The Blair Hippo Project ([info]blairhippo) wrote,
2009-03-20 23:25:00
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Reaction to the Final Episode of Battlestar Galactica

I went into this episode feeling that, if they could wrap up all the storylines in a satisfactory manner, the re-imagined BSG would have a fighting claim to the title of Best Televised Science Fiction Ever.

Having seen the episode:

I want everybody responsible for writing this to be anally violated by badgers.

Angry, sadistic, rabid badgers.

That are on fire.

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[info]mike_brendan

March 21 2009, 04:11:26 UTC 3 years ago

Tell us how you really feel. :)

[info]simbel_myne

March 21 2009, 05:14:32 UTC 3 years ago

But does it get the prize?

[info]fireborn

March 21 2009, 06:01:24 UTC 3 years ago

I doubt it. It managed to actually invalidate and/or make completely worthless large swaths of the series, thus making merely failing to wrap up the storylines a more attractive prospect.

I'm kind of impressed, actually.

[info]blairhippo

March 21 2009, 22:29:26 UTC 3 years ago

It will be part of the discussion, certainly. The good bits are that good. But fireborn is right; it really did cast a pall over a number of long-standing plot threads. It's a bewildering magnitude of fail.

Anonymous

March 21 2009, 05:38:48 UTC 3 years ago

I'm so frakked off

What a "frakin'" lame finale as i've ever seen. So embarrassed i watched it up until the end expectin' at least somert excitin'. This episode was even lamer than the word frakkin.

[info]ketsugami

March 21 2009, 06:52:31 UTC 3 years ago

While the badgers do their work, I want them to read the Turkey City Lexicon, specifically "Adam and Eve Story".

[info]midwest_siren

March 21 2009, 14:44:30 UTC 3 years ago

It was...what it was. Is there really any way they could have managed to wrap everything up that wasn't lame and cliche? Meh. I don't think so. I think they should go back to season two and take another crack at a new direction. I know it won't happen but there is so much they COULD have done with the series that was left hanging.

[info]qiika

March 21 2009, 14:50:50 UTC 3 years ago

I'm really glad that I didn't read this until after I had seen the episode. Coloring people's view before seeing it is a high offense - right up there with spoilers.

You, sir, have expectations that are too high. A lot of the stuff in the episode had to happen. Sure, some of it could have been presented differently. All in all, it wasn't that bad. Definitely not worthy of sadistic badgers from hell.

I enjoyed watching the last episode. It was appropriately bittersweet, it had spacebattle awesomeness and emotional drama, and it tied up many of the loose plotlines. I wasn't sure how they were going to wrap things up so quickly, but what they did with it worked. The series will be remembered fondly. I see that you wanted it to be THE MOST AWESOMEST EVAR. Tough cookies. Hey, maybe it will be anyway. How would that make you feel, Mr. I'm-the-reason-you-can't-have-nice-things?

This comment does not accurately portray my initial anger at reading your review. Stick it behind an LJ-cut. Let people form their own opinions, and then they can hear yours.

[info]threestepsback

March 21 2009, 17:50:39 UTC 3 years ago

You know, I have to admit, I wasn't sure about some of the color choices, but now I have to agree! That new suit really brings out the emperor's eyes, doesn't it?

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[info]blairhippo

March 21 2009, 22:24:27 UTC 3 years ago

Ahem.

Politeness, plz. Or refrain from commenting if that's too much to ask.

[info]mike_brendan

March 22 2009, 00:41:55 UTC 3 years ago

Certainly sir... I shall delete the remark.

[info]blairhippo

March 21 2009, 22:23:12 UTC 3 years ago

Coloring people's view before seeing it is a high offense - right up there with spoilers.

1) Nonsense and 2) anybody whose opinion is so easily swayed really has nobody but themselves to blame if they read a post titled "Reaction to the Final Episode of Battlestar Galactica."

You, sir, have expectations that are too high.

No, my expectations were quite reasonable. I hoped for excellence, but only expected something that would be good. Instead I got an ending that was a trite and completely inappropriate cliche, longstanding plot threads that were resolved and painfully stupid ways, and complete betrayals of characters I've grown to love.

The series will indeed be remembered fondly -- but that will be despite the finale, not because of it.

This was wretched storytelling.

[info]krylyr

March 21 2009, 15:17:23 UTC 3 years ago

So...I shouldn't finish netflixing this?

[info]blairhippo

March 21 2009, 22:27:16 UTC 3 years ago

The fact that I actually hesitated before answering "Yes" speaks volumes to the depth of my disgust with the finale.

But ... yes. It's an imperfect series, but one with consistently high quality and liberally sprinkled with moments of excellence. And really, what more can you ask from a TV series?

Just ... be warned. The answer to "Wow, where are they going with this?" will be, for a number of things, "No place you want to visit."

[info]blairhippo

March 22 2009, 00:28:32 UTC 3 years ago

Erm. The way you phrased the question, I guess my answer is technically "No."

But you get what I meant, I hope.

[info]krylyr

March 22 2009, 15:06:48 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah, thanks :) It sounds like my experience watching the first two seasons of the show so far. Some really excellent stuff and some stuff that left me scratching my head (not in the good way).

I'll keep watching. I'll just expect it to let me down on an X-Files level.

[info]mount_oregano

March 22 2009, 20:49:51 UTC 3 years ago

So bad it hurt to watch.
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