On the other hand, the BSG Re-imaged combined new faces with good special effects that look very realistic. The plot just went very off from the original which to my opinion was better. Also, like some people has said, even when the special effects were very good, the props used for regular “human interaction” are very cheap and look like a low budget series.

But there should be hope. We should learn from mistakes, and take the very best of each world and combine it to make a good movie that have a good chance to be the first of at least a trilogy. There are some good ideas out there including the famous “Second Coming” that many wished would be a real continuation of the original series.

I think it would be better to re-image the Galactica universe on a way that keeps most if not all audiences happy. But to do so, it would require to combine multiple ideas and try to make the best of it. I personally think the original series has a better plot, just make it more current to our times. The new series has superb special effects and should be obviously the same or better for the new movie.

But the idea of Cylons being made originally by humans is a little bit “retarded” and also old school too cause I think there are enough movies and series about our own machines turning against us. Instead, Cylons should be real Aliens that we humans must defeat in order to survive. It is more logical and is the way of nature: the stronger survives over the weak. So let humans show we are the stronger race.

Obviously, do not put fire arms instead of laser weapons. Humans have advanced technology, so bullets are old school. And please don’t make Galactica an old ship. It is kinda degrading. Let it be a current war ship. If Cylons can hack their system, then call McAfee or Norton to install antiviruses… obviously going to old ships just cause there are hackers out there is a stupid idea.

Last, but not least, is the time of the events. On the original series it was in our present. In the new series is 150,000 years ago and we are their direct descendants. Well, my opinion is to go where no one has gone yet: the future. If we are the 13th colony, then we should have some good technology too. In fact, if you look at history, after America was “invaded” by Europeans, it became the most powerful colony in the world (AKA USA… ehem). So why not make it the same? At the end of the last movie, they should find Earth, but to everybody surprise, in a future where we are united and have our onw colonies in space. In fact, let us be their saviors and the ones that destroy the Cylons and welcome them to our planet(s) were they can now be safe.

Hollywood, if you read this article, and decide to take my view for the end of the movies, please give me some $$$ lol. Just kidding. Just mentioning us (the fans) as part of the brainstorm for the production will be our best reward.

So stop complaining and start giving good ideas, so they can take them and make the best Sci Fi movie ever.

In short: Making a Battlestar Galactica movie right now using only is value as a joke is a TERRIBLE PLAN. And really kind of insulting to the people who worked the last five or six years to give Battlestar back some popularity and new found appreciation.

I just thought the Sci-Fi version got ridiculous.

I’m a cylon, he’s a cylon, she’s a cylon, we are cylons, wouldn’t you like to be a cylon too, be a cylon, drink Dr. Cylon.

Though the effects were terrible for BSG ‘78, they had to stick to it because it was the “fashion”. Personally, I liked the fact that the new series considered that shuttles in space do not need large propulsion to move fast and battles in space should be noiseless and almost flameless because of the vacuum.

As for the music, I must say that though the drums are catchy, I love the old theme song, and I tot it was very neat that it was softly played in the background towards the end of season 4.5 when Adama made his final pass of galactica. It kinda brought a nice closure to both series.

As for the plot, while both series had very different focus, they were equally dry. I was hoping BSG 04 would have less focus on politics (Roslin, Tom Zarek, etc.) and develop more on human relations and camaraderie amongst the travellers (both on the human and cylon side). But I suppose all these have come to past… unless galactica didn’t actually fly into the sun and the cylon colony wasn’t fully destroyed =)

Hey, I did enjoy some parts of the re-imagined version. But overall it was a tiring space soap drama with annoying characters (sans Baltar) while being more fantasy then science fiction. Which explains why woman like it