They also used some of the innovative shots we saw on Firefly last year. Same SFX production company.

I missed the Serenity flyby.

I missed the Serenity flyby.

I recognized the window she was going to fly through (from the picture you posted) when it came onscreen, and sure enough, within just a few moments, she came flying through.

I caught the fly-by, too, Serenity on landing approach to Caprica city. Very cool. (I hadn't seen the photos. I didn't know what to expect.)

I liked the way they handled the sound in space, too. You got a good feel for what they were doing when they were switching back and forth between the scenes of the mechanics working on Starbuck's viper, and the rest of the squadron maneuvering in space.

I think that had I been the XO, I would've had Starbuck tossed out an airlock, but I liked that the actor playing Starbuck has some beef on her. Muscles are good. She looks like a fighter pilot.

I'm very fascinated by the way they've incorporated a number of events that were part of the series (the Cylon war, Zach's death), but it's all different, too.

Yeah, it's kind of neat seeing them acknowledge so much of the earlier series, then basically shoving it aside to do it right. Very well done. I'd forgotten about Zach's death in the original series. Good catch. I guess Athena and Cassiopeia aren't going to be around this time. I was waiting for Boomer to ask the kid what his name was, and for him answer "Boxey."

Naming Cylon!girl "Number 6" is wrong like a wrong thing.

I don't know a thing about the original Battlestar Galactica, only that it had Lorne Green and Dirk Benedict and capes -- but I rather thought the whole thing was dull and unimaginative. It was sort of like trying to watch a real drama on mute: everything came across schematic and vague and not-entirely-there.

And after all, it was so visually plain. The design and style were boringly traditional. (I'm sure the effects were super-cool, but they were in service to not-so-cool visual logic.)

Well, I enjoyed BG -- hey they spaced their own guys!

Plus, tonight: CKR.

I liked the guy that got left on the planet too.

I didn't end up feeling anything for any of the characters except for the Asian pilot. And even then, not much.

I enjoyed BG much more than I thought I would - but more than anything it just made me nostalgic for the old series.

I had kind of forgotten about Baltar and really liked the actor they chose (where is he from - something very familiar that I can't place).

So far, Starbuck annoys and agreed, ita, I liked Boomer (the Asian female pilot) as well.

But they got me - I will watch the rest.

Apparently, the actor played Bridget's friend Tom in Bridget Jones' Diary -- aha!

That's right!! He was fantastic in Bridget Jones.

Thanks sumi.

Boomer was good, as was her REO. I liked the chief, too. Apollo and Starbuck were jerks.

And after all, it was so visually plain. The design and style were boringly traditional. (I'm sure the effects were super-cool, but they were in service to not-so-cool visual logic.)

I'm not sure I know what you mean about the visual logic. I'll take boring and traditional if it looks real, and I had no trouble believing people could live in the new BG universe. The interiors on Galactica looked good. It's supposed to be an old ship, so it's traditional by design. I thought the scenes on Caprica were great. It actually looked like a lived-on world. I liked the design of the transport ship, too. I'm not looking for whiz bang. I'm looking for believable.