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[vaznetti]

And a really brief BSG comment, from my beloved husband, who thinks that we ought to be wondering whether Hendrix or Dylan is the last of the Final Five.

All I can say is, what exactly was that?

Oh, no, wait, I've just realized -- they went to earth and IT WAS THE SIXTIES! Like how in Star Trek, they went to earth but it was the thirties, or the time they went to earth and the Nazis won WWII. BSG should totally do the thing where they find Earth, but it's full of Nazis. That would be so cool!

Yes, that was sarcasm.

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[nestra.livejournal.com]

I just plan to laugh and laugh when half of the fandom spends the next nine months analyzing the lyrics of the song. And writing song fic. And having Dylan vs. Hendrix wars. And pulling story titles from the song.

Plus, the inevitable vids.

[veejane.livejournal.com]

"No, you're the joker!" "No, I'm the thief, you dummy."

Having read the spoilers for this one two weeks ago, and not really watching the show, I've just been cackling and cackling at the cracktasticness.

[vaznetti]

I don't think I can remember ever seeing a show which is ostensibly so serious do something so incredibly cracktastic. It wasn't supposed to be funny, was it? Or maybe it was. I mean, I'm having a little trouble imaginign the writers meeting where this got suggested.

[vaznetti]

That episode pretty much was songfic, when you think about it. I could not stop laughing when they all started quoting the lyrics, then humming along. Hysterical!

BSG is finally bad in a way which makes me want to keep watching it. Huzzah!

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

My God, I love Hendrix and all, but that was so incredibly random.

[vaznetti]

So completely random! But your icon is very funny.

I thought of you, actually -- that you said that music would be important at the end. But I don't think "All Along the Watchtower" was quite what you had in mind.

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

I love Anders - even more now that he is one of the Final Five.

Now that I've actually seen it:

The episode was hit-and-miss for me, there was just so much going on and not one thing - the trial and Lee's debate with his own conscience, the shared dreams of Laura, Athena and Six, or the crazy humming of Tigh, Tory, Anders and Tyrol - none of it was strong enough to hold the centre. I was so disappointed that Six never had her day in court (that would have been so much fun), but the last ten minutes blew me away. I was totally infected by the spirit of the song, I wasn't even listening to the words, and the actors who played the Four just NAILED it, they were so good.

[camille-is-here.livejournal.com]

I thought the whole episode was incredibly random, which was disappointing, because I kept hearing that the finale was going to make up for the rather boring eps they'd had recently (Starbuck's big death ep was the last one I could pay attention to all the way through.) So, who is the fifth secret cylon (and is that sort of like a secret Santa?) I mean, I figured we were supposed to have figured it out, and I made my assumption, but did I miss something more specific, like the, "well, dang, who knew I was a cylon!"of the other four?

[vaznetti]

I think we're supposed to assume that it's Roslin (or Kara, I guess), but I'm sticking with Hendrix until I hear otherwise.

I thought the whole episode was incredibly random, which was disappointing, because I kept hearing that the finale was going to make up for the rather boring eps they'd had recently

Well, that has been the pattern of last season -- that a saggy mid-season was wiped out by a stunningly good final ep or two. But this time, it didn't quite work for me. I mean, it worked as crack that made me laugh out loud and then stare agape at the screen in shocked amusement, but I'm not sure that was the response they were going for.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it must be Roslin, which would have explained a bit why half-cylon baby blood cured her cancer, but not why she had cancer to begin with. And it would give her "space the enemy" atitude an ironic twist.

But being a cylon would put a whole new spin on Kara's "destiny." (A lot of that "destiny" stuff going around this year...")

After Lee's "cross of gold" speech, however, my suspension of disbelief was broken.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

It was just WRONG. That's what it was. Except for the one part which was cool. But that cool part did not involve humming.

[vaznetti]

Wrong, indeed, but wrong in an incredibly cracktastic and hilarious way.

[camille-is-here.livejournal.com]

defnitely cracktastic. Except, it made me remember how much I miss Hendrix. And how much I miss this show being gasp-out-loud good.

[ms-pie.livejournal.com]

So... question: I stopped watching BSG sometime mid season 2. From my flist, it doesn't look like this season has been worth watching. Do I attempt to catch up? Or do I just turn my attention to watching Rome?

[vaznetti]

I would say, don't bother, but I know a lot of people have enjoyedthe last few episodes. I just have tourble paying attention.

[se-parsons.livejournal.com]

I just keep hoping its a giant fake out with them being mystical humans and not Cylons.

I will sit over here humming la la la NOT a Dylan song and hoping they're not being that dumb.

[vaznetti]

You might be right about that.

But seriously,, "All Along the Watchtower"? What a weird choice!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think they're Cylons, and I didn't think it was so much mystical as a weird space phenomenon like how the Earth's atmosphere sometimes does something funky and you can hear WLS in Mexico. I figured they were picking up radio from Earth, either resonating on ships' circuits or over something like dental work, and whatever caused the power outage let them finally hear it clearly.

And I really thought it was cool that the thing that finally straightened Tigh out was suspecting he was a Cylon. Pretty much the last thing I expected was for him to decide that he got to decide who he was going to be, and that he was going out as his own man.

But if they are Cylons, I'm holding out for the last model to be either Patrick McGoohan or Dirk Benedict. :)

--Jessica

[vaznetti]

Can I vote for Dirk Benedict? Even though apparently he loathes the new BSG.

And I really thought it was cool that the thing that finally straightened Tigh out was suspecting he was a Cylon. Pretty much the last thing I expected was for him to decide that he got to decide who he was going to be, and that he was going out as his own man.

This is a good point -- and I did like that very much. I think I just have run out of tolerance for the show as a whole -- the plotting seems to run more on "wouldn't it be cool if..." and less on logic, and you need a bit of both for a good story, I think.

[zarahemla.livejournal.com]

No, no, it's totally Bono, because of that rocking-ass cover he did of "Watchtower" on Rattle & Hum.

I do believe that was the worst use of "Watchtower," well, ever.

[vaznetti]

You know, last night I told my husband that if Bono is in the Final Five I will have to just give up and stop watching entirely. Don't you think he's kind of the scooby suspect, here?

[meridym.livejournal.com]

I think that Dylan is, like, King of the Cylons or something.

I just stared at the TV, dumbfounded, during the little music video. Awful, awful stuff.

[vaznetti]

No! Hendrix is the true king of the Cylons!

(Come on, we can laugh about the thought of fans arguing over this for years!)

[meridym.livejournal.com]

(Come on, we can laugh about the thought of fans arguing over this for years!)

And they probably would!