Review(s): DVD Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Epic Series
Great Show, just missing a disk
The product is awesome, I loved the old Battlestar Gallacitca series, but I paid for a full set of disks and was missing one.
Almost Perfect DVD Set
I can't say what other reviewers have said enough: this set is fantastic. After years of seeing these episodes edited on SciFi Channel, to have them on DVD uncut with digitally remastered audio and video is a wonderful treat, especially with all of the special features, including several hours of deleted scenes and outtakes.
My one major complaint is about the pilot episode. The nice thing is that it is FINALLY presented in uncut form. For years, the only version was a truncated, edited movie version or you could watch in SciFi Channel with different scenes removed than the video version. The pilot here is uncut, thankfully, but has not been restored in any way shape or form. Some scenes are filled with grain, holes in the picture and the sharpness and clarity of scenes shot in red-light of the Galactica's bridge look atrocious and are terribly out of focus. Seeing as several versions of the pilot existed, I was hoping that a full-restoration would be present and it is not
The quality of the rest of the set almost makes up for this major flaw. Enjoy!
Classic Science Fiction Series.
I was 11 years old when the original Battlestar Galactica premiered on ABC in 1978. I watched the show religiously until it was cancelled by the network. I even watched the short-lived Galactica 1980 series, although I was disappointed that Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict (except for one episode), Herb Jefferson and Laurette Spang did not return in that show. And while I do enjoy the "re-imagined" BSG series now running on SCI-FI, I love the original series and remain a fan. After a Pearl Harboresque attack by the Cylons against the twelve colonial worlds of the human race and their defense fleet, the last remaining battlestar, the Galactica, leads a fleet carrying the survivors of the attack in search of a new home on a legendary far-away planet known as Earth. Several cast members turned in outstanding performances, most notably Lorne Greene as Commander Adama and John Colicos as Baltar. And then there's the roll call of guest stars: Lloyd Bridges, Fred Astaire, Ray Bolger, Rick Springfield, Patrick Macnee, Jane Seymour and Ray Milland, to name a few. Watching this series again has brought back a lot of great childhood memories for this science fiction fan. Battlestar Galactica remains one of my favorite science fiction television series in both its new and original forms. I wholeheartedly recommend this DVD set for BSG fans, both old and young, and to open-minded fans of the new series as well.
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