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weewarriorI'm not gonna lie, I thought this mostly sucked.
There was no coherence, the pacing was all over the place, several people behaved against character just to move the plot forward, most of the flashbacks seemed completely pointless, and it had more fake-out endings than The Return Of The King. And if that weren't enough, they decide to go back to nature, because Lee Adama thinks that's a swell idea. Okay. That seems likely.
Also, while I am down with being a descendant of Helo and Athena, the coda was not only overly precious, it had some of the most awkward and preachy writing of the series. Callis and Helfer came across not as angelic beings, but as car salespeople who are not really convinced of their product.
Oh well. I'll really miss the cast, but after Deep Space Nine, Carnivale, and this, my need for spiritual discovery journeys with Ron Moore is certainly satisfied for quite a while.
ETA: Does anybody know which episodes of Burn Notice have Tricia Helfer guest starring?
There was no coherence, the pacing was all over the place, several people behaved against character just to move the plot forward, most of the flashbacks seemed completely pointless, and it had more fake-out endings than The Return Of The King. And if that weren't enough, they decide to go back to nature, because Lee Adama thinks that's a swell idea. Okay. That seems likely.
Also, while I am down with being a descendant of Helo and Athena, the coda was not only overly precious, it had some of the most awkward and preachy writing of the series. Callis and Helfer came across not as angelic beings, but as car salespeople who are not really convinced of their product.
Oh well. I'll really miss the cast, but after Deep Space Nine, Carnivale, and this, my need for spiritual discovery journeys with Ron Moore is certainly satisfied for quite a while.
ETA: Does anybody know which episodes of Burn Notice have Tricia Helfer guest starring?
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Date: 2009-03-21 03:06 pm (UTC)Also, subsistence farming with no modern conveniences: not quite as idyllic as the show would have us believe. At least start a few penicillin farms so people aren't likely to die of totally preventable infections.
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Date: 2009-03-21 05:34 pm (UTC)Oh my God, what was the damn POINT of the flashbacks? Well, given that we're at the end, I think you're right. No point.
I was trying to make a case for Boomer's in my mind, but even with her it would have made more sense to recall why she owed Adama anyway - as she tried to kill him - instead of fabricating a whole new situation. That leaves the hilarity/obscurity of Lee chasing a pigeon with a broom. I get that it was a reference to Blade Runner, like a lot of visual details of Caprica before the fall, but what was the point? That Kara is really a pigeon? That Lee won't be the one founding PETA?
Also, subsistence farming with no modern conveniences: not quite as idyllic as the show would have us believe. At least start a few penicillin farms so people aren't likely to die of totally preventable infections.
It might explain why Hera is the common ancestor of humankind. Everyone else simply died out.