Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

zkonedog After the brilliant finale to Battlestar Galactica, I had mixed feelings about watching its addendum "The Plan". On one hand, I wanted another couple hours of watching "the old gang" again. On the other, though, the ending was so great that I didn't want it to be tarnished in any form. Ultimately, while "The Plan" doesn't specifically take away from the incredible run of BSG, it also doesn't add anything interesting to the overall story, either.Basically, "The Plan" is the BSG writers' way of covering their collective butts because of the whole "Cylons have a plan" quote referenced in the opening titles. That plan was never really expanded upon during the run of the show, so this little film tries to flesh out the Cylon point of view.The trouble, however, is that "The Plan" amounts to little more than minutiae in the background of an incredible show. BSG is such a big-concept show that all the "background stuff" just doesn't really have a place in the cannon. It doesn't help that, in "The Plan", the Cylons are reduced to little more than guerrilla warriors after their initial attack fails to wipe out all of humanity. As such, the character-development in this installment is pitiful compared to the human-Cylon relations during the series.The only reason I can give this set a two-star rating is that, on a couple of occasions, it gives some insight into why an event happened or what a character was thinking. Sadly, those moments are few and far between.Overall, then, I can even go so far as to say that "The Plan" is not at all required watching for BSG fans. Most fans will watch because they can't get enough, but at no time does "The Plan" offer any plots, character development, action, or storyline that even remotely resemble the emotion and splendor of the BSG series. It is kind of sad that this dud will be the last taste of BSG that viewers will get. Thus, unless you can't help yourself, skip "The Plan" and continue to bask in the greatest of the regular series airing and its incredible finale.

GusF I was intrigued by the premise of retelling the events of the first two seasons from the perspective of the Cylons but I was rather worried by some of the comments on here claiming that it was basically just a clip show with a bunch of deleted scenes. While they certainly used quite a few clips from the series, I can't say that it bothered me as not only were they used to set the stage for the story but the frame story was so interesting. I loved the fact that it focused on Cavil, the series' best villain, and the Final Five and that Simon, by far the least fleshed out of the Cylons, plays such a prominent role. Since he appeared so infrequently in the series and only really played a major role in "The Farm", it occasionally felt like the Eleven Cylons...and Simon.Part of the reason that I was looking forward to it so much was that the premise of the storyline was similar to three of the best sci-fi novels that I've read in the last three years, namely "Who Killed Kennedy", "Conspiracy on the Planet of the Apes" and "Darth Plagueis", which retold the events of the first two or so seasons of the Third Doctor era of "Doctor Who", the original "Planet of the Apes" and "The Phantom Menace" (though it mostly focuses on the events leading up to the film) respectively from different perspectives. I was hoping that I would find "The Plan" every bit as satisfying as those three and, fortunately, I did.Overall, a hugely enjoyable coda to the series. I enjoyed it far, far more than "Razor", which had serious pacing issues and a protagonist whom I didn't care about and who was never mentioned in the series. My only real criticism is that I'd have liked it to have focused a bit more on the destruction of the Twelve Colonies as those scenes were the most compelling. I actually enjoyed the attack far more from the Cylon perspective than in the miniseries. As I said in my previous post, I found the attack in the miniseries a bit lacking as we weren't given time to get to know the characters, let alone the civilisation, before it was wiped out.

Ygrassil As a fan of the re-imagined BGS series I really look forward to watching The Plan. I got the chance to view it some time ago and it turned out to be quite a disappointment. Instead of being overwhelmed with new scenes, stories and interesting plot twists I was 'treated' with nearly 1.5 hours of old material with little new material, poorly edited as a 'Cylon diary' of their supposed intriguing plan. I will keep this review relatively short because there is few to say about this movie. BGS lost its touch and that is the end of it. I just hope that the new Caprica series turns out well and that the creators of the re-imagined BGS still have some aces up the sleeve.

Jay_Kay_71 Loved it, however it is one for the real fans. The CGI, was pretty cool and stayed true to the original concept, The initial nuclear holocaust is done particularly well and portrays the scale much better than in the series.Galactica's strength right throughout the run (IMO), came from the character arcs, the writing and of course the portrayal by the actors. This is where The Plan wins my vote, it fully realises and better portrays the true nature and motivations of the Cylon model characters. Dean Stockwell as Cavil is brilliant. I was a bit disappointed with his character in the series, I thought he was more sarcastic than actually evil, the story certainly needed a true villain, however in The Plan he doesn't disappoint.Sure there's a lot of re-cycled scenes but who cares, if you're getting a new dimension to the story it's all good.Big thanks to Eddie Olmos & Jane Espenson for giving us this additional dimension.Also I love the way, in the directors commentary, that Eddie makes a real effort to try and thank every last film crew member, you can tell that he is a really nice, genuine guy and cares passionately about the Galactica brand. Bravo.