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Is BSG: Razor required viewing for Season 4? **BSG SPOILERS**

SpawnbrokerSpawnbroker Registered User regular
edited February 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
Okay, Alyce and I just finished watching season 3 of BSG. When we loaded up season 4 on netflix, the first episode is BSG: Razor. It's apparently an 87 minute long episode about Admiral Cain and the Pegasus and what happened before they found Galactica.

So here's the deal. We kinda wanna jump in to season 4, and we're not really interested in this if it's a stand alone thing that won't have anything to do with the plot of season 4. Do we have to watch it to pick certain things up, or can it be skipped? Thanks!

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited February 2011
    It's not required, but I was a little sad I didn't watch it when I didn't have all the info from season 4. It was still awesome though, and I don't think it lost any impact.

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  • SpawnbrokerSpawnbroker Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ceres wrote: »
    It's not required, but I was a little sad I didn't watch it when I didn't have all the info from season 4. It was still awesome though, and I don't think it lost any impact.

    Okay, welp, Razor it is then!

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited February 2011
    I don't mean to give the impression that it can't stand alone.

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  • starmanbrandstarmanbrand Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    You definately don't need to watch it, but its a little bit cool to have more of that branch of the story.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2011
    You can always come back to it an episode or two into the fourth season.

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Definitely not required, but it's preferable.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Not required, and not missed. It's just flavor stuff. The show functions by itself.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited February 2011
    Jasconius wrote: »
    Not required, and not missed. It's just flavor stuff. The show functions by itself.

    This is what I was trying to get at. I didn't feel like I was missing anything having viewed it after season 4... I didn't even know it existed until after I saw season 4. It's just background. It's more for the sake of Razor than the series that I would liked to have watched it first.

    Nothing is really lost either way, though.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2011
    If it hadn't come at the end of yet another scifi patented 9 month hiatus, it would have been largely forgettable. But it's hardly the worst the show had to offer.

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  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    i watched it in order, complete with Razor first, since I watched the whole show from the Dvds.


    i pretty much agree that it's not necessary, but it does give some character depth.

    really, it's up to you guys what you want to do.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Thanks guys! I think we're going to just say fuck it, and watch it anyway even if it's a stand-alone thing. If anything, it'll make the series last longer, because God knows I'm going to be sad when it ends.

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  • saggiosaggio Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    AlyceInWonderland wrote: »
    Thanks guys! I think we're going to just say fuck it, and watch it anyway even if it's a stand-alone thing. If anything, it'll make the series last longer, because God knows I'm going to be sad when it ends.

    I suspect sadness won't be the emotion you will be feeling after the finale...

    Re: Razor -- it introduces a pretty badass character that unfortunately is only around for the duration of Razor itself. But it also (a) setups an important Starbuck storyline for S4, and (b) gives you more time with Admiral Cain, who is probably the baddest mofo in the Colonial Fleet.

    I would recommend that you watch it.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I thought Admiral Cain was pretty boring and static. But this isn't a thread to discuss BSG :X
    You'll be sad way before the end of Season 4. Witness what a writers strike can do to fuck up television.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Aw DUDES, don't tell me that! I don't wanna hear about how BSG is going to suck, because then I'll just pay extra attention to shitty writing or whatever, and I actually want to enjoy how awesome this show is.

    Also, I already know a "wizard did it." And I'm okay with this.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2011
    Don't listen to them. There are some that hate it, and have to shit on it whenever anybody even tangentially brings it up, or somehow warn them off.

    The writing through the fourth season is generally rock solid, and the season still contains a few of the best episodes from the entire series. Even the ending isn't universally despised. There are quite a few of us that genuinely liked the ending.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited February 2011
    I fucking loved the ending and I will totally fight about it. Don't listen to those guys.

    Also, when the OP mentioned spoilers in the title, I don't think he meant for him, so let's not fight about it here.

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