thank goodness for tivo...
This show is the fucking bomb.
Traditionalists... don't compare the original idea to the current series. Look at it like this, they took the idea of the story, along with all the names, and re-wrote it. Simple as that.
I never got into the original series much, but I do remember it. To the mind of a 70s child, Lorne Green can't be Adama... because he's Mr. Cartwright. That threw the proverbial monkey wrench in it for me from the start.
This new series is leaps and bounds past the original idea, and with the updated sci-fi twists and vastly superior writing and research skills it's far more stimulating and attractive to the adult mind. That and Starbuck is hot. Fucked in the head (then again, who isn't?), but hot.
I enjoyed the "journalist" episode with Xena... though I'm not sure how I feel about her being a recurring character (I can only assume this of course).
The only things I don't care for...
dependancy on religion
Boomer the Cylon
Col. Ty- What a dick.
Balthar- I can understand the drarma of the character, but I think they take it a little too far. Too much struggle with his personality flaws IMHO, either you are a scoundrel or not... but then a scoundrel wouldn't be such a little bitch.
I have a feeling this show is going to go the way of Farscape... develope a huge cult following and then get fucking cancelled. But what do I know, I still miss The Invisible Man.