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Surely in the running to be the best television series of the past decade, the stunning revival of Battlestar Galactica is perhaps only nudged out of first place by The Wire. But it’s a tight-run race, and across the four seasons in this collected box set, there’s some of the best science fiction television of all time.
Sadly, the fact that it’s a science fiction show on the exterior is likely to put some off Battlestar Galactica. It really shouldn’t. The writers superbly weave in politics, religion, action, and excellent character work, bringing together an outstanding company of actors. Edwards James Olmos and Mary McDonnell are the stand-outs, but there are so many performances of note, it’s hard to highlight too many more. It goes without saying, of course, that the majority of science fiction enthusiasts will be blown away by many of the collected episodes here.
And, bluntly, it’s a real treat to watch them in high definition. While perhaps the earlier episodes of Battlestar Galactica don’t look quite as striking as the later instalments, this is still a show with high production values that gleam in high definition. Cinematically shot and engrossing right through to its challenging ending, Battlestar Galactica is quality television, and it’s never looked better than it does on Blu-ray. --Jon Foster
Product Description
This set contains:
U-control features
PIP features
BD Live features
Audio Commentaries
PIP Behind the Miniseries Part 1
PIP Behind the Miniseries Part 2
Ronald D. Moore Intro
Behind The Scenes Featurette (Play all; From Miniseries to series (8'27''), Change Is Good, Now They're Babes (7'29''), The Cylon Centurion (5'26''), Future/Past Technology (7'38'') The Doctor Is Out Of His Mind (7'38''), Production (9'04''), Visual Effects, Epilogue
Behind The Scenes Featurettes (From Miniseries to Series)
Change is Good, now They're Babes
The Cylon Centurion
Future/Past Technology
The Doctor is Out (Of His Mind)
Production
Visual Effects
Epilogue
Deleted Scenes - Mini Series
Sketches And Art (Photo Presentation)
Deleted Scenes 33
Deleted Scenes Water
Deleted Scenes Act Of Contrition
Deleted Scenes You Can't Go Home Again
Deleted Scenes (Play all; Litmus (5'11''), Six Degrees Of Separation (1'14''), Flesh and Bone (1'14''), Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (3'26''), The Hand Of God (56''))
Deleted Scenes: Colonial Day
Deleted Scenes: Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 1
Deleted Scenes Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
Are You A Cylon Personality Quiz (multi choice personality quiz with randomly generated sequences of questions)
Deleted Scenes - Scattered
Deleted Scenes - Valley of Darkness
Deleted Scenes - Fragged
Deleted Scenes - Resistance
Deleted Scenes - The Farm
Deleted Scenes - Home Part 1
Deleted Scenes - Home Part 2
Deleted Scenes - Final Cut
Deleted Scenes - Flight of The Pheonix
Sizzle Reel - Sneak Peek at Episode 11
Pegasus Extended Episode
Deleted Scenes - Black Market
Deleted Scenes - Scar
Deleted Scenes - Sacrifice
Deleted Scenes - The Captain's Hand
Battlestar Galactica Career Assignment Quiz
Deleted Scenes - Downloaded
Deleted Scenes - Lay Down Your Burdens Part 1
Deleted Scenes - Lay Down Your Burdens Part 2
RND Logo's
David Eicks Video Blogs
Deleted Scenes (Occupation, Precipice, Exodus, Part 2, Collaborators 12'07'')
Deleted Scenes (Torn, A Measure Of Salvation, Hero)
David Eick's Video Blogs (Testimonials; Who Dies?; Prosethetics; Lucy and David; Introducing Bulldog)
Unfinished Business Unaired, Extended Cut
Deleted Scenes (The Passage, The Eye Of Jupiter, Rapture 12'05'''')
David Eick's Video Blogs (Characters, Adama On Adama, Episode 6 Read Through, On The Road, Steve Mcnuff Gets A Video Blog, The Soldier's Code: Leave No Man Behind)
Deleted Scenes (Taking A Break from All Your Worries, The Woman King, A Day in the Life, Dirty Hands, Maelstrom)
Deleted Scenes (8'20'' - The Son Also Rises, Crossroads Part 1, Crossroads Part 2)
Colonial Military Assessment Quiz
