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‘Battlestar Galactica’ S. 4.0 is frakkin’ compelling scifi
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I enjoyed the recently released Season 4.0 DVD set of the first 10 episodes of the final season of the scifi drama “Battlestar Galactica” (BSG) particularly well because it kept me watching this great show.
I had Tivoed these episodes last spring but had never watched them and was ready to give up because the SIGHfi (not a typo.) Channel lapped me by beginning showing the final ten episodes of this intense well-written show a few weeks ago.
This set also includes an extended version of the BSG film “Razor” that SIGHfi aired in November 2007. I expect that watching this on DVD will also be much better than seeing it on television; I will share my thoughts after I watch it within the next several weeks.
The difference that the much better quality of the DVD as compared to the broadcast of the show was tremendous and made watching the show much easier. I have a good television, but my cable reception is not very good partially because I have split the signal several times. Additionally, BSG often has low lighting and quiet voices.
I found that I could see and hear things much better on the DVD than watching the broadcasts. Being able to watch the shows without all the frakkin’ commercials and also having an easy way to watch several episodes at once also helped a great deal.
The time that I spent watching the set in three sessions of three or four episodes helped me understand what was going on much better. I am glad too that I watched these episodes so close in time to the current ones that build on them.
I want to assure new recruits to the BSG universe that you can follow these shows even without having seen the earlier ones. I have forgotten a large number of storylines over the past few years, and the writers have done a superb job referring subtlety to earlier relevant events.
These episodes also involved an interesting story about the evolution of the evil android-like Cylons (a.k.a. skin jobs and toasters) and the civil war that broke out among them. I liked too how these episodes particularly depicted different religions, political battles, afterlife issues, and several types of competing instincts that we all must battle. There are additionally plenty of space battles and old-fashioned brawls to satisfy any action fan.
I could say several frakkin’ more good things about these episodes and the DVD set itself but think that I covered the most important points. I will add that this BSG is much different than, and far superior to, the cheesy 1970s version.
Please do feel free to share your frakkin’ comments as additions to this entry or as e-mail to tvdvdguy@gmail.com.
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