Comments on: The Battlestar Galactica finale http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/ Thoughts that seemed like a good idea at the time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Andrew http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Andrew Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:32:09 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1556#comment-1249 Surely I would have loved some more answers as well from the final chapter, but I assume that's just the beauty and charm of the story, leaving us with more questions to answer them ourselves! Surely I would have loved some more answers as well from the final chapter, but I assume that’s just the beauty and charm of the story, leaving us with more questions to answer them ourselves!

]]> By: suvra http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 suvra Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:06:09 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1556#comment-1204 In today's economy, where knowledge is the most important factor, the growing interest in the concept of the "smart city" will be more visible. Perhaps knowledge is the most important factor; there is a growing interest in the concept of the "smart city". In today’s economy, where knowledge is the most important factor, the growing interest in the concept of the “smart city” will be more visible.

Perhaps knowledge is the most important factor; there is a growing interest in the concept of the “smart city”.

]]> By: Chris J. Miller http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Chris J. Miller Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:54:53 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1556#comment-973 Indeed. That second-season episode with the tomb on Kobol—and the projection of <b>present-day Earth constellations</b>—dropped a huge and obviously deliberate clue that the show must be set in the future, one that's completely irreconcilable with the way they actually ended things. Even the show's science advisor (who apparently wasn't consulted on the finale, judging by the way they mishandled stuff like, e.g., "mitochondrial Eve") <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/20/battlestar-galactica-watched-the-finale-exclusive-interview-with-kevin-grazier-science-advisor/" rel="nofollow">admits</a> that those star patterns amounted to a big FUBAR. Indeed. That second-season episode with the tomb on Kobol—and the projection of present-day Earth constellations—dropped a huge and obviously deliberate clue that the show must be set in the future, one that’s completely irreconcilable with the way they actually ended things. Even the show’s science advisor (who apparently wasn’t consulted on the finale, judging by the way they mishandled stuff like, e.g., “mitochondrial Eve”) admits that those star patterns amounted to a big FUBAR.

]]> By: Dwight Williams http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-969 Dwight Williams Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:02:10 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1556#comment-969 Yeah. There's that. And the whole "Tomb of Athena" clue business should have an honest, consistent payoff to it as well. Yeah. There’s that. And the whole “Tomb of Athena” clue business should have an honest, consistent payoff to it as well.

]]> By: Chris J. Miller http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Chris J. Miller Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:18:29 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1556#comment-968 Sometimes, ambiguity and open-endedness can serve a dramatic purpose, yes. But when one of the recurring aspects of a show is setting up <b>mysteries</b> about how certain circumstances came to be... <b>those</b> kinds of questions, you should get to learn answers to. Sometimes, ambiguity and open-endedness can serve a dramatic purpose, yes.

But when one of the recurring aspects of a show is setting up mysteries about how certain circumstances came to be… those kinds of questions, you should get to learn answers to.

]]> By: Dwight Williams http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-battlestar-galactica-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Dwight Williams Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:02:53 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1556#comment-966 Some questions you don't get to learn answers to. As before, so into the future...? Some questions you don’t get to learn answers to.

As before, so into the future…?

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