I watched the Sadcast, and i know that sci-fi is slim to none so don't look a gift horse in the mouth, and it does tackle today's current topics but may be that's why i'm underwowed.

I think at times they do what i call "my Grandma's peanut butter cookies" look at it.

Let me explain, when my Grandmother baked peanut butter cookies she only spread peanut butter on top of the batter so the cookie tastes like peanut butter but just barely. It was because she was raised in a time of the Depression and using foods purchased was something done sparingly.

That's how it seems, its surface "yeah we're going to tackle Iraq/Vichy France being occupied and hell we'll even throw in some suicide bombers for realism and connection to today's events.

But it falls apart when you want a real taste of it because of may be too much, too many arcs, too short a time on development. I mean we are back on ships after this week.

I mean yeah it's dark, war is hell, etc... but it seems rushed no matter the timeline ... I mean the webisodes helped slightly to set it up but i found i had more questions than answers after watching them, and the you know what? Adama will ride in on Galactica and save the day and that's why they did this.

Total loss one Duck, one "big" character? one eye.

We gain one baby Starbuck, one baby Nicholas.

They put them in this situation, which after LDYBII I welcomed because I, like the Fleet, got tired of looking at the CIC, the deck and Colonial One, and the brig.

But the resolution puts us back at the same place, same characters basically all doing the same thing they did for the previous seasons, making the so say we all speeches.

The new material such as the changes in D'anna, the oracle, the KC baby, anything new was rushed through when that could be the development, not the Cylon gab fest which was a waste of time and energy just to tell us what was going on. Don't tell: show!

I guess that's the filler for later eps but that would be really sad.

I keep thinking back to the pacing of the mini; it had a lot going on there and was fast-paced but it didn't feel like we were on our way to a fire.

So I'd say slow down Hoss.

I even suspect the thinking was:this is ugly stuff so we'll give it to you fast and get you aboard the Galactica as quickly as possible and back to military protocol and dog fights and blowin' up stuff. You know, like before.

Positives:

Development found in Tigh, that's good stuff, he's still a tough old bastard even without one eye.

THe beginning of D'Biers change to the light.

Doc Cottle as always, doctoring life no matter what form it's in while dangling a cig.

Jake the dog.

The jury is still out on Starbuck and her strange predicament, but stabbing Leoben in the neck, priceless!

Neutral to neg...

Baltar's high point was the paper signing, the rest was slow.

The Roslin/Zarek near death moment, you know they won't kill her!

The Tyrol /Anders/ let's meet at Breeder's Canyon but oh no here's the Cylons in the woods again shooting at us. Didn't we do this 2-3 times LAST season?

The fat Lee/ Daddy Adama confrontations/ you know Adama would go back for them/ and he needed someone to play off against.

Doral was wimpy, Cavil was a very evil character which kind of made him a caricature of evil.

Sorry, it just isn't as good as before, but I have hope that they will rewatch the mini or other high points and then look at it with fresh eyes.

May be after a strike?
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