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Summary: UGH
Review: The "logic" that this version is great because those individuals who enjoyed the original Battlestar Galactica "live in their parent's basement" is beyond inept. You'll find such "logic" on this site. Reviewers slam fans of the original program to make this version look superior. There are reviews bragging about how this IS NOT like the original series and that's a selling point. They junked most of the original show's elements, but junking the past isn't the way to go. Lucas and Roddenberry have proven that. They built onto the mythos of the original tales. You know you're in trouble when new fans of something support junking the original and insult it's fans as a selling point for the new product. Fan base's consisting of those who love something have a bettet shot at survival than those who are quick to curse the root they sprang from.
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Summary: I gave it a chance
Review: I set my mind to not like this new series. The New show changed too many of the old things that I enjoyed about the original show. I only watched it so that i could say I came I saw, I left... but I didn't.
I stayed and I enjoyed it. Despite the changes and there are still some changes that rake me a bit on the rough side. The show itself was Good and I can't wait to see what they do with it from here. I only wish they didn't change all Blue squadren into women. It's worth the time to at least watch. Recently,I was with one of the men who played a characters who played on the original series when they said "It was so different from the original that they could havegiven the show a differnt name." That may be so, but they didn't. Give it a Chance.
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Summary: Battlestar Galactica - May the Lords of Kobol Go with You
Review: I grew up watching the original BG, and I thought it was a terrific storyline for its time. However, having seen it again a little later in life, I have to admit that it was a half-baked storyline that couldn't seem to offer anything other than a Planet-of-the-Week saga.In addition, many of the characters felt two-dimensional. Take Richard Hatch's "Captain Apollo." He was always too serious and too smart for his own good. Granted, you want a leader who knows how to take command of a critical situation, and he excelled at this. But he never seemed to let his guard down and enjoy the subtle moments of life. In essence, his character had very little depth. Then, there's Dirk Benedict's character, "Starbuck." He was just the opposite of Captain Apollo. While he may have had the qualifications of a Colonial Warrior, he didn't project an air of authority about him. He was more the clown, the lady chaser, and gambler -- in essence, somebody you WOULDN'T want to go into combat with. As for John Colicos, aka "Baltar," he seemed to be a good villain sometimes but, again, here's another character who leaves much to be desired. He was TOO evil, and I just don't buy the perception that the Cylons would allow a human to command one of their Basestars. Most of the episodes for the first season of BG (FORGET "GALACTICA 1980" -- IT WAS A WASTED EFFORT) were short on depth as well. I especially dislike the use of the same battle footage from the original movie in those episodes. Granted, back then, they didn't have the great CGI for special effects that is available today. And maybe their budget per episode wasn't that high. But you just feel like you're in an endless causality loop when they showed the same attack runs against the Galactica, and the same camera shots of the Colonial Vipers against the Cylon Raiders. If I have anything to same in this series' favour, the two-part story with the Pegasus was good, as was the "War of the Gods" two-part story. In addition, I think Lorne Greene played "Adama" pretty well, as did Noah Hathaway as "Boxy" and his sidekick "Muffet." Why do I bring up the old BG storyline in this review? It's because I want to show how such superior the new BG storyline is. While I'm happy to see that the new BG storyline pays homage to the old BG with subtle references such as the "Chrome Toasters," I appreciate that Ronald Moore is taking BG in new directions in terms of character and story development. I don't mind that "Starbuck" and "Boomer" have been made into female characters. I think they're actually going to do better as females. "Starbuck" will especially do well because that character challenges her higher-ups, but she is devoted to serving her military role to the best of her ability. "Boomer" will also do well because she projects emotional depth in her character -- as she did when she had to leave a bunch of civilians behind on Caprica. I also like the new Commander Adama, Apollo and the Colonial President. The conflicts between Adama and Apollo, and between Adama and the President, really stand out in this storyline. They are being forced to work together for the survival of their people. I think that Baltar will be the real star of this series. He has to live with the fact that it was his technology that allowed the Cylons to wipe out Caprica and the Colonies. He will try to make amends for what he has done by helping to come up with measures to stop the Cylons. Yet, he will listen to the hypnotic female Cylon, too? What delightful ambiguity Baltar's character has! He is so much more convincing than the Baltar that John Colicos played! The actor who plays the new "Captain Apollo" is another convincing character. He stabs his father in the back by reminding him that Zak died unnecessarily because he pulled the strings to get him into flight school. The contempt that Apollo has for his father is magnificent -- he can't forgive him for this tragedy. But maybe, just maybe, when they hugged at the end of the mini-series, there may be a way to bridge the gap between them. Only time will tell in the TV series. From the rumours, Moore is going to develop interweaving story threads over the life of the series -- in essence, one long story arc -- rather than just creating isolated episodes. Sometimes, isolated episodes do work, but they have to contribute to the depth of a storyline in their own way. Otherwise, they wind up just being "Planet-of-the-Week" episodes. I guess the only fault I have with the mini-series is that not enough time was devoted to building depth into the Cylon characters. Granted, the female Cylon that manipulates Baltar did a good job of portraying the type of menace the Cylons will become. But the culture of Cylons, and more of them, have to be portrayed to give this BG storyline proper balance. Hopefully, we'll see more of them in the TV series. Lastly, the special effects in the BG mini-series are first rate, and they don't overpower the character-driven storyline. So, let the Battlestar Galactica and its rag-tag fleet go forth into the unknown with the blessings of the Lords of Kobol.
