I agree, Don, that if they can maintain this level of pacing and story telling, B&C will probably be an overall hit with fans of many Galactica stripes.
As far as remaining "off planet" and such, I am curious, unless others here know more about the story, if they will recreate the scene (I think as shown in RAZOR) where Adama discovers just what the Cylons are doing to lead up to events in the recent series? Or, if this takes place early enough in the war where that scene would not be relevant or necessary?