Battlestar Galactica Fans: Revised BSG, Love It or Hate It?

[Secular Elf]

The BSG universe has always made an impression on me of the epic story of the usual good versus evil type. The classic BSG is one of those sci-fi TV shows that if you watched it as a kid remains in your brain, if you loved it, as a feel-good memory, and it is for me as I grew up during the 70s. Yeah, it was cheesy and some of the humor was juvenile. Classic BSG was more geared toward teens and young adults as a target audience. I like it as a cool part of my late childhood.

Having said that, I would have to say I am more partial to the revised BSG. It was more geared to the theme of the whole story: mankind fleeing genocidal destruction. It was more grittier, darker, brought the religious conflict aspects more to the fore, and to a degree was more realistic. I especially liked how Edward James Olmos depicted Adama, and I really enjoyed how Mary McDonnell fit well into the character of President Roslin. I liked her so much I started watching Major Crimes because she is in it. I also enjoyed "Caprica" and "Blood & Chrome." Another plus is that the writers and producers consulted a scientist, Dr. Kevin R. Grazier (http://insights.dice.com/2012/08/24/feat...r-grazier/), he was the one who came up with the idea of the Cyrannus star system as a double binary star system that contained all twelve planets of the Colonies. That was cool, and it made much more sense than cramming all 12 planets around one star. I bought the official poster.

http://battlestarorion.wikidot.com/twelve-colonies