I also think its important to keep to the spirit and the feel of the original show take Star Trek TMP Directors Cut .. Robert Wise never got the opportunity to view it before its release. the effects at the time where breath taking. and he had foundation Imaging to rework the effects and add slightly new angles.
keeping the look and feel perfectly down to the image noise on the film.
BSG should have the same to keep it as you say fresh
also
there is a damn good CGI model of the Galactica available already
made by Folkrm
http://www.colonialfleets.com/forums...ad.php?t=15996
others been built
http://www.colonialfleets.com/forums...ad.php?t=17315
made by maudib
and I also think that the scaling errors should also be looked at. in CGI this is possible. other ship easier still .. I posted the Celestra here some years ago it was my second model I built, it good for distance shots . or could be reworked.
if you film the shots as is in the show (the reused one) it would be a waste an effort
