Well, he staunchly defends them as amusing him. :)

You get the impression from the commentaries that Moore and Eick come up with goofy idead from time to time and they amuse each other with them and then proceed to shamelessly stick them in the show. Which I guess is nice from the point of view of maintaining the health of the producing partnership that keeps the show going, but dude...glowing spines? Okay... Hope Tyrol and Baltar like missionary... :)