Never heard of the song until BSG, looked up the lyrics and arrived at this site that made me look at the show entirely differently and it became a lens through which I looked at the world differently.
Back in 2018 I wrote an essay entitled “Did It Have to End This Way?” for a BSG retrospective anthology collection. It seems we have similar thoughts on the topic. Thanks for the insights.
I loved the ending the first time around. I always enjoyed the spirituality side of things and I felt it tied it up neatly. All Around The Watchtower was perfect as well as having Six and Balthus walking on earth.
I bought the set too. I’d never seen a single episode before. I binged the whole show in week. What a great series, I rated it 8.2, tied for tops in my list with “Breaking Bad”.
I can still remember watching the first Episode and getting hooked at the moment Adams looks at Tigh and deadpans, “You’re either the XO or you’re not.” That’s what made me sit up and say, “whoa! They’re going to take these people seriously this time.” And they did. So many brilliant, three-dimensional characters, with all the warts and highlights real people possess, dealing with the ultimate catastrophe.
I still remember the conflicting plots of Commander Adama and Admiral Cain to assassinate each other at the end of a battle with Starbucks instructed to shoot Cain in the head.
Nailed it. I have revisited the show a few times over the years. It ebbs and flows but the core is solid and the ending is an all time great. To me its most powerful arc is the shows insistence that Baltar deserves justice and consequences but not vengance. For years I wanted that character to die in the worst way until finally I saw that he was not evil just a scared desperate man. BSG taught me something about forgiveness.
A great series that I re-watch every couple of years or so. Ron Moore is brilliant! I loved ST:DS9 as well.
Never heard of the song until BSG, looked up the lyrics and arrived at this site that made me look at the show entirely differently and it became a lens through which I looked at the world differently.
https://www.reasontorock.com/tracks/watchtower.html
Ooh thank you for sharing - I knew the song but this is a great deep dive into it!
Back in 2018 I wrote an essay entitled “Did It Have to End This Way?” for a BSG retrospective anthology collection. It seems we have similar thoughts on the topic. Thanks for the insights.
Book is “Somewhere Beyond The Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica” ISBN 9781940589190
Oh very cool!! I'm gonna try to track that down, my curiosity is piqued!
I loved the ending the first time around. I always enjoyed the spirituality side of things and I felt it tied it up neatly. All Around The Watchtower was perfect as well as having Six and Balthus walking on earth.
I bought the set too. I’d never seen a single episode before. I binged the whole show in week. What a great series, I rated it 8.2, tied for tops in my list with “Breaking Bad”.
I can still remember watching the first Episode and getting hooked at the moment Adams looks at Tigh and deadpans, “You’re either the XO or you’re not.” That’s what made me sit up and say, “whoa! They’re going to take these people seriously this time.” And they did. So many brilliant, three-dimensional characters, with all the warts and highlights real people possess, dealing with the ultimate catastrophe.
Absolutely! You could just feel the claustrophobia and desperation in every episode. Just clinging to the edge to make it one more jump!
I still remember the conflicting plots of Commander Adama and Admiral Cain to assassinate each other at the end of a battle with Starbucks instructed to shoot Cain in the head.
That was still one of the most tense episodes. Just kept ratcheting up and ratcheting up the tension.
Nailed it. I have revisited the show a few times over the years. It ebbs and flows but the core is solid and the ending is an all time great. To me its most powerful arc is the shows insistence that Baltar deserves justice and consequences but not vengance. For years I wanted that character to die in the worst way until finally I saw that he was not evil just a scared desperate man. BSG taught me something about forgiveness.
Well said! And absolutely - it all hit so differently watching this show as an older adult now. Just shifts that perspective so much.
It’s out genesis story.