The Rebel Faction

Well folks, the last chapter is at a close. The story is at an end, finally and forever... or is it?

Aside from speculation about a spin-off prequel this is it, it's done. The curtain is drawn, the audience gone.

Personally I found the final episode spectacular. An hour and a half devoted to ending threads, snipping loose ends and completing what has been a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs. I know that I will miss watching the new episodes week in and week out but I think that more so I will be glad of the fact that I was there to see the revisit of a Sicence Fiction legend from start to end.

What did you think?

Right after watching it, I was completely with Irtar on this one, and still somewhat am. I do appreciate Moore's intent of making it open to multiple interpretations, except for that last scene...the day we build cylons will be the day I elect Irtar President of the World.

Well, if we're just going to post spoilers and such, then let me just say I'm not talking about the cylon reference at the end.

I'm talking about them just ditching all their technology to live a life without comfort or medicine. If they had come closer to modern times, and they were actually the people of Atlantis, I could've bought it. But of the over 20,000 people left, I doubt they'd just roll over and accept suffering for the rest of their existence.

Not to mention the concept of 'We're going to prevent this from happening again by forgetting all about it' is stupid. I mean really, if you don't learn from your past you're doomed to repeat it which is really all they have accomplished.

In closing: In my eyes, what they did was just either idiotic, retarded, or a cop out.

Edit: And the song was written by Bob Dylan.

But of the over 20,000 people left, I doubt they'd just roll over and accept suffering for the rest of their existence.

I don't think the intention was to accept suffering for the rest of their lives, but the roll over part rings true; as mentioned the survivors, that is to say the last remnant of humanity, had gone through its worst period in their chapter of evolution/history. On the brink of extinction all, every one, was forced to do things they would never have considered, as exemplified by the main cast. The idea was to, I think, atone for what had passed before generationally and in doing give the future of humanity a chance to start over... a "clean slate" as said in the final moments of the episode.

What did bother me however was...

A.) Cavil committing suicide; this just does not fit with the character as I and others saw him. Resurrection had eluded him, and the rest, and so his death would have been his true end and I just don't see him giving up when previously he had demonstrated such a tenacious ambition to achieve his goals, to survive and to advance "his people".

B.) Starbuck, the mysterious who-or-what is she; okay so we know she is something special but what, exactly is never truly explained. This bothers me because she was such a pivotal character throughout and to leave her ends loose like that strikes me as unfair to the viewer. We, the fans, invest a lot in a show like that and I just think it would have painted a more complete picture had we been given a definite answer about who or what she is. Instead we have the looming questions... how did she come to be on Earth (the first Earth) as a corpse? How did she know the patterns? Where did she really come from? I can only hope that we will be given the answers to these and other questions in the future spin-off.

And on a lesser note - how tough was the Galactica, exactly? It seemed in the throws of death for episodes previous, then managed to endure protracted battle with the Cylon colony, then managed a jump when previous references had made that sound unlikely if not impossible, then it held atmosphere long enough to disembark the crew and make the flight from Earth (our Earth) to the sun...

Hyfe...

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It's only like 3000 hours...