– Customer review on 13/07/2007

Before this re-imagining was even announced I had never before heard about "Battlestar Galactica" except when an overweight comic book geek mentioned it on TV. But when I heard such a show was airing I found myself....well, gitty. Never watching the old series I spent the night that it first aired glued to my TV waiting for it to come on. And after I watched the whole miniseries, I was blown away. A sci-fi show with no lasers? No elaborate, all too clean, spacecrafts? No weird talking animals? A sci-fi show that is actually relevant to today? Can such a show exist? Yes, my friend.

Never before has such a show like this been created, "Naturalistic Science Fiction," is what the producers call it. It was created to shake things up in the sci-fi genre the only problem is that it came too late. Sci-fi is now associated to too extremes, Star Trek and Star Wars, both are great, I prefer Star Wars, but, whatever. And there have been smaller shows in between the two, Farscape, Stargate, the old BSG. But never before has this entered.

The new Battlestar Galactica is simply saying "screw those guys, I am the evolved one." And it shows, it shows. The story of the miniseries starts where the original series starts, the original series started with a movie by the way.

One of the most noticeable differences is the camera, what i mean is that you are aware that there is in fact a camera recording the action, from shaking to zooming in and out this is to give the impression that this is all really happening and that you are viewing war footage. Another thing is that everything feels authentic, from the towns to the corridors of the ships, everything is alive and is used in the scene, you actually feel that theses ships are real. Speaking of ships the new look of the Cylon ships is eerie to say the least.

The characters are also unique, for the first time you can have a tough WOMEN soldier without her being regarded as a lesbian. All the characters change, meaning they don't simply stay, the tough one, the scared one, the dumb one, they all switch to different roles.

The technology of the show is similar to that of our own and of Blade Runner. They also make do with what they have, there isn't a piece of technology that is presented to the characters at the beginning that will vanquish the enemy that will be introduced in ten minutes.

All in all if you are looking for something different to watch than the new Battlestar Galactica is one to see. In fact everyone should at least give it a try. Do not listen to those who say that it is bad they are the ones who would rather see the women as background characters, and who want the kid to be smarter than everyone else.

Give the miniseries a try.

– Customer review on 10/12/2006

I'll start by saying I'm not a fan of sci-fi at all. My total viewing in the genre probably adds to two episodes of Star Trek tng.

Having got that out of the way, I'd urge anybody to watch this show. The mini-series is good, not great, but it does set up the story that continues in the tv series. And the tv series, especially the second half or season one onwards, is phenomenal.

If you're a fan of good drama series, like the Sopranos or the West Wing, you will like this show if you give it a chance. I hired the mini-series after reading great reviews about the show online and I've never regretted it. 10 times better then many of the shows on tv today.

– Customer review on 01/12/2006

Well I actually did find this series pretty dodgy. The thing is though that I can handle dodgy, most sci-fi has a dodgy element anyway and needs to be accepted in order to enjoy the show. The thing that I’m not into though is boredom. This series was so boredom I was watching paint peel on the ceiling.

– Customer review on 29/10/2006

Necessary viewing to set the scene for the subsequent series. Good, but not fantastic as standalone entertainment. Does introduce some cool special fx - i particularly like the way they handle space battles, with realistic physics and tactics. Ignore some of the fuss that some fans kicked up about the characters being different/reinterpreted from the original Battlestar Galactica series, and you'll find this to be much more entertaining.

– Customer review on 17/04/2006

this series is a little slow to start off with, and anybody who has seen the first or second season will know this fact. But it is a good introduction, taking its time to introduce you to the world and everybody thats in it. Stick with it and you will be rewarded with some great sci-fi television

– Customer review on 12/02/2007

Classic! One of my favourite movies of all time! 5 STARS – No DVD collection is complete without this title amongst it. Powerful performances, superb production value with strong clear direction… a masterpiece. A must see for all movie fans, some might not agree with me but this film with live on for many years after the actors have all but been forgotten1