Ska_baron wrote: Also, I think part of my difficulty with the show is having a completist nature, but unable to see the intro miniseries. Kinda threw off my acceptance of the show, in feeling that "hey, maybe I'm just not getting something that was fleshed out in the very beginning."
Did I miss a lot?
Not entirely sure what you are talking about here.
The pilot starts with the destruction of Caprica (I think). It was my understanding that any 'intro' series was added much later. In any case, I have never seen it. Unless you are talking about the TV series Caprica, which is certainly not necessary to watch BG and definitely was developed after BG had finished.
Ska_baron wrote: Hulu started with the 33 episode.
The (3-4 hour) miniseries is the pilot. It sets up the backstory and how the Cylons wiped out most of humanity. If you stared with "Thirty-Three" then you definitely missed all that.