The new series for me resembles the last three Star Wars films: slick, pretentious, and ultimately dreary. Also, a I pointed out in a previous message, it looks like West Wing Meets NYPD Blue in space: it does not have the sense of grandeur and wonder that was found in the original series. It makes me sad that those who grew up watching the original BSG will have kids who will likely not enjoy the new one, and that those who never saw the original or could actually imagine what a new series based on the old one could have looked like know what they're missing.
I know it's impossible, especially in a world where reality TV and money speak, but I'm hoping that they remake the original BSG, and this time with scriptwriters who had the same visions as Glen Larson and Gene Roddenberry. (In the original series, they were even going to bring in Isaac Asimov as head writer, if only the TV execs weren't so shortsighted.) I think Richard Hatch was on the right track when he brought the case to BSG fans and showed his trailer: back to the basics, with an old, distinguished actor to take a leading role (no drive to get young, sexy actors to capture a teenage audience!), with Benedict and Hatch to take on more mature roles, and storylines to capture the epic tale that began with the original: in short, a television program that will actually appeal to grade school kids and the original BSG fans and that will introduce "old school" television programming to teens and young adults.