Just watched the new miniseries premiere and I thought it was atrocious. There wasn't anything wrong with the story the first time around: Why alter it?

The visuals were neat at times, and the sound was excellent mostly for what you didn't hear -- very good use of silence and near-silence.

But the script was awful, the casting highly questionable, and the lack of purpose and drama really made for a disappointment.

I loved the original series, especially the feature-length movie, which I feel is so much better than this.