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The stupid kid and robot dog weren't until later seasons when it jumped the shark. The first year or two, like most shows, was excellent. Like Star Trek, I'm too much of a purist to do "BG, the next generation".

I believe the original Battlestar was only a season long, and it has one of the unique distinctions of being cancelled despite having great ratings. The ratings didn't compensate near enough for the budget, even with the overused viper/cylon fighter stock footage.

As for this version, I watched expecting it to suck eggs. Thankfully, it doesn't suck eggs so far. The little geek references are nice: the blueprint of the cylon design in the beginning, which is identical to a 70's cylon, the Galactica tv theme being used for a news show, the museum that featured a model of a Cylon Base Star and an actual 70's cylon.

For a lot of it, I felt a "Fail Safe" vibe from it. You heard about more of the destruction than you saw. I thought it came off pretty well, and the destruction you did see was pretty eerie.

The original lasted 2 seasons before it was revamped as "Galactica 1980". In "Galactica 1980" they reach planet earth and Lorne Greene played the older Richard Hatch character Apollo who now commanded the ship.