- Were you satisfied or unsatisfied by the final Starbuck reveal?
I thought it was well done, actually. I'm sure a lot of people must have been clamoring for some more concrete answers, but it spelled out just enough, IMO, to make you buy into it. It gave you enough to understand in basic terms what she is and why she was there, but still shrouded enough of the whole thing in mystery to make you appreciate that whatever the being is supposed to be that is referred to as "God" really is a powerful, mysterious being that is able to do things we cannot comprehend.
Understanding that she really was actually sent back from the dead, I'm also inclined to believe that she really did die when she went into the storm as well. So that means she was actually sent back from the dead twice. She died on the first "earth" and then again in the storm. Although, perhaps these are actually the same event. What leads me to say that is, the viper she returned in was somehow modified and different from the one she had originally flown into the storm. There is no indication the remains of the viper they found on "earth" was different. And what would a viper from the present day be doing on a planet that was torched 2,000 years ago anyway? So here's what I'm thinking: The storm was somehow some anomaly that sent present day Starbuck back in time where her remains crash landed on earth. If that's the case, then she only really DID die once. Maybe all that is obvious, but I had to noodle through it.
- Which moments did you find the most emotionally affecting and why? (Random scene that really gets me - All the ships flying into the sun. The first time I saw the episode I didn't get it. Then I realized it was about giving the fleet a viking funeral, which makes me love it. The reorchestrated theme from the original series serving as background music is a brilliant touch).
I'll have to come back to this, but there were quite a few. Roslyn working in sick bay got me. A lot of the "resolution" scenes on earth at the end of the show as well, such as Roslyn passing.
- Having seen the entirety of Baltar's arc, what is your final opinion of the character? Do you think he is redeemed? Do you think he genuinely transformed?
That's a tough one. Yeah, I think we really HAVE TO conclude that he was redeemed and transformed. I just don't WANT TO conclude that. Which is an interesting conflict, and the fact that I am still having that conflict shows how well done his character was written.
- What did you think of Brother Cavil committing suicide?
Seemed random and irrational. But while it could have simply been a throwaway by the writers, not really knowing what else to do with him, I choose to think they
intentionally made it random and illogical because, despite having a complex orchestrated, calculated plan, there was much about him that still remained random and irrational despite that cold, calculated nature.
- IMO: I don't know if Galactica ramming into the colony topped the atmosphere jump from Exodus Part II, but it's certainly a worthy successor to one of the best moments of the show. At least equally as awesome. Agree or disagree?
I agree. And the impact of both of those scenes, but especially the one with the colony, was augmented by the fact that the writers somehow managed to make the ship a
character as well as just a ship. You were made to care about and feel for the ship. It was every bit as much a major character as any human or cylon in the series. ...which given the major conflict in the series of "human" vs. "machine," and how that conflict blurs in both directions, is deliciously ironic.
- Probably the defining element of the finale, for better or for worse, is how it really goes for broke in terms of being really warm and emotional. Even though it has flaws (mostly in terms of the logic of the plot), I appreciated how the show wanted to end on a positive note. It rewards you for caring. What do you think?
Yeah, I agree.
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