Post by Forever Xena on Jul 29, 2005 8:01:39 GMT -6
July 26, 2005 DVD Releases
By Lila Holland | more stories by this author
July 25, 2005 at 12:11:00 PM
Finally! Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Season One
One of the most highly anticipated television DVD releases is finally here! Well, sort of. What's being sold exclusively through Best Buy beginning July 26 is the UK version of the boxed set. The main difference between these episodes and what we've seen on the Sci-Fi Channel is that the episodes here feature a different opening than those in the US, as these are the versions that have been shown on SkyOne in the UK. This set has been previously available in the UK, but it has now been formatted so that it's compatible with DVD players in North America. The four discs here contain all 13 episodes as well as deleted scenes.
The remake of Battlestar Galactica has been better than anyone had any reason to believe it would be. First of all, the actors and actresses are fantastic and have been given intriguingly strong but flawed characters to portray. Edward James Olmos anchors the series as the best starship leader since Captain Picard, and the female Starbuck, as played by Katee Sackhoff, is easily one of the best characters on television. The special effects and camera work are also top-notch. The storyline, a harrowing reinterpretation of the original, is played out in serial fashion: the Cylons have practically obliterated the humans' homeworlds and the few human survivors have scraped together ships, led by the Galactica, to search for the mythical Earth, with the Cylons in hot pursuit.
Those interested in the full DVD set of the American version need only wait until September 20, when Universal releases a five-disc set of season one, containing even more extra features, as well as the 2003 miniseries and new box art. (Description by Walter Morbeck)
By Lila Holland | more stories by this author
July 25, 2005 at 12:11:00 PM
Finally! Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Season One
One of the most highly anticipated television DVD releases is finally here! Well, sort of. What's being sold exclusively through Best Buy beginning July 26 is the UK version of the boxed set. The main difference between these episodes and what we've seen on the Sci-Fi Channel is that the episodes here feature a different opening than those in the US, as these are the versions that have been shown on SkyOne in the UK. This set has been previously available in the UK, but it has now been formatted so that it's compatible with DVD players in North America. The four discs here contain all 13 episodes as well as deleted scenes.
The remake of Battlestar Galactica has been better than anyone had any reason to believe it would be. First of all, the actors and actresses are fantastic and have been given intriguingly strong but flawed characters to portray. Edward James Olmos anchors the series as the best starship leader since Captain Picard, and the female Starbuck, as played by Katee Sackhoff, is easily one of the best characters on television. The special effects and camera work are also top-notch. The storyline, a harrowing reinterpretation of the original, is played out in serial fashion: the Cylons have practically obliterated the humans' homeworlds and the few human survivors have scraped together ships, led by the Galactica, to search for the mythical Earth, with the Cylons in hot pursuit.
Those interested in the full DVD set of the American version need only wait until September 20, when Universal releases a five-disc set of season one, containing even more extra features, as well as the 2003 miniseries and new box art. (Description by Walter Morbeck)
