Preface (where I'm coming from): I loved BSG for it's edgy look into human emotion and interaction. I especially loved it's obvious parallels to the issues in our own present day society.
These things seem to have faded slowly over time, and now BSG has more of a religious feel. A story that's "on a mission from god". It lacks many of the edgy feel it started with.
Razor: The concept was sound. I was looking forward to Cain becoming the "monster" we all met in BSG. The situations she faced, the events that forced a well trained, well meaning soldier to become a brutal self serving killer. I was looking forward to the hard choices the Pegasus made to survive alone in the universe.
That was lacking. Instead there is the somewhat moral story of one soldier, Kendra, taking her own rather short path to destruction.
There were many things that could/should have been pushed further. Cain's involvement (and obvious betrayal) by a Cylon. The transition from "can I really do this for the greater good" to "I must do whatever it takes" seemed to quick. One moment Cain is spouting "we won't be charging in for revenge", the next she's doing just that - with no explanation for the change of heart.
The Cylons themselves, whilst fun to see the old 80's models in action, didn't add to the story. One old man spouting "everything has already happened, and will happen again" didn't really add anything to the story. It didn't even seem to quite fit. That and the whole "oh, btw - starbuck... she's gonna be humanities destruction". Where'd that come from? It's important for the primary story arc, but this telemovie was supposed to focus on the Pegasus - not be a vehicle for delivering one corny line.
There were some interesting possibilities in that old Cylon Battlestar, but we didn't get to explore any of them.
The dialogue was mediocre at times "we all must become razors"? what the hell is that meant to mean? The future is sponsored by Gillette? I thought Razor was meant more alone the lines of "balanced on the edge". Some exposition for Cain's odd dialogue would have helped explain the writers goals. I like that sometimes things are open to interpretation, but none of the obvious interpretations added the significance this knife (razor) was supposed to add.
Prequels as alway run the risk of adding random characters or events that you'd never heard of till now. I would have thought that Adama would have mentioned his earlier encounter with Hybrid's many, many episodes ago. Characters and events shouldn't just appear. If you want to do a prequel, plan for it when you write things the first time - mention the events - make it fit with what we've already seen.
Overall, it's worth watching, but I hope the series is better.
These things seem to have faded slowly over time, and now BSG has more of a religious feel. A story that's "on a mission from god". It lacks many of the edgy feel it started with.
Razor: The concept was sound. I was looking forward to Cain becoming the "monster" we all met in BSG. The situations she faced, the events that forced a well trained, well meaning soldier to become a brutal self serving killer. I was looking forward to the hard choices the Pegasus made to survive alone in the universe.
That was lacking. Instead there is the somewhat moral story of one soldier, Kendra, taking her own rather short path to destruction.
There were many things that could/should have been pushed further. Cain's involvement (and obvious betrayal) by a Cylon. The transition from "can I really do this for the greater good" to "I must do whatever it takes" seemed to quick. One moment Cain is spouting "we won't be charging in for revenge", the next she's doing just that - with no explanation for the change of heart.
The Cylons themselves, whilst fun to see the old 80's models in action, didn't add to the story. One old man spouting "everything has already happened, and will happen again" didn't really add anything to the story. It didn't even seem to quite fit. That and the whole "oh, btw - starbuck... she's gonna be humanities destruction". Where'd that come from? It's important for the primary story arc, but this telemovie was supposed to focus on the Pegasus - not be a vehicle for delivering one corny line.
There were some interesting possibilities in that old Cylon Battlestar, but we didn't get to explore any of them.
The dialogue was mediocre at times "we all must become razors"? what the hell is that meant to mean? The future is sponsored by Gillette? I thought Razor was meant more alone the lines of "balanced on the edge". Some exposition for Cain's odd dialogue would have helped explain the writers goals. I like that sometimes things are open to interpretation, but none of the obvious interpretations added the significance this knife (razor) was supposed to add.
Prequels as alway run the risk of adding random characters or events that you'd never heard of till now. I would have thought that Adama would have mentioned his earlier encounter with Hybrid's many, many episodes ago. Characters and events shouldn't just appear. If you want to do a prequel, plan for it when you write things the first time - mention the events - make it fit with what we've already seen.
Overall, it's worth watching, but I hope the series is better.