“[I]n keeping with the show’s ominous tone, instead of quick resolutions or merciful diversions, the darkness reaches a palpable extreme during the premiere of the third season…The uninitiated may continue to write off ‘Battlestar Galactica‘ as the remake of a mediocre show, or as the domain of science fiction fans alone, but those who’ve watched the show more than once or twice know better.” Reminder: As noted a week ago, Battlestar Galactica returns tonight. Right now, Season 3 is pulling a 93 over at Metacritic, who call it “the second-best show on television.”
5 thoughts on “Dark Star.”
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Very impressive season premiere. I lost track of the show during season 2 because of the babies but I’ve been reeled back in. Some very sensitive themes adroitly handled.
Wow. That was _amazing_ television. I mean, BSG has always been “ripped from the headlines,” but turning the humans into insurgents and suicide bombers against the Cylon occupation? In this day and age, that’s straight-up ballsy.
The fact that it was so articulately presented, complete with Tigh’s lost eye, an interesting Homeric metaphor, is what really sold it for me. It boils down to this: where other television series can’t even find a pulse, BSG is punchy as hell. No doubt the right-wing blogs will view this as leftist propaganda, if only because no other television series has this kind of teeth.
I figure the missing eye just means Tigh has lost perspective, and has succumbed to the tunnel vision of revenge. As he says in that chilling monologue, “We’re on the side of the demons, Chief. We’re evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I’m surprised you didn’t know that.”
I liked The Great Escape bit at the end, too.
I’m guessing that “The Wire” is pulling number one status? I thought that this episode of BSG was actually one of the better ones so far, and am looking forward to more chaos and destruction. I thought this had a very French resistance flavor to it, more so than an occupation of Iraq feel. But I can see the connections to the latter.