The closer Battlestar Galactica gets to its last episode the more you believe it has something useful to say about life and death. The higher the body count gets in Lost the more you realize its writers haven't got a clue. There is just no way the writers of BSG would have killed off Mr Eko. On Lost they are literally killing off characters at random. And, sure, life is random. But stories have shape, or should I say composition, and BSG has elegant composition. I'm sure Lost will continue with the plot twists right to the end, but it'll be a much greater pleasure to watch BSG's inevitable conclusion. Douglas
I'm pretty sure you're wrong about LOST. It has a set time to end, and the producers have been up front both about not resolving everything in a Midi-Chlorian, disappointing sort of way, but also tying it all together and answering our key questions.
http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2008/05/whos-in-charge-on-lost-producers.html
Posted by: James McGrath | 12 May 2008 at 10:56 AM
Well, I hope so. The slaughter would make sense if indeed the characters were in Purgatory and being shuffled off to Heaven or Hell, but I understand the producers have ruled out this possibility. Right now Lost just seems to be Survivor with live ammo.
Posted by: Douglas | 12 May 2008 at 01:46 PM
Boy, if you want to get your stats up, diss a popular TV show. Our readership tripled yesterday.
Posted by: Douglas | 13 May 2008 at 08:22 AM
well one show is groundbreaking the other is a standard serialized space drama we have seen before (Star Trek anyone).
Posted by: James | 02 June 2008 at 03:18 PM
oh yeah and the show an end date, and MR. Ecko died early last season because the actor was a blowhard.
Posted by: James | 02 June 2008 at 03:19 PM
As this post is still getting hits, I should note that I was pretty disappointed in the final half-season of Battlestar. The writers fell into the same "kill your darlings" tic that has made Lost unwatchable since season two. Once upon a time a major character might be killed at the end of a season. Col. Blake's death in M*A*S*H had a huge impact. Now writers kill characters to get to commercial.
Posted by: Douglas | 16 February 2010 at 11:26 PM