Had me captivated to the screen for the full ~2 hours! I missed the first hour taking care of my little boy.
I was in the second grade when BSG came out... I loved Boxey and Muffit.
This new one had some great high points... combat scenes were more scientifically accurate but hard to track/watch at their small size and high velocity.
And they SO wimped out on blowing up all the sub-light vessels that couldn't jump before the surprise attack - fade to white? BOOOOoooooo!!!
Cylons = computer programs which can be implanted into a human brain? Cylons running around in robot bodies is true to the original, but human clones?? What was THAT all about?
Baltar having sex with a Cylon blondie for two years??
I could have sword the original Cylons (if you read the books) were insectoid, not "software". The "robots" were simply powered armour suits.
I liked the light peppering of old phrases like, "Life here, began out there..."
Starbuck = FEMALE??!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!??
Overall, good.... but not awesome.
"Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny - the last battlestar, Galactica, leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest... a shining planet, known as Earth!"