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My Thoughts on the BSG Finale

I just finished watching the series finale of Battlestar Galactica.  Like everyone else with a blog and a passion for BSG, I thought I would put down my thoughts.  I'm not a writer, or a reviewer of any kind, but it's a big enough show that I thought I would take a stab at it.

First off, did the show come to a conclusion that felt planned out?  I think yes.  They had a goal to find Earth and they succeeded.  It wasn't what they planned on, but they found Earth.  What they did when they got there is a little far fetched.  Thousands of people all decided, "Sure, why not.  Let's give up all our tech and live off the land."  I can understand they were tired, and surrounded by their technology for years, but to not keep any of it?  I don't know.

And just how were they going to integrate themselves with the native culture?  If they had no language, how were they going to be able to carry on the human race without taking advantage of those who were there first?  I guess that is where we got out conquering spirit.

I think I'm of the camp that while the ending provided an ending, I'm not overly satisfied with it.

I had a big problem with how they ended Kara/Starbuck's story.  Poof, she is done here?  Did she just "know" how she came back and "knew" that she was done?  Was she a ghost all along when she came back from Earth the first?

I know there was a devine undertone throughout the series, so are we to believe that all this happened before nonsense was several incarnations of a reset button being pressed?

By the way, the first hour rocked!