Diagonaldi Very well executed

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

History Observer Note:- 8/10 is considering it was 1978. Today, more like a 7.Fast paced sci-fi drama with tongue in cheek character typing and scripting that plays out beautifully well in a serious manner. In your face religious references and future technology produce a cunning backdrop and environment.Family friendly with good moments for laughing.Even the wife started watching it after she got over that it was sci fi (she hates sci-fi - even Star Wars).If someone was to say that this is supposed to be competition for the Target Audience of Star Trek I would disagree. This series has more appeal than what I've seen of Star Trek (old and new).Note:- To those who want to watch BsG, this 1978 series is the most common and best - with the spin offs being very poor in many ways (except for the 2004 're-imagined' seasons which are actually user rated into the top 100 TV shows on IMDb).

Atreyu_II Who, having grown up at the time, can ever forget the good old days, when TV shows like this were the ultimate scream of fashion?I wasn't even born in the 70's, but I still remember very well that in the early 90's TV often aired TV series like this, which now looking back were made before my time but as a child I didn't know that fact nor do I cared.'Battlestar Galactica' was created by Glen A. Larson, who also created 'Knight Rider', another TV series from my childhood.Now, looking at it through an adult's perspective, it is lesser great than it was in the days of innocence, but still 'Battlestar Gallactica' shines in nostalgia. Although some episodes were better than others and they always had their flaws, the show really gives that feeling of nostalgia. If not perfect, at least it is authentic. It is from a time when things were real, when things had a special magic. The opening, for example, is fantastic, with those spectacular images of space and space wars. The opening music too is absolutely wonderful, and that opening quote is memorable: «There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens.»Like I said, it's by no means a perfect TV show. But the action scenes and their delicious sounds, the special effects, the space backgrounds... ahhh.... it's all so authentic and perfect (as it should be), without any of the excessive action and explosive noise seen these days.It starred Lorne Greene as Commander Adama, Richard Hatch as Captain Apollo and Dirk Benedict as Lt. Starbuck, all of them great. Most of these episodes also had Noah Hathaway in a minor role as Boxey, Apollo's little son. Boxey is the cute little tyke. Him and his Muffit. This was a few years before he "became" Atreyu. Too bad Boxey doesn't have a bigger role. Inevitably, this TV series resembles '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars'. It was even accused of plagiarism when 'Star Wars' itself heavily drank ideas from an early 70's film called 'Silent Running'.

ivan2012 I enjoyed this more than the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004). While the re-imagined Galactica was dark and probably a more realistic portrayal of human behavior, this original version of BSG is more fun to watch. It was like a Stargate or Star Trek show. Considering that it was made in 1978, the visual effects were pretty good. Also, every character was enjoyable to watch, except for maybe Boxey who I thought was kind of annoying. I especially liked Starbuck and Cassi. Dirk Benedict's Starbuck character is very similar to his A-Team character. I wish they had made the Cylons a bit more threatening. They were slow walking tin cans that almost anybody could outrun. And their aim wasn't too good either. Like Firefly, this is another sci-fi series that was canceled too soon after the first season but the characters are likable and the show provides some good escapism.

Ron Brooks While there are flaws in the series from the view of today, it IMHO stands up better than most before it.BSG when it aired, offered the viewers an epic journey of mankind forced into the unknown void of space in search of a new home.They were fighting for their lives against a foe that destroyed all that they knew.What more can anyone expect is more central to their survival?At all cost, the fleet of humans, went into the cosmos to search for a new home.What more could be a more fitting story?