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Well, consider that Galactica has been running without a full crew for five years, has been frequently engaged in combat with enemy warships, has had to do hundreds (if not thousands) of jumps, many of them being in the midst of combat, has fallen through the atmosphere of a planet, has suffered sabotage by enemy agents and has gotten blasted to the point of near destruction over New Caprica. Throughout that time it has never gotten any rest or real repairs (to quote Tigh, it'd take six months in dry dock just to hammer out all the dents), and the construction team who built her apparently cut corners.

Really, it says quite a lot that the ship's managed to survive this long at all. It also points nicely to how vastly superior Colonial vessels are to Cylon ships.

BsG was weak in the bones. Her whole structure had inferior metal. That shows something.

Take a look at how badly one of the Basestars take during the battles. BsG will get hit hard but recover whereas Basestars get torn apart.

And we are now done. Series finale was frickin' awesome.

The end twist caught me off guard but it really shouldn't have I guess.

To quote what Deep told me around season three......."Oh Shit, Son."

Next up......."The Plan"

Yay, another one who doesn't hate the ending of the show!

Sionnach Glic wrote:Yay, another one who doesn't hate the ending of the show!

Brings the total up to.. what, 3?

I'm working my way through season 4.5 now. An old friend is back, Boomer took off, and Starbuck's acting mopey. Saul had a absolutely great line in one episode - he and Bill are in Bill's quarters getting sloshed, and Saul responds to a question from Bill, then comments "Great grampa was a power sander..."

I loved that line.

The season's getting even more intense. I'm feeling a bit saddened by the Big G's condition. Every time they show an exterior shot of her, I see the beating she's taken the last few years. Blast mark on forward dorsal hull, various pock marks and such all over. The creaking of the superstructure inside. I saw the last part of the finale on tv, so I know how it ends, but it still won't make it any easier to watch knowing as I do.

Sonic Glitch wrote:

Sionnach Glic wrote:Yay, another one who doesn't hate the ending of the show!

Brings the total up to.. what, 3?

And every last one of you is wrong.

Tyyr wrote:And every last one of you is wrong.

The finale was brilliant, from the initial jump to the colony to the final shot of Galactica over the moon. Anyone who says otherwise has no taste whatsover.

I think ending it just as Galactica flies over the moon, revealing the Earth beyond, would have been a great finale. It would have tied up most of the threads nicely (though a few, such as Roslin dying, would have needed to happen earlier), leaving the ultimate fate of the Colonials nicely ambiguous.

Sionnach Glic wrote:I think ending it just as Galactica flies over the moon, revealing the Earth beyond, would have been a great finale. It would have tied up most of the threads nicely (though a few, such as Roslin dying, would have needed to happen earlier), leaving the ultimate fate of the Colonials nicely ambiguous.

At least we can console ourselves in much the same way Galactica fans have been for thirty years - a solid and immoveable conviction that all that bullshit on Earth never happened.

You know, I only now just realised that all the BS related to Galactica, from either series, only starts when they turn up at Earth.

Sionnach Glic wrote:You know, I only now just realised that all the BS related to Galactica, from either series, only starts when they turn up at Earth.

Well I suppose that's the problem when your show is based on the premise of finding Earth. If they don't find it, you have a depressing finale as everybody dies. If they do find it you're left with "Ok... Now what?"

Sionnach Glic wrote:You know, I only now just realised that all the BS related to Galactica, from either series, only starts when they turn up at Earth.

I wouldn't quite go that far. What about the mid-season 3 crap?

I agree that all the really bad stuff is Earth-related though.

I personally liked the ending of the series. The beauty shot of the battered battlestar gliding past the moon was nice, though the extent of her damage was heartbreaking. I would have liked a little bit longer fly-by by Adama - one last look...
Other than that, the wrap up was good. So, put me down for loving the wrap up to and overall excellent series.