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Battlestar Galactica - Season One


: Battlestar Galactica - Season One
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Binding: DVD
Region Code: 1
Sales Rank: 78658

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Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos wasn't kidding when he said 'the series is even better than the miniseries.' As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the 'reimagined' BG is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting. The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica's militarily principled commander Adama (Olmos) and politically astute President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot 'Apollo' (a.k.a. Adama's son Lee, played by Jamie Bamber) and the brashly insubordinate Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), whose multifaceted character is just one of many first-season highlights. Picking up where the miniseries ended (it's included here, sparing the need for separate purchase), season 1 opens with the riveting, Hugo Award-winning episode '33,' in which Galactica and the 'ragtag fleet' of colonial survivors begin their quest for the legendary 13th colony planet Earth, while being pursued with clockwork regularity by the Cylons, who've now occupied the colonial planet of Caprica. The fleet's hard-fought survival forms (1) the primary side of the series' three-part structure, shared with (2) the apparent psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) whose every thought and move are monitored by various incarnations of Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seemingly omniscient Cylon ultravixen who follows a master plan somehow connected to (3) the Caprican survival ordeal of crash-landed pilots 'Helo' (Tahmoh Penikett) and 'Boomer' (Grace Park), whose simultaneous presence on Galactica is further evidence that 12 multicopied models of Cylons, in human form, are gathering their forces.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Too good to miss
The opening salvo of one the best TV dramas ever! To be savored like a fine wine.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Awesome, 8 Jan 2007
Most people would be slightly weary of the idea of a new and re-invigorated version of the spectacle ... Read More


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