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Further action takes place on Cylon-occupied Caprica, where Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) and Helo (Tamoh Penikett) discover a group of human resistance fighters who survived the Cylons' nuclear attack in season 1. As all of these plot threads are expertly interwoven, the high-stakes conflict of BG 2.0 culminates in a suspenseful mid-season cliffhanger. Through all of this, Battlestar Galactica maintains consistently high standards of intelligent drama and well-justified, story-based use of spectacular special effects, while developing rich relationships across a broad spectrum of interesting supporting characters. The series' large and likable cast is well-used throughout (even smaller roles are given adequate dimension), and Moore's "podcast" commentaries provide a smart, thorough analysis of the show's writing process and conceptual evolution. Yes, it's undeniably true that this half-season DVD set is a blatantly commercial ploy to lure more and more viewers into the ongoing season (which resumed in January 2006), but you can hardly blame Universal for capitalizing on a high-quality series. With solid ratings, good scripts, and a devoted cast and crew, Battlestar Galactica showed every indication of thriving toward a third season and beyond. --Jeff Shannon
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 14 January, 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie, Science Fiction, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D29375D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 025192937521 |
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Customer Reviews of Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0 (Episodes 1-10)
Excellent Series Battlestar Galactica is an outstanding "re-boot" of the 80s series, but with a depth, tone, and maturity beyond the original series. This collection (the first half of the second season) contains 10 episodes. Any true fan of Science Fiction should give this series a look.
Once more, with feeling
The second season of this exceptionally intelligent science fiction series about a fleet of spaceships in the aftermath of the devastation of their home colonies was released in two parts; this DVD set contains the first ten episodes of the second season. In their sophomore effort, the show's creators took some real risks, dividing the cast for the first several episodes and putting the lead, Edward James Olmos, effectively out of operation (after being shot by a Cylon operative disguised as a human being). This allowed the show to put more of a spotlight on some of the characters that had been less throughly developed during the first season, and also to shift them to some unusual circumstances. President of the Colonies (Mary McDonnell) has been put in the brig for working against the military's interests; Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) has been sent on a mission to the devastated world of Caprica to find a sacred artifact that may be necessary for finding the way back to earth, and meets up with the lost Helo (Tahmoh Penicott) and his love, the Cylon turncoat Sharon (Grace Park); and Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan) has assumed control of the Galactica after Commander Adama (Olmos) has been shot and institutes martial law on the fleet. These new circumstances allows some fine new work on deepening some of the characters that had seemed more thinly drawn in the previous season, particularly for McDonnell and Park. (Keep your eye also on the superb work done by Alessandro Juliani in the comparatively smaller role of Lt. Gaeta.) <
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>The show suffers a bit in focus by having the characters so scattered in the early episodes. This separation has its payoff, however, when the characters reunite midway through the set, a genuinely affecting moment validates the comparisons many have elsewhere made of these contemporary densely plotted complex cable dramas to the nineteenth-century multiplot blockbuster novels of the Victorians. Unfortunately there is substantially less humor this season than previously, in part because the character of Dr. Baltar (the fine James Callis), although this also means we are spared too many of his previously interminable scenes with his fantasy of the dead Cylon Number Six (Tricia Helfer). There are notable guest appearances in this set by Lucy Lawless, who sadly is mired in the weakest and most unbelievable of the season's episodes, and Michelle Forbes, who is featured in one of the season's best shows as the self-righteous and ruthless commander of another battlestar discovered by the fleet. The show's special effects are absolutely first rate, and even allow for real moments of beauty which are often sadly and surprisngly lacking in science fiction series: there's a gorgeous long shot in the second episode of a thousand smaller raider ships glittering in sunlight against the darkness of space as they pour out of a Cylon base. I recommend dispensing with the sometimes informative but more often gaseous DVD commentaries by series developer Ronald D. Moore.
Best First Season I have ever seen
The graphics are as good as any big budget movie production, the acting impeccable, the plot fascinating, and above all this show will really make you think about the deeper implications. I've never seen a first season show come so strongly out of the gate.<
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>If I had one complaint it would be that the show is too dark. But then again the whole premise of the show does not realistically allow for much else. I enjoy this show for what it is, an intensely well constructed drama that emerges the viewer completely into its world.