tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post5637294352861145466..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Happy 10th birthday to the new(er) BATTLESTAR GALACTICAAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-43738211368647469502013-12-12T18:22:09.856+00:002013-12-12T18:22:09.856+00:00The ending of BSG was still better than the ending...The ending of BSG was still better than the ending of Lost.Yohannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-37735732378449576532013-12-09T22:50:59.128+00:002013-12-09T22:50:59.128+00:00I agree with pretty much everything you said. I&#...I agree with pretty much everything you said. I'm in the middle of a rewatch of the series and am just closing out the second season, so I haven't gotten to the point where it starts getting disappointing yet (though I think an argument could be made that that point is a bit further along than mid-Season 3). <br /><br />Having watched it a few times now, I like you're analysis of the ending quite a bit--that given the previous complexity of the series, the Luddite ending was too pat and one note. Even if they decided to go with that ending, to make it good it would have required more storytelling. One thing I found extremely unrealistic was that all of the 40-some-odd-thousand survivors apparently just accept Lee Adama's decision to not try to maintain their technology. In reality there would obviously be a great amount of debate, along with rival factions, etc....just like earlier story elements in the series.<br /><br />I also think it would have been much more powerful if they had been more explicit with the idea that perhaps they made the <i>wrong</i> decision: all they did was delay humanity's technological development, not stop it. What if they had continued on, kept their technology, and made a more concerted effort to work toward peace and tolerance and cooperation? Arguably just saying "nope, screw the technology" is just a massive way of avoiding an inevitable problem.<br /><br />What were the retcons you were referring to?James D. Cormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780841044583146786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-49492827137972021092013-12-09T11:00:48.269+00:002013-12-09T11:00:48.269+00:00Agree with much of it, but for me the illogical an...Agree with much of it, but for me the illogical and seemingly-agenda-driven religious thread tainted so much of it. I tried a re-watch and found it coloured my enjoyment so massively I gave up. <br /><br />It should have been the best SF show ever, but put a big effort into undermining itself. The many and obvious flaws of Babylon 5 never soured my memory of the show, but BSG's had done that before I even reached the end.Tom Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624959298168468476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-33883540272849927932013-12-09T06:12:57.487+00:002013-12-09T06:12:57.487+00:00The start was great but they just tried too hard a...The start was great but they just tried too hard at the end. You can tell they were having a difficult time writing the ending. They just didn't know how to end it.Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160118520611754510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-67584891884144676662013-12-08T22:12:47.401+00:002013-12-08T22:12:47.401+00:00I'm supposing Firefly isn't a space opera,...I'm supposing Firefly isn't a space opera, as it's more focused on normal folk living on a ship, just trying to keep a roof over their head and food on the table, instead of more epic scale space dramas. But it came out around the same time, and looks really good too. The CGI looks really good on Blu-Ray, for the most part. As good as BSG (though BSG used it alot more).<br /><br />I'd also put The Wire and Deadwood as well as more recent shows like Terriers and Rectify above BSG, even at it's best. Better than Lost? Easilly, we do agree. On par with The Wire? Certainly not easilly, but maybe not far from it. Important show? Easilly :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-34058233317527911382013-12-08T21:45:44.926+00:002013-12-08T21:45:44.926+00:00Bear McCreary also deserves kudos for penning one ...Bear McCreary also deserves kudos for penning one of the best TV soundtracks ever. Even as the quality dipped in that last season and three quarters, the music was always reliably fantastic.<br /><br />And now I'm in the mood to rewatch this show. With some episode skipping.Caligula_Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-71602863660250921372013-12-08T17:04:04.492+00:002013-12-08T17:04:04.492+00:00Great write-up, Wert. I don't think I'll e...Great write-up, Wert. I don't think I'll ever find another show, sff or not, that blew me away like BSG.<br /><br />Unlike you, I thought it (pretty much) maintained it's level of quality throughout, even if it became a lot more existential and a lot less "gritty human drama...in space."Jack Tripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033020329763413508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-26317805182915076382013-12-08T16:29:13.501+00:002013-12-08T16:29:13.501+00:00I completely agree with everything except I would ...I completely agree with everything except I would change one sentence: "[Had] BSG [stayed in] top form, it [would have been] the best space opera ever made." Since it didn't, Babylon 5 wins that prize, in my opinion.<br /><br />I'd like to re-emphasize that the end was the WORST EVER. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434208987678485290noreply@blogger.com