I must admit I was looking forward to this coming out, I liked the idea of updating it, and certainly there are some nice new added effects, along with a modified score to acompany the film. Certain scenes have now been edited, such as carters embarassing first scene, which is now far stronger.
However after watching this, it doesn't really bring anything extra to the programme, introducing effects that arn't really that much better than the original. It also seems to remove some important plot points that lead into the following episodes, mainly dealing with Kawalsky and the Gould, which was always a great cliff hanger and now sadly missing. This most likely being because this pilot is more a film now and not really about launching the show.
Despite this i do recommend everyone to buy and watch this, as its nice to see the early days revisited.
5 star for the programme, 4 star as i feel it doesn't really improve it all that much