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28daysrecords.com - Store - Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.5 (Episodes 11-20)
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List Price: $49.98
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Manufacturer: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192983320
Format: AC-3
Label: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Manufacturer: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Number Of Discs: 3
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-09-19
Running Time: 521
Studio: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/19/2006 Rating: Nr
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Summary: The end of a good ride
Comment: BSG was frustrating because it was an intelligent show, made for smart people to enjoy and think about...and yet the story line was full of holes big enough to fly a Battlestar through. The biggest one for me was Baltar surviving the blast (in the miniseries) that leveled his house. They show that blast at the beginning of every show, and every time, I think: how did he walk away from that? Next time we see him, he's in a crowd hoping to hitch a ride with Helo and Sharon. The Pegasus episode reminded me of half a dozen STNG epidsodes, where some power-mad admiral gets taken down by Picard (against orders, of course). It's a shame they went that route, rather than having two battlestars working together...and keeping Michelle Forbes on the show. I quit watching BSG when it irretrievably jumped the shark in Season 3. Too many plot holes to ignore, too much soap opera, the writers obviously never figured out what the Cylons' plan was, or what their motivation was. Just a mess. Too bad. But Seasons 1 and 2 showed what television drama is capable of.
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Summary: Momof3
Comment: My family started watching BSG on DVD last year, after having a friend recommend it. We are all hooked! Good acting, terrific special effects, intriguing storylines. Great fun for sci-fi fans.
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Summary: a frackin' good show
Comment: An interesting take on Sci-Fi, is BSG. At it's core are ultra-conservative values and a fascination with the military. Buddy camaraderie, loyalty, family, military hierarchy, patriotism are endorsed and revered. Abortion is banned. The exiled humans follow their "scripture", an unabashedly fundamentalist Biblical plan which turns out to be literally true (!). Having their Scripture, humans can safely eschew mystical experience which is something that the "Cylons" have a mono-poly on. Let us also not forget that the plot is based on 12 human colonies trying to find Earth (ie, "Zion")!
On the other hand, intellectuals and scientists are demonized (cowardly, crazy and traitorous), as are unions and civil society advocates (power-hungry ex-terrorists) and any mental-emotional sophistication (likely to be manipulation by Cylon enemies). In other words, the show could have been (and perhaps was) written by a Dobson-Cheney surrogate in some military Psy Ops room or another. if so, the creators should get medals for it.
Because the show works. The drama and its protagonists suck me right in every single time. Great writing, directing, excellent acting, great selection of actors which, surprisingly for a 'fundamentalist' show, feature women in key combat roles. That was an excellent call; the Lt. Starbuck character in particular mixes macho posturing and femaleness in a weirdly unique and unflinchingly consistent way. So one roots for Galactica and her crew and is happy and relieved every time they blast their way through Cylon lines.
the director certainly does not spare viewers' sensibilities. The language is raunchy (what the frack!), violence is depicted graphically with no details spared, the creators of the show revel in all kinds of abuse and torture; the graphic nature of confrontations at physical, psychological and cultural levels is imo quite effective. BSG and its cousin Stargate represent polar opposites to the philosophical sophistication and enlightening aspirations of shows such as Star Trek or early Star Wars; they're the Sci-Fi equivalent of redneck pulp that catalyzes people's inherent fear of the "Other" rather than teaching them to be better, more 'enlightened', humans. Of what use is personal growth and happiness if there is a terrorist hiding under every rock? Unfortunately this is the kind of pulp i like. Just as unfortunately, i am not alone.
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Summary: Starts off BAD, finishes Good.
Comment: The 2.5 series starts off horrible. The first two episodes were so bad I almost stopped watching the series thinking that it "jumped the shark". However I hung in there and by the end of the 3 discs you are delivered into a whole new outlook on the series. So far this set was the weakest out of all the others, but with that being said this series is better than 99.99% of all the stuff on TV even at its worst. So you should buy it and enjoy.
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Summary: Brilliance in Manifest
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Science-fiction has never reached this level of perfection until now. Acting, writing, production values, all climaxing to the absolute panicle in television viewing. If you do not have this complete series in your collection you will forever regret it.
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