Comments on: Battlestar Galactica: Razor Cuts Into Season 4

By: ASG

ASG — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:49:47 +0000

As I said in my own blog, my main issue with the episode was that they made their only lesbian character… EVIL. God, how TEDIOUS, you guys. Cain is the hardass lesbian who shoots people who disagree with her! And her girlfriend is an oversexed robot who clearly can’t be satisfied with men alone and who is also a huge liar! And when Six is discovered as a traitor, her hardass ex gets her raped! I expected better of BSG than this insulting porn-movie ethic.

Overall, I was underwhelmed by Razor. I hope the mediocre pacing and slapdash writing of this episode isn’t a sign of what’s to come. I didn’t hate it, exactly; I just thought it was kind of a waste of time.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:40:29 +0000

I just saw this today. It has put me on a bit for the next season (whenever that may be), and I enjoyed it, but also didn’t love it. I am all about my characters, whom I love, weaknesses, faults and all, so to not really have them in it that much was a shame. I thought the revelation of Cain’s relationship with Gina added a lot to the original Pegasus episode arc, and why she went so far with the torture. I liked Kendra enough, but have to ask, are there any women in this world that aren’t totally kick ass and strong? Honestly, they’re like super humans.

As for the upcoming series, I can’t wait and at the same time am worried. I wasn’t happy with the way it ended last season (although could do with watching it again). There were too many filler episodes that added nothing and sapped my attention. And as for the Watchtower bit…that I liked, the people singing it just p***ed me off. I’m hoping for some sort of huge revelation next season that explains it in a different way, or makes me love it.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:46:51 +0000

I had a pretty similar reaction, actually. My roommate (not a BSG fan) came in while I was watching and asked me whether this was part of the regular series or some kind of special, and I said it was a flashback, and that it appeared to be about “this girl” (I didn’t really catch her name until the end) and that I figured she would probably die at the end since we never saw her last season. Surprise, surprise!

I don’t know. We did get a teensy bit more mythology-type information, but doing a whole big thing like that in flashback, with a bunch of characters who you either know for certain will be one-offs or who you can easily guess at is not going to move the overall story along much, not matter what happens.

On SciFi here, there were these hilarious ad break bumps that said “IT HAS BEEN REVEALED! Admiral Cain and Gina whatsername were lovers! Sponsored by Quiznos.” Then the next one was all “IT HAS BEEN REVEALED! Adama saw the first set of experiments! Sponsored by Quiznos.” I laughed out loud! Thanks, Quiznos! I never would have got that on my own.