I know I’ve been slack and not kept up with the last stretch of episodes. Of the three between “No Exit” and “Daybreak”, I really liked “Someone to Watch Over Me” and was underwhelmed by “Islanded in the Stream of Stars”. I’ll probably go re-watch the former and hopefully review it, while glossing over the others.<\/p>\n
But seeing as it was the finale, I don’t think I can delay writing something<\/em> about “Daybreak”. Possible spoilers after the jump.I’m not sure this was a particularly fitting ending for what I consider one of the best science fiction TV shows in years. Even given its history as a human drama instead of a purely military sci-fi fan blitz, it’s far too soppy and barely pays lip service to its genre and history.<\/p>\n While perhaps providing interesting perspective on the history of the characters concerned, the flashback sequences in Part 1, they didn’t really speak to the immediate plot. After three and a half years, I would like to think I sufficiently understand the motivations of the main cast in any series.<\/p>\n The main action of exodus from Galactica<\/em> and preparations for invading the Cylon colony are mundane but necessary for us to get to the climax: attacking the colony and retrieving Hera. The invasion sequence is great. Plenty of space action, plenty of ground fighting, and a return to the Opera House first seen on Cobol back in season 1.<\/p>\n Then we get to the final confrontation. I liked the inversion presented: the human forces attack the heart of the cylon colony, only to have the final confrontation in the heart of their own fortress — Galactica<\/em>‘s CIC. There, the final scene of the Opera House sequence plays out.<\/p>\n Baltar preaches a sermon about how everything has been driven by an unseen (perhaps holy) force. There are too many unexplainable coincidences for it to be anything else, apparently.<\/p>\n Cavil negotiates with the humans and Final Five. Everybody seems to be getting what they want until Galen learns that Tory was the one that flushed his wife, Calli, out an airlock. He interrupts the transfer to kill Tory, resulting in a lot of shooting.<\/p>\n Cavil commits suicide, and Starbuck uses the cylon music to jump Galactica<\/em> to a planet — our Earth, at the dawn of humanity.<\/p>\n Up until this point, I was going with the flow, but was bugged out with how neatly everything seems to fit. I understand that the narrative requires everything to fit together, but Baltar hadn’t sufficiently developed from a cynical exploiter of people’s hopes to full-on prophet of the angels to be convincing. Also, I’m not sure why Galen would kill Tory on the spot. He certainly hadn’t been angsting over Calli for quite some time.<\/p>\n Anyway, after arriving on Earth, we are treated to an interminable series of “going to settle down here” scenes. Again, I understand the need to wrap things up, but it’s boring and more than a little mundane. Personally, I thought that the establishment of a high-tech civilisation a-la Atlantis could link to the Greek motif in the BSG mythology, and also set things up for a new series.<\/p>\n Anyway, that’s it. What did you guys think of it all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I know I’ve been slack and not kept up with the last stretch of episodes. Of the three between “No Exit” and “Daybreak”, I really liked “Someone to Watch Over Me” and was underwhelmed by “Islanded in the Stream of Stars”. 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