My mum found out it was on and freaked out. So we downloaded it and watched it, which then prompted her to find and download the original miniseires and tv series.
I thought the old miniseries(es) were good. The *spoiler*[hide]stupid looking alien baby[/hide] was just bad, but understandably nessary. By the end of everything I just wanted to hug Willie. He's so cute, and the actor did a really good job. However, they should have just left it with the two miniseries. The tv show was just plain bad. My mum and me had more fun making fun of it, and pointing out the recycled scenes then we did watching. Expecially when you consider that Star Trek, Star Wars, and the old Battlestar Galatica were all three out by this point, and all three were better then the tv series.
The actress who played Elizabeth should have gotten more limelight though. She was good! Too bad she never really went anywhere.
As for the new show, I'm waiting before I make a judgement. From what I saw so far it was good. A bit rushed, but good. I just hope they don't try to copy the old show exactly plot wise.