Battlestar Galactica Revival

That's hardly a sophisticated assessment, but the original show starring Lorne Greene as Adama and Richard Hatch as his star-pilot son was hardly a sophisticated hour of television.
In fact, the original "Battlestar Galactica" was a cheesy low-brow piece of science fiction entertainment that lasted only one season.
No. It lasted at least three, and had an (admittedly awful) sequel.

As in the original show, the malevolent Cylons were once a race of shiny tin cans who have now evolved into slimy creatures that can take on the form of humans.
Slime? No, they were just robots with realistic looking skin.

I told y'all that the religion aspect was going to piss off somebody.

* Ships move more like they should.

Canadian Television Premiere
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Part 1 - Saturday, January 17 @ 9pm ET
Part 2 - Sunday, January 18 @ 9pm ET

(Toronto - December 12, 2003) The ultimate battle between man and
machine
begins as the long-awaited re-imagination of the cult classic,
Battlestar
Galactica, comes to Canada exclusively on SPACE: The Imagination
Station. A
tale of the human struggle to survive, the new miniseries stays true to
the
core of the 1978 original, but introduces some exciting new twists
including
the transformation of Starbuck, the tough pilot (originally portrayed
by
Dirk Benedict) into a female character, played by Katee Sackhoff
(Halloween
Resurrection). The two-part miniseries launches Saturday, January 17 @
9pm
ET and concludes Sunday, January 18 @ 9pm ET. SPACE will also air a
special
look at the making of the miniseries in Battlestar Galactica: Behind
the
Scenes, a SPACE original production on Saturday, January 17 @ 8:30pm
ET.

Starring Oscar nominated actors Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner, Miami
Vice) as Commander Adama and Mary McDonnell (Dances With Wolves) as
Colonial
President Laura Roslin, the miniseries begins as Commander Adama and
the
crew of the Galactica embark on plans to put the aircraft carrier in
retirement. The ship has been out of commission for almost 40 years,
since
the end of the war between the people of the 12 Colonies of Kobol and
the
Cylons, the robots created by the humans.

As plans for the closing festivities for the beloved vessel get
underway, a
new breed of Cylons, which are virtually indistinguishable from human
beings, suddenly attack and it is up to the crew of the Galactica to
save
the future of the human race. The lesson they soon learn is that the
flaws
are not in their creation, but in themselves. Also stars James Callis
(Bridget Jones's Diary) as Dr. Baltar, Alberta-born model/actress
Tricia
Helfer as Number Six, Jamie Bamber (Band of Brothers) as Apollo, Grace
Park
as Boomer, and features Canadian actors Aaron Douglas, Paul Campbell
and
Matthew Bennett (Cold Squad).

Battlestar Galactica was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia and
directed by
Michael Rymer (In Too Deep, Queen of the Damned), and written and
executive
produced by Robert D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek:
Deep
Space Nine, Roswell).

SPACE: The Imagination Station, a division of CHUM Television, is a
24-hour-a-day English-language national Science Fiction, Science Fact,
Speculation and Fantasy channel (www.spacecast.com).

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Yeah, that's a great name.

Please note the following correction:
Ronald D. Moore is the writer and executive producer for Battlestar
Galactica, and not Robert D. Moore.
Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Please don't hesitate to
get
in touch with me if you have any questions.

Richard Hatch (the Apollo one) makes a "special appearance in an early episode of the new show, playing a Nelson Mandela-like figure, Peter Zarek."

I still don't know if I think this is a good thing or not.

I have no problem with handheld at all! But the point of comparison was made to Blair Witch Project and how both apparently caused motion sickness among my compatriots at said dinner last night. Just doesn't affect me at all.

I just (last week) saw Series 1. The first episode, "33", is a work of evil genius.

(series is currently showing on sky3 (which is available to freeview viewers) much to my annoyance. still, was only the price of a cd or so and no adverts and no waiting a week between episodes is a good thing).

yes, "33" was great. cylons as The Mummy.

I dunno. I watched a bunch of episodes recently and it didn't seem to be as cool as it was when I first saw them in the 80s.

I watched the second half of NuBG season two over the weekend and the division of storylines was annoying - especially the CylonAngst episode set on Caprica.

The only song I’ve ever been sure she liked was “Sussudio.”

the Cylons woulda given themselves away by dancing

Serial killer doctor episode in season 3 merits my mom's first 100% critical text re: Galactica.