And now comes the last part of my review of the BSG series finale “Daybreak, Part 2″ and I can’t think of a more fitting way to complete this review than to focus on the principal characters of Bill Adama and Laura Roslyn, as well as the much discussed final scene that ended this formative series.  It’s taken me some time to sit down and finish this review, so let’s get right into it.

Bill Adama – His life fulfilled and his honour intact

In the first two parts of my review of “Daybreak, Part 2″, I noted how valuable the flashback scenes have been for allowing us to appreciate the full scope of the journey these characters have been on since before the series began and that’s certainly been the case with Adama and Roslyn.  The interchanging scenes showing what their separate lives were like back on Caprica shows us that they’ve started this journey in the same boat, of leaving behind lives where they felt trapped into accepting the choices they were being given.  In the scenes of Adama and Tigh partying in the bar, it’s clear that while Tigh has a better life waiting for him outside of serving the Colonial Fleet, Adama is being corralled into a job he clearly doesn’t want.  Watching Adama outside the bar, slumped on the ground covered in his own vomit gazing wistfully at the stars above, it’s not hard to appreciate that the stars were where he felt he belonged the most and yet, it was never as far away from him as it was at that moment.  In some ways, Adama is reminiscent of Ishmael in “Moby Dick”, being capable of Click here to continue reading »”BSG “Daybreak, Part 2” – My Final BSG Review, The Conclusion”

Let me start off by saying I’m a big fan of the science fiction series remake, Battlestar Galactica (or BSG as its referred to by its viewers) by Ron Moore and David Eick. The first two seasons of this show were a brilliant demonstration of the fact that science fiction is not about futuristic technology or ships flying around in space; rather, it is an examination of human drama, character conflicts and motivations set against an alternate reality.

Oh sure, BSG has gone on to create a new stylistic look – in particular the use of camera movements for the space scenes that creates the illusion of a real camera operator floating in space trying to capture all the action while staying out of the way. But those who really get what the show’s strength is know that it’s the multi-dimensional characters and the complexities of their relationships to one another. Of course, the show also has a tendency to pull off some wicked mind fraks on the audience (frak, for those who are unfamiliar with the show, is a series-based euphemism for a contemporary profanity word. I’m sure you can figure out which one). Certainly one of the other key hallmarks of BSG is that you could never assume anything about its story lines since many of those conventional storytelling ruses or plot devices used these days would invariably be taken to the curb and tossed – when you least expect it. Click here to continue reading »”To Moore and Eick: Please Don’t Screw This One Up”