10 Rebooted TV Shows That Were Better Than The Original

Battlestar Galactica – like a lot of current sci-fi properties – got its start in the 1970s. Originally a TV series created by Glen A. Larson, the original Battlestar Galactica had a well-thought out concept that dealt with the near-destruction of humanity at the hands of the human-created Cylons. The show was essentially a space opera, occasionally flirting with the themes that it set up, but never fully exploring its concept or deeper implications in the same way that the 2004 reboot did.

That reboot, often considered one of the greatest sci-fi dramas of all time, was a hell of a deep dive into religious and political struggles, and the show never shied away from allegories and parables of our own modern world. Serious in a way that the original never could be, the rebooted BSG was consistently dark and full of twists, whereas the original was a lot more episodic.

While part of the original’s faults lie within the fact that it debuted in the 1970s when TV was procedural by nature, there’s just no denying that the new Battlestar Galactica took a good concept and made it even better. With a perfect cast and special effects that still hold up nearly 15-years-later, Battlestar Galactica is one of the few series to join the ranks of truly thoughtful sci-fi, as well as a reboot that improved on nearly every aspect of its source material.