There is a valid point in there about ethics in relation to technology (see what happens when you are mean to your robot soldiers with gun hands?), but the point sort of floated away when the cylons were pretty much never mentioned again.
Yeah. Before I read that RDM interview, I had some hope that The Plan might end with some sort of resolution for them, but I sure as frak won't bet on it now. The show never really cared about the Cylons -- they were just an excuse to drive the plot. "They all die or disappear in five-minute scenes at the end" is incredibly lame. Guess they needed airtime for those very-important vomit and pigeon shots.
I seriously hated Galen in this episode. Seriously.
Yeah, me too. Also Ellen "omg we couldn't possibly give you Resurrection! That would involve all five of us, and it's not like I don't know exactly where they are and what they're all doing tonight!" Tigh. Seriously, I had assumed that there was some reason why it would be hard to get the Resurrection info from the Five, but no: it seems that she was actually willing to kill half of her "treasured" children because the alternative was to stick her hand in a frakkin' datafont? Right up to the end, she was like "Saul! What are you doing!? Don't encourage Cavil to let go of his petty desire for revenge -- he's peacefully trying to become a better machine, rather than murdering humans! Don't help him!" Then Galen kills every single one of her "millions of beloved children", whether by violence or by slow extinction, and she and Tigh are like "good for you, man! Petty human emotions like hatred and revenge are awesome, as is murder!"
Sigh. Way to bring the "deep" themes of No Exit full-circle there, guys. Were the Five supposed to be the villains of the entire series? Because if not, it sure looks that way from here!
The centurions' ending was perfect
Yeah, it was. They are so great! I hope they build a wonderful world. In fact, I hope they become the best machines the universe has ever seen. *sigh*
I'm just going to pretend the freaking awful nonsense about "real earth" never happened and just re-watch the centurion parts about 50 times. Perhaps I'll also construct an imaginary alternate ending in which Galen wasn't a total selfish frak-up, and everyone was happy and peaceful and frolicking. Yes, frolicking.
Yeah. At least they didn't actually show all the 1/4/5s dying -- I figure there are still some out there, whether on the Colony (which didn't fall into the singularity what are you talking about) or on their individual Basestars. Maybe now, with the humans gone, they can finally concentrate on living for themselves.
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Yeah. Before I read that RDM interview, I had some hope that The Plan might end with some sort of resolution for them, but I sure as frak won't bet on it now. The show never really cared about the Cylons -- they were just an excuse to drive the plot. "They all die or disappear in five-minute scenes at the end" is incredibly lame. Guess they needed airtime for those very-important vomit and pigeon shots.
I seriously hated Galen in this episode. Seriously.
Yeah, me too. Also Ellen "omg we couldn't possibly give you Resurrection! That would involve all five of us, and it's not like I don't know exactly where they are and what they're all doing tonight!" Tigh. Seriously, I had assumed that there was some reason why it would be hard to get the Resurrection info from the Five, but no: it seems that she was actually willing to kill half of her "treasured" children because the alternative was to stick her hand in a frakkin' datafont? Right up to the end, she was like "Saul! What are you doing!? Don't encourage Cavil to let go of his petty desire for revenge -- he's peacefully trying to become a better machine, rather than murdering humans! Don't help him!" Then Galen kills every single one of her "millions of beloved children", whether by violence or by slow extinction, and she and Tigh are like "good for you, man! Petty human emotions like hatred and revenge are awesome, as is murder!"
Sigh. Way to bring the "deep" themes of No Exit full-circle there, guys. Were the Five supposed to be the villains of the entire series? Because if not, it sure looks that way from here!
The centurions' ending was perfect
Yeah, it was. They are so great! I hope they build a wonderful world. In fact, I hope they become the best machines the universe has ever seen. *sigh*
I'm just going to pretend the freaking awful nonsense about "real earth" never happened and just re-watch the centurion parts about 50 times. Perhaps I'll also construct an imaginary alternate ending in which Galen wasn't a total selfish frak-up, and everyone was happy and peaceful and frolicking. Yes, frolicking.
Yeah. At least they didn't actually show all the 1/4/5s dying -- I figure there are still some out there, whether on the Colony (which didn't fall into the singularity what are you talking about) or on their individual Basestars. Maybe now, with the humans gone, they can finally concentrate on living for themselves.