ideas.4brad.com | by brad | Mon, Jul 13
Mon, Jul 13
Ron Moore’s goals To understand the fall of BSG, one must examine it both in terms of more general goals for good SF, and the stated goals of the head writer and executive producer, Ronald D. Moore. The ending failed by both my standards (which you may or may not care about) but also his.
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