To each their own I guess
Dominion and Expanse look more than good enough for me (for scifi on TV at any rate). There's not enough of Childhood's End for me to judge either way (and in any case, that's more of a "now on Earth" story than an "out in space" story from what I can tell).
I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other about Dark Matter.
FWIW in BSG "The main flight control of a Viper is a three buttoned joystick, similar to a jet fighter." (wikipedia). So I guess that was a cheap production too.