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intereact!Actors: Edward James Olmos, and Jamie Bamber
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $49.98
Release Date: 2005-12-20
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-01-14
Studio: Universal Studios
Run Time: 438 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Discs: 3
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
The first half of Battlestar Galactica's second season left no doubts about the continuing excellence of the best science fiction TV series of 2005. Beginning with the Colonial Fleet separated, Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan) botching his temporary command, and Capt. Adama (Edward James Olmos) near death after a Cylon assassination attempt, series producer/developer Ronald D. Moore and his gifted writing staff packed more into these 10 episodes than most series manage in a full season. Maintaining its reputation as an adult drama, the series is compellingly anchored by the gravitas of Olmos and Mary McDonnell, whose role as Fleet President Laura Roslin grows more complex as she reveals her diagnosis of breast cancer and defies Adama, playing the "religious card" with her conviction that prophetic visions will lead the embattled fleet toward its legendary home planet Earth. As Adama's son Apollo (Jamie Bamber) wrestles with his role in Roslin's mutinous agenda, paranoia runs high as Cylon copies (or "avatars") of Boomer (Grace Park) complicate matters aboard Galactica and on Kobol, where a lost Raptor crew struggles to survive and Dr. Baltar (James Callis) endures the increasingly haunting and manipulative intrusions into his tormented psyche by Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seductive Cylon who holds the secret to the Cylon master plan to destroy humankind. 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 Shannon2) Description
Sci-fi's hottest TV series returns as Battlestar Galactica 2.0 blasts onto DVD in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. As the epic second season begins, the fight to save humanity rages on - even as civil war looms within the fleet between the followers of President Roslin and Commander Adama. Relive all the intensity and excitement aboard the Galactica with a supernova of explosive bonus features, including deleted scenes and podcasts. It's a heart-pounding adventure you can't afford to miss!
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) More great writing [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Season two continues where the first season leaves off. There are more glimpses of things to come and the plot continues to engage the veiwer.2) Buy Your Command - BSG Season 2 is one of the best television seasons of all time [Rating: 5 out of 5]
(Get both Season 2 boxes if you are in for this.)The makers of Battlestar Galactica (BSG), who proved they had a big enough brass pair to offer up a challenge to Star Wars and Star Trek, have blasted this series up there with the best of the best. It is fraking mind-blowing television and some of the best SF since Luke Skywalker trusted the force and Spock tried to fix a damaged warp core.BSG is barely recognizable from the 1970s original series. Such is the scope of the makeover and development of the original storyline that all previous BSG series history has been declared void by the writers and the story has gone through a creative renewal. This reimagining was done to enhance the concept... and the reboot has paid off in aces.The Cylons were created by man. They evolved. There are many copies. And they have a plan. In the past, there was a war. The Cylons left. Now they are back and they want revenge. They chase and try to kill humans of the twelve colonies across the galaxy.BSG season 2 continues with the search for the Spear of Athena in the hope that it will point the way back to Earth. The religious elements become central to the story, especially the Cylon resurrection system, which becomes a target for a visually knocking out battle sequence. There are even crossover renegade groups starting to form in each camp. The new arrival of an important addition to the fleet and some of the most thrilling sequences yet seen for a show of any kind. BSG has also adopted more adult themes and has moved away from family viewing to allow for harder action sequences and higher intensity crises.Season 2 takes place mainly on the deck of the Galatica, but also on Colonial One (the President's cruise ship), the planets Caprica, Kobal and New Caprica. There is lots of powerhouse acting. Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos) maintains his position as one of the most memorable characters in television history (you can rank him up there with the likes of Captain Picard). Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) as the President goes through some radical character dilemmas as does Starbuck, a woman in this version of BSG, whose background love relationships are as important as her action-woman persona. Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama (Jamie Bamber) ascends up the ranks and Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) finds himself in an impasse between himself and the Cylons. Number Six (Tricia Helfer) starts a type of revolution. Colonel Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan) relationship with his wife has an impact on his career. Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii (Grace Park) is a powerful Cylon presence that makes an impact on the storyline. Can the Cylons co-exist with humans? ... Can they hybridize? This is but a small section of the interesting storylines and enormous cast that BSG has to offer... and yes important characters do die, so its edge of your seat stuff through and through.The CGI is up there the best ILM can put out. One sequence in which an ejected pilot, Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama, observes the resurrection ship battle in the stars maybe one of the greatest SF action sequences of all time that would even make Kubrik's eyes go wide open. The real stars of the show are the screenwriters. It is their boat and they are taking us on what appears to be a voyage unparallel to anything else you have seen before.BSG Season 2 keeps up the post-9/11 brain candy. The writers sometimes jab at the Bush administration foreign and war policies and then again seem to back them up. In Season 1 it was about the constant search for fossil fuels and battling for control of resources while freedoms get restricted in the fight against terrorism, modelling our own political struggles. In Season 2 its politics coupled with colonization.The interesting religious confrontation involving polytheism (the human belief system in BSG) and monotheism (the Cylon belief system) has extended and even crosses over. The afterlife, or something like it, begins to emerge.Season 2 is mostly about finding Earth, the Cyclon resurrection ship, elections, hybridizing and colonization. If you are a fan of SF or just high-quality television, then nothing should be holding you back. BSG could very well be the most important SF TV since Star Trek. It certainly has propelled itself out of this world and is in a dimension all of its own... except when Cylons appear.3) It's sci-fi, Jim, but not as we know it. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Most people would be slightly weary of the idea of a new and re-invigorated version of the spectacle Science Fiction Drama series Battlestar Galactica (1978-1980) being up to the year in which the series became 'Galactica 1980', which lead to its thoroughly trashed downfall, was a bit of a surprise that a network had decided to re-fashion the show with a more updated and far more interesting story. Many fans would, should insist that this is a re-imagining not an intrinsic remake of a cheesy lovable, and to use a pun for a modern show, "That 70's Show". Many of the sci-fi fan-boys, and girls, were in need of a successful sci-fi drama series that had the ability to keep fresh interest and action, drama. The fundamental premise is it's a development from that concept made the introductory 2003 mini-series, a somewhat thorough and enjoyable close to 3 hr pilot. The legacy of this show happens to be the principal point, machines made by man, they evolved, rebelled, and so on and so forth. People who claim through their noses that they never watch or read science fiction are missing some great work, be it rough, symbolic or even sardonic. One key point is it's not juvenile, asinine and cheesy sci-fi; it's adult allegory. Battlestar Galactica is the best character drama, perhaps the only drama that daringly and boldly engages the big issues currently on TV. It's about the good, bad, and ugly. American stereotypes, family melodrama, love and personal betrayal mingles with dark, post-9/11 parable, plots rife with socio-political and ethical conflict, heroes and visionaries to profiteering gangsters and religious extremists. With hate, power, desire and being human, evident in stories inspired by recent history and current events. In addition, unremittingly keeps putting forth the notion of what is exactly human. It's about Genocide, war and the abyss after the precipice. Current concepts and futurism see them with faster-than-light space travel, but stuck and firmly rooted by laws of Newtonian physics. Range of human experience and emotion that can be only compared to dramatics of Shakespearean theatre. Excellent characters include Edward James Almos' brilliant depiction of Commander/Admiral Adama; easily being a favourite. His slightly depressed attitude yet experience make him capable, if not slightly down heartened. His display as a commander of the pride of the fleet does show why he is the best person to have control of a superior vessel. He is quick to think, act and knowing what the cost is. His own life is confounded like the other characters, two being handed as female, where the predecessor had two male characters, (when fans should not complain) Katee Sackhoof as Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace, is born into the role of a hard-headed female Viper pilot. As well as the other female candidate played by Grace Park nicknamed 'Boomer'. It is sci-fi enough to offer space battles with spiffy CGI and digital FX, 'in the mind of the pilot/documentary' shot sequences, new, improved, scary Cylon centurions and human-looking Cylon infiltrators who are more brutal because they have found a god to kill for. Sound familiar? Moreover, what you have been waiting for, yes it does have graphic scenes of a sexual nature. Verdict: The re-imagined Battlestar Galactica is light-years beyond Glen A. Larson's 70's adventure series, which introduced bad robots and the remnants of humanity on a biblical, cosmic exodus. Real dexterity of life in space is freshly depicted, through war and personal losses. 10/10.4) Excellent series! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This series is very well written, and full of great acting. The story is addictive, and if you are a fan of anything science fiction, than you will most likely find yourself anxious to see whats gonna happen next. Of coarse its best to start with season one, as this season 2.0 follows behind season 1.5) more black holes in the plot than in the universe itself [Rating: 1 out of 5]
It is quite funny - I wrote a 1-star reveiw on the First season (and saved it) but it does not appear anywhere, even if Amazon counts it written. Looks like they are mostly interested in 4-5 stars needed to sell that worthless series.The plot lines are stupid to the limit. The people act like Italian Puppet theater figurines. Considering that the whole existense of humanity is under peril, the military and civil authorities on the ship are acting like a bunch of hysterical kids whose motto one minute is "Let's all trust each other till we die" and the other "Let's all die before we have to take that difficult and tragic decision". Being a long time SF fan, I would have never imagined that a SF series could bore half to death. The whole reminded of the painful experience of Jarjabinks (sp?)- loud, senseless and very much irritating. Never stops talking too.