Galactica Fini ***SPOILERS***

[gategrrl]

So Kara Thrace turns out to be an angel projection, only *everyone* could see her--so she was real to everyone. I think it's sad, though, but right, that she and Apollo weren't able to spend the rest of their lives together. Oh well. I wasn't a huge shipper for them (they annoyed me greatly, matter of fact, when the show went overboard with them and their frakkin' relationship.

The postscript ending 150,000 years later was, well, I'll put it this way that it wasn't exactly unexpected. But it does mean that...dudes, EVERYBODY died. Because it took so long to get to the finale. BTW, the mitochondrial Eve stuff? There are other lines mingled in---and other lines that have died out. Mitochondrial Eve is a fiction: meaning, in Europe, they traced most of Europeans to a total of 7 women. There are others whose lines vanished.

Galen Tyrol. Oh my. Tory shouldn't have stood next to him while they were all communing. On the one hand, she got what she deserved. On the other hand, there goes yet another woman of color dead on the floor. And yes, I noticed.

Lots of turn arounds. I thought it was pretty cool how they integrated the Opera House into the race through the Galactica. I was surprised when Cavil put the gun in his mouth and shot his brains out. Whoa. Guess he figured enough was enough?

And I thought Adama was going to end it for himself after Laura Roslin died. And man, why not put the damned ring on her finger BEFORE she died? It's all wonderfully symbolic and all that...I guess he figures they'll meet again after death, like Anders and Starbuck? Probably all angels by now. He never seemed to fear death, either. I wonder if he DID kill himself after burying her.

All in all, a good ending to the show. All those glimpses of other new shows scattered through the airing? That was fun!

Comments

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

Hi, saw your comment on szeretni's journal and wandered over. I loved the show and did enjoy Kara as being this angel projection. The way she just vanished was nicely done. The Opera House/CIC scene was probably my favorite although I kind of agree with Caprica and Gauis who were like really, this all lead up to us just holding Hera for like two minutes before letting her get snatched by Cavil?

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

Yeah, I hadn't thought that part of it through, but you're right: all that build-up for the meaning of the Opera House dream (and how did Roslin share in on it? I guess it's because she was *part* of it).

I'll have to rewatch it again, but at the time, I think I had a fleeting feeling of WTF? when Cavil just took her; but that was THE penultimate moment in the series--all the pieces are in place, The Five are on the balcony, Gaius is there to amazingly diffuse the situation with Cavil--I suppose that was supposed to redeem him in the end--Caprica Six is there *defending* against Cavil, and it gels all the elements together. All predestination.

I take all of it with a grain of salt. ;-)

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah the scene was gorgeously shot and edited. I love the way it looked and the placement of the final five, watching over everyone yet not really involved ya know? Even thought Tigh voiced his opinion he still left it for Bill to decide. I love Gauis and I guess it was him being redeemed. And it's almost the traits that made him a villian (his drive for self preservation above all and bullshit logic is what diffused the situation in the first place. (although I'm just now reminded of head!Six's you will bring them all to the end remark which I loved the correlation to the remarks the hybrid told Kara) And I am kind of so glad Chief got pissed and choked Tory and they didn't give resurrection to Cavil and the others.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I thought it was interesting that, even though clearly at the time, Tyrol was NOT getting along with Callie, and Callie had lied to him about the baby (or simply not told everything), that he still reacted that strongly. Even though he also knew Callie hated Cylons of any kind with a passion, and would shoot him on sight given the chance. They had a messed up relationship, and a good portion of it had to do with Callie herself; but him, too, and he didn't have a chance to resolve it with her himself. There was also that added extra layer that he and Tory had been hot and heavy before their minds were wiped by Cavil. And that adds another layer of tragedy there. They never hooked up again like Tigh and Ellen.

I do wonder what happened with those modern centurions that zipped away 150,000 years ago.

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

You know what I completely forgot about the Centurions.

It is sad that Ellen and Tigh got together and Chief and Tory never had any sort of reconciliation.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I am surprised at who turned out to be my favorite character of the entire series-- Colonel TIGHE!

Everybody else stayed pretty much the same, with differing amounts of desperation and depression, his main thing was his loyalty--loyalty to Adama, loyalty to his wife, no matter how horrible she was or how much bad advice she gave him, he was loyal beyond a fault, beyond his own faults. All the others let their personal issues get so much more in the way. Plus, I just loved his actor, Michael Hogan. Wow.

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

Dude I SO agree. Like season 1 and 2 I was kind of eh about him but after he poisoned Ellen I gained so much respect for his loyalty to the fleet. Which is kind of morbid now that I think about it. But he really was the only one who was willing to give all of himself to the fleet and to survival and to Bill. Especially of the revealed Cylons he (and Sam I guess) was the one who was determined to stay and not abandon his human nature. I did kind of love him with Caprica!Six too. They were oddly sweet, especially when they landed on nuke!Earth and she just reached out to touch him.