Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Razor is a TV movie produced between the third and fourth seasons of Battlestar Galactica, which seemed a little late to me since it takes place in season two. It tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus before it was found by the Galactica, and while the Pegasus arc was my favourite part of season two, I found this to be rather dull. Those three season two episodes were awesome because it was the main cast from the Galactica, whom I loved, against the crew of the Pegasus, whom I hated, in a civil war. Razor keeps the main cast to a minimum and gives us nearly two hours of those pricks I was hoping not to see again. I mean, okay, the message of the movie is that sometimes you have to make awful and difficult decisions for the greater good, but Admiral Cain seems to do it without hesitation or remorse, and that's why I never liked her. I feel like Razor was a late attempt to make the audience sympathize with the crew of the Pegasus, including a new character who was introduced as the lead in this and then killed off, almost making her pointless as a part of the series as a whole. I don't know if there were fans begging for the Pegasus' backstory, but I can honestly say I was not curious.

So about 80-90% of this was dull and pointless to me, but there was a small amount of more important information that I appreciated: we got some flashbacks of a young Adama discovering human/Cylon hybrids, and a very interesting tidbit about Starbuck that I suppose no one but the viewers are aware of now. But all of that stuff could have easily been slipped into a regular episode, avoiding the need for this pointless story about horrible characters I care little about. To be clear, this is a matter of circumstantial taste. I am really loving the series itself, and this wasn't technically a bad movie, I just hate the crew of the Pegasus, and since they were the stars of Razor, I wasn't feeling this one.