I remember watching this pilot when it premiered. (it was interrupted when Carter, Sadat, and Begin signed the Camp David Accords) This show wasn't bad, but it could have benefited from fewer cute kids, a more realistic scenario (Planets at war having no other defenses except for space based aircraft carriers... cylon fighters being enough to destroy all civilization, one shot at a time...PLEASE?!?) and the newest versions modern special effects. Likewise, the newer version could have benefited, in the midst of all the realism, from more of a sense of adventure, and a bit more of the originals sense of hope.