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Summary: A massive disapointment
Review: Remembering the classic BSG, I sat down with an open mind on this new take. And the fact that is was written by Ron Moore, who's work on Star Trek I really liked, I really thought this mini-series would be good. Sadly I was wrong. The new BSG is an un-emotional experience, maybe if you were a Vulcan it might be ok. I cared for not one of the characters and found it a struggle to get through. I rememeber in the original BSG how the characters reacted to the destruction of the homeworlds. There was emotion and you could see it, now there is nothing. All we saw with the new destruction was a few shots from space of some nukes striking their targets, and thats it. We hear of the many casualties but don't seem them being inflicted, where's before we did. The casting is horrible, the shakey camera effect is supposed to make it more "real" to the viewer, unfortunately it comes up sloppy and districts more than anything else. In places in does work but on the whole it doesn't. The lack of music is awful, and any music that there is does nothing to elevate any scenes what so ever. This has now been turn into a full series and I'm hoping that the producers will improve on this mess greatly. But based on the ratings they'll assume that what they've done is right. And if thats the case, I don't think I'll bother watching this show. An neither should you.
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Summary: The magic is gone.....
Review: I find that Galactica '03 has a harder, more current theme than the original. I think that's part of why we cling so strongly to the original. Despite the campy issues, personally, I enjoyed the nobility and heroics it embodied. G'03 seems almost too real-life in the issues of weaponry, and especially the father-son dynamics. In and of itself, Galactica '03 came off pretty well. I have watched it several times, and will again. Looking back at the original Starbuck character, and comparing to the new one, there's no comparison. Dirk Benedict was Starbuck. The newbie? She came off like a loudmouth brat, not the least bit believable. Certainly not as an ace fighter-pilot type. Glad the mecha-daggit is gone. Compare the glowing laser bolts in the original with the all-grey, overall dark scenes of '03, and you'll see. It's kinda what happens when the special effects get so good, and imagination of the viewers works less to fill in the blanks. While '03 is more "realistic" in many ways, the magic is gone.
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Summary: What's not to like or love about this?
Review: Being a huge fan of the original series, and one that forced himself to watch "Galactica 1980" back in the day, I was apprehensive about this miniseries. I've seen way too many series/miniseries based on past TV shows, or spinoffs of past television series, so I was really worried they would screw this up. Well, in short, they REALLY didn't. The storyline, the writers, the cast and the cgi are all incredible. With the possible exception of "Stargate SG-1" & "Babylon 5" (...the crown jewels of science fiction television, IMO), I haven't looked forward to a DVD release near as much. If the new series lives up to the promise delivered in the miniseries, the Sci-Fi Channel will have cornered the market of the best shows in the genre. And they assured a throng of more devoted viewers. Now, with this series, the next new season of "Stargate SG-1"and the new "Stargate Atlantis" to look forward to, it'll be easy to turn off the so-called "reality TV" crap the networks are trying to shove down our collective throats. This IS great science fiction, and moreover it's great drama. If you've never seen either the original "BsG" or this miniseries, by all means buy both. You will enjoy all the similarities and relish the differences too. This IS "must see DVD"!
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Summary: Excellent storyline for BSG vets & newbies!
Review: I am a die-hard Battlestar Galactica fan. If you are a fan, and skeptical about this video, approach it as if you'd never heard the name before. Oh, there are many many elements from the old series, but they're used in different ways. The lines aren't so well defined between good and evil. All in all, this die hard fan thoroughly enjoyed the remake. I can't wait until it's DVD release in the U.S.
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Summary: THIS is not a remake of the 1978 Classic, Be Fore--warned.
Review: As a sixth grader in 1978, my friends and I were all overjoyed by the original series, especially with the intriquing relationship between Starbuck (Dirk Benendict, also famous for his role in the TV program The "A Team,") and Cassieopeia and Athena. Both Striking young actresses in thier own right. When I first heard someone was going to write a new Battlestar Galactica story I was always hoping that they would stick to the original story minus all that Mormon psycho-babble. The truth is I am very much a conservative Christian, believing in what the Bible teaches and a loyal BsG, or BG fan. (BsG is an abbreviation of Battlestar Galactica, so is BG, not to be confused with "BG," an abbreviation for the Bee Gees.)
I saw the first episode of the mini-series and was totally disgusted and also appalled at the audacity of this new writer's ability to write such an obvious attempt to circumvent the original story and storyline.
This new re--telling is not a copy of the Classic, it is much worse, only has a mere mention of the original story. It has none of the charm, class and dignity of the "Original Series"
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Summary: New Fan
Review: Originally, I didn't like this miniseries. Mostly because I was an original fan, but as time passed and the more I watched it and more fans I talked to, I really LOVE this Galactica now!
It's not perfect, but neither was the original.
I highly recomend this Galactica!!!
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Summary: Perfect? Not quite but.......
Review: I was a fan of the original 1979 series, even with the cheesy effects and bad acting. ABC didn't give the series a real chance and that Galactica 1980 series made me want to retch. When i heard that SciFi channel was remaking it, the first thought I had was why? Then I saw some of the production pics and trailers and started to get a buzz. This had the chance to be as good as SciFi's "Dune" series. I had to work and missed the first 45 minutes (both times it aired, and yes I know how to operate a VCR but forgot to do so), but what I saw blew me away. Finally some sci fi characters that acted...human (even the Cylons). Now that it's going to be a series, it has the chance to go down the road that ST:Voyager tried but failed at. I suppose hard-core fans are disappointed (Imagine the scream of anquish from ST fans if they had made say Spock a female in a remake), but they should really look at this not as a remake, but a retelling of something that was great and is now better. Really looking forward to the new series.
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