Rug Burn Junky on 23/3/2009 at 18:44
Obviously ZB, we wouldn't expect you to understand an allegory, as you've always been unable to understand anything that's not explicitly spelled out for you in blisteringly obvious detail.
ZylonBane on 23/3/2009 at 18:56
That's the super awesome thing about allegories, isn't it. To the sufficiently determined observer, anything can be an allegory for anything else.
You have fun with that.
Fafhrd on 23/3/2009 at 20:47
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
Obviously ZB, we wouldn't expect you to understand an allegory, as you've always been unable to understand anything that's not explicitly spelled out for you in blisteringly obvious detail.
I dunno, 'God's behind it' was spelled out pretty explicitly over the course of the series, and he still seems to have somehow missed that.
New Horizon on 23/3/2009 at 20:52
Quote Posted by JediKorenchkin
Worst. Series Finale. Ever.
Opinion. Not. Fact.
I loved it, and in my opinion, one of the best series finales ever.
The_Raven on 23/3/2009 at 21:05
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
These aren't exactly subversive or maybe even original thoughts, but it's still remarkable that these sorts of things were able to bubble just under the surface without overwhelming the show. The subtle questioning of the political events around the War on Terror™ were pretty well done, and like the plot points: it raised the questions, allowed for ambiguity, and didn't hit you over the head with trite answers.
I'm not sure if I'd agree with anything that's been said here. Probably my number one complaint about the show was that they were so ham-handed and overt with their parallels that you'd have to be a complete retard not to get it. Throw in the fact that the character's actions appear to be completely dictated by whatever was convenient for their allegory and suspense, not necessarily by whatever would have been actually in-character for them. In my eyes, I'd say that subtlety and ambiguity got thrown away in order to hit you over the head with as many shoehorn "ripped from the headlines" plots as they could.
ZylonBane on 23/3/2009 at 21:16
Quote Posted by New Horizon
I loved it, and in my opinion, one of the best series finales ever.
Obviously not, since it didn't end with Adama flying his Raptor into the side of a mountain.
Rug Burn Junky on 23/3/2009 at 21:25
On the one hand, I'm being told that the allegories are so obvious a retard can get them, and on the other, I'm being told that they don't exist and you have to be really determined to imagine that they do.
So yeah, in the end, I'm pretty fucking comfortable that I'm on the right track by splitting the difference.
june gloom on 23/3/2009 at 21:55
This thread is missing a tag.
JediKorenchkin on 24/3/2009 at 01:10
Quote Posted by New Horizon
Opinion. Not. Fact.
I loved it, and in my opinion, one of the best series finales ever.
At no point did I say it was fact? I'm quite aware that it's my opinion, I was merely expressing my dislike. Because that's what the internet is for.
New Horizon on 24/3/2009 at 03:55
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Obviously not, since it didn't end with Adama flying his Raptor into the side of a mountain.
Now THAT would have been lazy and predictable. After everything they went through over the years, I think spending the rest of his life alone...in peace...would seem like a pretty good deal compared to the shite existence they had after the attacks.
It might be that since I have a background in acting, I can more easily connect to the characters, the situations they faced, and project myself into those situations and feel through how I would have reacted to years of exposure to that type of lifestyle. It was their last chance for any type of normal life. Adama flying his raptor into the side of a mountain is not something he would have done. I think Edward Olmos had something to say about how his character would behave in the end, and I don't think any of us know the character better than he does.
