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My general opinion of the first half of season four of BSG was unfavourable. With a few minor exceptions it seemed that a position had been reached and the writers didn't really know where to go beyond there. With the Final Four, beyond the episode with Cally, nothing was found to do with that, Starbuck's merry chase around the cosmos was a blatant excuse to waste time and the Cylon civil war might have been interesting if we'd got to see it and if what we did see didn't show that the writers have lost all track of the Cylon society (though to be fair they lost a grip on what Cylons are and aren't called when they occupied New Caprica). And don't even get me started on Lee going from CAG to minor inexperienced politician to being 'the obvious choise to stand in for Roslin'. Although the first episode of the second half was filmed back then, which means the whole thing about the dead Earth, Starbuck's body and the Final Cylon were decided back then, it does seem as though the strike may have been useful to give the writers time to find some shovels to start digging themselves out of the holes they've got themselves in. We're seeing that some people actually are concerned about Starbuck's mysterious return (something which, for dramatic purposes and so Starbuck doesn't spend the rest of the season in the brig, like Athena did), we're seeing the fleet fall apart in a variety of interesting ways and we're standing alongside Gaeta as he discovers those things he's been carrying around in his pants for the last five years are actually a pair of testicles. It does seem as though Baltar is being quietly slipped back to the coward of the start of the show which would be unfortunate if it does happen, I was preferring the more nuanced character with some moral fibre that he seemed to be turning into.

The first half of season four was the worst of season one. The second half of season four looks like it might be the best parts of season two.

Date: 2009-02-06 10:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] softfruit.livejournal.com
Ah, but scaredy Balthar lets me continue working toward my exhibition "The 101 Weasel Faces of Gauius Balthar".

Date: 2009-02-07 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blahflowers.livejournal.com
He's lost a lot of weight in the mid-season hiatus hasn't he?

And can we start doing the 'Don't you think he/she looks tired?' meme for Adama and Roslin?

Date: 2009-02-07 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notbbcnews24.livejournal.com
So on one side we have all the heavy-weight characters and on the other we have Gaeta and all the bit-part players... Hmmmmm wonder how this is going to turn out...


Date: 2009-02-08 09:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blahflowers.livejournal.com
"They fought off the Cylon invasion but can they handle... The Invasion of the Dayplayers'?"

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