I took a wait and see attitude when Enterrprise originally came out. I knew that TNG took a couple of seasons to find its sweet spot. And I was desperate for some Trek after the abomination that was Voyager (I say that, but my opinion on that has mellowed after several years, so I am only just apathetic towards it now).
That said, I feel like this current season of Enterprise has been its best yet, and its starting to feel more like Trek to me.
I wanted to give BSG the same wait and see chance that I had for the various Treks. I'm embittered by some of the fundamental "re-imagining" liberties that they've taken. I really want it to do well. When the original BSG premiered in the 70's, it was all the more memorable for me because it was the first time that my parents ever let us watch TV during dinner. They moved their portable from their room into the dining room, just so I could watch it. Up until that point, the only time we'd ever been able to watch TV at dinner was during Thnksgiving dinner, so everyone could watch the ball game.
I don't really know how to describe my feelings watching the new BSG. I think part of me has this "watching the train wreck" thing going on. I don't want to like it. I just can't seem to separate those good old days from the here and now, yet, I find myself tuning in (or Tivo-ing in, as the case may be), and I'm finding things that I "can" like. So, I'm looking for the clover in the poison ivy. And there is hope for both Enterprise, BSG and me.
Maybe now that I'm pushing my way toward 40, I just want all the Sci-Fi I can get. I miss sitting with my Dad, watching sci-fi shows he could never wrap his brain around, who was only there watching them because it was time we spent together. He died a couple of days after Christmas, 2003. I miss him, and only have those memories now. Sitting here now, watching these shows (and Stargate too), with my own kids sitting with me, is all that really matters to me now. That might just be the true saving grace for all of these shows. Memories for my kids, sitting with Dad.
Good or bad sci-fi, I'll take good family memories any day.
YMMV,
Larry