 "Great show, delivered in 2 days!" | 2008-08-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2W8R3DSDCDU2T |
| The show is amazing I highly recommend it. Amazon got it to me in 2 days!! Best Buy charges 21 dollars more and it takes a gallon of gas to get there. |
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 "Chick Power gone way too far. Unrealistic and Offensive." | 2008-07-31 |
| - Reviewed By jkrulz |
When I started watching season 1, I thought this was a good sci-fi show. But after watching the first 10 episodes of Season 2, I'm disturbed by where this is going. This show is dominated by "alpha women" who are in charge and are mean bullies that yell at, strike, and abuse the men in the show. First of all, women are not half that powerful in real life. In real life, women usually try to get their way by manipulation, scheming, and feminine wiles, and rarely by overt aggression. 99% of women are afraid of confrontation in real life. The Starbuck character is a complete joke. Her imitation of the Starbuck from the original series is totally ridiculous and unreal. There aren't any women like that in real life. She smokes cigars and she's supposed to be the best fighter pilot and she thinks she can beat men up. I never heard of any woman being the best fighter pilot in any group. Women have trouble with compass directions and spacial thinking, so how can one be the best pilot? Women have weak upper bodies and will get severely beat up if they have a real fight with a man. Men are better than women in every sport. So it's ridiculous and false to have a female character like Starbuck. Then there's the female Cylon inside Baltar's mind. It's awful how she keeps abusing him. And then there's the commander of the Pegasus. She's a brutal b*tch too and she ranks above Adama. I don't know of any very high ranking female officers in the real U.S. military. I've never heard of a woman general or a woman captain of a navy ship. Men are the soldiers for a reason. Men are the stronger sex. However, women do have a tendency to be controlling and to interfere in people's lives and they try to tell people how to live. That part of Battlestar Galactica is true. I hate to have anyone try to control me and boss me around, especially a woman. So this aspect of Battlestar Galactica is rather disturbing. I try to enjoy the show anyway, but it's difficult sometimes, since the women of Galactica go really far in being offensive. I really hate that they made this such a "chick power" show with all these abusive females. It is unnecessary and offensive.
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| "BSG Season 2.0" | 2008-07-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1QECOMQ1YC46 |
I enjoy this series about as much as anything I can think of. It is wonderful to watch it on DVD and not have to watch the reruns on SciFi channel. I do wish they had released seasons 2.0 and 2.5 together on the same DVD set. We could surely have saved some money.
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| "the new battlestar galactica" | 2008-06-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A27HETEGU3VMH |
this series is just magnificant. it's action, drama and si-fi all in one.
what it isn't is funny. the new crew find bad luck one turn after the next fighting the cylons but hey bad turns are real life. |
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 "Excellent" | 2008-06-04 |
| - Reviewed By rkfbf |
The new BSG did not catch my interest the few times I stopped channel surfing to sample it. In a conversation with a coworker my interest was sparked and I bought the series.... Excellent story telling. I like the fact that not every aspect is "futuristic" to the point of fantanstic, e.g. still using projectiles versus LASERs or particle beam weapons.
The daily machinations of the crew are believeable, at least when compared to today's services.
Sorry to see it end |
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| "Local Video Store won this one." | 2008-05-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2CQQOS9H5PBLC |
After Reading the reviews on the wonderful show BSG. I decided to partake in this awesome adventure and buy Season 1. I wrote a 4 star review on that DVD package because it was a good buy for me. I was definitely hooked after seeing Season 1.
Unfortunately, when it was time to buy season 2, I couldn't bring myself to pay for Season 2.0 and season 2.5. I felt that if I was able to be a proud owner of BSG Season one Complete for under fifty bucks then I wouldn't mind having BSG Season 2 Complete for around 50 bucks as well.
So for brevity, I ended up just watching Season 2 via the local video store as I wait for the price to go down.
I know the production cost for BSG is high and Season 2 does have more episodes than season one so I gave my review 3 stars instead of 2.
Good Hunting,
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 "That Documentary Episode -- Yuck" | 2008-05-13 |
| - Reviewed By tc4bees |
| I like this show, its certainly better than a lot of junk on TV these days. However, the episode where a member of the press does a 'real world' style documentary on the BSG crew... ugh. Just a device for lazy writers to do some exposition on their characters whose traits, thoughts, and feelings OUGHT to come to light through the events on the ship and how they react to them. This cheesy tactic is a complete betrayal of the first rule of good fiction writing: "Show it, don't tell it." And it ruins this whole season. |
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| "Those Clever Cylons" | 2008-05-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A33E3XPFE3OHEC |
| If you bought Seanson 1.0 and watched the whole thing, you will then be buying Seanson2.0. Why? Because those Clever Cylons leave you hanging out in space with the 'ole cliffhanger everytime. You want to know what happens... buy Seanson 2.0. Besides, after Season 1.0 you are probably "hooked" anyway. Sit back and enjoy the ride. And think about buying the next Season prior to viewing the last disc of the current Seanson you are watching... then you don't have to wait to see what happens... unless you just want to!!! We have a BSG view-a-thon on Saturday nights. I will be ordering Seanson 3.0 real soon. Highly reccommended. |
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| "BSG seasons 1 thru 3 - good warm up for the FINAL season ..." | 2008-04-12 |
| - Reviewed By kre8iv1 |
I've seen each and every episode on the Sci-Fi channel, plus the extras online. I bought seasons 1 thru 3, plus the "Razor" and the "Miniseries".
