`Season One thoughts :`
**The Good -** Decent special effects . Some CGI looks fine , other shots look like they were rendered on a Commodore Amiga .

**The Bad -** Terrible acting abounds , especially Katee Sackhoff . In this , she plays a poor man's Ripley (*Aliens*) . Her character Niko certainly didn't fall far from the Starbuck tree . The difference from Starbuck here is that Niko has more than three emotions . Unfortunately , Sackhoff's acting style doesn't support such range , her facial expressions and movements all are so contrived and fast changing I can't take my eyes off of her for the wrong reasons , it's too distracting . It's similar to watching Jim Carrey's exaggerated expressions as *Ace Ventura* , though Ace was always meant to be over the top funny and not dramatic . Niko and her husband have zero chemistry , he acts like somebody who's uncomfortable around children and gives off a weird uncomfortable vibe in scenes with his daughter . None of the characters are likable except William/Samuel Anderson who , as always , is a pleasure to watch .

**The Ugly -** The cinematography is dated , circa 2004 . Identical to *Battlestar Galactica* with loads of shaky-cam and awkward excessive snap zooming . The cinematographer from *Another Life* also worked on *Battlestar Galactica* so that explains that .
The music is amateur hour . Every time the cheesy music starts playing , it signals the viewer that something juvenile is coming .

I like just about anything Sci-Fi , I was a fan of the *Battlestar Galactica* reboot , but it's going to be a chore to watch any more of this mess . I'm hoping the aliens end humanity swiftly so that Netflix can spend the money on something more deserving .

**Edit** I managed to finish the series . The Earth story line is boring and illogical . The space story line is only slightly watchable with at least some action here and there . Both are filled with stupid actions and WTF moments . The writers should all be fired . I couldn't possibly nitpick everything wrong with the writing , there's simply too much going on here to even start . This show is second rate in every possible way .