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Should Ron Moore have allowed Dualla to go out in such a shocking way for the Battlestar Galactica season 4.5 opener?
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Yes, I was surprised. Not in the way Ron Moore probably intended, because I hadn't actually watched the episode I'd recorded yet, but definitely surprised. That's what I get for going to work instead of watching TV! Dang, I knew that work ethic would get me in trouble.
Once I thought about it, after watching the episode, I thought it was an understandable development. Dualla had taken it in the teeth for a number of years and it seemed that the character had finally reached a point of no return. Kudos to the BSG team for not sugarcoating the despair she might feel after...wait, that might be a spoiler.
Sam,
You are still missing the point here. I have only just stumbled on this website after doing a quick search and so I am pleased to say I have seen the episode in question, however having read your post and responses I cannot leave without supporting your injured readers. You try to justify your actions by providing definitions of "spoiler" that supposedly argue that it doesn't matter if the episode has just aired.
This is not about strict definitions; the fact is that you have "spoiled" the episode for many people. You also argue that the plot point is not major but it is about the death of a character that has been in the series since day 1. This is a serious spoiler and you should have had the courtesy to warn people about it.
This does not affect the quality of the post- it could have had exactly the same content. All you needed to do was protect your reader and start with a warning- particularly in the RSS feed.
Finally, you could placate your displeased readers by honestly apologising for what was a mistake and trying to avoid it in the future. I agree with SpaceMonkey here in that your attitude does seem to be that of contempt for the angered readers rather than of apology.
I'm sure that those who turn off their RSS feed will be less informed, at least I would hope so. No one wants to be informed of plot details before they see a show and decent, well delivered material that doesn't make this error is available elsewhere.