re: Shields up!
The reimaged Battlestar Galactica at least makes an effort to depict
"realistic" space battles: Missiles instead of laser weapons, no sound
in space from the ships, no crazy banking without using thrusters.
Yes, they do use hyperspace jumps to get around fast, but it is not
used every time and I suppose we can't have the same characters
being alive for thousands of years as they traverse the galaxy.
But someday, there will be a series or film that depicts interstellar
travel without warp drive or cosmic wormholes. There will be.