WOW! Can't leave the couch! Watching this series WITHOUT commercials is a true gift! Already into the 4th (and final) season, and can't wait for the DVD set!!!!
BTW - did you know that BSG won a "Peabody" award for their writing? W2G BSG!!!!
If you're a sci fi fan, then WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
If you're NOT a sci-fi fan, then GET ON THE BANDWAGON and watch the BEST dramatic (sci-fi) series EVER on TV. I kid you NOT. This show ROCKS!!!! |
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| "What the Frak is Battlestar Galactica?" | 2008-04-04 |
| - Reviewed By -booklover- |
Developed by sci-fi veteran, Ronald D. Moore, not only is Battlestar Galactica the best show on television these days, it is television at its frakin' best. The sci-fi epic chronicles the journey of the last surviving humans from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol after the nuclear annihilation of their home planet (Caprica) by the Cylons (an alien Empire of machines intent on destroying the "inferior" human race) in their search for a new home (the mythical and long-lost thirteenth colony, Earth). The survivors (approximately 50,000 in all) are led by President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos) in a fleet of ships with the Battlestar Galactica, a old submarine-like battleship ("The Bucket"), at the Fleet's command. Season Two of BSG opens with the Cylons (now evolved into human form) still in relentless pursuit of the Galactica and its "ragtag fleet" of survivors as Commander William Adama recovers from his injuries, and ends with a cliffhanger threatening President Laura Roslin's presidency. Much of this season involves her breast cancer and prophetic visions about planet Earth.
THE HISTORY OF BSG: Battlestar Galactica is a "re-imagining" of 1978 television series. In 2003, a four-hour Sci Fi Channel Miniseries became the pilot of the 2004 television series, which premiered on Sky One in the UK and Ireland in 2004, and then on the Sci Fi Channel in the U.S. in 2005. Season One seamlessly picks up where the Miniseries ended, and based on the success of the 13-episodes of Season One, the Sci-Fi Channel ordered a full 20-episode second season in 2005. The fourth (and final) season of BSG will begin on April 4, 2008.
THE THREE-PART STRUCTURE OF BSG. BSG involves three equally-fascinating, intertwined storylines: (1) the Colonial survivors' quest for Earth; (2) the possible psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis), whose every thought and interraction is closely scrutinized by a beautiful Cylon incarnation (Tricia Helfer) (one wonders, is she real or Baltar's fantasy?), and (3) the Caprican Resistance efforts of crash-landed pilots Helo (Tahmoh Penikett), Boomer (Grace Park), and others. Ultimately, BSG is a lesson in the value of human love.
THE APPEAL OF BSG: BSG transcends the sci-fi genre, which is what makes it so appealing to both young and old, male and female viewers, alike. Critics have referred to the show as a "space opera." It is an intelligent drama that confronts cutting-edge issues, set in Deep Space. In that respect, BSG is a departure from other science fiction shows like Star Trek. In BSG, traditional male roles have been reversed. Military leaders such as President Laura Roslin and unconventional Viper fighter pilots such Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) and Boomer are played by actresses. The alien Cylons have evolved out of "flawed" humanity. Most of the show's human characters struggle with personal issues: dysfunctional relationships, alcoholism, smoking, and a variety of possible mental illnesses. Cylon blood is resistant to human disease. The show resonates with post-9/11 moral and ethical issues: terrorism, sleeper cells, suicide bombers, the torture of prisoners, the erosion of civil liberties, and conflicting religious beliefs.
BSG SEASON 2.0 DVD: BSG Season 2.0 includes the first 10 episodes (201-210) of Season Two:
201 Scattered
202 Valley of Darkness
203 Fragged
204 Resistance
205 The Farm
206 Home, Part 1
207 Home, Part 2
208 Final Cut
209 Flight of the Phoenix
210 Pegasus
SHOULD YOU BUY THIS DVD SET? They say patience is a virtue. I recommend waiting for the release of the Miniseries/Seasons 1-4 box set, if you can.
G. Merritt |
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