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It is not so far fetched to say that human beings, having similar thought processes and psychology will wind up creating similar myths to appeal to their common spiritual needs. However, having something very specific like All Along the Watchtower or the names of the Greek gods being passed on by the Colonists to our world just strains credulity. Having Galactica arrive at Earth so far in the past just doesn't work. It would have been much better to have them arrive around 2000-3000 BC where they could have directly passed their myths on to mankind.
I would have loved to have seen a scene where Tigh, Helen and Tyrol head up to Northern Europe and work their way into the Norse mythos (Tight would be a great Odin), while the majority of the colonists would settle in Greece. At least that way it would seem like they left something behind. The way the BSG ended, it seems like they all went out into the woods and wound up dying in the wilderness like Christopher McCandless, making all their struggles for naught which was kind of sad.
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07/18/09
-Kle.
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There's nothing "wrong" with making a story up as you go along. You just need to keep notes and not contradict yourself later. It's just sloppy. The entire series went off the rails for me as soon as the creative staff decided to ignore the Tomb of Athena sequence and all its ramifications.
07/17/09
Disclosure: I never really followed BSG but the hardcore fans I know felt very let down by the finale.
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07/17/09
Ever watch re-runs of either show? Every rerun of BSG I watch I see things that bother me, that can't be explained or are just plain bad.
Every re-run of Lost I watch makes more sense than it used to when viewed in light of recent episodes. Now, I spend a lot of time thinking about Lost, but anyone who watches regularly should watch old episodes and see how current Lost events inform previous ones. You can see that the mind boggling events in season one and two were planned very carefully and always had meaning, rather than simply being referenced and having some arbitrary meaning attached to them.
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07/18/09
Neither did I, but I did watch the last few episodes and felt the finale was pretty frakkin stupid. god my ass.
07/18/09
I gave up on Lost after the first season because I felt my mind exploding trying to keep up with the plot twists. Then when the time travel came in I gave up all together. I've been watching past episodes on Hulu and watching them in a row doesn't exactly mean I inderstand whats going on, but at least my mind hasn't exploded yet.
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His glutes. And a Matrix marathon.
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07/17/09
Didn't the LOST guys have an idea of how it was going to end a couple of years ago? B/c Matthew Fox is always going on about how he's the only one they told the ending to.
(Unless they were messing with his head as well.)
Anyway, if they thought of the ending a while back, that should help save them from what BSG suffered when they started flailing around.
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Short answer : No.
Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....
07/17/09
Um, if you liked the show's ending, well you must be defective somehow; it was terrible. I don't know a single person who liked the ending; the only ones I find that like it are on io9.
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The complete and utter hatred of Heroes.
07/17/09
And now Skynet is aware of Heroes exsistance. Brilliant. Friggin awesome. Just send the T800 back to kill the Cheerleader first.
07/17/09
Boo on you! ;)
Good article, by the way.
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07/15/09
Quantum Leap would be the worst in my book. QL's ending destroys it's own continuity, makes you question if the series as a whole ever really happened, and pins everything on God when God was rarely a topic of the series.
God and The Gods, in BSG are like off screen characters who are always there fighting for dominance. I dont think the people who claim "a God ending comes out of no where", were really paying attention..
07/15/09