BSG...WTF?
So I have been a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica series since it started three or so years ago. I have to admit that last season I wasn't so fired up about the show; the first part of the season, dealing with New Caprica and the skeleton-crewed fleet, leading up to quite possibly the most balls-to-the-wall scene ever (this one, if you've never seen it before), was pretty good. The second half, though, dragged, and had way too much mystical claptrap, especially dealing with Starbuck.
This season though, has really just gone completely out the window. Some of you might not of seen it yet, so I'm going to tuck my rant behind the cut. The short version is that there's nothing fucking happening and the characters seem to have morphed into complete assholes in the last few episodes. Very frustrating.
This season though, has really just gone completely out the window. Some of you might not of seen it yet, so I'm going to tuck my rant behind the cut. The short version is that there's nothing fucking happening and the characters seem to have morphed into complete assholes in the last few episodes. Very frustrating.
So there's been what, three or four episodes of the fourth season of BSG so far, and I'm really getting tired of most of the plotlines going on. Right now, we've got:
- Starbuck is back from the dead! And she's supposedly been to Earth. Really? I'm pretty sure we saw her Viper getting shredded in a gas giant last season. So far, I'm not real happy with the explanations that have been given.
- But okay, let's assume she's back from the dead. And she is convinced she psychically knows where it is and the fleet is going the wrong way. So Adama gives her a garbage scow with FTL to check out her course. That's fine, really, but it's just not going anywhere. Starbuck isn't my favorite character now anyway, but the fact that she's acting like a petulant brat leading around most of the cool people on the show isn't really making me happy.
- The president has decided to turn into a fascist, and Baltar is a crazy prophet. No, he's kaaa-raaaa-zeee! What is he doing? Not much, other than being really crazy. Woo. How fun.
- Everyone you liked last season is a Cylon! And now they are crazy too. And they killed friggin' Cally. The Chief and Tigh used to be some of my favorite characters, until last season's revelations. Now they've turned into total crazies and assholes and I can't stand them. I won't even go into questions of how a guy who is at least 20 years older than the Cylons could possibly be a humanoid Cylon.
- Apollo becoming a Quorum member is about the only person whose evolution I've actually enjoyed. He's doing a good job and I don't hate him. So, hooray. Adama is letting the president do her crazy shit, unfortunately, which won't end well.
- Oh, and in addition, the stupid EVERYTHING WILL BE REVEALED promos that have been going on for the last two weeks, when nothing actually gets revealed, needs to stop.
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Yeah yeah. It wasn't nearly this bad during the second or third seasons, though -- this season just hasn't had anything that is even visually interesting, which is the disappointment.
Besides, a guy who likes Starship friggin' Troopers shouldn't get too smug about anyone else's tastes!