With the final episode of Battlestar Galactica ‘Crossroads parts 1 & 2’ just been watched and aired all I can say is this: I do not think I can physically go on for four whole months of mystery. I need to know what happens and I need to know now.
What makes this the best show currently on television is the fact that every character is painted in shades of grey. Everyone is flawed and everyone is human, even the Cylons. The writers need to be commended for the way they continually bring up moral issues in very surprising and sensitive ways. You think you stand on one side of the fence until you see another point of view, and then you are no longer sure of your stance.
The actors cannot be commended more highly. Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Tahmoh Penikett, Aaron Douglas, James Callis and Jamie Bamber all deserve accolades for their brave and fearless performances. Never before I have seen such a strong ensemble gathered together on television, and that is a direct reflection on the strong material as every actor (in interviews) as stated their love for the show.
Sunday nights finale answered so many questions but asked so many more.
Here come some spoilers - if you want to know, highlight this section.
President Laura Roslin's cancer is back, former president and human outcast Gaius Baltar is not guilty of treason, and four of the final five Cylons are: Chief Galen Tyrol, former lover of known Cylon Sharon Valeri; Samuel Anders, Starbuck's widowed husband; Tory Foster, President Roslin's right-hand woman and Anders' recent lover; and Colonel Saul Tigh, the hard-scrabble Galatica XO and the most rabid Cylon-hater this side of New Caprica. They all realized they were Cylons after each hearing a mysterious song no human could hear, a song Chief Tyrol likened to something from childhood; a song revealed to be, of all things, Bob Dylan's ''All Along the Watchtower.''
Plus Starbuck is alive. Maybe. Or she could be a Cylon. Perhaps. But apparently she's seen Earth. Or, at least, that's what Starbuck told Apollo. Or what something that looks like her told Apollo. My personal take is that all the new four Cylons are in positions where they could have done a lot of damage, but hadn’t. I think they are actually there to protect the fleet, just look at what their jobs/positions within the fleet are. Had the Cylons wanted to destroy the fleet it would have been so easy, especially with Tigh and Tyrol in the positions they were in. My thought is that the final 5 Cylons are, in fact, protectors of the human race. Perhaps they realise the benefits of a cross species mating, or discovering that they are not so different from humans.
Also look how out of the 7 Cylons we know about, three of them have crossed over or had different ideals based on discovering their own humanity. These three are Sharon Valeri, D’Anna and Caprica 6…all women…is this a coincidence? I am fairly certain that Starbuck will be the final Cylon, sent to make sure the Human race gets to Earth before the evil 6. I have not yet had time to figure out why there is a Cylon divide, but I am sure it will be explained. BRING IT ON SCI-FI!!!!
All I can say to the creators until then is "Frick Frack, Paddy Whack, Give my blog a bone and give me some teasers!!!"
What makes this the best show currently on television is the fact that every character is painted in shades of grey. Everyone is flawed and everyone is human, even the Cylons. The writers need to be commended for the way they continually bring up moral issues in very surprising and sensitive ways. You think you stand on one side of the fence until you see another point of view, and then you are no longer sure of your stance.
The actors cannot be commended more highly. Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Tahmoh Penikett, Aaron Douglas, James Callis and Jamie Bamber all deserve accolades for their brave and fearless performances. Never before I have seen such a strong ensemble gathered together on television, and that is a direct reflection on the strong material as every actor (in interviews) as stated their love for the show.
Sunday nights finale answered so many questions but asked so many more.
Here come some spoilers - if you want to know, highlight this section.
President Laura Roslin's cancer is back, former president and human outcast Gaius Baltar is not guilty of treason, and four of the final five Cylons are: Chief Galen Tyrol, former lover of known Cylon Sharon Valeri; Samuel Anders, Starbuck's widowed husband; Tory Foster, President Roslin's right-hand woman and Anders' recent lover; and Colonel Saul Tigh, the hard-scrabble Galatica XO and the most rabid Cylon-hater this side of New Caprica. They all realized they were Cylons after each hearing a mysterious song no human could hear, a song Chief Tyrol likened to something from childhood; a song revealed to be, of all things, Bob Dylan's ''All Along the Watchtower.''
Plus Starbuck is alive. Maybe. Or she could be a Cylon. Perhaps. But apparently she's seen Earth. Or, at least, that's what Starbuck told Apollo. Or what something that looks like her told Apollo. My personal take is that all the new four Cylons are in positions where they could have done a lot of damage, but hadn’t. I think they are actually there to protect the fleet, just look at what their jobs/positions within the fleet are. Had the Cylons wanted to destroy the fleet it would have been so easy, especially with Tigh and Tyrol in the positions they were in. My thought is that the final 5 Cylons are, in fact, protectors of the human race. Perhaps they realise the benefits of a cross species mating, or discovering that they are not so different from humans.
Also look how out of the 7 Cylons we know about, three of them have crossed over or had different ideals based on discovering their own humanity. These three are Sharon Valeri, D’Anna and Caprica 6…all women…is this a coincidence? I am fairly certain that Starbuck will be the final Cylon, sent to make sure the Human race gets to Earth before the evil 6. I have not yet had time to figure out why there is a Cylon divide, but I am sure it will be explained. BRING IT ON SCI-FI!!!!
1 comment:
bsg is a great show with a beautiful story line. too bad they are on their way here. probably get more resistance from us than the cylons. Oh no! they are more technologically advanced than us! we must destroy them and their evil flying machine they live on!
lol
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