Yes, I agree. The "surprise, Cavil did everything!" retcon was really stupid, and killed a lot of the emotional and philosophical depth of the series. It's also exactly the sort of rug-pulling that the writers should not be doing to the audience just five episodes before the end. Oh, well.
I'm not quite sure what they're doing with Cavil's faction, at this point. Up until now, they've kept them at least somewhat morally ambiguous, but they've also been walking a fine line between ambiguity and RAR VILLAINS, so I think it's likely they'll go with the latter. Too bad, because I think a lot of Cavil's points are valid, and I doubt they'll get a fair deal from the writers. And frankly, ending BSG on any sort of "hurrah for humans and down with Cylons" note is rather pathetic, given that they spent three entire seasons showing us exactly why that doesn't fly.
Gee, it turns out the answer to "what is it that makes humans worthy of survival?" was nothing more than "killing all the frowny-face meany-mean bad guys" and/or "forcing the frowny-face meany-mean bad guys to be just like us"! Who'd have guessed? *rolls eyes*
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I'm not quite sure what they're doing with Cavil's faction, at this point. Up until now, they've kept them at least somewhat morally ambiguous, but they've also been walking a fine line between ambiguity and RAR VILLAINS, so I think it's likely they'll go with the latter. Too bad, because I think a lot of Cavil's points are valid, and I doubt they'll get a fair deal from the writers. And frankly, ending BSG on any sort of "hurrah for humans and down with Cylons" note is rather pathetic, given that they spent three entire seasons showing us exactly why that doesn't fly.
Gee, it turns out the answer to "what is it that makes humans worthy of survival?" was nothing more than "killing all the frowny-face meany-mean bad guys" and/or "forcing the frowny-face meany-mean bad guys to be just like us"! Who'd have guessed? *rolls eyes*