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Maybe it's me, but I don't see a problem with the gender changes they did.

The original Starbuck was someone who one wouldn't want their kids to be around, didn't care for authority and was highly needed in this war because of his piloting skills.

The new Starbuck's first scene, she goats her XO into losing a poker game and throwing a table by teasing him about his marriage problems (and gets thrown in the brig for knocking him on his arse), STILL smokes cigars, and is a great and needed pilot (She saved the Galactica from three nukes). Edward James Olmos did a great job in creating a character who never forgets his losses and humanity's mistakes in the past that caused those losses. "I won't forget how many lives were lost on this ship because we wanted to make things 'A little easier.'(When objecting to having networked computers onboard to a politician)"

THere were a lot of great lines and twists in this. Boomer's co-pilot giving up his seat so a top scientist could survive nuclear fallout and help fight the Cylons -a scientist who was directly responsible for the attack's success.

"There are no rookies on this ship anymore."

"You'd better leave. I suddenly have another urge to strike a superior a$$hole."

I really don't think they over"PC"d this. Quite a few smoking scenes. The reality of warfare on a ship (Closing a hatch to save the ship -and killing 87 people) hit me quite hard.

I'm glad I'm taping this.

The reality of warfare on a ship (Closing a hatch to save the ship -and killing 87 people) hit me quite hard.

I was surprised no one mentioned this - Archer or Janeway would have never made that kind of decision. Kirk would have made it without batting an eye, and Picard & Sisko would have had to think about a minute or so before making the same decision.

I'm taping it too. I just wished they could have gone a little faster in the first hour. Please, just give us some explosions. When the explosions did come I was pleasantly surprised. The quality was just right for the type of movie it was. While I was surprised to see a female Starbuck, I quickly got used to her. Apollo should be less of a wush. (Actually when I think of Apollo, I think of Apollo Creed. That sure would be an improvement.

Saw this last might and was mightily disappointed. When, oh when will the TV types realize that the MINI-SERIES is a disastrous art form? Even without the message of the original show (Freedom requires constant vigilance), this could have still stood on its own with a tighter plot and more efficient narrative. As it was, ZZzzzzzzzzz . . .

Female Starbuck is not a problem. As I posted above, the character problem is more with the change of Baltar from a traitorous politician (pretending to be after "peace") to a garden variety (albeit somewhat 'metro-sexual') weasel.