Battlestar Galactica - Season Three

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Actor: Edward James Olmos, James Callis, Jamie Bamber, Mary McDonnell, Tricia Helfer
Brand: Universal
Editor: Michael Stern
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 953 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of Battlestar Galactica - Season Three

DVD Review: Best show on TV
Summary: 4 Stars

Great acting, great writing. Special effects a little sloppy, but all in all very watchable television. I am buying season 4 this week.

DVD Review: Battlestar Galactica Season 3
Summary: 5 Stars

Definitely a show worth watching! If you like science fiction and soap operas, this is definitely the show for you. Very addicting!

DVD Review: Not everything's perfect.
Summary: 5 Stars

The third season of this critically acclaimed series garnered much attention because of the first four episodes which focused around the events of New Caprica. Dubbed "Battlestar Iraqtica" by some, it simply continued its reflection of the world around us today, but in a much more apparent way. Some liked it, some didn't. I loved it. Despite what some may want you to believe, Battlestar Galatica doesn't pick sides. Whether we're talking politics, religion or morality, what it does do is pose the question. Unfortunately, not everyone likes it when those questions are being asked.

While the first six episodes of the season were some of the best television I have ever seen, there were definitely some rough patches as we moved our way through the season. "Hero," while not a terrible episode, could probably be airlocked and you wouldn't notice it was missing. Other episodes like "The Woman King" and "A Day In The Life" fit that description as well. There were several others which were simply "good" as well, without anything that really stands-out in them.

So why give the season five stars as opposed to four? Because of how "great" the great episodes were. Aside from the first six episodes, the final four (pun not intended) episodes were amazing as well, with two of them being complete game changers that would have drastic effects seen throughout the rest of the series (the events of Maelstrom and the reveal of the final four). Not to mention a few other great episodes, like "Unfinished Business," sprinkled throughout the season.

Was season three perfect? Not by any means. But was it at least as good as the first two? Absolutely. And if I gave Seasons 1, 2.0 and 2.5 five stars, then it only makes sense to give season 3 five stars as well. None of the first 3 seasons were perfect, but the good far outweighed the bad, and if you can overlook a flaw here and there, you'll see just how special this series really is. BSG isn't just scifi, it's a drama with a scifi setting.

The best show on television? Without a doubt.

DVD Review: Can't Get Enough BG
Summary: 5 Stars

All the Battlestar Galactica series are great. Can't wait to have all of them in my collection.

DVD Review: AWESOME SHOW
Summary: 5 Stars

I loved this TV Series. I didn't start watching the show until the last season and I was hooked. Bought the entire series and enjoyed every minute of it. I'm sad to the series is over, but I'm glad they ended it while it was still a great show. I would highly recommend it.

Description of Battlestar Galactica - Season Three

The adventure of one of television's finest dramas continues with the complete third season of the Peabody Award-winning Battlestar Galactica. The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives. Relive all 20 episodes of the season that challenges everything you thought you knew about the Battlestar Galactica universe. Presented in Dolby 5.1 surround sound, the 6-disc set features over 15 hours of extensive special features, including the DVD exclusive version of the episode "Unfinished Business" containing 25 additional minutes of never-before-seen footage. You won't want to miss a minute of the series considered "one of the best dramas on TV" (Time Magazine).

The third season of Battlestar Galactica got off to a rip-roaring start on New Caprica, where the settlers had found themselves under Cylon occupation at the end of the previous season. Dr. Baltar (James Callis) had been elected President based on his intention to stop looking for Earth and settle on New Caprica, but is now a puppet of the Cylons, forced to sign execution orders for numerous humans, including former President Roslin (Mary McDonnell). A resistance movement is building, however, led by Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan), and assisted by Chief Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) and Samuel Anders (Michael Trucco). Tigh's desperate tactics--including suicide bombers--raise interesting parallels to the U.S. war in Iraq, and he finds he has to make an even tougher choice. Thanks to Admiral Adama's (Edwards James Olmos) return and the unexpected help of Boomer (Grace Park), the colonists escape, then begin a series of trials in order to convict all of the Cylon collaborators, culminating in the explosive trial of Baltar himself. In a boxing-metaphor episode, Apollo (Jamie Bamber) and Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) resume their mutual attraction with a surprising outcome. After the exciting beginning, Battlestar Galactica sagged a little in the middle of the third season (as it did in the second season) with its ship-bound episodes, but caught speed again at the end. The quest to find Earth, the unexpected loss of a major character, and the revealing of four of the final five Cylons kept viewers coming back to a series that blends action, drama, and universal questions of loyalty, faith, and justice in a way that transcends the science-fiction setting. With Dean Stockwell, Lucy Lawless, and Tricia Helfer as Cylons 1, 3, and 6, Mark Sheppard as defense attorney Romo Lampkin, Alessandro Juliani as Lt. Gaeta, Kandyse McClure as Petty Officer "Dee" Dualla, Nicki Clyne as Crewman Specialist Cally, Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh, and Rekha Sharma as presidential aide Tory Foster.

Every episode on the DVD set has executive producer Ronald Moore's podcast commentaries (occasionally joined by others) and almost every episode has deleted scenes, including a different (and less effective) version of the season's final surprise. Also included are bonus commentaries, the Resistance webisodes (10 episodes, 26 minutes total) that provide more of life on occupied New Caprica, executive producer David Eicks' "video blog" featurettes, and an extended version of "Unfinished Business" (mostly adding non-Starbuck-Apollo material). --David Horiuchi

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