I was not sure what to expect of this series. I started with the premier (a long, 200 minute affair) and was pleasantly surprised. For the most part, I liked how the plot unfolded, the intrigue, the action.
There is a lot I had forgotten since the original. I did not remember anything about Kobol, nor the 12 (or 13) colonies, nothing about a President Roslin.... perhaps they are all new, but I would not know. I do remember the cylons very well, and I rather miss the boxy shape of the Gallatica; the "newer" model is too rounded for me. I do like the unseemingly ragtag collection of other starships, as that is "just right" from the original.
Starbuck is a girl. Weird, that will take some getting used to. On the good side, she has the right amount of spunk, grit and "get out of my way" attitude. Her facial expressions kinda throw me; I can hear Randy and Paula of "American Idol" saying "What's up with the eyes?!?".
I remember Apollo being a little more mature, but I like the actor they casted for this series. I have to remember that I am over 20 years older now than when I first watched BG. =)
And finally the tech. This has me bamboozled. Granted that sci-fi has changed a lot in the past 25 years, but didn't the original good guys have blasters of some type? Especially on the Vipers. Instead all we see are your run-of-the-mill projectile guns (with tracers, of course). Something seems wrong with that. And the cylons are significantly superior technologically, able to infiltrate computers remotely and have a number of computer-defeating weapons. And the cyborgs! That is outrageous. If anything, the cyborgs ruin the show for me. By the time I got to season 2, half the cast seems like they are now cylons, and that is just wrong. (yes, I am exagerrating about half the cast). That whole dimension just adds way too much weirdness and unfamiliarity.
Perhaps more to follow, but perhaps not.
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