Just now, Marinealver said:

Yeah there are somethings that don't make sense. I'll be honest I skipped through the first half of Episode 1 and binged through the first season. If I started with Episode 1 I would probably thought this was an attempt to copy the last BSG and gave up on it. the 1st episode was the weakest yet it had all the set up for the plot points. When you first saw the cantebury the narrative was all over the place, first from the industrial accident, to the really needless zero-g quarters scene, to the old geezer 1st officer going all suicidal to whatever. I hate to say it but the best seen of the cant is well at the end of the episode.

Have read the books but haven't watched it yet. It at least attempts to be realistic. But yes, BSG DNA is strong in this one.