I'm so happy you enjoyed it! I was actually pretty content. I mean, would I re-write the entire last half of this season if I had the chance? Hell yeah. But I wasn't bothered by most of what happened, and some of it I absolutely loved. I'd been bitching all season about the Gaius/Caprica relationship being neglected; not that I care about that relationship more than others, but I thought it was important, and that it had gone from being central to the series to nearly nonexistent. To see them together again as a key part of the series made me happy enough that I could shrug off some of the most ridiculous elements of the finale (e.g. everyone being super-awesome with giving up all their technology).
I thought Starbuck's ending was fine, aside from leaving poor Lee alone. I just want him to be happy! Sigh. And I absolutely adored Anders's ending. He somehow ended up my favorite character by the end of the series. I would've bet my entire bank account against that when he was introduced, so kudos to the writers for making that happen.
The thing is, as far as I can remember, I've only ever loved one television finale. They're tough to nail even when the show doesn't have a million crazy things going on. What I wanted from this was for most of the plot and thematic elements to be brought together, and I think that happened. If they were going to make the finale brilliant, they would have had to have started setting shit up ten episodes ago, and they didn't. There's only so much they can do in three hours. I'm just glad that only parts of it felt like a frantic race to the finish, as I think the whole episode could've easily fallen into that.
Ok, I realize I've already written as much as you did in your post, but I have to share with someone that this has been a really interesting fandom experience for me. I wasn't in BSG fandom, and while I feel like I missed out on a lot of great squee and discussions over the years, all the rage that's surfaced makes me wonder if I'm not better able to enjoy shows outside of fandom. In this case two of my best friends IRL got me into the show, and I've shared this show with them and my SO. We have plenty of discussions and disagreements, but it never reaches the fever pitch of fandom. Because I didn't watch commentaries or read articles, I didn't develop a feel for the writers or producers beyond what was on the screen, so nothing ever felt particularly personal. I dunno. I like knowing what other people think of episodes, but what tends to happen is that when I don't like an episode, people's positive reactions don't change anything, but when I do like an episode, people's negative reactions affect my enjoyment somewhat. Huh. Something I've got to think about, I guess.
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Date: 2009-03-23 02:26 pm (UTC)I thought Starbuck's ending was fine, aside from leaving poor Lee alone. I just want him to be happy! Sigh. And I absolutely adored Anders's ending. He somehow ended up my favorite character by the end of the series. I would've bet my entire bank account against that when he was introduced, so kudos to the writers for making that happen.
The thing is, as far as I can remember, I've only ever loved one television finale. They're tough to nail even when the show doesn't have a million crazy things going on. What I wanted from this was for most of the plot and thematic elements to be brought together, and I think that happened. If they were going to make the finale brilliant, they would have had to have started setting shit up ten episodes ago, and they didn't. There's only so much they can do in three hours. I'm just glad that only parts of it felt like a frantic race to the finish, as I think the whole episode could've easily fallen into that.
Ok, I realize I've already written as much as you did in your post, but I have to share with someone that this has been a really interesting fandom experience for me. I wasn't in BSG fandom, and while I feel like I missed out on a lot of great squee and discussions over the years, all the rage that's surfaced makes me wonder if I'm not better able to enjoy shows outside of fandom. In this case two of my best friends IRL got me into the show, and I've shared this show with them and my SO. We have plenty of discussions and disagreements, but it never reaches the fever pitch of fandom. Because I didn't watch commentaries or read articles, I didn't develop a feel for the writers or producers beyond what was on the screen, so nothing ever felt particularly personal. I dunno. I like knowing what other people think of episodes, but what tends to happen is that when I don't like an episode, people's positive reactions don't change anything, but when I do like an episode, people's negative reactions affect my enjoyment somewhat. Huh. Something I've got to think about, I guess.