These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
Bear McCreary has more resources to work with, namely a live traditional studio orchestra to match the retro orchestral scores of superhero movies (which in themselves are retro homages to early Hollywood action movies, which in turn are inspired by late Romantic symphonies and tone poems). On Battlestar Galactica and Caprica he was fairly limited to whatever unconventional instruments he could find or play himself, which led to a much more musically unique (for US TV) soundtrack.
Perhaps a remnant of BSG, The Cape's theme opens up with a brief erhu (Chinese bowed instrument used frequently in the score to BSG) passage.
Complete Monster: Chess, and by extension Peter Fleming, though the latter has shades of Well-Intentioned Extremist to him. It's hard to tell whether Chess and Fleming are a case of a split personality.
Ms. Fanservice: Raia. Orwell too, with some her disguises and outfits.
So Bad, It's Good: The show has its share of Camp, true. But the premise and characters are so much fun, and anyone who likes Reconstruction is sure to love it.
