The return of Battlestar Galactica
I can barely remember the series. I had to be around 11 or 12 when the show first came on and from what I remember of it, I liked. The second time around things are a bit different.
In the new version, airing Monday and Tuesday on the Sci Fi Channel (9 p.m. EST), Edward James Olmos takes over as Adama; Jamie Bamber is his son, Apollo (originally played by Richard Hatch); and the hotheaded pilot, Starbuck, is now a woman, played by Katee Sackhoff (Dirk Benedict was the original).
While the original series’ thematic core remains the human struggle for survival a lot has changed.
Gone is the space fantasy with the dashing caped warriors of old. Now they’re handsome heroes in uniforms akin to Air Force fighter pilots. The aluminum Cylon enemies look more like humans, complete with feelings, including one with rabid sexual desires.
And the quest is not for a mythical Earth it no longer exists.
I will be watching this miniseries, well, at least the first episode.
Source: ABC News