http://entil2001.com/blog9 Reviews and comments on "Battlestar: Galactica" beginning in September 2006! Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:39:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle Directed by Michael Rymer This episode takes everything since the third season finale and brings it to a fever pitch, tossing out several assumptions about the direction of the story in the process. In other words, it is exactly what the doctor ordered for ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/06/16/episode-410-revelations/ Written by Jane Espenson Directed by Paul Edwards All things considered, the previous episode was poorly received by the majority of the fans, with many elements considered over the top or simply out of character. This episode is equally challenging, but the forward momentum of events and the improvement in characterization ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/06/09/episode-49-hub/ Written by Michael Taylor Directed by Rod Hardy Now that the introductory phase is well and truly over, complication must inevitably settle in, tossing pieces around the board in a seemingly random fashion. One problem with a deeply serialized format, particularly when a roadmap to resolution has been set, is filling ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/06/02/episode-48-sine-qua-non/ Written by Michael Angeli Directed by Wayne Rose By the end of the first act, I understood the transitional nature of this episode, and I concluded that it would be better to sit back and enjoy the ride. After all, the introductory phase of the season arc had taken some time ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/05/19/episode-47-guess-whats-coming-to-dinner/ Written by Seamus Kevin Fahey Directed by Michael Nankin As anticipated, this episode effectively ends the “introductory” phase of the season arc, bringing Kara’s initial search for the path back to Earth to a close. It also takes the Cylon civil war into an unexpected direction, and Roslin receives an interesting ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/05/12/episode-46-faith/ Written by Mark Verheiden Directed by Michael Rymer It’s always difficult to review the first part of any multi-part story, because what may seem like a weakness or a plot hole could easily be resolved by the end of the tale. There’s precious little resolution to be found. Most of ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/05/05/episode-45-the-road-less-traveled/ Written by Jane Espenson Directed by Edward James Olmos Jane Espenson, the writer for this episode, was on the writing staff of the Joss Whedon cult favorite “Firefly”, a series that is held in high regard among the Galactica production crew. In one of the episodes (“War Stories”), a peculiar philosophy ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/04/29/episode-44-escape-velocity/ Written by Michael Taylor Directed by Michael Nankin When a series is working towards a pre-determined end date, the production staff has a tendency to look towards less conventional storytelling. After all, the opportunities for creative expression are fewer and fewer with each passing week. Doing something unusual is pretty ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/04/21/episode-43-the-ties-that-bind/ Written by Michael Angeli Directed by Anthony Hemingway At the end of the second season, I was personally disappointed in the episode “Downloaded”, because it represented a moment of transition for the Cylons without the necessary context. Caprica Six and Boomer decided to change the Cylon philosophy towards Humanity, and this ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/04/14/episode-42-six-of-one/ Written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle Directed by Michael Rymer It’s been nearly a year since the end of the third season, and after such a long wait, it shouldn’t be surprising that the audience would have high expectations. In fact, those expectations were nothing but heightened after the taste ... http://entil2001.com/blog9/2008/04/08/episode-41-he-who-believeth-in-me/