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Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 [Blu-ray]

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Contributor Edward James Olmos, Tricia Helfer, Michael Rymer, Mary McDonnell, James Callis
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One of the best shows on television looks better than ever as Battlestar Galactica: Season One arrives on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. Relive all 13 thrilling episodes plus the four-hour miniseries that started it all in this four-disc set. When a surprise Cylon attack scatters the remnants of humanity throughout the galaxy, it’s up to steely President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and battle-hardened Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos) to unite the desperate survivors and seek mankind’s only chance for a future, a mythical planet called Earth. Presented in 1080p with Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and showcasing U-Control™ features that allow you to go deeper into the BSG universe, Battlestar Galactica: Season One on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def is gripping drama that explores the human condition at its worst…and its best.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 6639581
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Dolby, Color, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Box set, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 12 hours and 36 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Michael Rymer
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002PXJRR2
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
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A fantastic set which I can't wait to watch. BUT THE PACKAGING IS THEWORST I HAVE EVER SEEN. So much effort and technology, money and time went into this set, but UNIVERSAL ruin everything with rubber blipsholding the discs in place. Discs against cardboard just dont go! SCRATCHSCRATCH SCRATCH!!! You have an 80 percent chance of scratched discs. Imon my third attempt to buy 6 good discs. Grrr. Brilliant show though A PLUS
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aTechSavvyUser
5.0 out of 5 stars The most magnificent space opera of all time.
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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The most magnificent space opera of all time. So say we all! Well written episodes explore many aspects of humanity and our relation to technology and each other. Exquisitely performed. Marvelous effects. A few unparalelled pieces of music accompany the more emotionally visceral scenes of the series. Watch the entire series, including Caprica. It is all amazing.
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M. R. Busby
5.0 out of 5 stars 20 Years Later and Still Holds, So Say We All
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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BSG has all of the elements of today's political, moral, ethical, and military intrigue. The fight against a hidden enemy, A.I seeking vengeance against creators, and all the nuances of living as captives fighting to remain relevant against the existential threat. BSG stands out as one of the best TV experiences, ever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 10/10 Show
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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It's been finally put on Prime Video for us. Only problem is it's missing the first 2 or 3 Episodes.
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Shannon Villegas
5.0 out of 5 stars The Mini Series is the Key
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2009
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Okay, so I seriously tried to watch BSG while it was on SciFi, in the first season, but I could never get into it. I didn't understand it, everyone else that liked all the same shows I did loved it. I was completely lost. The black sheep of the group. So, I just put it off as that I didn't like the show.

During my writer's workshop, my teacher suggested that I watch the show. I'm working on a young adult novel that takes place on a starship and he wasn't sure what feel it had. To be honest, I wasn't quite sure either. So, I was like 'what to heck, I'll just buy the first season on Amazon since it's so cheap.' Really, how many of us are able to watch a series from Blockbuster? I think it ends up costing the same anyways.

The Mini Series was the KEY.

I had started to watch AFTER the Mini Series, when I tried to watch it on TV.

The Mini Series sets us up for the whole show. We are thrown into a not too distant future in which a ship, a Battlestar, is being decommissioned and turned into a musuem. The war with the Cylons (a race of machines that humans created) seems to be over since we humans haven't seen them for decades. All is at peace. The Battlestar in question is the Galactica.

The Cylons had been busy creating humanoid creations of themselves. They look exactly like humans. They end up attacking all of the Twelve Colonies without warning. Civilization as the human race knows it is pretty much wiped out.

The Galactica ends up putting together a fleet of ships that they link up with, among these ships is a ship carrying the surviving member of the presidential cabinet that now takes over as the new president of the twelve colonies, originally just the secretary of education.

This fleet is commanded by Commander William Adama and seconded by Colonel Saul Tigh. These two commanders are old friends and have an interesting relationship. Adama knows how to keep the constantly drunk Tigh under control, he only had joined since it was going to be their last tour. This command team is in charge of a mix-matched group of people. They are not the only ones in command, though, there is also the new president of the Twelve Colonies, President Laura Roslin.

Though there are many bumps between military and civilian authority, the fleet moves on no matter what defending by their Viper and Raptor pilots. We see a lot of these characters. Lee "Apollo" Adama being one of the most prominant and outrightly so in the first season as we see how his relationship with his father evolves along with his rocky relationship with "Starbuck." He sides with President Roslin and puts himself into a deeper hole with his father even though he does not see it as taking a side. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is a hotshot Viper pilot who drinks and smokes too much. She's seen as a daughter by Commander Adama. Other pilots we also see are: Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Karl "Helo" Agathon.

The first season takes us back to Caprica, one of the Twelve Colonies that was fired upon by the Cylons, as "Helo" chooses to stay there after his and "Boomer"'s Raptor has to land there for repairs. They take on refugees and he makes the choice to stay behind so that Doctor Gaius Baltar can go back to the Galatica.

