[B-Chan]

I liked it. It had a gritty, documentary feel and a more-or-less realistic setting. The characters live in houses (not domes) and wear suits and ties (not unisex jumpsuits) and most of the military personnel are shown doing realistic military things — swabbing decks, damage control work, dealing with meaningless, idiotic paperwork — instead of lounging around the ship’s cocktail bar like they do in some sci-fi TV shows I could mention.

(The announcements on the 1MC — the Galactica’s PA system — also caused a chuckle. “Attention all hands. EVA work in progress on the hull. Please do not radiate electronic equipment”, etc. If I had I dime for every time that “do not radiate” word was passed on the 'PRISE...).

The acting was also quite good by TV standards, and I especially enjoyed the cinematography — lots of SteadiCam work on the character side and the power-zoom “news camera” style special effects shots gave the show a fresh, dramatic sense of realism. The lady Cylon was portrayed with both pathos and menace, and I even liked the chick Starbuck.

So far, I like this new Galactica. Let’s see what develops tonight.

[RandallFlagg]

(The announcements on the 1MC — the Galactica’s PA system — also caused a chuckle. “Attention all hands. EVA work in progress on the hull. Please do not radiate electronic equipment”, etc. If I had I dime for every time that “do not radiate” word was passed on the 'PRISE...).

Oh MAN! THAT brought back memories!

lots of SteadiCam work on the character side and the power-zoom “news camera” style special effects shots gave the show a fresh, dramatic sense of realism.

I liked the way the camera seemed to "Look" for the ship, missing a couple of times, then when the ship is found, zooming in. I can't tell ya how many times I've done that in my space-combat simulation games. It also gave me a feeling like I was looking through my telescope. Weird.