It’s scary that there’s been all kinds of development over the past 20 years under and around this bridge: business high rises, a hotel, apartment and condo complexes, trolley tracks, a restuarant, and a gigantic shopping center (Ikea, Costco, Lowe’s).
Generally safe, but there has been the occasional freak accident of a vehicle falling off the bridge.
During this season, I typically got my Battlestar Galactica fix by simply catching the show “live.” I would then blog about it and obsessively check iTunes for the next few days for Ron Moore’s podcast, where I would learn how much of the storyline was really pulled out of his ass.
The podcast commentary for the Season 3 finale never came, but Ron Moore fielded a Q&A session for Frak Party. The name sounds like a lot of fun, just downright dirty, and “frak” is official “F” word for BSG. Ultimately, they celebrate watching BSG, and Ron Moore got together with some member to talk about the season finale.
Given that continuity on BSG is very strong, this aspect of Moore’s and company’s writing always surprises me. With Star Trek, there was a “Bible” and people paid to do continuity research, and Babylon 5 had a five year plan (with some deviations). Enterprise, the latest incarnation of Star Trek, had a touch of B5; however, the show really didn’t know what it wanted to be until Season 4. Even though a lot of BSG is the rabbit out of the hat regarding the details, Moore and company has had a strong sense of the show should be.
This podcast sheds a lot of light on the season finale, but there is still some mystery about what kind of Cylons the Final 4 are. Nothing is said (or revealed) about Starbuck being a Cylon, but Moore tells some funny stories of how Katie Sackoff helped pull off the hoax of Starbuck’s death. Moore’s longtime desire to use “All Along The Watchtower” is integrated into the finale and he discusses it in some detail. Check it out.
My online version of my MFA creative writing afterlife. So much for the afterglow.
