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| Actors: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, Jamie Bamber
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Rating:  106 reviews
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1
EAN: 5050582607574
ASIN: B001Q3KA64
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: June 1, 2009
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Amazon.co.uk Review
There was an understandable mix of emotions bubbling to the surface when the final episode of Battlestar Galactica was finally broadcast in the first half of 2009. On the one hand, this has proven to be vintage science fiction television, easily one of the most ambitious, daring and flat-out successful TV projects in recent times. And on the other, it’s all over, with this box set bringing together the final episodes of the show. Inevitably, this final season wraps up many of the mysteries and narrative questions of Battlestar Galactica, none of which we intend to spoil here. The fate of humanity, the hunt for the fabled earth and the further revelations about the Cylons are packed in, and the standard throughout this final season remains sky high. The actual ending itself, as it happens, proved quite divisive, but arguably that’s part of the strength of Battlestar Galactica. Because this is a show that, right to the end, doesn’t take the easy road, and delivers some of the most intelligent, dark drama of recent years. It’s a staggering achievement, and this final season, along with the entirety of the show itself, is set to still be talked about decades into the future. Quite brilliant, and not to be missed. --Jon Foster
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battlestar gallactica spoilt by the fracking extras! July 6, 2009
Dave Hobson (Rochdale UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The series ends with the same intelligence and action that has marked Battlestar Galactica out amongst TV programs. I still want to know how Bob Dylan has repeateadly written "All along the Watchtower" but apart from that most of the threads were tied up satisfactorily. If you haven't watched BG before then get the, no doubt, coming box set of all 5 series. If you are just waiting for this one then hang on a bit as the extras are fracking rubbish - you can get more off the internet and the review of the DVD in Empire suggested that there were more in this box set. As usual we get treated slightly worse than the US. The playback for our region is just a case of coding NOT having less space etc than US DVDs... Watch and ENJOY Battlestar Galactica.
a short review June 11, 2009
Oliver Kuhl
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
overall enjoyment: this is so much, much better than the first half of season four. story, atmosphere, acting, fx, details - brilliant. awesome. magnificent. 5/5 stars.
content: quite disapointing. yes, a nice featurette about the bsg music. but neither the webisodes, nor the cast interviews/farewells are included. 2/5 stars.
product: box is okay. picture is fine. a few nasty audio glitches. 3/5 stars.
pricing: splitting of seasons always feels like rip-off. then again, in this case, there was a lot of time between the seasons. the hell with this. 3/5 stars.
A Great Moment in Sci-fi and TV ends.. June 5, 2009
Douglas Wright (Scotland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
From start to finish this 'reboot' of BSG was mindblowing! I remember saying when I watched the first mini-series "Startrek has a new benchmark to meet" which is something they obviously took onboard themselves with the new movie.
But Dealing specifically with this final season, I watched the whole first disc in one sitting! It was totally enthralling to watch the mutiny unfold the way it did, the questions over Starbuck, the complete apathy after the heartbreak of finding earth as it was..
I did however by the end feel that they had perhaps borrowed too heavily from the ending of the Matrix Trilogy, this 'cycle' that has repeated itsself time and again, i think the fanboys and perhaps some of the new BSG fans would have liked to see a nod towards BSG-1980 instead, I am not saying try to recreate what was a terrible show, but perhaps having them come to earth at a more modern stage of development would have been interesting.
I also think the destruction of the fleet should have been more covered, or is it open-ended? Did Sam steer them into the sun? Something more like the end of Babylon5 when they destroyed the station, I can still feel the lump that I got in my throat at that.
However, it is the way it is and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Bravo!
So say we all March 26, 2009
Vp Campbell (Leicestershire, UK)
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
Looking forward to this release of the final chapters of one of, arguably the, best sci-fi series ever, and a good contender for any genre of TV drama.
Some fans have been upset with this season saying it dragged- did they not see season three? (Starbuck self-pityingly drunk all the time...?).
For me it was mostly pitch perfect, especially the desolation of the reality of the earth found at the end of the first part of this disrupted season, and the coup had some of best scenes of the whole series (one in particular where a key character is seriously injured, and there's a chaos of conflicting responses of the other characters, which works so well precisely because of the time that's been spent on the characters- a glance, a gesture, a comment all fitting so well together, and loaded with meaning, in that one scene).
The final fith cyclon storyline and the explanation of it was a bit rushed, but the way the bookies favourite to be the fifth cyclon leaves the show was a coup de grace. The final five are also a bit inconsistent regarding what they do or don't remember especially in the finale.
Baltar isn't given as much to do in the season, and President Roslin rather too much, given Mary McDonnell's rather too convincing portrayal of someone terminally ill, so often there's a lack of the dynamism of performances from earlier in the series. Although, of course, that is partly the point- these people, and to an extent the cylons too, are at the end of their tethers, not much energy left for being feisty. As ever the cyclon actors do very well, especially those playing varients of their models- Boomer and Athena are clearly different, as are Caprica 6 and Baltar's red dress 6.
The downsides come in the finale really, although there's plenty of good material in the finale too. Without spoiling it, it does go more for the spiritual angle, rather than the more scientific one, but to be fair the show's epistemological debates have always included the more fantasy than sci-fi element of the human's 'gods' and the cyclon 'god'. It also seems to offer a very anti-technology conclusion, again not out of step with the rest of the series exactly, but for me a little unsatisfying.
Some things have been left deliberately ambiguous, not a problem in itself, although interviews with the producers suggest they just didn't know where to go with some of the elements rather than always intending ambiguity. Personally I would have liked the ending proposed by one of the producers that they find our Earth in the present day but whilst Adama is shaking hands with the US President on the White House lawn, the cylons arrive and wipe everyone out. That doesn't happen- as one forum poster commented, the ending is quite a lot like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in many regards- which I'm glad didn't occur to me when watching it, otherwise it would've been a bit funny, rather than quite moving (so if you know this story, try to put it out of your mind).
Like any much-loved series, it's hard to like the end, however it ends. But at least they had the courage to actually give it a clear, finite and distinctive ending, and didn't just keeping runnning way beyond it's peak quality (X-Files, Babylon 5, insert your own examples here).
A must buy, for fans of good sci fi, and good drama.
the end of a unique television journey June 25, 2009
C. Vaughan
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The final ten episodes of BSG are not without their problems: some OTT moments, some unclear editing obscuring story points. But having just finished watching the series finale, I am left deeply moved by the conclusion, and feeling extremely bereft that the show that redefined the possibilities of what science-fiction could be is finally over. Equally I have to remind myself it's easy to take BSG too seriously: this was always a show that has made things up as it went along, and the writing is not really of the quality found in more earthbound shows (Mad Men, Six Feet Under). And yet, its sweeping mythology and intensely human portrayals of characters living on the brink of destruction have remained absolutely compelling throughout the series' life, lending the show uniquely addictive qualities. And I don't have a problem with the way that certain issues remain open, even at the end of the series. The show has always been about mystery: there could never have been any specific worked out 'answer' to the issues it raised, and preserving the mystery is better than explaining every detail away, and more consistent with the approach of the show as a whole. What we are left with instead is a gloriously beuatiful (if somewhat improbable?) vision of renewal, and a surprisingly deep sense of loss, as characters we have grown to love finally give up the ghost.
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