Battlestar Galactica - Season One
by Edward James Olmos
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Actor: Edward James Olmos, Jamie BamberDirector: Edward James Olmos
Brand: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 04
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 756 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-20
Studio: Sci-Fi Channel, The
DVD Reviews of Battlestar Galactica - Season One
DVD Review: When the going gets tough, the tough watch a good TV series...
Summary: 5 Stars
In difficult times, movies (and television shows) have often provided us with a helpful uplift. What's more, I think it is fair to say Hollywood makes movies and television better than anyone else, and in fact, movies are one of America's most successful exports. Hollywood has a huge share of the world's entertainment market, with over half of the audiences for Hollywood's movies coming from outside the USA.
And so it is always a delight to discover a really good movie or TV show, not just because the show is enjoyable, but because it is nice to see what America can produce. I think Hollywood succeeds so well because making good movies requires a mixture of good business sense, imagination, technical skill, and audacity - typically American virtues.
These elements certainly come together in the SciFi Channel's "Battlestar Galatica." This series, which ran four years and won both Emmy and Peabody Awards, features great writing, acting, and superior special effects (the special effects are better than that of most big budget Science Fiction movies).
The plot is a science fiction standard, and yet it is complex and multi-hued. Mankind created a race of increasingly sophisticated machines, which of course have become superior to their creator and rebelled. Now the two are at war. The story arc has a bit of a dark edge. Humanity is struggling for survival, and at times the machines can almost seem like the good guys, as they take on increasingly human qualities, while the real humans can at times behave quite cruelly. What is left of mankind is only about 50,000 people who are on the run, traveling through space in a sort of wagon train to the stars.
I tend to avoid the SciFi Channel, but after reading the critical acclaim the show has received, I am glad I made an exception. I am just finishing Season 1, and I am looking forward to watching the next three seasons on DVD.
DVD Review: Humble Excellence
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this set, already a loyal fan of the series, so no surprise that I liked what I saw. For those who have yet to dive into the most imaginative and well written television series of our time, well... re-read this last sentence.
This is one series that can be seen again and again. The first season is so good, you might think it could never maintain or get better... but it does.
As far as this specific set; It includes the mini-series pilot, saving you the trouble and money of tracking it down alone. The menus include episode descriptions and original air dates. Each episode is complete, including the "previously on..." bits (helpful if you go through the season slowly). The extras are fairly standard, but there's more than most first season sets usually get (in my experience). Enough to satisfy, especially since it's the show that really counts here. The only thing I would have liked additional - liner notes or a booklet. A microscopic complaint, really, born out of personal taste.
DVD Review: Great Season!
Summary: 5 Stars
I stumbled upon this series while browsing Amazon and bought the first season. All I can say is wow! After watching the first episode I knew I was hooked. I wish I would have known about the series while it was on TV. The quality of the discs is ok there is some grain and is noticeable on a PS3 upscale. I look forward to watching the rest of the series and recommend this DVD to everyone.DVD Review: I forgot what the beginning was like!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's been a long time since the first episodes of the new version of BSG aired, starting with the mini-series. Seeing it again "for the first time" helped clear up some "inconsistencies" and background essential for clear understanding of the denoument that was the series finale. An interesting side note: in the mini-series, when Laura Roslin is waiting in the doctor's office to receive the results of her test, the scene opens looking through the glass roof of the building. There in the sky above Caprica City is a Firefly! Check it out!DVD Review: From a Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
Consider the review as written from a fan. I used to love the Sci-Fi channel when they had great shows like Farscape, Doctor Who, The Invisible Man, and miniseries like Dune & Taken. Now they show cheap movies, wrestling, and ghost hunter. Anyways, it's always nice to be able to own and watch an entire series without painful sci-fi upcomings & commercials. One thing to note, Series One does include the Mini Series on Disk One, this was a bonus as I thought I would have to buy it seperate.
Description of Battlestar Galactica - Season One
Largely wiped out by a hundred years of warfare with the Cylon Empire, the few surviving humans search for the mythical thirteenth colony, Earth.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 04
Title: SEASON 1
Street Release Date: 09/20/2005
Genre: TELEVISION
Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos wasn't kidding when he said "the series is even better than the miniseries." As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the "reimagined" BG is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting. The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica's militarily principled commander Adama (Olmos) and politically astute President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot "Apollo" (a.k.a. Adama's son Lee, played by Jamie Bamber) and the brashly insubordinate Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), whose multifaceted character is just one of many first-season highlights. Picking up where the miniseries ended (it's included here, sparing the need for separate purchase), season 1 opens with the riveting, Hugo Award-winning episode "33," in which Galactica and the "ragtag fleet" of colonial survivors begin their quest for the legendary 13th colony planet Earth, while being pursued with clockwork regularity by the Cylons, who've now occupied the colonial planet of Caprica. The fleet's hard-fought survival forms (1) the primary side of the series' three-part structure, shared with (2) the apparent psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) whose every thought and move are monitored by various incarnations of Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seemingly omniscient Cylon ultravixen who follows a master plan somehow connected to (3) the Caprican survival ordeal of crash-landed pilots "Helo" (Tahmoh Penikett) and "Boomer" (Grace Park), whose simultaneous presence on Galactica is further evidence that 12 multicopied models of Cylons, in human form, are gathering their forces.
With remarkably consistent quality, each of these 13 episodes deepens the dynamics of these fascinating characters and suspenseful situations. While BG relies on finely nuanced performances, solid direction, and satisfying personal and political drama to build its strong emotional foundation, the action/adventure elements are equally impressive, especially in "The Hand of God," a pivotal episode in which the show's dazzling visual effects get a particularly impressive showcase. Original BG series star Richard Hatch appears in two politically charged episodes (he's a better actor now, too), and with the threat of civil war among the fleet, season 1 ends with an exceptional cliffhanger that's totally unexpected while connecting the plot threads of all preceding episodes. To the credit of everyone involved, this is frackin' good television.
DVD features
The fifth disc in Battlestar Galactica's season 1 set is highlighted by eight comprehensive featurettes covering all aspects of the series, from its miniseries origins to standard surveys of production design, visual effects, and particulars of plot and character. For hardcore fans and anyone interested in TV production, nine out of 13 episodes, plus the disc 1 miniseries, are accompanied by intelligent and informative commentary originally provided as BG website podcasts, mostly by series developer and writer Ronald D. Moore, who provides tantalizing clues about developments in season 2. The "Series Lowdown" is a cast-and-crew promotional program originally broadcast to attract SciFi Channel viewers who were initially reluctant to embrace a "reimagined" Battlestar Galactica. The strategy worked: First-season ratings left no doubt that the new BG was as good as--and in many ways better than--the original. --Jeff Shannon
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