There has been way to much hate for the end of this show. Sure the finale wasn't what was really expected, but what can you do with a show that has extremely high expectations especially considering that many of the plots and actions throughout the show have come out of left field.
The show as a whole is fantastic. One could probably say that the first season and maybe the second are the strongest ones, considering that no one ever knew where it was going in the later episodes. The Pegasus plot was awesome, the spirituality that permeated the first half was awesome, and the mysteries that surfaced throughout were awesome. But the execution of so much was handled somewhat poorly. The acting could be a little over the top (cough Roslin, Tigh cough). But for the most part things seemed to come together.
Now for spoilers. The death of Callie was a little random. Galin's many loves was a little random unless they could have shown how he became the kind of broken person who clinged to any woman who came along. Kara. I don't really know where to go with this. After her death she became this big mystery that frankly was explained crapily. I mean really, an angel? It would have been so much easier to call her a cylon or half cylon and have Daniel be her father. That would explain why she knew the music and could translate the notes into coordinates for a new earth. I was actually okay with most of the end of the finale, but it was drawn out way too long. They could have used the time to tie up other loose ends better and give us more closure.
All in all, its a good series. I'm sure I will find myself coming back to it soon because of its sheer power. I can't let a somewhat lackluster ending ruin what was actually a really good sci-fi series especially in a genre that doesn't get the greatest support. Now I wait for Caprica.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
World War Hulk
Ok, so this may have happened a couple years ago or so, but I just finished it.
oh, and spoiler alert
I have to say this was a decently entertaining read that could never truly deliver on the build up to it. Planet Hulk was an inventive storyline that was able to keep the hulk distracted while the heroes had their little civil war because we all know Hulk would have messed it up pretty bad. But as I was saying the long build up of sending the Hulk off and having him do battle on an alien world for well over a year was fun, if not maybe a little fast (almost like classic marvel storylines).
When the Hulk returned there was this kind of inevitable end looming over the heads of everyone. They could not kill the heroes. They could probably not even kill one of the heroes. With the knowledge of Secret Invasion on the way (Marvel can work up to two years in advance) they could not just kill a major person (he or she may be a skrull later on). So no one was going to die, and as usual there were a bunch of useless tie-ins from other comics like Ghost Rider, Punisher War Journal, and Heroes for Hire (not to mention the absolutely useless World War Hulk: X-Men, Hulk doesn't kill and he definitely wouldn't have killed on a hypothetical). Aside from some filler, there is some pretty good action in the main storyline along with the bickering between Rick Jones and Amedeus Cho and his Defenders.
It may sound like I'm bashing this storyline, but I would rather say that it acts like most most crossover events that say the world will never be the same and it really is and that it has a bunch of extra dumb tie-ins. The concept is pretty cool, Hulk beating every last person down is cool, heck, even the destruction of NYC is cool, because in the next issue it'll all be fixed again. Spider-Man's writer's don't have time to worry about him swinging around on dilapidated buildings, he's too busy getting his mind wiped, erasing one of those long lasting effects of the civil war.
My suggestion, read the main story in TPB form for however long it takes you to finish it, then move on, and pick up the new Hulk series starring the Red Hulk.
oh, and spoiler alert
I have to say this was a decently entertaining read that could never truly deliver on the build up to it. Planet Hulk was an inventive storyline that was able to keep the hulk distracted while the heroes had their little civil war because we all know Hulk would have messed it up pretty bad. But as I was saying the long build up of sending the Hulk off and having him do battle on an alien world for well over a year was fun, if not maybe a little fast (almost like classic marvel storylines).
When the Hulk returned there was this kind of inevitable end looming over the heads of everyone. They could not kill the heroes. They could probably not even kill one of the heroes. With the knowledge of Secret Invasion on the way (Marvel can work up to two years in advance) they could not just kill a major person (he or she may be a skrull later on). So no one was going to die, and as usual there were a bunch of useless tie-ins from other comics like Ghost Rider, Punisher War Journal, and Heroes for Hire (not to mention the absolutely useless World War Hulk: X-Men, Hulk doesn't kill and he definitely wouldn't have killed on a hypothetical). Aside from some filler, there is some pretty good action in the main storyline along with the bickering between Rick Jones and Amedeus Cho and his Defenders.
It may sound like I'm bashing this storyline, but I would rather say that it acts like most most crossover events that say the world will never be the same and it really is and that it has a bunch of extra dumb tie-ins. The concept is pretty cool, Hulk beating every last person down is cool, heck, even the destruction of NYC is cool, because in the next issue it'll all be fixed again. Spider-Man's writer's don't have time to worry about him swinging around on dilapidated buildings, he's too busy getting his mind wiped, erasing one of those long lasting effects of the civil war.
My suggestion, read the main story in TPB form for however long it takes you to finish it, then move on, and pick up the new Hulk series starring the Red Hulk.
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