The ending was possibly the best ending of anything I’ve seen in awhile. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, so I won’t cover any specific points.
I have hope for the human race where I don’t think I’ve had some for a long while.
Also, Ronald Moore, if you’re out there, thank you. And please, make sure I can buy the entire series in one boxed set on Bluray as soon as possible. I will pre-order it soon as Amazon lets me.
Yes.
One of the best, if not the episode of Battlestar Galactica in the entire run thus far. Everything from important secondary characters dying, to stuff blowing up, to huge things that set the pace of the rest of the season, to wild expensive over budget CGI, this episode has it all.
I’m not going to spoil what actually happens for people out there who haven’t seen it yet, but for those who have, I have decided to name Adama’s manuver… “The Whale.”
Spoilers abound.
Amazing, full of action, well written, and a great ending to, effectively, what was a two hour episode. Actually, I’m amazed at how part one flows into part two. It just fits perfectly.
I didn’t see it coming either. I thought the XO of the Pegasus, Colonel Fisk, would be told to execute the order, and would refuse; while simutainously Starbuck would be asked to execute the order and would also refuse. And honestly, I fell for the bait. I totally fell for the bait they set up.
“But you can’t rape a machine.” But are Cylons machines? In any other situation, I could very well accept them as fellow humans. I mean, what makes us human? Our shape? Our makeup? Or our humanity? Cylons are a perfect emulation of our humanity… in essence, they are human. But they are our enemy as well… no, that’s incorrect. The Cylons aren’t truly our enemy, I believe that ultimately they are a test for humanity, for us to prove that we do in fact deserve to exist… or to prove we can co-exist with greater beings.
And Cylons are almost perfect beings. They aren’t stronger, or faster, or smarter, or invulnerable… they lack a fear of death, because they will always return to a new body. They also are never alone. We humans are always alone, we never truly can connect with others because of the barriers we build to separate ourselves from others.
Humans hate other humans not because of the reasons we usually tell others and ourselves… we hate other people because we can’t connect with them. Because we can’t understand them, and they probably can’t understand us either. We fear the invisible bonds that people make. We make war because we are alone… in turn, we make love because we don’t want to be alone.
Baltar fell in love with a Cylon, as did Helo and Chief Tyrol. They did it because us humans are alone, and we seek to complete ourselves using others. The Cylons are similar, however, in such that a human/Cylon hybrid is of much importance to them. Maybe Helo and Sharon’s child will be the perfect being that the Cylons strive to create?
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. To hate someone, and want to totally destroy them requires the same amount of what makes us human as to love someone and always want to be with them. To have either denied to us is painful.
Cain was denied everyone she knew, everyone she cared about, and she exacted her revenge and made the Cylons fear us. She was in pain until the day she won against the Cylons, and then she was finally free. She was human. Boomer was beaten and almost raped, and she was denied her love towards Helo. She felt pain as well. Even though she is a Cylon, she is also human.
To be human is to be simutainously, and paradoxically: destructive, self-destructive, and creative. To emulate these three tenants of the human being is to be human.
So, I just watched the season opener for Battlestar Galactica. No spoilers, but I feel like running around in circles and banging my head on the wall for awhile until next Friday comes so I can watch the next episode.
Seriously, I swear they somehow use Wonkavision to lace my official BSG Snack with heavy drugs when I’m not looking. Its not only the best show on TV (verified by multiple scientific studies), but also the most addictive. It has the best plot, the best acting, the best CGI effects, and the best looking Cylons.
Er, wait, did I say that last one out loud?
At any rate, if you were watching the commercials, they’ve released the first half of Season 2 on DVD. I’m seriously considering buying it too. Actually, I need to get around to getting the Season 1 set as well, which includes the Miniseries.