The future that BSG takes place in is not one that has been perfected at all. There is still cancer and there are still different ways to go about treating it. People still drink and smoke and do things they know are wrong. The characters are all flawed, though this is what makes them so realistic and human. They have to strive for the survival of the human race.
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Megalodon
5.0 out of 5 stars Such An Iconic Series
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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If you are a sci fi buff, I highly recommend this series. I have introduced it to countless friends and family who all enjoyed it.
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Woody
5.0 out of 5 stars Batllestar Galactica Well Worth It
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2010
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This is for anyone thinking about starting Battlestar Galactica, particularly those who have never seen any of it.
Tastes are such a personal thing. Having grown up with Star Trek TOS, Lost in Space, and then Star Trek NG, Stargate SG1 and a host of other series and movies, and being a huge fan of Science Fiction and the possibilities it opens both in the realm of science and the human condition, I have developed an eye to recognize and appreciate fantasy as well. Star Trek, Star Wars, SG1, Lost in Space and even Battlestar Galactica are all fantasy. The "science" is, for the most part, while true to their respective universes, pure gibberish.
Setting that though aside, having just completed the entire series (the last season 4.5 I watched in its entirety), let me also say that the reimagined Battlestar has to be my favorite adventure stories of them all. Stood next to the "Barbie Doll" sterility of the Star Trek milieu, BG is a grittily realistic space-bound aircraft carrier: no transporters, no Asgard beam technology, no photon torpedoes, phasers or communicators, no view screens. The "big guns" are conventional nukes. The ship and the Vipers/Rapters launch missiles and blast away with bullets, the pilots and marines armed with semi-automatic pistols and machine guns. Communications are accomplished by really old-looking, clunky phones or wireless radios. Want to see what's outside? Have a peek at the DRADIS "Direction, RAnge, and DIStance" radar. The Galactica itself, about to be decommissioned as a museum, shutters and creaks, is a dark, grimy, cavernous hulk (concessions must be made to accommodate cameras, sound and lighting), with a worn, lived in look and feel that ages, not too gracefully, as the series progresses. You can almost smell the fuel, grease and sweat. It is populated with characters you come to love or hate, some you'll hate to see depart, as they do on a seemingly regular basis, some you'll wish every episode to get their comeuppance and some you'll grieve to see going down the wrong path, and even a few that just make you say "Huh?" You are regularly shifted between the conflict with the Cylons, the interpersonal dynamics of some 49 thousand survivors living in close proximity and the various regular characters as they struggle with their inner demons and identities in the new world order.
This isn't a show for young children. The effects are stunning, the space battles operatic. The violence is at times shocking and graphic, but never, I thought, gratuitive, with one possible exception. Sex is likewise in the open, though used to advance the story arcs of individual characters.
The series was fairly short-lived, as series go, just 6 seasons (if you count 2.5 and 4.5 as separate seasons. I never saw it when it was on, and I don't get the whole ".5" season concept except as a ploy to get you to buy more CD sets), plus a couple "movies" that fill in some gaps in the narrative line. The Series is well acted, well produced and well thought out, with all the action moving inexorably toward the conclusion which I found satisfying, poignant, sad and at times hokey. Part of me just didn't want the adventure to end.
A final word: check the episode list before you start to watch. Some of the disks have duplicate extended episodes that never aired on TV.
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Jean Levant
5.0 out of 5 stars La meilleure série de SF
Reviewed in France on September 30, 2023
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Battlestar Galactica, la version qui s’est achevée en 2009, est considérée par beaucoup, dont moi-même, comme la meilleure série de SF de tous les temps. Même comparée, ou plutôt surtout comparée aux films de SF de son époque, elle est largement au-dessus en termes d’audaces et même d’innovations scénaristiques. Dans ses meilleures parties – par exemple la mini-série de 2003, les premiers épisodes des séries 1 et 3 – l’écriture est d’une précision, d’une intelligence et d’une efficacité exceptionnelles. Les acteurs, quels que soient leurs talents respectifs assez variables, semblent littéralement portés par l’histoire : on sent de leur part une adhésion rarement observée à ce niveau. Et une fois n’est pas coutume dans l’industrie contemporaine de l'Entertainment, le talent et l'audace ont été reconnu.
