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Edward James Olmos (Actor), Mary McDonnell (Actor) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, Jamie Bamber
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Jun 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001Q3KA64
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:: 243 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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There was an understandable mix of emotions bubbling to the surface when the final episode of Battlestar Galactica was finally broadcast in the first half of 2009. On the one hand, this has proven to be vintage science fiction television, easily one of the most ambitious, daring and flat-out successful TV projects in recent times. And on the other, it’s all over, with this box set bringing together the final episodes of the show.

Inevitably, this final season wraps up many of the mysteries and narrative questions of Battlestar Galactica, none of which we intend to spoil here. The fate of humanity, the hunt for the fabled earth and the further revelations about the Cylons are packed in, and the standard throughout this final season remains sky high.

The actual ending itself, as it happens, proved quite divisive, but arguably that’s part of the strength of Battlestar Galactica. Because this is a show that, right to the end, doesn’t take the easy road, and delivers some of the most intelligent, dark drama of recent years. It’s a staggering achievement, and this final season, along with the entirety of the show itself, is set to still be talked about decades into the future. Quite brilliant, and not to be missed. --Jon Foster

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The end of the epic saga is drawing nearer, and the search for the fabled earth is nearing its conclusion. But is Galactica, now virtually falling apart, ready for what could be her final mission? And has humanity's final chapter also arrived? This four DVD box set of the final season of Battlestar Galactica may herald the end of our story, but will it be the same for the human race itself?

Containing 11 episodes on four discs:

Disc One

Sometimes A Great Notion
A Disquiet Follows My Soul
The Oath Blood On The Scales

Disc Two

No Exit
Deadlock
Someone To Watch Over Me
Islanded in a Stream of Stars

Disc Three

Daybreak Part 1
Daybreak Part 2
Daybreak Part 3
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ye Gods!, 18 May 2010
By Solzhi (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Battlestar Galactica - The Final Season [DVD] [2009] [2004] (DVD)
Having just seen the grand finale, after spending a couple of weeks watching the complete BSG from the start, a few thoughts.
I realised pretty early on that if you begin pulling at the threads of this series, the whole thing will quickly come apart. (I mean there are plot holes...and there are plot holes...but you could get a Pegasus sized Battlestar through most of these.) I also avoided trawling the web looking for "explication" whilst watching the series; but I was amused this morning to see the level of online anger that the final episode provoked - and this anger is instructive: For all its shortcomings, Battlestar Galactica is/was a series that people actually care about.
It's not hard to see why; the acting is uniformly great - with Iain Duncan Smith's eyebrow raising portrayal of Tigh particularly memorable. The production values are high, and CGI is used effectively and intelligently. Finally, if you can just suspend disbelief, ignore the multitudinous loose ends and inexplicables, and go along with it, BSG is as gripping and even moving a piece of television as you are ever likely to find.
I'm not a big fan of sci-fi generally...but I frakkin' loved it.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars the end of a unique television journey, 25 Jun 2009
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The final ten episodes of BSG are not without their problems: some OTT moments, some unclear editing obscuring story points. But having just finished watching the series finale, I am left deeply moved by the conclusion, and feeling extremely bereft that the show that redefined the possibilities of what science-fiction could be is finally over. Equally I have to remind myself it's easy to take BSG too seriously: this was always a show that has made things up as it went along, and the writing is not really of the quality found in more earthbound shows (Mad Men, Six Feet Under). And yet, its sweeping mythology and intensely human portrayals of characters living on the brink of destruction have remained absolutely compelling throughout the series' life, lending the show uniquely addictive qualities. And I don't have a problem with the way that certain issues remain open, even at the end of the series. The show has always been about mystery: there could never have been any specific worked out 'answer' to the issues it raised, and preserving the mystery is better than explaining every detail away, and more consistent with the approach of the show as a whole. What we are left with instead is a gloriously beuatiful (if somewhat improbable?) vision of renewal, and a surprisingly deep sense of loss, as characters we have grown to love finally give up the ghost.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars So say we all, 26 Mar 2009
By Vp Campbell (Leicestershire, UK) - See all my reviews
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Looking forward to this release of the final chapters of one of, arguably the, best sci-fi series ever, and a good contender for any genre of TV drama.

Some fans have been upset with this season saying it dragged- did they not see season three? (Starbuck self-pityingly drunk all the time...?).

For me it was mostly pitch perfect, especially the desolation of the reality of the earth found at the end of the first part of this disrupted season, and the coup had some of best scenes of the whole series (one in particular where a key character is seriously injured, and there's a chaos of conflicting responses of the other characters, which works so well precisely because of the time that's been spent on the characters- a glance, a gesture, a comment all fitting so well together, and loaded with meaning, in that one scene).

The final fith cyclon storyline and the explanation of it was a bit rushed, but the way the bookies favourite to be the fifth cyclon leaves the show was a coup de grace. The final five are also a bit inconsistent regarding what they do or don't remember especially in the finale.

Baltar isn't given as much to do in the season, and President Roslin rather too much, given Mary McDonnell's rather too convincing portrayal of someone terminally ill, so often there's a lack of the dynamism of performances from earlier in the series. Although, of course, that is partly the point- these people, and to an extent the cylons too, are at the end of their tethers, not much energy left for being feisty. As ever the cyclon actors do very well, especially those playing varients of their models- Boomer and Athena are clearly different, as are Caprica 6 and Baltar's red dress 6.

The downsides come in the finale really, although there's plenty of good material in the finale too. Without spoiling it, it does go more for the spiritual angle, rather than the more scientific one, but to be fair the show's epistemological debates have always included the more fantasy than sci-fi element of the human's 'gods' and the cyclon 'god'. It also seems to offer a very anti-technology conclusion, again not out of step with the rest of the series exactly, but for me a little unsatisfying.

Some things have been left deliberately ambiguous, not a problem in itself, although interviews with the producers suggest they just didn't know where to go with some of the elements rather than always intending ambiguity. Personally I would have liked the ending proposed by one of the producers that they find our Earth in the present day but whilst Adama is shaking hands with the US President on the White House lawn, the cylons arrive and wipe everyone out. That doesn't happen- as one forum poster commented, the ending is quite a lot like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in many regards- which I'm glad didn't occur to me when watching it, otherwise it would've been a bit funny, rather than quite moving (so if you know this story, try to put it out of your mind).

Like any much-loved series, it's hard to like the end, however it ends. But at least they had the courage to actually give it a clear, finite and distinctive ending, and didn't just keeping runnning way beyond it's peak quality (X-Files, Babylon 5, insert your own examples here).

A must buy, for fans of good sci fi, and good drama.
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