This is in reference to the series that aired starting in 2004, not the original from 1978.  As someone who is not a fan of reboots for the most part I have to say that this is a massive contradiction to my normal opinion of "they should have left it in the past."  This show, in my mind, was absolutely brilliant and wonderfully executed for all of the 4 season that it aired.

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The pilot episode thrusts you right into the action without really any backstory, which i thought was fantastic.  It shows the last remaining humans (around 50,000 or so) constantly fleeing the ever-pursuing Cylons, who for reasons that are not explained (which is fine by me, I don't need to know everything) discover the fleet's location.  I don't remember how long the timer was for but it was always exactly the same amount of time.

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They are lead by Commander William "Bill" Adama (played by Edward James Olmos) in their desperate search for a 13th colony that many of the group don't even believe exists.  This colony is referred to as "Earth."  

Despite the fact that a bunch of robots who don't seem to have any sort of human or alien leadership pursuing a much smaller group of human-controlled ships seems like it would run out of steam pretty quickly as far as entertainment value is concerned, the show stays interesting all the way through with various sub-plots that develop as the series proceeds.  

Despite the fact that the clunky Cylons from 1978 were really cool to a very young me, the updated robots are certainly significantly more intimidating and I thought the preservation of the "floating eyes" was fantastically incorporated into modern times.  

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One thing that definitely kept the series interesting was the fact that a new Cylon threat has been introduced and that is human-looking Cylon operatives (very Terminator-y) but the twist is that some of the Cylons are so "deep cover" that even they don't know they are Cylons until they are activated.  This is not a spoiler as it is revealed very early on in the series.  Basically, anyone and everyone can be a Cylon, and no one can be trusted.

I don't want to spoil which characters are Cylons, but let's just say, some of them are smoking hot.  :P  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2x14ZhEc9k

This trailer is a bit long but it is the only one I can find that is worth a crap.  Basically, if you are a nerd like me there is a really excellent chance that you have already seen all of these and more likely than not, already agree with me about its epic-ness.  If someone is not into Sci-Fi i think that this series has enough non sci-fi elements to entertain pretty much everyone.  

The series also ended exactly when it needed to; it was evident they were running out of material and rather than drag the show into oblivion (the way I feel like they did with Lost) they ended it after only 4 seasons.  The characters are great, the acting is good, and the series doesn't rely overly on CGI for entertainment value.  This is one of my favorite series that i have seen in the past 20 years an definitely worth a look by anyone, particularly those who like space crap.  

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