BSG: a divine wrap-up? (1)
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Doubtless a lot of Battlestar Galactica viewers will have watched the show finale with a certain amount of disbelief. Instead of a gritty space opera focused on the harsh realities of war and survival, we were presented with angels doing the work of God.
Some viewers will simply see the whole thing as a massive cop-out, [...]
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