Battlestar Galactica

Author: Glen A. Larson

The biggest trend of the 2000s was the re-imagining. Dozens of films, from Planet of the Apes to Freaky Friday, all got re-upped, turning into something much more palatteable to the modern audience. Television was not immune, and no other show did more with the re-invention than Battlestar Galactica. Based on the original Battlestar Galactica starring Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, and Richard Hatch, the newBattlestar Galactica took a mich different direction - darker, heavier, and far mor ein line with the science fiction you were seeing in the movie theatres than the original. The writing was phenomenal, and took old concepts and made them feel fresh, erasing the classic technobabble that was such a lynchpin of science fiction and replacing it with good old-fashioned characterization and action. The fact that they removed the lasers and mega-weapons for bullets, railguns, and missiles didin't hurt either. Of course, the ending is unforseen, and perfectly brilliant. No other science fiction took an ending as far asBattlestar Galacticaand made it feel right. Why it's on the list: Easily the best re-imagining of any television series ever.