Colonial Military Assessment Quiz Deleted Scenes
David Eick's Video Blogs (39'17'' - Takin' A Break Form All Your Worries, On The Road: Part 2, Some Guy Named Colin; Building A Better Show; Katee's Scrapbook; Shooting; Mr Eddie If You Please; Oceans in the Desert; David Who?; Out Of Control; Last Episode Blues)
Razor Broadcast Edition
Battlestar Razor bonus: Deleted scenes
The Look of Battlestar Galactica
My Favorite Episodes so Far
Season 4 Sneak Peek
Season 4 Trailer
Battlestar Razor bonus: Minisodes x7
Battlestar Galactica Card Game
He That Believeth In Me Deleted Scenes
Six Of One Deleted Scenes
Six Of One Deleted Scenes
The Ties That Bind Deleted Scenes
Escape Velocity Deleted Scenes
The Road Less Traveled Deleted Scenes
David Eick's Video Blogs
Faith Deleted Scenes
Guess What's Coming To Dinner? Deleted Scenes
Guess What's Coming To Dinner? Deleted Scenes
Sine Qua Non Deleted Scenes
The Hub Deleted Scenes
The Hub Deleted Scenes
Revelations Deleted Scenes
Revelations Deleted Scenes
The Journey
Cylons: The Twelve
Season 4.5 The Untold Story - Untold
The Music of Battlestar Galactica
Caprica Sneak Peek
A Disquiet Follows My Soul (Unrated Extended Edition)
Deleted Scenes: Sometimes A Great Notion
Deleted Scenes: The Oath
Deleted Scenes: Blood on the Scales
The Journey Ends: The Arrival
Evolution Of A Cue
What The Frak Is Going On With Battlestar Galactica?
Islanded in a Stream of Stars (Unrated Extended Edition)
Deleted Scenes: No Exit
Deleted Scenes: Deadlock
Deleted Scenes: Someone To Watch Over Me
David Eick's Video Blogs
Daybreak (Unrated Home Video Extended Edition)
Deleted Scenes
The Musicians Behind Daybreak
A Look Back - Cast & Crew Take A Look Back at the last 4 seasons of Battlestar Galactica
And They Have A Plan
- Mini Series
- Series 1
- Series 2
- Series 3
- Razor
- Series 4
- Series 4.5
U-control features
PIP features
BD Live features
Audio Commentaries
PIP Behind the Miniseries Part 1
PIP Behind the Miniseries Part 2
Ronald D. Moore Intro
Behind The Scenes Featurette (Play all; From Miniseries to series (8'27''), Change Is Good, Now They're Babes (7'29''), The Cylon Centurion (5'26''), Future/Past Technology (7'38'') The Doctor Is Out Of His Mind (7'38''), Production (9'04''), Visual Effects, Epilogue
Behind The Scenes Featurettes (From Miniseries to Series)
Change is Good, now They're Babes
The Cylon Centurion
Future/Past Technology
The Doctor is Out (Of His Mind)
Production
Visual Effects
Epilogue
Deleted Scenes - Mini Series
Sketches And Art (Photo Presentation)
Deleted Scenes 33
Deleted Scenes Water
Deleted Scenes Act Of Contrition
Deleted Scenes You Can't Go Home Again
Deleted Scenes (Play all; Litmus (5'11''), Six Degrees Of Separation (1'14''), Flesh and Bone (1'14''), Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (3'26''), The Hand Of God (56''))
Deleted Scenes: Colonial Day
Deleted Scenes: Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 1
Deleted Scenes Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
Are You A Cylon Personality Quiz (multi choice personality quiz with randomly generated sequences of questions)
Deleted Scenes - Scattered
Deleted Scenes - Valley of Darkness
Deleted Scenes - Fragged
Deleted Scenes - Resistance
Deleted Scenes - The Farm
Deleted Scenes - Home Part 1
Deleted Scenes - Home Part 2
Deleted Scenes - Final Cut
Deleted Scenes - Flight of The Pheonix
Sizzle Reel - Sneak Peek at Episode 11
Pegasus Extended Episode
Deleted Scenes - Black Market
Deleted Scenes - Scar
Deleted Scenes - Sacrifice
Deleted Scenes - The Captain's Hand
Battlestar Galactica Career Assignment Quiz
Deleted Scenes - Downloaded
Deleted Scenes - Lay Down Your Burdens Part 1
Deleted Scenes - Lay Down Your Burdens Part 2
RND Logo's
David Eicks Video Blogs
Deleted Scenes (Occupation, Precipice, Exodus, Part 2, Collaborators 12'07'')
Deleted Scenes (Torn, A Measure Of Salvation, Hero)
David Eick's Video Blogs (Testimonials; Who Dies?; Prosethetics; Lucy and David; Introducing Bulldog)
Unfinished Business Unaired, Extended Cut
Deleted Scenes (The Passage, The Eye Of Jupiter, Rapture 12'05'''')
