Battlestar Gallactica: A Love-Hate Relationship
Hmmmm. I’ve been debating about a BSG post for a while. This little show has become somewhat of a bane on my existence lately, but not for the reasons you might think. Let me explain. (oh, there might be a…what’s it called? Yes, a spoiler alert.)
It started with bang
The first season I was there. We had wars, exploration, plot furthering, and character development. Each episode was tied into the general plot sequence: find earth. The President had cancer and we all hung on her every word. Commander Adama was maybe a cylon and we all watched his every move (at least for that one episode). The writers did a good job of making the events circle around the central plot. Everything was coming up roses…or some type of intergalactic plant life.
A flacid second half
Then came season two. It’s been a downhill battle ever since all the gang returned from Kobal. Now it seems the writers all went on some kind of vacation and have left the actors to fend for themselves. Every episode is the exact same as the last. Every conflict is resolved by some brilliant military scheme orchestrated by Starbuck or a gang of street roving midgets…strike that last one. But really. Can this show get any more redundant or bleak? I could tell you, without watching the next episode, exactly what was going to happen, more or less. I need the PLOT back, people. If I have to sit through one more episode where some totally random character is introduced who tries to incite some kind of revolution and then gets blown up by Adama’s troops I’m going eat a pot of Poinsettias.
Now, I’ve only made it to Season 2. I’m assured that the writers get their act together (or get fired) and things pick up. I have great faith in that. Its a good show. Really. But I’m getting a little bored. So here’s what I’m going to need to happen soon: reveal at least 3 more cylons, find some type of new setting so I don’t go blind watching the Galactica set, have a happy episode where the crew goes, oh I don’t know, to the circus or something, and bring Billy the President’s assistant back. Is that too much to ask? I think not. So come on Season 3. I’m waiting.