And Battlestar Galactica Has Come to an End

Published by simon on April 7, 2009

And yeah, so, about two weeks ago, i watched the series finale of the Greatest Television Show Ever ™, Battlestar Galactica, bringing an end to four seasons. I realize the majority of Malaysians have not heard of the new BSG series, let alone follow it (although it comes on 8TV).

I had it better than most people, taking less than a year to finish all 4 seasons of it, the original schedule took about 6 years to complete due to the writer’s strike in the US and a protracted break halfway through season 4.

For the uninitiated, BSG is a reimagined series loosely based on the old 1970’s series, but this time, it takes a dark survivalist tone. The humans’ 12 colonies were destroyed by the Cylons, and and only about 50 thousand survivors of the human race are left wandering space. They are led aging battleship Galactica, and and searching for the fabled lost 13th colony called Earth.

But they are heavily pursued by the Cylons, a breed of intelligent robots that were created by humans but rebelled against the masters. The Cylons have the technology to replicate human form, and infiltrate the surviving humans.

I’ve never been really a big fan of scifi TV shows, aside from TNG, but BSG is more than a scifi show, its bloody good TV. The shocks and plot twists keep coming, and they faithfully avoid any TV cliches.

And so, i feel kinda sad its come to an end. Meantime I’m still watching True Blood and Robot Chicken to fill the void.

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