Well, as some weird song states, “it’s been a long road,
getting from there to here.” I think this should do it for my long look at
Battlestar Galactica. Hands down, this is one of my favorite shows ever. So
much was done right with the themes, acting, action, and effects. Since I’ve
talked about my favorite episodes, I need to end this run of the BSG-verse with
my ranked list of favorite characters. Before I get there, I want to quickly go
through the pros and cons of the show. Yeah, you can go to my other posts for
that, but here’s a quick summation of them all.
PROS
BSG came at the right time for me. It took the basics from
the original show and did its own thing with it. We weren’t running into weird
aliens or planets that also housed human life here. Ron Moore and David Eick
tried to create a world that felt like our own current one. The show touched on
a lot of themes like politics, religion, faith, survival, morality, and
technology. It helped that the acting was well done and that the characters
were pretty interesting. While they were our protagonists, they weren’t perfect.
They would stumble and fall from time to time, but they would do their best to help
one another.
The action was also pretty well done. If there’s one thing that
actually didn’t change much from the original show, it was the Galactica’s look
and the Viper’s look. The space battles felt like current-day dog fights. While
the CG wasn’t as great with things like the robotic Cylons, it was good for its
time. It even got better as time went on. Finally, I think we can all say that composer
Bear McCreary brought a certain style to the show with his music.