So said we all?

So…that’s it. I’ll be as non-spoilery with my thoughts as possible.

I got a chuckle out of Ron Moore’s cameo (reading the magazine article toward the end).

For what it’s worth, the ratio of what was paid off and tied up vs. what was left open ended did not displease me. This was a conclusion that did not leave me so disappointed that I got pissed off at the entire run of the show for wasting countless hours of my life (i.e. Voyager, Enterprise).

The people who complained about the Shadow War wrapping up a few episodes into season 4 of B5? I’m sure they’ll launch an all-out bitchfest about this one. There’s no shortage of action, but the writers did not neglect our need for closure either. Anyone who expected the entire show to end with pyrotechnics (A) will be disappointed, and (B) didn’t know this show very well.

Overall…a satisfying ending…and a welcome one. Galactica’s been exhausting to watch. I noticed, in the Big Frakking Special, that there was a lot of interview time given over to the question “How dark is too dark?” Galactica went too dark a few times for my tastes…and way too dark a few other times.

But I think, for at least a few decades if not longer, we’re going to see this Galactica put on a pedestal, and not entirely unjustly. Entertainment Weekly said it best a few weeks or months ago when their reviewers decided that Galactica, even more than 24, was the one popular entertainment that really captured the zeitgeist of this decade better than anything else. And sure, to some extent, that’ll date it down the road. I mean, it’s not like, 40+ years on, we’re talking about a TV sci-fi show that captured the zeitgeist of the sixties, because what relevance would that have to anything going on now…?

Oh. Yeah. Wait. Cancel that. I think Galactica’s importance on the TV landscape is pretty secure. 😛

But what about its entertainment value? There’s the real iffy thing. Often thought-provoking, I found Galactica simply too dark in a few places to be truly entertaining. As Evan became mobile, and aware of the idiot box, Galactica became a thing to avoid – a thing to download and watch later, in the dead of night after the boy was asleep. I’ve talked to some of my friends with young ones who are in the same boat. And here recently I’ve struggled to be in a mood to watch it at all.

I’ll probably be sitting out Caprica altogether; maybe I’ll check out the upcoming early-release DVD of the pilot, and make my decision then. But as demanding and exhausting as Galacitca has been…I’m not sure I’m up for more of that. At this rate, I’ll be doing good to stick with Lost until the end. I’m ready for a little more escapism in my diet – and the revised-Galacticas and Losts of future TV seasons will probably have to do without me for a while.