Well, I appreciated the believers in the beginning - the whole prophecy part and the subsequent conflict between Bill and Laura, between reason and faith. That was excellent and well-played. And their slowly evolving relationship till the very end was one of the things that moved me the most.Originally Posted by howyadoin
Fair enough. I've seen a lot of negative reactions to the religious aspects of the show in the past week, and it struck me odd because as I've said in the past, it's been one of the key parts of the show from the beginning. Yours is one of the few positions I've seen that actually made sense - the rest seem to be held by people who were waiting to have their fragile egos stroked by the revelation that the believers in the show (i.e., damn near all the characters) were crazy and wrong.
All that being said, which subplots do you feel weren't satisfactorily resolved?
In a more general way the feelings of the people who felt the need to believe in the prophecy because they needed something to hold on to or the religious feelings of some Cylons and their metaphysical search in the context of their relation to their human creators started out fine. That was one of the very realistic depictions of the need of some people to believe that Someone is watching over them - in a personal way. I may not agree with that (anymore) but it's part of human civilization and as such it made sense to address it.
And Cavil was great in his rebellion against his creators and refusal to "believe" and embrace the religion and mystical yearnings of some of the other models. My favourite Cylon.
As for the subplots - Daniel (brought up at the very end and just dropped), Kara (she is "tactile" but not human, but not an angel vision, but not a Cylon model, but she died as proven by the DNA test, but she's alive, but she vanished at the end even though being "tactile" and not a vision for just a few people. . .), the importance of Hera (and RDM "explanation" in the interview that only love made her birth possible - yeah, plain biology is overrated ), the shared visions, the difference between the Final Five/Six and the seven/eight other models (I was fine with the 12 models of the beginning), the Matrix-like deus ex machina ending (was it here that someone suggested to just replace Head Baltar and Head Six with the Architect and the Oracle?), the fight for survival ending with a eulogy of the Noble Savage and the Bad Technology. . .
It's as if the first two and a half-three seasons were made by one team and the rest of the show by a different team altogether, especially the second half of the final season. Too many botched ideas, too many mixed signals. Like trying to play several tunes at once - or constantly changing the melody. The final result is too much of a cacophony for my taste.
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