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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 1264325" data-attributes="member: 924">I missed the first half because of the Rams game on Monday (this is also why I haven't seen many episodes of SG-1)But I watched the second half.I dunno.It wasn't horribly bad, but it could have been a lot better. But admittedly, I was somewhat irked about the whole "re-imaging" thing. It's like instead of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we got a whole new Original series, with new actors playing Kirk, Spock, Bones, etc.Battlestar Galactica was a big thing when I was a kid - I don't really like my childhood memories jerked around with. It's bad enough Lucas is #%@#%ing around with Star Wars.So, that was actually a big problem for me.However, beyond that, the real main problem was the bad acting/casting. Starbuck looked about 12 years old, I thought. She actually reminded me of Peri from Dr. Who. More perky than anything else. Gah.Apollo was about as bland and dull an actor (and character) as I think I've ever seen on TV.I like Edward James Olmos, but as I watched him, all I could think is "My god, he's gotten really fat". He was also very bad in his speeches, especially the pseudo religious stuff. Lorne Greene was much better at that in the old Battlestar. Anyway, I know he can act better than this. The president lady seemed to be on valium or something. I found the whole "6" character to be a complete rip off of Star Treks 7. Gah. If you're going to have a robot bimbo, why copy the robot bimbo from another SF show almost exactly, right down to her name?Also, I don't understand the low technology level of these people. Even if a Cylon looks like a human, can't they x-ray them, or do a cat-scan, or look at their DNA? Obviously, they can't be exactly like humans, inside, otherwise they would be humans. I also though the new cylon ships looked suspiciously like the Kilrathi ships from Wing Commander. Did they save money using clips from that movie or something? I also miss all the female characters from the old show. And black characters. Space is apparently awfully male (except for Starbuck and the bimbo bot) and awfully white (except "Boomer", I guess). Even Edward James Olmos, while hispanic, is basically playing a white guy (unless his son Apollo is supposed to be adopted).I also didn't like the sets and the clothing. The new Galactica has too many wide open spaces. It looked more like a cruise ship than a military vessel (though a cruise ship with 1930s technology. I kept expecting to see Hercule Poirot pop up). And the clothing - some of the people looked straight out of wall street, what with their button down shirts and neck ties. The show was also awfully slow moving. Until today checking the TV guide, I didn't realize that this was it for the series. In something like 5 hours, they've accomplished what it took the original series to do in 1 hour (if that).</blockquote>

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