After giving it some more thought, here's a short little wish list of things I'd like to see from the reboot.
1.) Keep the skeleton of the story the same. Don't get crazy.
2.) Stick to the established races; they can't be significantly improved upon, and no additional ones are necessary. If there's a need to "explore" more alien culture, then do it with the established minor races like the Pak'ma'ra or something.
3.) Film in 8k and 16:9. Should go without saying.
4.) Keep the tone of the show epic and Shakespearean. Don't dumb it down or adolescent-ize it for the lowest common denominator.
5.) Don't go overboard with the cgi. This will be a big temptation due to the vast improvements in the technology since the '90s, so it's important to keep that temptation in check. Give us just enough.
6.) Stretch out season four and pare down season five.
7.) Change the conclusion of the Shadow War to something less anticlimactic. Seriously; it was a big disappointment for me.
8.) Have Garibaldi redeem himself in a more conclusive way. I don't want him to just "survive and advance." I want him to
triumph over his challenges.
9.) Ditch the whole Byron sub-plot.
10.) Figure out how to merge Talia and Lyta into a single character.
Did I forget anything? Help me out, folks.
I'm actually skeptical. A show like this isn't just made by the writer/producer. It's also the actors and the channel and I just don't think they can recapture the magic of the original series. I wonder why they don't have JMS make something new and original?
It's a valid concern. Katsulas and Jurasik were a big part of what made that show what it was.