Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0 (Episodes 1-10)
starring: Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 12/20/2005
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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 Shannon
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 12/20/2005
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 Shannon
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- A note on the pricing issues
I loved the show but not the splitting of the season into 2.0 and 2.5 effectively doubling the price of the original series (which also included the feature length pilot).I held off and found 2.0 and 2.5 at Target for $39.99.For once Amazon is not the cheapest option.The value pack released on May 8th and should be available from a number of other retailers.
Rating: - Battlestar 5 Seasons
If you like sci-fi but didn't like Battlestar's original series, then you'll probably like the new 5 season series. If you did like the original, then you'll either not like it or you'll think it's the best thing since American fries.
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- galactica
this never really had much to entertain me in science fiction or space science it just seemed to be dumb. it really seemed more political moviated by some politicies to fit in a unreal world .
Rating: - Excellent content, but what a rip-off!
The series easily deserves 5 stars, and I have nothing to add to what has already been said in the detailed reviews. I do find the pricing of the 2.0/2.5 combo an outrageous rip-off though, which is why I removed a star.
Rating: - Battlestar Galactica season 2.0
I have not ever seen a show so full of action and surprises.Watching it actually makes me sometimes kind of nervous - I forget it is not real. The actors are the best. The relationships between the characters are very realistic and suspense
ful !
- A note on the pricing issuesI loved the show but not the splitting of the season into 2.0 and 2.5 effectively doubling the price of the original series (which also included the feature length pilot).I held off and found 2.0 and 2.5 at Target for $39.99.For once Amazon is not the cheapest option.The value pack released on May 8th and should be available from a number of other retailers.
- Battlestar 5 SeasonsIf you like sci-fi but didn't like Battlestar's original series, then you'll probably like the new 5 season series. If you did like the original, then you'll either not like it or you'll think it's the best thing since American fries.
- galacticathis never really had much to entertain me in science fiction or space science it just seemed to be dumb. it really seemed more political moviated by some politicies to fit in a unreal world .
- Excellent content, but what a rip-off!The series easily deserves 5 stars, and I have nothing to add to what has already been said in the detailed reviews. I do find the pricing of the 2.0/2.5 combo an outrageous rip-off though, which is why I removed a star.
- Battlestar Galactica season 2.0I have not ever seen a show so full of action and surprises.Watching it actually makes me sometimes kind of nervous - I forget it is not real. The actors are the best. The relationships between the characters are very realistic and suspense
ful !
