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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.

[identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Make that three. Edward James Olmos is Hispanic.


Amusing fact: Olmos and Jamie Bamber are well aware that they don't look much alike despite playing father and son. To try to make it less obvious that they aren't related, Olmos wore blue contact lenses to match Bamber's eyes, and Bamber dyed his hair a darker shade of brown.

[identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Er, but, Hispanic has its roots in Spain, which is European! I think you should stick with your original count. ^_^

[identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Point :)

[identity profile] dbassassin.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Er, yeah. I know a lot of Hispanic people don't consider themselves white, per se.

But anyway, the cast has always been a bone of contention for me.

*g* Jamie Bamber is about as English looking as you can get.

[identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
His full name is "Jamie St John Bamber Griffith." It doesn't get more British than that!

[identity profile] dbassassin.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
*snicker*

The name St. John always makes me think of that scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral with Rowan Atkinson.

[identity profile] dbassassin.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
BWAH!