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Review Date: 2009-11-24
Not much to say that others haven't said already. This began as a great series and ended as a maudlin soap opera. J.D. Salinger described sentimentality as (I'm paraphrasing) loving a character more than God loves him; that seems to sum up much of what went wrong with this series. The creators apparently believe that every little pang of angst their characters feel deserves an episode's (well, many, in fact) worth of development. Turning Starbuck into an angel is an extreme example of this. Clearly, the show's creators love her, but she is a selfish, maladjusted annoying character from the second season to the very end. Struggling through the series, I found myself time and again groaning inwardly, thinking, "Oh no. Starbuck's emoting again."

The ending could not be more implausible. They finally reach a planet that isn't earth (which of course has been destroyed) but which they call earth. They abandon all their technology--just like that--all their medicine, tools, and so on, to live like the natives. They have no apparent skills that will allow them to adopt a stone-age existence, but we are led to believe they do. Furthermore, instead of sticking together to rely on one another and perhaps protect themselves against natives that might or might not be hostile, they scatter. Sorry, folks, but intelligent people would not do this.

I kept watching this series hoping that it would regain some of its original glory. (Also, frankly, I wanted to know how it ended.) When BSG started, the writers/creators maintained the right balance between personal drama and action. We got fast, edgy stories and the moral complexities were there but not exaggerated to histrionic degrees.

User: John Noodles
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Summary: I Stuck With It to the Bitter End--SPOILER ALERT!
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Review Date: 2009-11-20
I have waited a bit to comment on the finale of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA...i have to admit i have very strong feelings about this show. it is one of those special things that only come along so often in our lives. now that i have watched the entire series and all the specials, including watching the final disc of season 4.5 three times now, i guess i can pass on my ramblings.
i think this is the best show ever on TV.the writing remained strong , creative, and thought provoking the entire series. the political and metaphysical questions it posed are without a doubt the most adventurous ever put to the small screen. the characters were given traits that made us love and hate them. there was little black or white in the questions this show raised or with its characters. we learned much and questioned much about the human, and or cylon race as we watched. which one did WE come from anyway?
many of the shows and their production values exceed anything we see in the theater these days. the last episode, watch the entire disc as one, is probably the greatest single endeavor ever on tv. i am sorry to see it over, but it ended as it should.
i highly suggest you buy this entire series and watch it from beginning to end. question YOUR humanity while the crew tries to keep theirs. the noble acts and the atrocities...we are capable of it all. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA makes us look closely into the mirror...you can decide if you like what you see. SO SAY WE ALL.

User: Robert A. Esbenshade
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Summary: the end of the best
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Review Date: 2009-10-30
BSG was the best sci-fi drama ever written! The last half of the last season wraps things up nicely.

User: P. Leclair
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Summary: Best show ever
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Review Date: 2009-10-27
Great, as usual. This is one of the best and most well written series ever! We thoroughly enjoy each show.

User: Steven D. Middleton
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Summary: Battlestar Galactica, Season 4.5
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Review Date: 2009-10-26
Spoilers dead ahead!!

Sure, we'd like to know why Hera was so important; if Kara already knew the notes and the jump coordinates, why would she need them from Hera? and if Hera is part Cylon, wouldn't it show up if the archaeologists 150,000 years hence did an exam of her skeleton? If Kara was said to be the harbinger of death, what came of that? How did she just disappear into thin air? Does Bill Adama really want to live out his life in a cabin all alone with Laura's grave nearby? If you had some tech, would you really want to abandon it and live primitively when you don't need to? And why would the primitive tribesmen want to mingle with you at all unless it was to kill you?

You can put the above aside, to a degree, however, and enjoy the most unpredictable, questioning, darkest, most daring series that's been on TV in quite some time. The cast is superb, with James Callis, McDonnell, and Olmos standing out the most. The ship is realistically breaking up and dying of age and damage instead of magically being put back together again as it would have been in Trek or other series. The producers and writers also will not let people just ride off happily into the sunset; the fact is that what we seek isn't always what we had hoped we would find; sometimes things do not work out in the end; and you have to wonder if the human species really deserves to survive at all.

User: Viva
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Summary: Some gaps, but a great and unpredictable ride to the end
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