I have never experienced the orginal series and this marked my entry into the Battlestar universe.

It is genuinely superb. Well scripted, well acted and very though provoking. Its a great set up to a character driven drama and it did its job of hooking me in very well.

I would say though, anyone wanting to get into the series really does need to start here. You wont get a good enough introduction from the Series 1 re-cap.

This opening movie to the new series is utterly fantastic. If Sci-fi is your thing (and even if it's not), you really need to see this. Once you've watched it, expect to be eager to follow the story with the first, second, third and upcoming fourth series box sets, as well as another recent movie spin-off 'Battlestar Galactica: Razor'.

All I can say is: keep them coming... SUPERB!

My mate lent me this DVD and i was unsure, i cant stand star trek and other sci-fi drama stuff like that but this had me hooked.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and i didnt care that it was almost 3 hours long because it wasnt boring at any part.
I am absolutely going to see season 1 now because i have to know what happens next.
Oh and if i could build a Cylon robot like that one i would never leave the house! :)