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I've had many arguments with my sons who LOVED the original TV series back in the late 70's and 80's which someday I will have to re-watch to review,because they don't like this updated version.But I do love this very dark and nasty remake.Its hard to say but sometimes you think that humanity deserves what it gets,never the case in the original!! That said, the FX is the best EVER on TV even to this day.The stories are trek like in the relevance to today in many cases.The hardest to watch was humans being suicide bombers against other humans!!!!Holy Frak !!! The cast,well Edward James Olmos IS Admiral William Adama and Katee Sackhoff as Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace,yes a FEMALE, Shocked the old series fan base. But I loved the unholy romance between Tricia Helfer as Cylon Number Six and James Callis as Dr. Gaius Baltar,the traitor,as delicious evil pleasure !!There are many other fabulous actors doing great characters to numerous to mention.That may be the hidden strength of the series.The show ran 4 seasons from 2004-2009 and spun off a prequel .I took off 1 star because the series ending of well,SPOILER HERE,humans and colons intermingling to form US ?? was a little out there.Series opining attack trailer URL follows the picture and a IMDB summary below.
The second war against the Cylons is over and The Twelve Colonies have been destroyed. Now Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galatica and President Laura Roslin lead a ragtag fleet of refugees in a supposed search for the fabled lost thirteenth colony, Earth. However, the dangers they face are many which compound an already difficult situation. In addition to the Cylons hunting and attacking the fleet in space, their infiltrator units carry out a more subtle plot even as their former unwitting pawn, Gaius Baltar, helps in the hunt for them while hiding both his own guilt and the strange presence that haunts his every thought. If that wasn't enough, the fleet also faces internal political conflict in which the rabble-rousing figure, Tom Zarek, is merely the loudest dissenting voice. In the midst of these trials however, clues begin to appear that suggest that Adama's simple bluff about Earth may be more truthful than anyone could have guessed. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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