For me ... I actually liked the ending too ... putting everyone asleep - okay ... the shield frequency thing - the Borg and Star Trek ... Eli's smile at the end I liked too ... I also like the jumping right on top of the enemy space ship (thought that was funny).
For me though ... I was expecting more of a "season" finale versus a "series" finale ... as in a true cliff hanger ... like ... the ship is about to tear apart ... people stuck on the other side of a gate ... type stuff.
From what I understood, the series cancellation was a surprise to the actors and that when they were notified, the second season had all been filmed.
It appears that they indeed went back and filmed a "series" finale ... with the opportunity to "wrap" things up ... or at least put things on "hold". It was almost as if, they took the last episode and junked it ... and replaced it with this one.
With one episode left ... it is not as if they could have all of the sudden brought folks home ... or ... made it to the center of the universe ... or met God ... whatever. I thought it ended as best as it could considering it got cancelled.
They left the series in tact where it "could" pick up at really any point:
1. Destiny wakes the crew up early.
2. Destiny wakes the crew up as anticipated, but some die.
3. Years in the future with the decedents of the crew on Destiny.
4. A new crew boards Destiny finding the old frozen crew (alive or dead).
One thing I did like about the Destiny was that it seemed to have a mind of its own. They would submit a program to Destiny ... and sometimes Destiny would accept it, other times it would not. Sometimes Destiny would shut down areas, and no matter what, they would not be able to override it. Nice little twist.
I've rambled enough.
I enjoyed the series as a whole.
For me though ... I was expecting more of a "season" finale versus a "series" finale ... as in a true cliff hanger ... like ... the ship is about to tear apart ... people stuck on the other side of a gate ... type stuff.
From what I understood, the series cancellation was a surprise to the actors and that when they were notified, the second season had all been filmed.
It appears that they indeed went back and filmed a "series" finale ... with the opportunity to "wrap" things up ... or at least put things on "hold". It was almost as if, they took the last episode and junked it ... and replaced it with this one.
With one episode left ... it is not as if they could have all of the sudden brought folks home ... or ... made it to the center of the universe ... or met God ... whatever. I thought it ended as best as it could considering it got cancelled.
They left the series in tact where it "could" pick up at really any point:
1. Destiny wakes the crew up early.
2. Destiny wakes the crew up as anticipated, but some die.
3. Years in the future with the decedents of the crew on Destiny.
4. A new crew boards Destiny finding the old frozen crew (alive or dead).
One thing I did like about the Destiny was that it seemed to have a mind of its own. They would submit a program to Destiny ... and sometimes Destiny would accept it, other times it would not. Sometimes Destiny would shut down areas, and no matter what, they would not be able to override it. Nice little twist.
I've rambled enough.
I enjoyed the series as a whole.