I missed most of the pilot due to it being aired Saturday night in the summer or whatever off time they showed it, but I remember not thinking much of it either. Perhaps it was the idea of a scripted show having reality show elements in it? I mean, if all of BSG had been like Final Cut, with constant instances of Lee and Kara and whoever in the "confession booth" and such I think it would have become tiresome real fast.
I preferred the similar-themed Defying Gravity, even though that also failed and the best eps, which started really explaining what was going on, never aired. At least they were on DVD.
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