Wow. That's all I can say after watching the new episode of the final season of Battlestar Galactica or BSG. Interestingly enough, it wasn't the revelation of the long hyped 5th Cylon that made my day. It was all the other stuff they decided to bring in. Are they all Cylon? It's a possibility. What happens now? In all, the six month wait was well worth it.
I was a fan of the original series, too. While it obviously took a lot of cues from Star Wars, which was a major influence, it was intriguing enough in that the main plot was fascinating. Despite the fact that it was campy as hell, I watched almost every episode of the original series, even watching the god-awful movies that were made from it. I thought the Viper designs were the coolest thing, though the disco light helmets of the viper pilots were bad, even in the days of disco. It was the premise of Galactica that made it so fascinating, though it seemed to be spiraling out of control by the time the series finally was cancelled.
Later on, the computer game Homeworld would pick up the same concept to create a game that was just as compelling as the series. More on this in another post.
I was rather skeptical of the new series when it first came out, I was expecting the same camp, outrageous outfits, the chrome-plated Cylons, the misplaced cheeriness that marked the original series. Instead, I was thrown into an intense, gritty, almost unrecognizable "re-imagining" of the series. It was written with a much more realistic point of view in mind, which made its human drama just that much more exciting. Also, with the introduction of completely humanoid Cylons, even the bad guys were given a human dimension. It was also much, much sexier. They could not have done a better job, in my opinion.
I was hooked. I still am. The new episode re-affirmed all my opinions of the series. Intense, extremely unpredictable, and dark, BSG will be a permanent part of my media collection once the run is finished.
DVD...DVD...DVD...DVD...
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