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Battlestar Galactica
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tkp, Mr. Daroga and I finished last night.I almost have no words, but that's a combination of various factors. 1) my immense love for this show, and certain events which blew me away during the last several episodes. In the good way; 2) the utterly mind-numbing hammering away of the last hour or so; and 3) the manner in which I watched it, which was by mainlining 1/2 season chunks over four years, which (combined with my memory) means that I feel ill-equipped to speak to things that require a firm grasp on the full arc of the show.
One thing about BSG is that it is, in many ways, exactly what I wanted from a show like this. I have always been attracted to android stories, but they rarely go far enough into the guts of the "what separates them from us?" question. BSG did so many things I just didn't think they would, and went all the places I'd have needed fanfiction to go if they hadn't. It's the first time I really felt rewarded for that particular kink, especially effective because the first few seasons I kept saying, "oh no, they're not going to go there."
The last several episodes brought back a lot of things I'm glad they remembered, and had some really effective moments (I loved Chief finding out about Callie, and Kara plotting the course). But it really felt like they ran out of time at the end, and then got more, and instead of filling in some of the other holes they'd left decided to hammer away at a somewhat tired connection to us, our society, and "this has all happened before." Which, honestly, I think we all got without the benefit of power tools. There were questions I'd rather have had answered--and some I'd rather have been left ambiguous. One of the things I'd always liked about the show was the fact that althought clearly something inexplicable was going on, it wasn't spelled out exactly what it was or who was "right." I thought some aspects of the ending were far too explicit, and would have been more satisfied with more mystery preserved.
I don't feel able to construct something meaningful out of these ramblings, but if anyone wants to link me to your own thoughts back when you watched it, I'd love to read them. I do know I'll miss all these people. Right now that especially means Gaius, because I don't think I could ever get tired of wondering what excuse he's going to come up with for himself next.
Mad Men (Season 1)
I don't have any deep thoughts about this show, but I thought I should let certain parties know that I watched and loved it. Maybe not as much as
tinyholidays, but you were right, dude. It creeps up on you slowly, the episodes very tight thematically without dropping anvils, the characters unfolding slowly in front of you. Everyone's fantastic, the background work (atmosphere, costuming, period reconstruction, historical advertising) totally fascinating, and I always love when something can take a topic I might not immediately run out and want to research and make it into really compelling entertainment. I know we're supposed to find him so, but they did an amazing job making Don Draper utterly fascinating without me feeling manipulated into it, and despite my disagreement with lots of his choices. And the rest of them are likewise interesting, rounded people. I look forward to the next season. Looks great on Blu Ray, by the way.We're still in the middle of Touch and have plans for Deadwood, Rose of Versailles, and the new-to-DVD Mysterious Cities of Gold.
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I should shut up now.
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As for Mad Men, I totally agree with you. After two episodes, I never thought that I would fall for this show and totally did. I think that the way that the characters are so complex and corrupt is terribly compelling. Don is ... Don! I love him for all of his faults. And then there's Peggy and Joan and Betty. I've actually been playing around with S1 Peggy/Betty fic. Nothing concrete or solid, just notes ... but still there's something about the idea of those two that I just love. Anyway, I hope that you continue to enjoy the series.
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