female Starbuck) but it's worked out well.

I must confess that I didn't know the actor playing Lee Adama was Australian.  I heard him last week and was utterly shocked.  His American accent was flawless.   

[TOK]

I've tried watching it as I'm flipping through the channels based on positive comments. Every single time I've found the show, probably 5 or 6 times, its all just talking. Nothing interesting ever seems to be happening.

Think I saw a Cylon once out of all those times... My opinion is that the show is boring, which is why its going off the air.

[Dartful Dodger]

If Earth wasn't ready in the 70s against the bulky Cylons, 2009 technology is going to really suck against the new Cylons.

I saw the first episode of the mini series for the new TV show and it stank.

They should just find Earth and have the Milky Way to thick for the Cylons psychic powers to work.  The characters on the show can live in peace, and we can live in peace knowing that series is over.

[wp34]

My expectations were pretty low but I must say the finale was really well done.  Wife liked it to which is saying something.

[BobA]

Please explain the final scene to me.   We flash forward to current time and Gaius Baltar and Number 6 are talking about it happening again. Well I understand Number 6 living thousands of years because she is a cylon (she is also hot) but Gaius is a human or is it just Number 6 talking to her imaginary Gaius who became known earlier in the final episode?

[wp34]

Please explain the final scene to me.   We flash forward to current time and Gaius Baltar and Number 6 are talking about it happening again. Well I understand Number 6 living thousands of years because she is a cylon (she is also hot) but Gaius is a human or is it just Number 6 talking to her imaginary Gaius who became known earlier in the final episode?

I took it that they were the "angels" that appeared to Baltar and Caprica throughout the show and not the real characters.

[AtomSmasher]

Please explain the final scene to me.   We flash forward to current time and Gaius Baltar and Number 6 are talking about it happening again. Well I understand Number 6 living thousands of years because she is a cylon (she is also hot) but Gaius is a human or is it just Number 6 talking to her imaginary Gaius who became known earlier in the final episode?

I took it that they were the "angels" that appeared to Baltar and Caprica throughout the show and not the real characters.

Yup, thats what I assumed as well.  You could tell because they had the same clothes and hairstyle as the "angels" earlier in the episode.

[BobA]

I had thought about that but I assumed that one of the persons to whom the angel appears had to be around as they were only conjured up by those people.

[WunderCade]

I thought the homage paid to the original series "intro music" was a nice touch, as Sam navigated the fleet into the Sun.

For those that didn't watch it, betcha can't rent just 1 (season). 

[orion]

I also have been watching this series from the beginning and haven't missed a single episode. It was one of my favorite shows ever, and the wife loves it to which is a bonus. I also used to like the original as a kid as well. I have mixed feelings about the finally. I think they left a lot of things unexplained, or not explained well enough. Yes the Baltar and Caprica 6 at the end were some kind of angels or aliens (perhaps beings of light from the original BSG) They kind of were treating humanity as some kind cosmic experiment for some kind of cosmic being whom the only thing we really know about is that it doesn't care to be referred to as "God" . The resurrected Star Buck was one of these "angels" as well.  Speaking of which, they didn't really explain much about Star Buck and what she was after she died. Also they didn't really rap up the story of the original 5. Yes they were from the 13th colony (the original Earth) but why were they more human than their Cylon creations? The whole "Opera house" deal I kinda felt like they pulled out of their ass at the end. I have the feeling that they never did really know where they were going with that one. I do like how they came to Earth 150,000 years ago, and how they tied in to modern times. All those shots of the robots at the end were kinda corny I thought though. All in all it was OK, I just wish that they had used the final season and the series finale to wrap things up a bit better though.

[ark_ader]

Yeah it was all kinda rushed. Like how did they (the fleet) know of the same or-ordinates, or was that bit referenced when Starbuck and Adama was decoding the music sheet?

Gees I have to watch the entire series again, to figure out all the pieces.  You get that with clever writing.

I also like the homage to Star Wars:  A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far far Away.

The starbuck ending was pants - pure pants. 

Oh well cannot have everything.  Scifi said that the DVD will have a longer version, so who knows if we get a better explanation later on.

We should put a Spoilers Warning for the UK guys that didn't download the torrent. 

[orion]

Yeah it was all kinda rushed. Like how did they (the fleet) know of the same or-ordinates, or was that bit referenced when Starbuck and Adama was decoding the music sheet?

Gees I have to watch the entire series again, to figure out all the pieces.  You get that with clever writing.

I also like the homage to Star Wars:  A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far far Away.

The starbuck ending was pants - pure pants. 

Oh well cannot have everything.  Scifi said that the DVD will have a longer version, so who knows if we get a better explanation later on.

We should put a Spoilers Warning for the UK guys that didn't download the torrent. 

They sent a raptor back to get them. So they are releasing a longer version on DVD?? Sweet. Also did anybody catch that add for the movie they are doing from the Cylons perspective on it?

[WunderCade]

Ya, "The Plan".

Here's and excerpt:

"According to Kate Vernon, "You'll definitely have a few "ah ha" moments. But there's a big chunk of what's been happening on the show that this movie will show the moments right before. You'll get a big piece of the puzzle from "The Plan." It'll just slide right into focus. The movie will open up the show for fans in a big way, because there's a giant piece missing and this will show you the bigger picture."

[orion]

Ya, "The Plan".

Here's and excerpt:

"According to Kate Vernon, "You'll definitely have a few "ah ha" moments. But there's a big chunk of what's been happening on the show that this movie will show the moments right before. You'll get a big piece of the puzzle from "The Plan." It'll just slide right into focus. The movie will open up the show for fans in a big way, because there's a giant piece missing and this will show you the bigger picture."

Well I was hoping that it would fill in some of the missing pieces. Thanks for that. Speaking of which I just found two things online that really help to explain the finally for me and fills in some holes. One is a review and the other is an interview with the writers of the show. One of the things from the finally that was bothering me was how exactly did Racetracks loan raptor manage to wipe out the entire Cylon colony with just a few nukes? Hear is the answer "Moore: The final (edit) came out a little less clear on that level than I sort of intended... The idea was that when Racetrack hits the nukes, they smack into the Colony and it takes it out of the stream swirling around the singularity, and it fell in (to the singularity) and was torn apart. But as we were cutting the show for time, and taking out frames, one of the things that became less apparent was that the Colony was doomed. The intention was that everyone aboard the Colony perished."

Apparently they left the whole Starbuck thing ambiguous on purpose. I don't agree with that personally, but it's interesting that they did it knowing that it was going to piss a lot of people off. My real sore spot with it was that they never did much with the 13th tribe and the original 5 and their backstory. I feel like they were lazy in not developing that any further, but at least in this interview the writers explain what they had intended to show with them "Moore: The backstory of the original Earth was supposed to be that the 13th tribe of Cylons came to that world, started over, and essentially destroyed themselves. There was some internecine warfare among the Cylons themselves that was supposed to be another repetition in the cycle of "All this has happened before and all will happen again." Even they, who were the rebels and split off, left to their own devices, there was enough of humanity left in them that they destroyed themselves."


I still feel like they could have done a better job of wrapping things up, and there are somethings they did that I don't like but at least these will help to explain it.

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/battlestar_galactica_daybreak_1.html


http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/battlestar_galactica_ronald_d.html