Comments on: Sail On, Battlestar http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/sail-on-battlestar/ ...writing about work, life, and what-not Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rey http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/sail-on-battlestar/comment-page-1/#comment-29064 Rey Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:19:07 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=775#comment-29064 The connection with Roslin was a bit tenuous. I saw it as a mini-trial by fire that propelled her into the position of becoming the mother of a new family, that being all of humanity. But it wasn't an obvious connection and I'm not even sure the DVD will actually touch on it since the way it was cut implied "You see; there it is. Makes sense now, eh?" The connection with Roslin was a bit tenuous. I saw it as a mini-trial by fire that propelled her into the position of becoming the mother of a new family, that being all of humanity. But it wasn’t an obvious connection and I’m not even sure the DVD will actually touch on it since the way it was cut implied “You see; there it is. Makes sense now, eh?”

]]> By: Jeremy Pierce http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/sail-on-battlestar/comment-page-1/#comment-29063 Jeremy Pierce Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:53:35 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=775#comment-29063 The Baltar flashbacks paid off. To a lesser degree, the Adama job hunt when he was expecting to retire had some payoff. I didn't see the point of the Tighs binging in the bar scene, which seemed to go on and on. The Lee/Kara story and Roslin's family loss would have been appropriate in earlier episodes focusing on those themes, but there didn't seem to be a need to waste space in the finale for them, especially when they had to cut out a full half hour that will be appearing on the DVD. Why not save these stories for the DVD? They had a lot of footage of Adama and Tigh from their early military days filmed during season 2, I believe, that would have been more appropriate for this episode. I wonder if we'll ever see that footage. Also, what was the point of informing us that Roslin had lost her family just before the attacks? Everyone lost their families in the attacks, so it doesn't add much to her backstory to know that she did but in a different way. Where was the payoff in the finale itself? That was probably the most otiose, but the Lee/Kara one was pretty unconnected too. The Baltar flashbacks paid off. To a lesser degree, the Adama job hunt when he was expecting to retire had some payoff. I didn’t see the point of the Tighs binging in the bar scene, which seemed to go on and on. The Lee/Kara story and Roslin’s family loss would have been appropriate in earlier episodes focusing on those themes, but there didn’t seem to be a need to waste space in the finale for them, especially when they had to cut out a full half hour that will be appearing on the DVD. Why not save these stories for the DVD? They had a lot of footage of Adama and Tigh from their early military days filmed during season 2, I believe, that would have been more appropriate for this episode. I wonder if we’ll ever see that footage. Also, what was the point of informing us that Roslin had lost her family just before the attacks? Everyone lost their families in the attacks, so it doesn’t add much to her backstory to know that she did but in a different way. Where was the payoff in the finale itself? That was probably the most otiose, but the Lee/Kara one was pretty unconnected too.

]]> By: MCF http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/sail-on-battlestar/comment-page-1/#comment-28889 MCF Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:22:23 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=775#comment-28889 I wondered where they were going with the flashbacks last week; at the time it seemed like an odd choice to delve into backstories NOW when there was so much left to resolve in the present. But it all paid off and made sense in the finale, especially with Gaius finally embracing his roots, in every sense of the word. I never would have expected a scene like that from the character he was four seasons ago. Every character experienced growth in this series, whether bitter, sweet, or both. It's sad that so many viewers didn't seem to get it, or perceived the instances of divine intervention(that have been sprinkled throughout the entire series from the start if you consider things like Gaius surviving the nuke that destroyed his house and Six' previous body) as a cop-out on the part of the writers. And it wasn't like the show was being preachy and forcing any particular god on viewers who might not believe in such things; I thought they were ambiguous enough about the nature of the being the angels/demons were agents of so as to allow people to draw their own conclusions about what that force was, whether it was beyond good and evil, and what was on the other side(which I think the Hybrids and Sam were plugged into; his final line makes me think he definitely understood Kara's nature). Powerful stuff, though, a four year commentary on war, politics, science, religion, and relationships that just happened to have the backdrop of spaceships and robots but was so much more. I'm glad you're one of the people who got it. I wondered where they were going with the flashbacks last week; at the time it seemed like an odd choice to delve into backstories NOW when there was so much left to resolve in the present. But it all paid off and made sense in the finale, especially with Gaius finally embracing his roots, in every sense of the word. I never would have expected a scene like that from the character he was four seasons ago. Every character experienced growth in this series, whether bitter, sweet, or both. It’s sad that so many viewers didn’t seem to get it, or perceived the instances of divine intervention(that have been sprinkled throughout the entire series from the start if you consider things like Gaius surviving the nuke that destroyed his house and Six’ previous body) as a cop-out on the part of the writers. And it wasn’t like the show was being preachy and forcing any particular god on viewers who might not believe in such things; I thought they were ambiguous enough about the nature of the being the angels/demons were agents of so as to allow people to draw their own conclusions about what that force was, whether it was beyond good and evil, and what was on the other side(which I think the Hybrids and Sam were plugged into; his final line makes me think he definitely understood Kara’s nature).

Powerful stuff, though, a four year commentary on war, politics, science, religion, and relationships that just happened to have the backdrop of spaceships and robots but was so much more. I’m glad you’re one of the people who got it.

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