David Eick's Video Blogs (Characters, Adama On Adama, Episode 6 Read Through, On The Road, Steve Mcnuff Gets A Video Blog, The Soldier's Code: Leave No Man Behind)
Deleted Scenes (Taking A Break from All Your Worries, The Woman King, A Day in the Life, Dirty Hands, Maelstrom)
Deleted Scenes (8'20'' - The Son Also Rises, Crossroads Part 1, Crossroads Part 2)
Colonial Military Assessment Quiz
Colonial Military Assessment Quiz Deleted Scenes
David Eick's Video Blogs (39'17'' - Takin' A Break Form All Your Worries, On The Road: Part 2, Some Guy Named Colin; Building A Better Show; Katee's Scrapbook; Shooting; Mr Eddie If You Please; Oceans in the Desert; David Who?; Out Of Control; Last Episode Blues)
Razor Broadcast Edition
Battlestar Razor bonus: Deleted scenes
The Look of Battlestar Galactica
My Favorite Episodes so Far
Season 4 Sneak Peek
Season 4 Trailer
Battlestar Razor bonus: Minisodes x7
Battlestar Galactica Card Game
He That Believeth In Me Deleted Scenes
Six Of One Deleted Scenes
Six Of One Deleted Scenes
The Ties That Bind Deleted Scenes
Escape Velocity Deleted Scenes
The Road Less Traveled Deleted Scenes
David Eick's Video Blogs
Faith Deleted Scenes
Guess What's Coming To Dinner? Deleted Scenes
Guess What's Coming To Dinner? Deleted Scenes
Sine Qua Non Deleted Scenes
The Hub Deleted Scenes
The Hub Deleted Scenes
Revelations Deleted Scenes
Revelations Deleted Scenes
The Journey
Cylons: The Twelve
Season 4.5 The Untold Story - Untold
The Music of Battlestar Galactica
Caprica Sneak Peek
A Disquiet Follows My Soul (Unrated Extended Edition)
Deleted Scenes: Sometimes A Great Notion
Deleted Scenes: The Oath
Deleted Scenes: Blood on the Scales
The Journey Ends: The Arrival
Evolution Of A Cue
What The Frak Is Going On With Battlestar Galactica?
Islanded in a Stream of Stars (Unrated Extended Edition)
Deleted Scenes: No Exit
Deleted Scenes: Deadlock
Deleted Scenes: Someone To Watch Over Me
David Eick's Video Blogs
Daybreak (Unrated Home Video Extended Edition)
Deleted Scenes
The Musicians Behind Daybreak
A Look Back - Cast & Crew Take A Look Back at the last 4 seasons of Battlestar Galactica
And They Have A Plan
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
By Nick Smith
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
A nice box set, but really should have also contained "The Plan" for it to be complete. It does however, include the Razor movie, and that is a definite bonus. There is also a booklet contained within the boxset that potentially contains spoilers in terms of revealing who some of the Cylon's may be, so for those buying this boxset with the intention of viewing it for the first time, or for watching it with others that haven't seen it, then don't read the booklet.
As regards the disks themselves, they are not going to blow you out of the water with the quality of their blu-ray definition, because of the way some of the footage was originally filmed to give it a a slightly grainy, "embedded reporter" type feeling to it. Indeed if you already have the DVD's of BSG, then I wouldn't bother investing in this box set, as you will gain no significant picture improvements.
The additional content, some unedited episodes and commentaries available in the set are nice to have, but I am sure that many people will just be buying this box set to have BSG in all its glory, in as few disks as possible.
In short, buy this if you don't already have the DVD's and you don't mind having to buy 'The Plan', separately.
As regards the disks themselves, they are not going to blow you out of the water with the quality of their blu-ray definition, because of the way some of the footage was originally filmed to give it a a slightly grainy, "embedded reporter" type feeling to it. Indeed if you already have the DVD's of BSG, then I wouldn't bother investing in this box set, as you will gain no significant picture improvements.
The additional content, some unedited episodes and commentaries available in the set are nice to have, but I am sure that many people will just be buying this box set to have BSG in all its glory, in as few disks as possible.
