I’ve never been so happy to have missed the TV airing of something. Watching BSG on Hulu and watching it on SciFi are supremely different, moreso than I’d expected. The main difference being that Hulu’s little commercials are much less intrusive than SciFi’s usually almost 10 minute long breaks (okay, maybe they’re not actually 10 minutes long, but they really fucking seem like it). Not that it really helps BSG much either way. 

This week: Rosalin, Rosalin, Rosalin

Yeah, BSG writers, we definitely care about cancer lady more than finding out more about Earth and the Cylons. Yup. Totally. 

Also, there is still a decided lack of Baltar so far this season and I still contend that he’s BSG’s only redeeming feature (when they’re kicking him around at least). And this week he was relegated to religious-zealot!Baltar, which is fucking boring especially when you don’t get a gag scene/Baltar-is-just-in-this-for-the-women/some other skeevy thing. Baltar, you are not, and never will be G’Kar, stop trying. You could however make a decent Julian Bashir (and it still amazes me that they’re not the same person).

The Tigh and Six are having a baby thing was pretty… Well BSG-esq. By that I mean: this really seems like someone’s throwing darts at a board of plot-twists each week to decide what happens. Yeah I realize they fucked but still the whole idea seemed totally out of nowhere. Same with the whole what’s-his-face’s baby not really being his. 

BSG’s politics were bugging me this week. They’re so… flat. You have the Adamas+Rosalin and you have Tom Zarak, everyone else is a nonentity/yesmen. At least when Baltar was involved in the whole politics thing it was a little more interesting, but even his propaganda/religious bullshit doesn’t seem to be worth anything anymore plot-wise aside from being some kind of sad attempt at being “deep.” I dunno, there’s something missing and it’s making the current political “intrigue” seem really stupid. Also, why haven’t we seen anything from the Cylon camp on this shit? 

Also, it still pisses me off that we have no clue about jump mechanics/limitations. No, BSG writers it isn’t “natural” SF if you just use it as a plot device and write it off as “well the characters know how it works, so they don’t talk about it.” You know, if your characters know about it, you better fucking know how it works if it’s supposed to be “natural” SF. 

As much as I dislike BSG, these last couple episodes have been pretty disappointing. It really seems like the show isn’t even all there anymore and they’re not really trying. And it’s getting to the point that it’s not even entertaining anymore. 

How to fix BSG:
 - More Baltar being sleezy, stupid and/or generally entertaining
 - Cylons, Cylons, Cylons, Cylons, you have robots, do something with them! (or did you just already sell all the Cylon related props and sets before you started filming the second half of the season?) 
 - SOLVE SOME MYSTERIES; no one cares about Rosalin or your pathetic need to feel DEEP and GRIMDARK, we want some motherfucking answers. 

If all else fails: BLOW SOME SHIT UP. Battles, explosions, mayhem, killing off major characters without so much as blinking–all that could easily make up for the booooring.