March 2014: I watched the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica. Considered to be the greatest sci-fi show of its generation, and possibly all-time, I consider the programme as a whole to be a “good” show. However, no episode of any show left me more divided than the final part of the big finale, “Daybreak”.
Yes, it makes narrative sense and there was foreshadowing. But this was really stupid and raised a whole bunch of unanswered questions that could have easily been avoided with a few rewrites. The anti-technology message also comes off as hypocritical when it was technology that got the Galactica this far in the first place!
I call this an “admirable failure.” Admirable in its ambitions and attempt to make the series feel complete, but a failure in its execution and pretense.
I actually have no problem with the whole “A Wizard Did It” cop-out. The entire show implicated the existence of a wizard and the idea nobody was in control. Also, be it known I am not an overly religious person, but do not have a problem with religion or religious elements in fiction.
It’s okay if the Wizard takes them somewhere, but I thought it best if they go to the Cylon Earth, where they would give the planet and their race a second chance.
Also, Gaius Baltar needed to die. He started this whole mess. He should have received divine punishment like Orestes or Sisyphus. I would have killed him in the shootout.
One of the themes of the show is that nobody wins in war. The humans and Cylons, good and bad, both suffered too much to carry on. To show this would have been much appreciated.
I ask really for an explanation of what happened to Starbuck. I know why she came back, but I need to know how. I’m not a completionist. I’m okay with some mystery. But this is something that needed to be explained! A simple passing line like “I guess I really was an angel” or “Our Lord works in mysterious ways” would have sufficed!
It should not have been such a simple ending. There should have been conflict and internal turmoil. You could have even kept the ancient aliens in, blatantly even. Just show how nobody wins in war. Make them hav to work a little harder to earn that Earth!
'Taken from a post on my Tumblr and trimmed to meet 400 words.
Daybreak: An Admirable Failure
March 2014: I watched the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica. Considered to be the greatest sci-fi show of its generation, and possibly all-time, I consider the programme as a whole to be a “good” show. However, no episode of any show left me more divided than the final part of the big finale, “Daybreak”.
Yes, it makes narrative sense and there was foreshadowing. But this was really stupid and raised a whole bunch of unanswered questions that could have easily been avoided with a few rewrites. The anti-technology message also comes off as hypocritical when it was technology that got the Galactica this far in the first place!
I call this an “admirable failure.” Admirable in its ambitions and attempt to make the series feel complete, but a failure in its execution and pretense.
I actually have no problem with the whole “A Wizard Did It” cop-out. The entire show implicated the existence of a wizard and the idea nobody was in control. Also, be it known I am not an overly religious person, but do not have a problem with religion or religious elements in fiction.
It’s okay if the Wizard takes them somewhere, but I thought it best if they go to the Cylon Earth, where they would give the planet and their race a second chance.
Also, Gaius Baltar needed to die. He started this whole mess. He should have received divine punishment like Orestes or Sisyphus. I would have killed him in the shootout.
One of the themes of the show is that nobody wins in war. The humans and Cylons, good and bad, both suffered too much to carry on. To show this would have been much appreciated.
I ask really for an explanation of what happened to Starbuck. I know why she came back, but I need to know how. I’m not a completionist. I’m okay with some mystery. But this is something that needed to be explained! A simple passing line like “I guess I really was an angel” or “Our Lord works in mysterious ways” would have sufficed!
It should not have been such a simple ending. There should have been conflict and internal turmoil. You could have even kept the ancient aliens in, blatantly even. Just show how nobody wins in war. Make them hav to work a little harder to earn that Earth!
'Taken from a post on my Tumblr and trimmed to meet 400 words.