I never saw the second one.
I sort of liked the original despite it being a bit stupid. It did have lots of pretty girls.
The original was better despite the problems.
I sort of like the 2nd version.
I sort of liked the original despite it being a bit stupid. It did have lots of pretty girls.
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Like a lot of sci-fi theme television shows from that era, the pilot and early episodes were fairly serious, but as they went on the writing got very campy. Think of Six Million Dollar Man and Buck Rogers. You could tell that these shows were produced in California too, because a lot of new age themes seemed to creep into the writing.
If you get on youtube and pull up some episodes from these series, it’s actually hard not to laugh and cringe at the same time.
The second BG is well worth watching—infinitely better than the campy first version—and imho a masterpiece of the tv sf genre—second only to Babylon 5 imho.
The opening episode of season 1 _will_ grab your attention.
After that you will be amazed by a gritty version of SF—great stuff.
And...I was one of those who _loved_ the last episode of the last season—though there are many who disagree.
You missed out, it was surprisingly good, well acted. It was more of a drama than anything, wish it had more action but the story line was solid and the acting was great.
The BSG rebooted was WAY better than the original series. The early part was awesome. They did seem to run out of ideas and wander a bit in the middle. Then the ending was pretty good.
The original series had a good idea to begin with, but it was a very cheesy star wars knockoff.
The 2nd Battlestar Galactica was all drama and depressing and had that irritating drumbeat. No characters anyone would like. Kinda what would be done with Star Trek STD.