Via Boing Boing, I see that the new Battlestar Galactica begins tonight. Having never really watched the first one, I wonder how much I'd get out of watching -- but since this series is supposedly a "revisioning," rather than a sequel, knoweldge of the old continuity probably won't be needed.

You'll probably want to rent last fall's miniseries (SciFi channel recap here) first. Or you could just watch the original series and see how the whole thing all turns out.

The nerds, particularly the nerds in Britain who have already seen much of it, are saying the new series is excellent.

And neat: the creators have a blog. I wonder if this series will be as Mormon as the last one.