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Archive for April, 2009

WTF @ Battlestar Galactica Finale!?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I’m not opposed to using Biblical or otherwise religious themes to set the basis for a story; I admit that I have grown quite attached to the new NBC series ‘Kings’ even though it’s basically a modern retelling of the story of David (except that Goliath is a tank…) and was quite disappointed after learning that it would be canceled after the current season.

However, it appears that the BSG finale – with Baltar proclaiming that some things are meant never to be explained and that the Colonials and non-Cavil Cylons were basically following the word of God – seemed highly contrived and basically thrust upon the audience as more or less of a cop out. That and they gave up the frakking spaceships and reverted back to being cavemen…

Then again, English class in high school was never my forte and I pretty much sucked at identifying metaphors and that kind of stuff. Your thoughts?

Tags: battlestar galactica, religion, Science Fiction
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