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amanuensis1 ([personal profile] amanuensis1) wrote2009-03-21 08:09 am

Battlestar Galactica non-spoilery reaction

1) When BSG does indulge in cliché, it does it with style.

2) Watching the finale makes me want to run back and watch the whole series again from the beginning, and that does not always happen with a beloved series. I've turned my back on entire adored series in the past after finales that left me sulking.

3) Thanks for giving me conclusions I wanted, conclusions I liked better than those I thought I wanted, hurting me a little in good ways, and for keeping the ribbons and bows down to a tasteful, albeit sparkly, few.

What a fantastic series.


Spoilers will be indulged in the comments.

(Anonymous) 2009-03-21 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
The race/color question is a little bothersome, I admit. I thought about it during the Eve epilogue, but dismissed it at the realization that it's impossible for the show to be politically correct about everything.

Political correctness be damned. Of the main characters, exactly *one*, Boomer/Athena, was visibly non-European. ONE. That's worse than the percentage in Star Trek, which was produced over 40 years ago. There is ZERO excuse for this in the 21st century.

[identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That was me, not an anonymous poster. *rolls eyes*

[identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's okay, anonymous posters are welcome too! :D (See response.)

[identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com 2009-03-21 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
The Cylons had better percentages than the humans did! Sigh.

[identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
True, and that just makes it worse. Once again The Enemy is conflated with darkness/otherness. What the hell were they thinking?