Thanks for not only stopping by, but returning.

& Amy- Its all cool, I just wanted to throw in my perception. I fully respect the concept of the original without it there would not have been the re-imagined version in the way we now know it. I also went to the Cyborgs on the Horizon at the 92nd st Y last Friday, it was a great presentation. I like the way they intertwined both the science part and the sci-fi part. Clearly though most of the audience was there for the BSG parts. Mary McDonnell is phenomenal, I cannot believe she is going on 58, she looks amazing, especially in person. Michal Hogan was also great, both he and Mary added a lot of humor to what may otherwise have been a dry lecture. Afterward I waiting outside the stage door exit and got both their autographs. Mary was very cordial but you could tell she wanted to get in her car and go. Michael on the other hand acted like he was at a family reunion. He hugged everyone that asked, and took many many photos. Very nice man. Hopefully the video of the lecture will be online soon so you can check it out!

I simply didn’t think Sackhoff had the chops or charisma to pull it off. Ron Moore clearly disagreed and let her and her character eat up a lot of screen time.

I just was a huge fan of both. I was quite impressionable when the first BSG was on the air and was in love with Richard Hatch forEVer.

I don’t disagree at all that the new series was far superior as far as … well, everything. I just wanted to have a little fun. I’ve said many, many times that the new BSG was one of the finest shows ever broadcast and I stand by that. Quality-wise, the old one wasn’t. However, I wanted to point out that there were some pretty cool things about the old one – and the new one wouldn’t have been possible without the old, either.

Starbuck,in the new version was much more dynamic and deep than in the original. If I wanted to watch a guy smoke cigars and play cards I would just go to Vegas. In the new version, perhaps primarily the miniseries, “Starbuck” legend was there with the cigars and the cards, but after that it was all Kara Thrace, a completely separate and different character with her own history to sow. Comparing her to the original is just simplistic as after the mini-series they really only had one thing in common, the callsign “Starbuck”. To go beyond that usually suggests some residual bitterness at the remimagined version to begin with, or so I’ve noticed with other articles.

Boomer, again totally different. The fact that this Boomer betrayed not only the Commander but also the only identity she had known of herself up until that point spoke volumes as to the depth of character that we were going to be presented. Making Boomer a cylon offered us a chance to be conflicted, to be unsure of what the real enemy was. That i think was one of the real points of the show. Who really is the enemy? The cylons? Who created them? Man… so….

Your article also ignores all the new and wonderful characters that were brought to us in the reimagined version. I cannot imagine BSG without Laura Roslin, Chief Tyrol and Number Six… can you??

I suppose even that is the same point as with Starbuck that really the only similarity is the name. In the end that’s what made it great. I don’t recall the original getting a Peabody do you?? or stirring up so much within the media both now and then…. although our current media formats are so much more dynamic compared to then so can you really compare them to begin with?

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The new Baltar rocked for the first couple seasons. Then the series sort of lost its way with his character.