Edward James Olmos, the star of the Sci Fi Channel's upcoming remake of Battlestar Galactica, sure knows how to sell a TV show:

As executives of the Sci Fi channel cringed, Olmos told reporters during the Television Critics Association summer tour that he ``would not advise them to watch this program. It will hurt them . . .

``The intent and the way we've built the reality is very different from the reality of the original.''

Olmos, who plays the lead role of Battlestar commander Adama, was trying to make more directly a point that channel executives and the creators of the new ``Battlestar Galactica'' were making obliquely. The new ``Battlestar'' — which will make its debut in December as a four-hour mini-series but is expected to become a series — is not going to be a faithful re-creation of the original.

Well, there you have it--if you liked the old series, don't bother watching the new one. If you didn't like the old series...

Well, there you have it.