Galactica-a-go-go
Battlestar Galactica has been really good this season, hasn't it? A lot more consistently excellent than last season, and last season was darn good. I mean, it could still fall apart in the 2nd half of the season (and this last episode seemed to play up mystical elements that Emory, in particular, hates), but right now it's the Best Show on Television! (The Wire, Deadwood, and Veronica Mars are all between seasons, although this season of Galactica is better than the last season of Mars.)
While we still forgot to tape the season finale (d'oh), our apartment does have the catch-up marathon of The 4400 that USA was nice enough to air. I'm pleased to report that even though they killed off the Rocketeer, the vacuumn left by his character has been filled by none other than Mr. W/Jack McCall from Deadwood. Hey, just don't let him near any prostitues! Cause he'll kill them! With a straight razor! Ho, ho!
How great was that scene in the season 2 finale of Deadwood between Hearst and Mr. W? Okay, now I'm just rambling.
While we still forgot to tape the season finale (d'oh), our apartment does have the catch-up marathon of The 4400 that USA was nice enough to air. I'm pleased to report that even though they killed off the Rocketeer, the vacuumn left by his character has been filled by none other than Mr. W/Jack McCall from Deadwood. Hey, just don't let him near any prostitues! Cause he'll kill them! With a straight razor! Ho, ho!
How great was that scene in the season 2 finale of Deadwood between Hearst and Mr. W? Okay, now I'm just rambling.
posted by Jeff at 12:46 PM
4 Comments:
Galactica is indeed hyper religious. It's Left Beyond...in space!
That said, Galactica's religiosity strikes me as ballsy and unique more than pandering and syrup-y. The strident faith all those characters possess is rather fascinating if you compare it to the atheistic world of Star Trek.
And I say all this as an atheist.
I agree. It's certainly one of the most interesting aspects of the world they've created.
The thing about the last episode was that what the arrow did wasn't even remotely explained (is it a hologram, or God's Magic Teleportation Device?) so it just seemed like a magical plot device rather than a religious experience (sort of like when God's hand comes down to solve everything at the end of The Stand).
Yes, thank you for clearing it up. It was a rather stupid typo.
Maybe if we could have seen how they got BACK, then I wouldn't have minded the mystic plot device as much. That kind of bugged me. But still.... awesome.
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