In short, buy this if you don't already have the DVD's and you don't mind having to buy 'The Plan', separately.
57 of 62 people found the following review helpful
By Neil Douglas
Format:Blu-ray
There have been several Battlestar Galactica (BSG) blu-ray and dvd releases and this is by far the best packaging based on the price. It's well put together, enough effort has been made with the box and packaging that it looks great and stands proudly on the shelf. Playback, the company that releases BSG in the UK have taken much critisim over the years for their BSG box sets, in the UK and North America. However having researched this extensively and waited patiently to buy BSG, I have been very impressed by this box set and consider it well worth the price here.
The content included is all the great episodes in great HD video quality and sound.
Despite other reviews on this page ALL the extras are here, on the BLU RAY anyway, don't know about the DVD. That means: Extended episodes of Pegasus, Razor, Unfinished Business etc are included along with the original broadcast shorter versions. Plus webisodes, commentaries, video diaries. Confusion has come because there have been many editions of the complete BSG which did not have all the extras actually made for the show, but this one has EVERYTHING!
The content included is all the great episodes in great HD video quality and sound.
Despite other reviews on this page ALL the extras are here, on the BLU RAY anyway, don't know about the DVD. That means: Extended episodes of Pegasus, Razor, Unfinished Business etc are included along with the original broadcast shorter versions. Plus webisodes, commentaries, video diaries. Confusion has come because there have been many editions of the complete BSG which did not have all the extras actually made for the show, but this one has EVERYTHING!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
BSG is a great show which I have watched through many times, first on DVD and now finally on Bluray - so how does this Bluray box set compare? Well the picture is absolutely beautiful and really enhances your viewing experience of this already mesmerising show. The sound too is excellent.
If you haven't seen the show you really must, and if you're not a fan of Sci-Fi, don't be put off; this is a dark, gritty and daring show that deals with many controversial themes, particularly when you think back to when this was made. With story lines revolving around God, religion, genocide and the survival of the human race, and involving suicide bombings, prophecies and visions it could be considered to be quite controversial. The writing is excellent. The casting and acting is first rate throughout with (although Star Buck annoyed me), and the set design and production values are all top dollar. In fact, it's hard to fault anything about the show.
The extras on the box set too are good, although some things have been missed and it could have been better. I would ave liked to have seen the inclusion of The Plan in the box set and as far as the extras go, although there are some nice additions they are some glaring missed opportunities.
Firstly, one of the most enjoyable things about the show are the R&D indents at the end, and although there was a compilation on one of the discs of all the ones from seasons 1 & 2, a compilation of seasons' 3, 4 and 4.5 were missing. Also, the inclusion of Battlestar blips (little tit-bits of information about characters and back story which popped up on screen) was pointless as they added nothing and it was clear no effort or thought had been put into them, as they merely repeated what you'd just seen on screen 3 seconds earlier.
However, these are all minor niggles and can't take away from the fact that this is an incredible show which looks great on Blu Ray. With that in mind I can't really fault it so it gets 5 stars. Giving this show anyone less just wouldn't seem right.
If you haven't seen the show you really must, and if you're not a fan of Sci-Fi, don't be put off; this is a dark, gritty and daring show that deals with many controversial themes, particularly when you think back to when this was made. With story lines revolving around God, religion, genocide and the survival of the human race, and involving suicide bombings, prophecies and visions it could be considered to be quite controversial. The writing is excellent. The casting and acting is first rate throughout with (although Star Buck annoyed me), and the set design and production values are all top dollar. In fact, it's hard to fault anything about the show.
The extras on the box set too are good, although some things have been missed and it could have been better. I would ave liked to have seen the inclusion of The Plan in the box set and as far as the extras go, although there are some nice additions they are some glaring missed opportunities.
Firstly, one of the most enjoyable things about the show are the R&D indents at the end, and although there was a compilation on one of the discs of all the ones from seasons 1 & 2, a compilation of seasons' 3, 4 and 4.5 were missing. Also, the inclusion of Battlestar blips (little tit-bits of information about characters and back story which popped up on screen) was pointless as they added nothing and it was clear no effort or thought had been put into them, as they merely repeated what you'd just seen on screen 3 seconds earlier.
However, these are all minor niggles and can't take away from the fact that this is an incredible show which looks great on Blu Ray. With that in mind I can't really fault it so it gets 5 stars. Giving this show anyone less just wouldn't seem right.
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