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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6266563" data-attributes="member: 17106">As a big fan of the show, I enjoyed it. Not without some mixed feelings, but I wasn't vehemently against it like some were. I think the inherent problem is that the show's style initially left so much to the imagination, that the reveals were almost guaranteed to be disappointing. The reveal of what Cylon ships look like or their culture or their Final Five were all, on some level, disappointing compared to what I imagined was going on behind the scenes when they were ransacking human civilization in the original pilot.As to the finale, one can't say it wasn't prefaced. The characters questioning their faith and the ambiguity of whether there was any truth to it were played from the beginning. The mysterious "head" characters were played from near the beginning. The ending is a total deus ex machina, pretty much by definition, but it does make sense within the context of the show. I think it's disappointing because the show had, at times, such a naturalistic feel-their world felt so real-that it seems wrong that it should end by definitively stating that they live in a fantasy world with magic and gods and all that. It also, like any deus ex, carries a certain glibness in the way it waves off major points of plot confusion. The coda, wherein they give up technology and settle, makes a certain amount of sense, but is done in a way that seems too fast and too simple for a show that usually acknowledges that life is not simple.However, the finale (much like Star Trek: TNG's) was moving on a character level because of the flashbacks that showed us where they came from and the many fairly definitive resolutions to their arcs. It was also an entertaining spectacle, with the requisite big space battle and action scenes. The soundtrack to the show contains an entire disc of riveting music that sums up the show's whole history, one of the better albums I own.So, the bottom line is that it's not the finale I would have written. I would have written something that had a rational explanation for everything and didn't go the gods are real route. But there's enough to it that I can respect it.</blockquote>

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