Much as I had thought, BATTLESTAR overcame its slow patch this week with one hell of episode, which I found mostly interesting for its new insights into the cylons. Most of the best parts of this season so far have been the bits focusing on the "cylon civil war," and this week's episode was no exception.
The big arc of the episode was the beginnings of an alliance between the cylons (or at least half of them) and the humans, but what I found most interesting was the further exploration of the connections between each of the cylons within a particular model. The most heartbreaking scene was perhaps seeing Natalie (the primary Number Six this season) being put in a position where she has to kill one of her sister Sixes, much like how Tigh had to kill his wife in Season 3. Also intriguing was seeing Athena confronting her old cylon sisters after her defection, and how she has inspired them in a way.
All in all, a very interesting episode, that has me wondering even more where they are ultimately going with the end of this series. Can't wait for next week!
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Bring back the plot!!!
So the last couple BATTLESTAR episodes have left me a bit frustrated as of lately, for while there's been a great deal of intriguing character interaction going on, there seems like there's been little in actual plot advancement. This could be simply due to the fact that there are so many plot threads being juggled at once for the moment (resulting in a lot of key characters barely appearing, or not appearing at all in certain episodes), but part of me can't help but worry that the BG writers may simply be dragging their feet in getting to what we as fans like to call "the good stuff."
I can't help but be reminded of the show LOST, a show which I felt held promise with lots of compelling characters and narratives on the 1st season, only to completely bore me to tears the 2nd season by stalling with the introduction of several new characters who were killed off almost as quickly as they were introduced. In fairness to LOST fans though, I have not seen the 3rd or 4th seasons of the show, and wouldn't be surprised if it got its footing back eventually.
Unlike LOST however, BG shouldn't be trying to put in "filler" episodes at this point, as we're in the final season. This is gonna be it, goodbye, finito forever! Shouldn't every episode count for something a bit more? I don't need my jaw to hit the floor with every one here necessarily, but it would be nice if enough were going on in each episode that I could give people an interesting synopsis of what happened this week when people ask me about the show. I am a true believer though, and have total faith that Moore & company will pull things together and deliver one hell of a finale for us. Season three faltered in a similar fashion mid-season, before finding firm footing again in its finale.
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I can't help but be reminded of the show LOST, a show which I felt held promise with lots of compelling characters and narratives on the 1st season, only to completely bore me to tears the 2nd season by stalling with the introduction of several new characters who were killed off almost as quickly as they were introduced. In fairness to LOST fans though, I have not seen the 3rd or 4th seasons of the show, and wouldn't be surprised if it got its footing back eventually.
Unlike LOST however, BG shouldn't be trying to put in "filler" episodes at this point, as we're in the final season. This is gonna be it, goodbye, finito forever! Shouldn't every episode count for something a bit more? I don't need my jaw to hit the floor with every one here necessarily, but it would be nice if enough were going on in each episode that I could give people an interesting synopsis of what happened this week when people ask me about the show. I am a true believer though, and have total faith that Moore & company will pull things together and deliver one hell of a finale for us. Season three faltered in a similar fashion mid-season, before finding firm footing again in its finale.
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