Hi Kelly,
> On 08/27/2020 8:43 AM Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 8/27/2020 8:28 AM, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 06:31:06AM -0700, Thomas RUX wrote:
> >>
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> >>
> >> Hi kaladorn,
> >>
> >>      On 08/26/2020 7:56 PM xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Snip
> >>
> >>      They rebooted Battlestar Galactica and the reboot's first season
> >>      or two and one of the specials were truly amazing. It was still
> >>      BSG, but it was different and still gripping with different
> >>      threads wound around the common thread of survivors of a
> >>      multi-planet polity that was smashed by a cybernetic enemy.  The
> >>      end was a mess (wrote themselves into things they couldn't
> >>      explain) but the early first and second seasons were solid
> >>      enough to be likely better than the original series.
> >>
> >> Personally, I was disappointed with the rebooted Battlestar
> >> Galactica in many areas and I did not get the same feeling as the
> >> original series. The one area that made a difference was the upgrade
> >> special effects.
> >>
> >
> > I feel that while both were good at the time that they were created,
> > Ron Moore's reboot was a solidly better story. I agree with those that
> > say the wheels fell off shortly after they left New Caprica. But, the
> > reboot also lasted nearly twice as long as the original series. Had
> > they been made, seasons three and four of the original BSG could have
> > been just as bad or worse than the reboot.
> >
>
> As someone who saw both in first run, my usual take is:
>
> "The original was fun.  The reboot was /good/."
>
> (let us not forget that the first show stole at least half its plots
> from popular movies of the time.  Very obviously so.)

I saw most of the first run episodes and recorded them on VHS tape. Most movies of the time stole plots from other works in some fashion.

Tom Rux