Today apparently is the day for the series finale of Battlestar Galactica. [yawn]
I do not understand the popularity of that show. I'm not talking about its overall ratings, but about the vast number of intelligent people, whose opinions I normally respect, who seem to love the series.
People like Pamela Gay, Phil Plait, Joss Whedon.
Anyway I forced myself to watch for awhile, and by forced, I mean it was sometimes excruciating having to sit through some of the episodes, which seemed to consist mostly of lingering close-ups of Edward James Olmos's face.
Do we have a picture of Olmos?
I'm told that that is not actually a photo of Olmos, but I digress.
The show is written by apparently ignorant people, which is evident from the first few minutes of the pilot which 1) depicts people smoking cigarettes on board a space vehicle and 2) doesn't realize that there are no sounds in space because it is a virtual vacuum. Yes, the show is that frakking stupid.
Normally those idiocies alone would have stopped me from watching it, but as I said, a lot of highly intelligent folks have praised the show.
So I kept at it, until the first episode of its final season, when I couldn't take it any longer.
So to those who enjoy the show, I hope the finale surpasses your expectations.
BTW, one of the few things I actually liked about the show was its invention of the curse word "frak". You instantly knew what it meant by its context. Alas, even that they ended up abusing, by frakking it to death.
As I said, a stupid and boring show.
