'Battlestar Galactica' complete epic - worth the price?

<< I'm thinking of maybe asking for it for a Christmas present. >>

Watch a few episodes on SciFi Channel... it helped make my mind up.

Not gonna say which way, cuz I'll get jumped.

Wade365

Sarah Bartholomew <> wrote in
news::

> Can anyone tell me, how are the extras? I see there are
deleted
> scenes and stuff like that - anything good, or just the random
shot that
> doesn't make a difference?

The extras aren't that great. There's a retrospective kind of
thing which isn't that long but is nice. I've stopped watching the
deleted scenes as the ones I watched were so similar to the ones
in the show it was boring. If you enjoyed the show & can't get it
any other way then you should enjoy the main set. (I am happy as I
grew up anticipating each new show) Don't expect stellar picture
quality though, it's extremely grainy in places, as bad as any
video tape. Not all the way through just the ocassional really bad
scenes.

>
> Thanks for any information, and I really wish they'd designed a
box
> without that clunky Cylon head on it!
>
> Sarah B.

Not for me, it's the one of the best parts! I keep that box
separate. There's a folder style box holding the set that you can
store with your other DVD's so it's not a problem.(it's DAMN hard
to get the discs out though!)

Paul C.

"Sarah Bartholomew" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that there's a boxed set of the complete 'Battlestar:
> Galactica' TV series available, and since I have fond memories of the
> show from when I was younger (OK, I was hopelessly in love with
> Starbuck!), I'm thinking of maybe asking for it for a Christmas present.
> Can anyone tell me, how are the extras? I see there are deleted
> scenes and stuff like that - anything good, or just the random shot that
> doesn't make a difference?
>
> Thanks for any information, and I really wish they'd designed a box
> without that clunky Cylon head on it!

I really liked the show, so I thought it was worth the price. The extras are
decent enough - deleted scenes on almost every episode. Commentary by
Apollo, Starbuck, Boomer on the pilot episode, and a disk of featurettes.
Not bad at all.

the show holds up surprisingly well, too.

JWB

Hi all,

I noticed that there's a boxed set of the complete 'Battlestar:
Galactica' TV series available, and since I have fond memories of the
show from when I was younger (OK, I was hopelessly in love with
Starbuck!), I'm thinking of maybe asking for it for a Christmas present.
Can anyone tell me, how are the extras? I see there are deleted
scenes and stuff like that - anything good, or just the random shot that
doesn't make a difference?

Thanks for any information, and I really wish they'd designed a box
without that clunky Cylon head on it!

Sarah B.

Sarah Bartholomew

Sarah Bartholomew in a half shell:

> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that there's a boxed set of the complete 'Battlestar:
> Galactica' TV series available, and since I have fond memories of the
> show from when I was younger (OK, I was hopelessly in love with
> Starbuck!), I'm thinking of maybe asking for it for a Christmas
present.
> Can anyone tell me, how are the extras? I see there are deleted
> scenes and stuff like that - anything good, or just the random shot
that
> doesn't make a difference?
>
> Thanks for any information, and I really wish they'd designed a box
> without that clunky Cylon head on it!
>
> Sarah B.
>

one of my friends took a look at it here:

http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?...2&p=info&c=897

including info on the R2 packaging.. which isn't a "clunky" Cylon head

David Beamish

<< the show holds up surprisingly well, too. >>

OPINION ALERT.

I watched "Living Legend" on SciFi the other afternoon and I couldn't disagree
more strongly (and this is an ep touted as a fan-fav)... I found myself
counting the stock footage repeats of Raiders and Vipers, and the sets are
inanely decorated (this coming from an original series Star Trek & Doctor Who
fan to this day, so I have imagination and I'm not affraid to use it).

The only bright spot was seeing Sheba again (Bridge's daughter on the ep).
Still a damned sexy woman.

Here comes Dec. 9th, kids... time to see how SciFi rapes our memory banks.

Wade365

Wade365, says...
>
> Here comes Dec. 9th, kids... time to see how SciFi rapes our memory banks.

Actually, I think it's December 8th. And it's pretty cool.

Mark Spatny

<< Actually, I think it's December 8th. And it's pretty cool. >>

If you're under 30, I suppose.

What's next? Buck Rogers? Is Gil Gerard around to interview the new female Buck
Rogers in a Starbuck's (like Half-Wit Benedict did with the new SB)?

To blazes with SciFi's creation, "cool" or not... it didn't need doin'.

Wade365

(Wade365) wrote in message news:<>...
> << the show holds up surprisingly well, too. >>
>
> OPINION ALERT.
>
> I watched "Living Legend" on SciFi the other afternoon and I couldn't disagree
> more strongly (and this is an ep touted as a fan-fav)... I found myself
> counting the stock footage repeats of Raiders and Vipers, and the sets are
> inanely decorated (this coming from an original series Star Trek & Doctor Who
> fan to this day, so I have imagination and I'm not affraid to use it).

The effects were never the important part of the series. I think even
as a kid I recognized how lame some of them were and how Istrange it
was that many of them were so familiar...as if I had seen them
somewhere before...

> The only bright spot was seeing Sheba again (Bridge's daughter on the ep).
> Still a damned sexy woman.

Yup.

> Here comes Dec. 9th, kids... time to see how SciFi rapes our memory banks.

I think they already did that with Dune.

Smaug69

Smaug69

Sarah Bartholomew <> wrote in message news:<>...
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that there's a boxed set of the complete 'Battlestar:
> Galactica' TV series available, and since I have fond memories of the
> show from when I was younger (OK, I was hopelessly in love with
> Starbuck!), I'm thinking of maybe asking for it for a Christmas present.
> Can anyone tell me, how are the extras? I see there are deleted
> scenes and stuff like that - anything good, or just the random shot that
> doesn't make a difference?

The extras are awesome. There is over 3 hours of deleted scenes and
many of them actually show a different direction that could have been
taken with certain characters and storylines.

> Thanks for any information, and I really wish they'd designed a box
> without that clunky Cylon head on it!

That's not the actual packaging of the DVD set. The Cylon mask box is
just the outer packaging. The discs are actually housed in a digipak
in which most season box sets are packaged.

I put my Cylon box up on a bookshelf for display and the DVD box set
in its place with the other DVDs.

Here's a review of the set with all the features listed and a picture
of the clyon box and the digipak:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...tarseries.html

Smaug69

Smaug69