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Update: My immediate reaction to the final episode is here. With a single, two-hour episode of Battlestar Galactica remaining, I fear it is nearly inevitable that I’ll be left disappointed. Jimmy Akin provides the best explanation I’ve read of how the series got to this point, and how Ronald D. Moore’s writing process is responsible. [...]
With the last half-season of Battlestar Galactica coming soon, everyone is making their predictions about major plot points. I do not know the identity of the final Cylon, or the the ultimate ending of the series. I am going to make a prediction that there has to be, and will be, a third “miracle” involving [...]
Croesus was a king of ancient Greece. A few decades before the events that inspired the movie 300, he had the idea to invade and conquer the Persian empire. So he consulted the Oracle at Delphi, who famously advised him that: If Croesus goes to war he will destroy a great empire. Thinking that this [...]
The Road Back to Serfdom? The second episode of Battlestar Galactica’s final (but bifurcated) season is tonight. There previews have hinted that it could address in part the relationship between the human-form Cylons (aka skin jobs) and the metal, mechanical Cylons (aka toasters). That prompted me finally to write this short essay on an issue [...]
