Ronald Moore can kiss my ass.
What the hell does he think he’s doing with Season Four of Battlestar Galactica? He’s taken a great series that combined emotional punch with great character development and unforgettable action sequences and turned it into a mire of existential bullshit.
Let’s back up for a moment. The actors are turning in the performances of their lives; the writing is still superb. In fact, the writing this season may be the best that it’s ever been. The problem is that the subject matter of the show no longer resonates with me. I liked the conflict between human and human creations. I liked the questions that were asked in the course of fighting a war of survival and extinction. I enjoyed seeing characters cook in their own flaws and damaged pasts, overcoming them to become great when by all rights they should have failed.
Now, some of these same characters have been revealed as Cylons. Their motivations and identity are constantly questioned by the audience. The religious differences that were a nice background piece in the previous seasons have now taken the driver’s seat in the plot department–human polytheism versus Cylon monotheism. Suddenly, the sci-fi action show that was once about fighter jocks struggling to survive is now about religious conflict and questions of identity. There is less action and more drama, but the drama is focusing on something that I don’t particularly care about.
Kill some frakking Cylons already.
But Ronald Moore has set his hooks. I’m on this roller coaster until the end, if only to see if Starbuck really is “the harbinger of death” and if Laura Roslin really is the far-future (or far-past?) version of Moses. Damn the man. This season of the show is like watching a friend die of a terrible, wasting disease. I have to hold their hand and hope that it’ll be okay, but I know the inevitability of the end.
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“Ronald Moore can kiss my ass.
What the hell does he think he’s doing with Season Four of Battlestar Galactica? He’s taken a great series that combined emotional punch with great character development and unforgettable action sequences and turned it into a mire of existential bullshit.”
*M*A*S*H*
One of the subplots that you didn’t mention I find the most interesting, and that’s the rift in the Cylon camp. I’ve reached the point where the rest of the plots warrant a ‘meh’ attitude, but the Cylon split intrigues me…
Make mine Cylon!
Only a Neanderthal like you would fail to appreciate real drama in a science fiction setting. Maybe if the six went around topless, you’d find something else to like.
So, I take it Nina is more into the ‘Baltar humping’ aspect of the show? Different Strokes for different folks I guess…
I lean strongly toward Pete’s point of view. I agree with Foxbat that the Cylon schism is interesting, even somewhat expected… as we saw hints of this through the actions of Caprica 6 and Boomer 8 when they resurrected on Caprica, as well as with Athena 8 as she struggled and chose humanity over her programming. However, what I’ve seen so far of this series has dropped a riveting sci-fi drama to the level of ho-hum soap-opera. There’s a lot of unnecessarily forced tension and a severe underplay of dialog. I’d rather watch re-runs of Firefly, a series that should never have been dropped, than to waste my DVR space with this current season of BS (heavy on the B.S.) G.
If any of the Cylon chicks went topless, this discussion would be moot, as there would be no need for plot, dialog, structure, character, or any the Aristotelian unities.
I just like drama, that’s all. Finally there’s a show that might resonate a bit with people who think that science fiction can be true art, and then even a long time conisseur (sp?) like Pete bags on it. I don’t get it.
And Foxbat, I play for the other team. Grace Park is my choice for bedmate.
If you like “drama,” I have someone you should definitely meet.
Nina said:
“Grace Park is my choice for bedmate”
Agreed!
So, Nina. Since you “play for the other team,” who is your archetypical female?
off topic Pete…
Please move that question to the forums…
so pictures can be posted
She plays for the other team? You mean… (gasp) Nina is the 12th Cylon?