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[proggrrl]

I just watched the 4.0 BSG finale before running to the office. Ha.

Miniscule notes scribbled while viewing at 9am:

did Kara just refer to her LeobenTrap as a DOLLHOUSE?  hahaha

the fifth isn't in the fleet????

ok prez Lee & cag Kara are totally hanging out now. let the ficcers rave!

"their nukes cocked and locked". heh.

"i love living and i wanted to thank you."  oh gaius. *joy*

omg loving starbuck/athena doing the briefing together  <3

ahaaaaa the crazy radio music is back! yesssss

ok tory & d'anna together? ft frakking win - evil twins

how profound...that humans on Earth frakked it all up so badly before their more advanced colonial brethren could get there to enlighten them.  (or, make it  worse, heh)

ETA: As you can see the above notes dropped away when all the truly, intensely WTF stuff started going down. :D  Here are a few more notes now that I've seen it 2.5 times by stream today LOL...

Every single frakkin' thing that Adama, Lee, and Tigh did in this episode was a thrill to watch. Absolute highlights were Tigh's confession, Adama's howl of rage, and Lee comforting his father afterwards.

I really love the evilness of Tory...love that she jumped ship so fast.  Loved her being Extra Evil with D'Anna...and what it portends about Tory's future with her brethren.

That ending.  So fantastic, so jarring, so gorgeously shot!  Like an Antonioni film, almost.  THE SILENCE.

I very much agree, as usual, with what Alan Sepinwall has to say.  Especially about the performances, and about the fact that it would have been nice to see some more interaction between characters when the Final Four were revealed.  It was a time issue -- as always on this show!  (btw funny sidenote: I have become friendly with ProFan Mo Ryan this year, sharing squee and spirginality and scoopage via email.  When she found out I'd had time to watch the streamed ep 2.5 times yesterday before the broadcast, her friend Alan Sepinwall emailed me because I was the only person either of them knew who had watched it besides Alan...and he was bursting at the seams to discuss it! Cute right.)

And about all these theories already flying around that 1) they are standing in NYC or 2) this isn't actually Earth...Huh? You know, I don't really need this "Earth" to end up being our actual Earth in order to get satisfaction with this series in the long run.  But I hope that it turns out that the 13th Colony destroyed themselves -- that it was the same issues and foibles of human nature...the same ones that led the 12 Coloniels to the creation of Cylons, the Cylon Wars, the holocaust, and the final terrors that we have witnessed on BSG itself.  That would be very profound.  We'll see.

Make sure you check out Bear McCreary's blog about the music...especially the really cool lyrics to the chorus that ran through the entire third act.  Beatifully done.

Oh, and I'm hearing the streamed ep was longer than the aired one.  Later this weekend I'll be watching the aired version to see if I can spot the differences and if it is anything that you'd care about.

ETA #2: a Sitrep reader just sent me this photo.  OK, now I see why Sepinwall is convinced about that being the Brooklyn Bridge...

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A few fans on the skiffy board are discussing whether or not the view is actually from Ellis Island instead (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5)...which would also be kinda brilliant.  I remain relatively unconvinced, but open to anything.



Some friends of mine who followed the spoilers are now saying they wish they hadn't...

I was spirginal and proud and LOVED THE EP.

*JOY*

Comments

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

I was semi-spoiled and I still loved it. I give it a 9 out of 10. *bounce*

[severuslovesme.livejournal.com]

I was so unspoiled and it was amazing! I just sat there for a while after it ended, jaw hanging open.

[jeebs83.livejournal.com]

I was semi-spoiled and I still give it a 10 of out 10. What a powerful episode. *cries*

[legalease.livejournal.com]

I was spoiled on the end but still loved it. That was just a great cliffhanger and end to the first half. I just wish we didn't have to wait so long to see the rest!

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

I was with you - completely unspoiled, didn't even watch the trailers, and I am SO glad. Especially since they gave away Kara saving the 3/5ths and them all standing on Earth. I couldn't believe they found Earth before the break - I knew it would be before the final episode, but I never imagined it would be this half. Wow.

[proggrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh wow girl, you managed to NOT WATCH those promos? I couldn't stop myself. The only one I DIDN'T watch was that final SPACE one for Revelations that everyone said was so great. *g*

[erin-anderson.livejournal.com]

I am not spoiled at all on BSG, I watch the promos but that's all. I don't give them much weight either, I always figure that Skiffy is screwing with us. OMG that was like the most awesome episode ever but good lord why does there have to be a break??? *cries*

[jadedshock.livejournal.com]

This 6 month wait is going to be soooo painful. What an episode that was. I couldn't move a muscle until the end. INTENSE!!!

[samstareagle.livejournal.com]

I loved it...finally felt like they hadn't gone crazy and forgotten that the story wasn't about who's a Cylon, but how the hell the two races can possibly survive to find a future.

I found it very odd that they were almost blatantly vague with all the shots of the planet...just blue, green, and clouds... But so was Caprica, Kobol, New Cap...way too suspicious to me... Sure the stars seemed right, but anything within a twenty ly bubble of here would see those...and that's plenty of stars... PLUS...in TOSBSG, there was a planet called Terra (NOT Earth, but somewhere on the way to Earth) that was inhabited by Humans, and on the verge of a nuclear holocaust...and knowing RDM...

I sense HUGE mindfrak coming...

Afterall, they keep saying in EVERY interview they "think it's Earth/it's a place they call Earth"...

Too many loose ends to call game.

[proggrrl.livejournal.com]

finally felt like they hadn't gone crazy and forgotten that the story wasn't about who's a Cylon, but how the hell the two races can possibly survive to find a future.

*nods*

This is key for long term BSG fans...to remember that this show is not just about who the final cylon is, or whether they find Earth and/or fulfill some prophecies. The show is bigger than that.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

I'm still not convinced it's the Brooklyn Bridge, but I do really love the idea of them landing in Brooklyn, HEE, so I'm willing to go with it. *g*

[proggrrl.livejournal.com]

Heheh...yeah I just ETA'd again to add that I am unconvinced...and to add the other theory I enjoyed last night: they're standing on ELLIS ISLAND. Which is quite clever in that RDM way. *g*

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

I was totally unspoiled, and really glad - I LOVED IT! Also, I love the idea of their being on Ellis Island (although to me it looks more like that park in Dumbo where you can see the BB - I took a lot of photos there one lovely sunset so I kind of memorized the view :D)

[ack-attack.livejournal.com]

But I hope that it turns out that the 13th Colony destroyed themselves -- that it was the same issues and foibles of human nature...the same ones that led the 12 Coloniels to the creation of Cylons, the Cylon Wars, the holocaust, and the final terrors that we have witnessed on BSG itself. That would be very profound.

My thoughts exactly. AGH THIS SHOW. God.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*twirls the happy fellow spirgin* IT WAS SO GREAT!