Battlestar Galactica non-spoilery reaction

[amanuensis1]

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.

Comments

[sbbo.livejournal.com]

The only part that really choked me up is when they were reading, at the end, of discovering the body of a girl with her parents. Uhhh. The use of 'girl' is making me think that Hera didn't survive childhood. I then suspect a harsh winter with food die-off. Since we know her parents would cut their arms off before allowing her hurt I have to imagine they all died around the same time. Within a year or two of arriving.

And if it can happen to them then it obviously could happen to many others. Which is tragic, to me.

Also, I have to wonder if they hadn't decided to start with a fresh slate, but instead dedicated their technology to maintaining an accurate history (ie, not the scrolls of Pithia ) they might have avoided the whole enslaving of robots mess that is apparently our greatest weakness.

But maybe I'm giving this too much thought?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, did they say "a girl" like that? I didn't even think about that, if they did! Okay, going back and rewatching. Of course, if she's Mitochondrial Eve, doesn't that imply she had to reproduce?

Never too much thinking! :D *points to icon*