Ok, how many models of Fords are there? Now, how long did it take to get that way? Do you think that there is unlimited 4technology just to be tossed around? Do you even watch the show to find out the answers to this question? If not, then you should probably change the subject. There's nothing more agrivating than listening to someone (and I certainly include myself in this statement) bitch about something they have littel or no experience with. You don't watch the show: stop bitching about it. And if you do watch the shaow, then: why are you bitching about it but still watching it?
As for glitches in the pilot episode's dialog, you know as well as I do that ideas are written into a script and then altered over time. Are you a fan of Startrek TNG? If so, go back and watch Data smile like a damn fool in the very first episode and then tell me about emotionless andriods. The point is, some things get ironed out as the series progresses. To hold BSG up to some extreme standard simply because you are a cult follower of the original series is unfair in the extreme. You wouldn't do it to other shows. Why do it to this one.
And let's be honest here, the caracterization in the original series sucked dick. The only charaters who got any development were Starbuck and Apollo. Everyone else was as two-dimensional as it gets. And yes, I like the old episodes, but I am not gonig to use that against a series that has good stroies, good effect, and good characterization.
Gabriel (Off of 
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Ok, the Data thing is a failure of internal consistency. That has nothing to do with what I'm talking about.
Besides which, Star Trek TNG was a progression on from Star Trek - it was set in a later time than the first series, with accompanying advancements in technology and politics. BSG is not a progression, it's a remake, and as a remake it has an obligation to remain at least somewhat true to the original.
You're right that only Apollo and Starbuck got any sort of character development in the original - which is exactly why they shouldn't have changed Starbuck in the remake. There is nothing about the character that even resembles Starbuck in the original. They should have just named her something else and removed Starbuck altogether - better to cop criticism for leaving out a much-loved character than to butcher them.
Why did I watch the miniseries? Because I wanted to give the thing a chance, even after I heard some of the changes that had been made. So I watched it and made up my own mind. It still retains some cool elements, like the Vipers, but the camerawork is shoddy (and in places nauseating). As a stand-alone series it still has some premise/character problems, but as a remake it falls well short of the expectations of most people who remember the original.
