[justlurking]

BSG's ending was interesting, but they plodded forever to get to it. Short version: they finally land on Earth, but it turns out to be up to 200,000 years before the rise of our civilization. The subtext is that the little girl (born of a Cylon and a Caprican) is "Mitochondrial Eve", the woman from which all modern humans are believed to be descended. I thought that was an interesting twist.

The last season of Roseanne occurred only because the network offered an obscene amount of money. So, the writers intentionally "jumped the shark", only to bring it back to reality at the end.

Similarly, I was disappointed in the last season of Babylon 5. Since the series wasn't renewed by the time they wrapped season 4, the writers created an awesome season finale that was expected to be a series finale. Season 5 was a letdown after that.

Revolution was just cancelled a few weeks ago, after production has finished for this season. So, tonight's episode is the series finale, although it was supposed to be just a season finale (and cliffhanger). I expect it to be disappointment, too.

[longtermmemmory]

this “sex” with neat-o special effect BSG was written based on the concept of “what would offend people the most”. (per writer’s admission)

The best thing Larson could do is scrap and reboot back to something that was closer to the original.

[Popman]

BSG's ending was interesting, but they plodded forever to get to it. Short version: they finally land on Earth, but it turns out to be up to 200,000 years before the rise of our civilization. The subtext is that the little girl (born of a Cylon and a Caprican) is "Mitochondrial Eve", the woman from which all modern humans are believed to be descended. I thought that was an interesting twist.

I thought it was an excellent ending...

There could have been several very different endings that would have left an opening for spin offs..

This ending nailed that it was a done deal...

I was actually surprised they actually landed on the real earth...

The only thing that sort of disturbed me was the female "Starbuck" character who died, came back, just appears in a new ship and in the end just disappears into thin air ...

What was she...Cylon, hybrid, ghost, angel...?

That question never gets answered...

[dead]

The subtext is that the little girl (born of a Cylon and a Caprican) is "Mitochondrial Eve", the woman from which all modern humans are believed to be descended. "

And Bob Dylan's song "All Along the Watchtower" is over 200,000 years old.