Hello Christopher,

The original BSG was from 1978-1979. After the fans wrote letters the network tried to bring the show back in 1980 which lasted I believe for ten episodes.

Tom Rux

> On 08/27/2020 2:42 PM Christopher Sean Hilton <xxxxxx@vindaloo.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 12:31:51PM -0400, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > ============================================================
> >
> > I think the opening episodes (the attack on the fleets of the
> > colonies and the colonies, the desperate escape, the episode '33')
> > and the movie/offshoot Razor were some gripping storytelling.
> >
>
> ## BSG: reboot
>
> Good to excellent through about the 5th episode of Season
> three. Highlights:
>
> * Dramatic opening
>
> * Taut first season writing driven by the multiple deceptions:
>   - The people in charge really don't believe that Earth exists
>   - The people in charge know that cylons look like humans but we
>     can't tell anyone for fear of panic in the fleet
>
> * Continued good writing and story telling into the second season
>   which features the introduction of Pegasus and Michele Forbes' Admiral
>   Cain, Graham Beckel's Commander Jack Fisk, and Jon Heard's
>   Commander Barry Garner.
>
> * All problems acquired with the Pegasus get cleaned up just in time
>   to make the worst group decision that they could possibly make.
>
> * This sets up an arc of 3 ~ 6 great episodes. These episodes tell a
>   very gripping and contemporary story telling. I want say so much
>   here but I'll just say this: "Compare the way that BSG handled the
>   events of 9/11 and the war on terror with the way it was done in ST:
>   Enterprise."
>
> But after this, the wheels fall off and the the reboot staggers to an
> unsatisfying, forced, and clumsy ending. Even with the ending, I
> insist that it fairs much better than the original series.
>
> ## BSG: The Original Series
>
> The opening is strong and in particular, the special effects and
> production values are really high. This is doubly true given what was
> state-of-the-art circa 1980 when it was made. But like most television
> of the time, the original turned to stand alone/episodic story telling
> and it did so in a way that leaves me thinking that there wasn't even
> a "series Bible" to guide the writers. Lacking a good arc to
> guide it, and a series Bible to give it a consistant tone, the
> original became a disconnected set of space opera stories. Some of
> those stories were good but most were just flimsy layups built on a
> poor plot device like the western episode where the bad guy was a
> Centurian who'd forgotten he was a Cylon.
>
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> Chris
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