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I think the writers are not against technology, it is just that they had to get rid of any signs of alien tech in order to establish the "beginning of a new civilisation" here on Earth without leaving any clues as to our true origin to be found by archeologists next to the "Mytochondrial Eve". Just like the Cylon helmet found on Cylon Earth needed to look like the 12 Colonies Cylons. A plot convenience more than an actual intended message.
My opinion is, if I could pretty much guess the ending, the ending wasn't all that creative. But it was all right.
The most interesting aspect of the finale for me was how "God" (in the lack of a better name) is very, very powerful, but not necessarily all-powerful. Ze certainly did not have the power to control Human and Cylon behavior (or, at least, Ze chose not to), only the power to send messages through subtle influence of happenings. Ze has the power to control coincidences, and he could also send Hir "angels" to give that little extra nudge in the right direction (tho Ze did not seem to like doing so as well, and used this power in the most parsimonious fashion possible). I like the way Ze was described almost as a scientist, trying to re-enter a "complex system" until something unexpected happens (i.e. it actually works and sustains itself indefinitely), instead of just "making it happen the way Ze want it to", as an Omnipotent God would. And it was interesting also the way Head Six kept telling Baltar he was meant to write "Humanity's final chapter" but neglected to mention that such chapter was supposed to end with the line "and they lived happily ever after" instead of "they all died", as Baltar himself - and the audience - was lead to believe.
And, in Hir defense, this time the vicious cycle of self-destruction did take a lot longer to fulfill itself again: 140,000 years as opposed to the 5,000 years from Kobold to the 12 Colonies's destruction. And let's face it, 140,000 years without any catactlismic culling is a pretty good mark for any civilisation, with or without loss of historical data and technology.
Also, the space battle was pretty satisfying*, tho I expected a higher death toll on what was supposed to be a suicide mission. No main cast members died in the attack, as far as I can remember.
* it's strange how ramming spaceships into each other seem like such an usual space battle manouver in scifi... |
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