Battlestar Galactica

Season 1 – 90% – Sci-fi is not dead. Combine several genres, add likeable actors, ambiguous characters, and you'll get a bomb. Solving various social problems against the backdrop of such an attractive mythology, I can't remain indifferent, and because no character is clear-cut and anyone can act in a way that shatters your sympathy for them, Battlestar Galactica gains the mark of true drama. Furthermore, when I add in the nerve-racking space battles with captivating special effects, I have very little space left for criticism. Perhaps the storyline on Caprica was the only one that could have progressed faster. Season 2 – 80% – At the start of the anticipated continuation, I experienced a cruel disappointment. In the first five or six episodes, the storylines kicked off in the first season were wrapping up, but they progressed so incredibly slowly and uninterestingly that I sometimes felt like I was watching a different series. Problems that previously could have been resolved in a single episode were suddenly stretched out over several more, and the characters became schematic figures, and I no longer cared about them. When the mythology didn't bring anything new and Six repeated the same phrases like a broken record, what had to happen finally happened. The writers hit a wall and started all over again. They brought new motifs to the characters' pasts, equipped Battlestar Galactica with a new pile of societal problems, and tension and emotion once again began regularly appearing. The second half of this season is pure gold, including the specific mood of each episode (the noir-infused part with the black market is a true delicacy). The storyline of the two Cylon prisoners became riveting despite its intimacy, and the final episodes with the elections show that the world of Galactica is merciless, selfish, but fortunately still human. The last twenty minutes are a true demonstration of how to wow the audience beyond expectations. The creators skillfully try to avoid possible stereotyping, but it will be the third season that will tell us whether this shift was too drastic a means. Season 3 – 90% – Now we make our own laws and justice. We've devised a way to let anything go, from theft to murder. We had to. Because we're no longer a civilization. We're a band of people on the run. We have to fight for survival! We have to break the rules, bend the laws, we have to improvise! This process is built on emotions. On anger. Resentment. Calls for revenge. But most of all, it is built on shame. Shame for what we did on that planet. It's about the guilt of those of us who escaped. We try to place all that guilt and shame on one man whom we toss out of an airlock, hoping to rid ourselves of it! So that we can live with ourselves. But it won't work. It's not going to happen. That's not justice. Just like everything human, justice is imperfect, it has flaws. But it's precisely those imperfections that distinguish us from machines. And maybe they make us a species worthy of salvation. Season 4 – 100% – Leaving at its peak means becoming immortal, and the creators of Battlestar Galactica are heading towards it by leaps and bounds. Just ten episodes away from the conclusion of the story, they are closer to that pinnacle than ever. The fates of the last ship in space have never been more fascinating. The combination of imminent destiny and the actions of both cowardly and courageous successors of the human race have reached a point where I have no reservations. From the deliberate beginning to the last episode, where so much happens that the viewer might not catch it all at once. And if the fate of humanity were to depend on such individuals who simply sit calmly with a book among the stars, then it wouldn't turn out so bad for us. Season 4.5 – 100% – Calculate everything that has remained to you over the years, come together and prepare for the end of the journey. Battlestar Galactica has reached the conclusion of its arduous journey. It has arrived somewhere different from its original intention, with a different cast of characters, where the losses cannot be considered negligible – and with people who have lost all remaining life ideals. But that ending has finally arrived, and if there's even a hint of sentiment left in you, try to awaken it now. This moment is truly the last one, and it's worth experiencing it fully. A big farewell to all, and never forget. So say we all. (07/20/2007) (less) (more)