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** The series finale seems to have an {{Anvilicious}} anti-technology {{Aesop}} that comes completely out of nowhere. Creator/RonMoore admits in his podcast on the episode that this was simply a last-minute attempt to explain [[spoiler:why none of the Fleet's technology was discovered after they arrived on prehistoric Earth, and he didn't put much thought into any message that could be read into it]].

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** The series finale seems to have an {{Anvilicious}} anti-technology {{Aesop}} aesop that comes completely out of nowhere. Creator/RonMoore admits in his podcast on the episode that this was simply a last-minute attempt to explain [[spoiler:why none of the Fleet's technology was discovered after they arrived on prehistoric Earth, and he didn't put much thought into any message that could be read into it]].



* OnceOriginalNowOverdone:
** This series was a massive influence for the [[FollowTheLeader numerous science fiction shows that came after]]. ''Series/StargateUniverse'' and ''Series/TheExpanse'' are a couple of notable examples. Having a sci-fi show with such high stakes and strong episode-to-episode continuity wasn't ''completely'' unheard of (''Series/Babylon5'', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' had already done this to varying extents), but this was the show that pulled it off to such an extent that it proved a major game-changer for the genre. As time went on, however, many people started viewing [=BS'03=] as just another DarkerAndEdgier sci-fi show that eventually fell victim to TooBleakStoppedCaring and TheChrisCarterEffect, being indistinguishable from all of the other "Mystery Box" series from the 00s that in reality were all [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants written by the seat of the pants]]. When by late 2010s audience tastes turned against this kind of sci-fi and back towards the more light-hearted and episodic style, everything that made the series stand out became what ''weighted it down'' in the eyes of contemporary audiences.

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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone:
OnceOriginalNowCommon:
** This series was a massive influence for the [[FollowTheLeader numerous science fiction shows that came after]]. ''Series/StargateUniverse'' and ''Series/TheExpanse'' are a couple of notable examples. Having a sci-fi show with such high stakes and strong episode-to-episode continuity wasn't ''completely'' unheard of (''Series/Babylon5'', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' had already done this to varying extents), but this was the show that pulled it off to such an extent that it proved a major game-changer for the genre. As time went on, however, many people started viewing [=BS'03=] as just another DarkerAndEdgier sci-fi show that eventually fell victim to TooBleakStoppedCaring and TheChrisCarterEffect, being indistinguishable from all of the other "Mystery Box" series from the 00s that in reality were all [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants written by the seat of the pants]]. When by late 2010s By the late-2010s, audience tastes turned against this kind of sci-fi and back towards the more light-hearted and episodic style, everything that made the series stand out became what ''weighted it down'' in the eyes of contemporary audiences.

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