bodocepep It started ok when the plot was kept in line, but then this show went from sci-fi to religious fantasy. The plot didn't thicken, it became a total diversified mess. I thought Caprica was trillions of miles away and there was no way back to it, until the writers decided that if you steal an alien ship which has far advanced technology you can go back to Caprica just like going to your neighbors house. I hate when writers mess up the plot with gobbledygook like that. Note to show writers, when you pepper the plot with gobbledygook, you introduce many plot holes. Watchers, then, start to think this show is a complete moronic joke. And then we are introduced to religion in this show. I guess the machines are more religious than humans, can you believe this? It is humans who believe in many gods (Polytheism) in the advanced age of science, versus machines that believe in only one God (Monotheism). Let's look at some examples of idiotic events that occurred. Starbuck gets stuck on this one planet. The rescue team can't find her. Starbucks discovers the crashed alien ship not far from her. In the matter of minutes, while having a broken leg and losing oxygen, she figures out how to fly the alien ship and make it back to the fleet just as they were to leave her behind and jump. This kind of nonsense makes me cringe. Why couldn't the plot be much simpler? An alien ship got shutdown. It was discovered by the rescue ship, it got picked up and brought back to Galactica for reverse engineering. It's simple, to the point, and close to how it would have happened in the real world. But no, the writers needed to do something uncanny and magical.Then there is all this highly unnecessary drama in this show. Everyone hates one another, everyone got some psychological issues, no one gets along. When you have a common enemy, you tend to bond together, but that's not happening in this show. The humans are as bad to each other as they are to the machines. In fact, they probably treat the machines, their biggest enemy, with more respect than they treat each other. It's amazing. There are only 50,0000 of them left in the universe, and they are slaughtering each other. Note to writers, please keep psychological twisted drama to a minimum when it comes to space sci-fi type shows. How hard can it be? Half way through season 2 I completely gave up on this show. Too much drama, too much psychological and religious nonsense, too much plot holes. This show started with strategy, survival, but now it turned into a giant religious and psychological mess. It's more religious than Lord of the Rings, accept it's happening far far away in space far far into the future. Amazing.

anonymtruther This series started great, I'd put it into my TOP 10 or 15. The problem is that it quicky loses all of its realism during season 2 (mostly in the second half). Thus the atmosphere and drama evaporates. The rest of the series is composed of incredible coincidences and divine intervention. There is plenty of nonsense even if you take out the supernatural elements: like how the hell can't the Cylons control 50 000 starving people on New Caprica when they've shot (and cremated) billions of bodies in a few days? (during the destruction of the Colonies) Obviously, any average viewer sees that the occupation should have been blamed on a tiiny religious sect within the Cylons. The fact that the writers didn't get that proves that they've spent 5 minutes, at maximum, during the planning phase on each episode. That is too little. Bringing people back from the dead (Kara Thrace, Elen) doesn't help either. The same goes for the cliché dream sequences involving Roslin/Tigh shooting Adama.. and so on. The final episode is extremely bad.The CGI takes a huge hit in season 3 and overall cinematography collapses in season 4. No wonder the series ended with 1/3 of the viewership it had at the start (it came down to 50 % in between seasons 2 and 3). Best episodes: "33" and the Pegasus trilogy.

stevenrotherforth Battlestar GalacticaI recently revisited Battlestar Galactica when it became available on Amazon Prime. A show from the early 2000's which ran for four seasons and spawned several offshoot TV movies. A reboot of the late 70's show of the same name. The reboot or reimagining to be more precise is a fantastic Science fiction series unlike the original which seemed more like a Star Wars rip-off designed to do no more than cash in on the success of George Lucas's space opera. Lucas himself even tried to sue the creators of the original as he accused them of this.A group of survivors span across the galaxy in search of the fabled 13th colony known as Earth. Caprica their home planet is destroyed by a race known as the Cylons. Machines created by mankind that have evolved into synthetic humanoids.The great thing about the reimagining of the show is that they've taken the history of the original and developed it much much further. Just like the Cylons themselves this show has evolved into something much more superior to its own origins. For a Science fiction TV show coming from the early 2000's the special effects are as good as they can be. The visuals do progress with each season but they pale in comparison to the quality of modern shows like GOT or any of the new Star-trek spin offs. However this can be forgiven as the creators vision for this show is something to be commended. Sound design in particular is excellent. Space battles have a muted tone. There are no loud explosions or sounds of thrusters. Little details like this give Battlestar Galactica a unique originality Camera work is also refreshing. Unsteady shots zoom in and out of focus but they never become nauseating. Set design is superb. Everything has a grimy worn sheen to it. Much as it did in Ridley Scott's Alien. The evolution of the robotic Cylons and their crafts known as Raiders look top notch. The Vipers from the original show make a return. Ok they may not be as iconic as the X Wing fighters from Star Wars but you can't help but get nostalgic when seeing the vipers execute the perfect space battle. The entire production has a level of love and affection and it is obvious that the creators wanted to try and do something fresh. This is no Star Wars rip-off. In fact The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson has admitted that he took inspiration for his movie from this TV show. Funny how things turn around?Battlestar Galactica is also a fine looking show. Despite some effects being constrained by budget and the technology of the time it was made. This show looks wonderful in 1080p. Colours pop with over-saturation. Contrast blisters from the screen. I recommend that you don't watch this show with your modern day TV screen set to dynamic picture mode. Not unless you want to incinerate your own corneas!Performances by everyone are committed. Edward James Olmos in particular as Admiral Adama. He is every bit the hero and leader you would want in the crisis the human race finds themselves in. Katee Sackoff's new take on the role of ace pilot Starbuck is a fine addition and she is much more bad ass than the original interpretation of the character. James Callis puts a spin on the role of Gaius Baltar. In the 70's show Baltar was the leader of the Cylons. Here he is more of their puppet. In every scene he seems to excrete tears at an alarming rate. The man must have lost half his body weight in tears when filming this show. Other stand outs are Michael Hogan has Colonel Saul. A hard edged yet confused and conflicted character who loses his way a few times throughout the shows four season run. The beautiful Tricia Helfer steals many of the scenes she's in as Cylon number six. Even Xena the warrior princess (Lucy Lawless) shows up as yet another one of the Cylons dead set on ending the human race. I could go on listing everyone involved but all performances are great if sometimes tarnished by clunky dialogue. A good example being is the use of a modified version of the F word. This made up word, a replacement for the real expletive is jarring when used and detracts any realism from the drama on screen. It reminds me of when UK TV channels used to poorly dub movies to remove foul language so that they could show them before the watershed. I'm nitpicking now. Battlestar Galactica is somewhat of a cult show. Looking back I believe that it was better than the credit it was given when first aired. A show with a surprising amount of depth and one well worth checking out.

bheadher Well, to jump right in, this series was rather bland over all...it starts off rather weird, with the Cylons never sending a rep each year for 40 years...then suddenly a "woman" shows up, and starts seducing the Colony rep. While the Cylon mother ship fires missiles at the space station/conference place.I dunno, but that kinda signaled that this was going to be "something else"...and frankly, it went down hill from there. I did try to watch it at first, then lost interest, then watched an episode again when I had nothing else to watch. It just never became a grab you kind of series, like SG1 was...I can see that it got some rave reviews here, but that is my take on the remake...boring...