The Sandbox

Three quarters of the way through the season ending episode, I began to fear the show was losing its tension. I thought they might be winding down the central force, dispersing the characters, and were going to follow with “interesting” tales of what happened later. Then, in classic BSG fashion, it all went wrong. A friend called me after the exciting, awesome finish because he just had to tell someone how awesome it was. Now we’re all waiting till July.

The show starts up again Friday. Time magazine called it the best show on television which is, I think, accurate. However, after paying $50 for the first season on DVD, I find I could plop down another $50 for the FIRST HALF of season two. That’s ridiculous. Wait until the whole season is over, put together a good package of the shows and bonuses, and sell me that for $50.

Time Magazine has validated one of my obsessions by admitting that Battlestar Galactica really IS the best show on television.

Though Battlestar Galactica really is “the best show on television”, it does have one faulty episode.  When Kara gets shot down on a remote, nearly airless planet, and manages to rescue herself by fixing up a Zylon fighter.  This raises too many questions:

• Why does the Zylon, which is part organic, part mechanical, have the kind of manual controls that a human can use?
• How does a jacket stuffed into a hole maintain pressure in space?
• There appears to be no navigation equipment that displays a human-readable output.  (why would there be?)  So how does she find the fleet?

Not that many shows could stand that level of scrutiny, but Battlestar Galactica has set a high mark for itself.