And that's right where you arguably should end your watch. You will want more after "Exodus. BSG was fantastic. And there's nothing wrong with watching the rest. There are some fine moments along the way.
It's not an ideal ending. Much is left unresolved. But it wraps a long succession of narrative and feels like a more satisfying outcome than you get with the remaining 36 episodes. If you venture further, at first things are okay. After all the intense drama on New Caprica, one expected a bit of wheel-spinning in the episodes immediately following. There was Starbuck's death and mystical resurrection.
The increasing number of dull meeting scenes among the Cylon command team it seemed like an effort to humanize the Cylon "other," but as a group they just weren't interesting. And then there was the move that arguably broke the narrative: The season 3 finale was originally going to focus solely on Baltar's trial. But the trial didn't feel like enough, Moore has said. The story felt like it needed something else.
So the decision was made to make five longtime human characters secret Cylons. And we leave one for next season. But entirely reworking well-established characters halfway through a show isn't the same as doing a story twist or a time jump.
Every previous scene with the newly revealed Cylons was scripted, performed and shot with the intention they were on Team Human, so it felt less shocking than incongruent with the first half of the show.
Some fans would tell you the end of this story was disappointing. Battlestar Galactica is one of my favorite TV shows ever made, one of those series I could conceivably write thousands of words about without breaking a sweat.
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The ending scene with the robots is a masterpiece. Lee's words made me think a lot "If there's one thing that we should have learned, it's that Our science charges ahead, but our souls lag behind. Let's start anew. Simply put one of the best SciFi shows of all time! Patryk B. Feb 18, Although the season could be depressing and aimless at times, it redeemed itself with a really great ending.
The show had been hyping up lots of prophecies and questions since the first season, and when the answers finally came, they proved to be absolutely worth the wait! The final five could have been done a bit smoother in my opinion, but other than that it was perfect.
Lots of the criticisms I hear tend to be harsh nitpicks that aren't all that logic-based. I also hear a lot of sci-fi purist views that criticize the religious aspect of the ending, even though the show was very religious from the beginning the theme song is literally a Hindu mantra, and I don't know how anyone could get through the first season without realizing the ending would have a grand spiritual meaning. Frankly, the way they tackled religion is what made the show so unique. To take that away would be to take away the show's identity.
I think fans were really upset about the fact that the show was ending because it's incredibly good, please watch it and misdirected their anger towards the writers, which is a shame. It's a genuinely nice ending, and one of the best I've ever seen. Ava W. Nov 07, While it starts alright and it is a must see for every Battlestar Galactica fan, the ending is really disappointing.
Adrian S. Oct 13, Simply put one of the best Science fiction shows of all time! An absolute must watch! Great ending! Sep 23, A great execution of an unsalvageable premise. These were probably the last days of good sci fi direction. Its unfortunate they had to let us down in the end. Philipp N. Aug 21, Major Spoilers ahead!!!! I've watched all four seasons of BSG at least 5 times now just recently on Prime ; it's fair to say that, for the most part, it is an immense artistic achievement.
The show is packed with exceptionally well-drawn characters woven into an extremely compelling story, BUT season four feels rushed to me - especially the second half where events plough along at a dizzying, head-spinning rate in a frantic effort to bring the various subplots together in time for the finale. I'm not sure if the writers expected more than four seasons when they wrapped up the third - but I wouldn't be surprised.
There are also some very strange decisions made by various characters in the final episode - not the least of which is the decision by Adama and most of his crew to risk the Galactica in a probably suicide mission to rescue Hera.
Add to that Cavil blowing his brains out and the survivors shunning all their advanced technology and splitting up into separate colonizing groups on the new Earth to "give them the best chance of survival"? And the 30, odd remaining humans are perfectly happy to let Baltar and Caprica 6 both instrumental in the destruction of the colonies in the first place just waltz off into the sunset together to be farmers and live happily-ever-after?
No murderous hard feelings? I know that others aren't happy that Baltar's "Head-Six" turned out to be an angel and feel this is a cop-out but that's completely unfair - she actually said outright and right from the start on more than one occasion that she was an "Angel of God" and implied it many other times.
But other than that it's beautiful television and, thanks in no small part to the amazing CGI, timeless themes and clever set design employed, despite the series wrapping up over 10 years ago it really does look and feel like it could have been made yesterday. Clive B. May 27, So this is a strange season to review. For years I've heard many different opinions about BSG's ending from reverant praise to deep disgust and dissapointment.
I feel like despite this being a full season review I have to start with the ending. I was surprised, ultimately, by how uncontroversial I found it. Don't get me wrong I can definitely understand why it was so dividing but, personally, I found it pretty servicable. It was just a solid, if kinda underwhelming, end to the story - it nicely tied up all the themes and gave an ending which felt in keeping with the numerous amounts of foreshadowing in the story.
Now, as a season overall, I found it brilliant. I did not feel there were any dud episodes and the story and acting were top-notch. There's no doubt that it looks and admittably feels a bit dated now but it was never enough that I had to suspend my disbelief.
I do feel that this will definitely fall into my favourite shows ever list and it does deserve the praise that generally gets heaped on it. The mysterious element reminds of lost as it comes up with brilliant questions and then servicable but kinda unfulfilling answers.
None-the-less I will remember BSG for a long time and it is almost certainly something I will rewatch at some point. Simeon J.
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