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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] [QUOTE]I liked the spirit of the final scenes in NY, but I didn't like how they were filmed. Ending an episode that had almost movie quality production values with stock video of Japanese robots just seemed wrong.[/QUOTE]I had a completely different take on those scenes. I felt those scenes with Asimo, the female Japanese "android," etc. were basically a warning that humanity is starting to progress toward the point where we're going to create our own Cylons, and the cycle will continue. It gave me chills, actually, when I watched them. [QUOTE]Most of the storylines were tied up to my satisfaction, although what the frak Starbuck was could've been explained more. I don't mind a bit of ambiguity, but it's almost like they weren't sure what she was, so they just said "let's leave it up to the audience to figure out" and if we don't know either, then we're left feeling a bit thick. Yeah, she probably is just an angel, but why wasn't she aware of that fact like Harveys are? And we still don't really know how her body ended up on Earth.[/QUOTE]I'm not quite sure I understand why so many people don't get what Starbuck was, because I got it immediately, at least IMHO. She isn't an angel. She's a Christ figure. Jesus Christ was born, found out that his father was much more that what he thought, realized he had a destiny, had the 12 apostles follow him, died, was resurrected, and ascended to Heaven after fulfilling his destiny. Kara Thrace was born, realized she had a destiny, died, was resurrected, found out that her father was much more than what she thought, led the survivors of the 12 colonies to their new home, and ascended to (fill in the blank) after fulfilling her destiny. The sequence isn't the same, but the parallels are certainly there.(BTW, I was brought up Catholic, but I'm now an atheist) [QUOTE]I laughed a bit when Adama said they were sending the ships into the sun. They must have autopilots, so making Anders fly them basically boils down to murdering a disabled guy because Adama wants to live in a shack.[/QUOTE]Although I understand the need story-wise for the fleet to disappear, I think it would have worked better had Anders actually been the one who said he wanted to do it, and Adama went along with his request. That would have foreshadowed Anders's comment "See you on the other side," as if he knew that Starbuck would be going bye-bye soon and wanted to be with her wherever they ended up (Heaven, for lack of a better analogy). Of course, for all we know, that's what happened. [QUOTE]And I read that the Colony eventually fell into the black hole (deleted scene), but they had baseships there too. For all the Colonials knew, the Colony Cylons could have come back.[/QUOTE]From over a million light-years distance? And the fact that the colony Cylons didn't know where Galactica jumped? Highly unlikely they'd ever see those Cylons again. To quote the late Douglas Adams, "Space is big. Really big." [/QB][/QUOTE]
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