Grousing about Battlestar

[cyrano]

So I was going to talk

I could have sworn that I'd read somebody talking about Ron Moore pulling another classic "What the Fuck" moment and people's heads exploding and stuff.
I'm now fairly convinced that I just dreamed that, because... wow. What a mediocre 'who cares' cliffhanger. I realize that nobody promised that the Fifth Cylon would be revealed before the break, but throw me a fuckin' bone here. If your big reveal is 'Earth is a postapocalyptic wasteland' then at least give me a half-buried Statue of Liberty or.... something. I liked the peaceful resolution of the Caprican Standoff, but pretty much the whole episode was a disappointment.
The previous episode, The Hub, at least had some semi-interesting bits about mortality and everything has an end and stuff, but there's been way too much manufactured conflict and... wasted potential.

Comments

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I will happily admit to being in the minority here and say that I really enjoyed the mid-season finale. I wasn't expecting to have Moore wrap up everything in this ep, indeed I'd have been both shocked and disappointed if he had. There's still half a season left and he's already got us to Earth, revealed all the current models in the fleet (and I believe D'Anna flat out said the fifth isn't there), told us why Starbuck's viper was so damn important, etc., etc.

The big questions remain, who's the fifth, is Laura actually doomed to die or will she manage to beat the cancer again, what the heck is up with Hera and the Sixes, what impact will the fact that cylons can actually interbreed now (i.e. Caprica Six/Tigh) have in the long term, how will the cylon civil war be resolved now that Earth's been found, just what happened to Starbuck during her missing weeks, and of course what the hell is up with Earth.

I've loved the development of the characters, especially letting Lee grow into his own and the relationship between Bill and Laura moving forward. I was a little surprised/disappointed that Kara didn't shoot her useless husband right between the eyes when she found out he was a cylon but I suppose there's still time for that.