OT: Season 3 BSG

[AgentZero]

I've noticed it's gone downhill lately, doesn't quite have the ooomph that it used to. But Starbuck dying made me a sad panda.

[Atrocities]

The last five or six episodes have left me with a "WTH" feeling of disappointment.

When they killed off Kira, I was like; FINALLY! Her character has been steadily going down hill since the end of the last season. As an actress she is quite good, but the character Starbuck was just written to fall flat on her face and when they finally wrote her off, I was happy to see her go. Kinda like seeing your favorite old dog being put down after years of living in agony.

The show has really gotten depressing. It still has potential but like Ren said, these last few episodes have been a real struggle to watch as they all have been "finding yourself" character peaces.

[AgentZero]

If you're going to find something, why don't you go find some Cylons to blow up? Huh? How about that!

Seriously though, the whole Balthar trial thing could be good if done well, but it'd get a bit tedious if that's all it was. We need some Cylon action to break things up a little. Even if we don't have battles (although that's preferable ), some inkling as to what the Cylons are up to would be nice.

Edit: I just wonder why they made such a big deal about Starbuck's 'special destiny' right before they killed her. Now we'll never know WTF was up with that painting!

[Randallw]

I am revising my expectations of programs these days. It was once that I would describe some programs as something I would never miss. Then there was Lost. I realise now that I might be a fan of something and couldn't imagine skipping it but in the future I may still lose interest.

I have a friend who gives me copies of BSG. I would watch them all then make a copy and give him the disc so he could give it to someone else. At the end of last year he gave me a disc and I started watching but I skipped 3 of the episodes without watching because when I found out what was happening I couldn't care less. What idiot came up with an entire episode devoted to the stupidest sport ever created, boxing (not that I call 2 people with every muscle except their brain bulked up beating each other slowly to death a sport). I still haven't finished watching the last one. I have to admit that I may just be losing interest. Where's the action?. I used to excuse the whiny self discovery as I got to watch action, but if they don't have any action what is there to watch. I'm just not the sort of person interested in peoples emotional problems let alone made up ones on tv.

[mrscrogg]

The episode wasn't about " boxing " it could have been about any sport , it was about the need to blow off " steam " , get their equilibrium back , let their hair down and in the Admiral's case , remind everyone he's human and he screwed up and wasn't above anybody else for it

[Ragnarok]

AgentZero said:

Edit: I just wonder why they made such a big deal about Starbuck's 'special destiny' right before they killed her. Now we'll never know WTF was up with that painting!

I highly doubt that we have seen the last of Starbuck. With all of the talk about her destiny as you mentioned, I suspect we will be seeing her again.

As for the way the show has gone lately...I have mixed feelings about it. I miss all of the action but at the same time it is nice to see some development of character. If it was all fighting all of the time there wouldn't be time to explore the battles that each individual is facing from being on the run for so long.

They just need to mix it up a bit more. Have one of these types of episodes every 3 or 4 weeks instead of 3 or 4 in a row.

And for those that aren't getting their fix from BSG...that's why we have Heroes and LOST. LOST is kind of dragging right now too, but Heroes...each episode is like...wow!

[Tim_Ward]

The series definately took a dip in quality around the mid season point with all the emo bull****, with otherwise interesting episodes (i.e. Taking a Break from All Your Worries, with the Baltar mind-[censored] sessions) marred with Starbuck and Lee's angst-fest, but this most recent episode was back up at season 2/early season 3 levels.

[Uncle_Joe]

I highly doubt that we have seen the last of Starbuck. With all of the talk about her destiny as you mentioned, I suspect we will be seeing her again.

Yep, I agree. They foreshadowed it quite a bit when she was looking down and reaching for the ejection handle just before the ship blew up. It really wouldnt surprise me for her to pop back up somewhere in the future.

As far as the show in general, yeah, its definately missed a beat from where it used to be. My only hope is that the writers are following a little bit of JMS's B5 script and running a handful of relatively calm, non-arc episodes in order to really WHAM the audience when things start moving again. Its possible that Starbuck dying was supposed to be the WHAM though, in which case I dont think it really had the desired effect yet...

[Azselendor]

Actually, I would say the series dipped right after Resurrection Ship 1 & 2 but I don't blame RDM directly, but more to the point, I blame scifi for actually giving RDM longer seasons. He seems to work better when pushed to do more with less.

Personally, I think they shouldn't bring back starbuck -- except for flashbacks and such. A lot of people in other forums speculate she's a cylon, I hope not. I think Baltar's lawyer is a cylon (his back story matches those of the other cylons that gave BS stories).

Now David Eick said that episodes 16 & 19 are gonna be big for the upcoming film. So we may yet see kara's destiny.

[Santiago]

Sad to say the focus is on Characters and relationships and not much else.