Si je donne quatre étoiles et demie et non cinq malgré toutes ces louanges, c'est qu'il est littéralement impossible de rester à ce niveau sur une cinquantaine d'épisodes. On ne fait pas Blade Runner en vingt épisodes d'une et demie chacun sans diluer considérablement l'intérêt du propos. Il y a donc des creux, quelques gros trous d'air même ici et là. Certains épisodes ne sont guère plus que des digressions par rapport au fil rouge de l’histoire, des bouche-trous ou des justifications pour faire disparaître des acteurs de la série, peut-être pour des raisons contractuelles. Certains acteurs n’ont pas non plus le talent de James Callis, littéralement possédé par son rôle de Gaïus Baltar (le personnage le plus admirablement écrit de la série).
Le défaut le plus récurrent de la série mais aussi le plus pardonnable est sa désinvolture concernant les lois de l'astro-navigation. Sans être moi-même un expert, je peux affirmer sans crainte d'être détrompé que la science et la technologie ne sont pas les points forts de Ronald Moore, le créateur, producteur et principal scénariste de la série. Il est de ceux qui estiment que dans science-fiction, le seul mot vraiment important est le second.Dans le registre comique, on doit signaler l’invraisemblance absolue de ces douze modèles humanoïdes Cylons si parfaitement humains qu’on ne peut les percer à jour qu’au prix de très savants examens biologiques et qui ont pourtant des propriétés cybernétiques comparable à celle de mon PC : où sont donc les fils, les prises et les puces ? Et on peut s’amuser de l’effort d’imagination ou d’aveuglement que cela demande pour croire, même un instant, que ce sont en fait des machines, voire des grille-pains, même alors qu’on a passé des années ensemble, copains comme cochons. Il n’y a pas besoin d’être un génie comme Baltar pour s’apercevoir de l’erreur flagrante de classification. Je vois bien dans cette incapacité totale et universelle à reconnaître l’humanité dans ces humanoïdes l’analogie que les scénaristes ont dans le crâne mais elle est rendue caricaturale et franchement risible par son aspect systématique et sans nuance. Du point de vue de la physique, il est aussi très drôle de voir les gens marcher, manger et se doucher dans l’espace profond comme s’ils bénéficiaient toujours de la pesanteur de Caprica. On peut aussi trouver hautement burlesque les incessants bombardements et accrochages auxquels sont soumis les divers vaisseaux de la flotte coloniale, dommages qui sont généralement réparés en trois coups de clé à molette et deux points de soudure. Les vipers, sorte de chasseurs spatiaux, font des figures comme s’ils étaient dans un meeting aérien au-dessus de chez moi, battent des ailes, virevoltent, effectuent des virages à 180°, freinent en coupant leur moteurs ! et même parviennent à faire du sur-place ! Ils bousculent allègrement vaisseaux et météores qui gênent le passage d’un coup de museau tandis que les pilotes éjectés dans leur petite combinaison ignorent visiblement que la température extérieure est d’environ – 274°C ou stoppent net une fuite d’oxygène en mettant un doigt dans le trou. Je pourrais multiplier les exemples. Bon, on peut mettre ces invraisemblances sur le compte des conventions jugées nécessaires pour l’économie générale de la série au même titre que le fameux moteur FTL (Faster Than Light), ingrédient presque inévitable de tout voyage spatial excédant le cadre d’un seul système solaire. La force de Battlestar est évidemment à chercher dans son traitement des questions sociales, psychologiques, historiques, politiques et religieuses. Certains épisodes sont impressionnants d’efficacité à cet égard. Si la société fasciste du Pegasus est dans l’ensemble assez grossièrement rendue, mais non sans talent et efficacité, la description des dérives du gouvernement démocratiquement élu vers l’autoritarisme est saisissante de vérité. Quand on voit à quelles extrémités en arrive Laura Roslin, la (bonne) Présidente, pour se maintenir au pouvoir et garder le (bon) cap, on est saisi par la similitude avec le comportement de nos (bons) gouvernements actuels essayant de contourner de toutes les façons possibles la volonté de ces peuples qui votent de plus en plus mal. Tout ce qui concerne les descriptions de New Caprica soumise à l’envahisseur est également de la meilleure eau. Le cas le plus emblématique est encore celui de Baltar. Bien sûr, c’est un lâche qui va être jugé pour haute trahison et nul doute que dans la réalité, cela se serait passé ainsi. Mais à sa place, vous auriez fait quoi ? C’est toute la question de son procès. Soit il se rend au nom de son peuple (il est alors le Président) soit il refuse toute coopération et les Cylons n’ont plus guère qu’une option : on sait déjà qu’ils ne sont pas effrayés par l’idée d’un génocide. Est-ce qu’il a tort de collaborer en restant à son poste ? Peut-être. Pas sûr. De toute façon, les Cylons l’auraient éliminé en cas de refus et l’auraient remplacé par un autre encore bien plus docile. Comme le prouve Gaëta, son adjoint, par la pratique, la meilleure forme de résistance vient parfois de l’intérieur.
Il y a néanmoins un sérieux problème pour concilier une prêcheuse d’amour telle que Caprica Six (et d'une manière générale toutes les Six) avec l'apocalypse nucléaire qui précède, au tout début de la série, d’autant qu’elle en est la principale instigatrice. Pour ce qui est de l’articulation entre les deux états d’esprit, c’est incompréhensible moralement et psychologiquement, à moins de voir là une sorte de Paul au féminin qui après avoir été un adversaire acharné du Christ ou du moins de ses disciples, se mue soudainement sur le chemin de Damas en son plus infatigable apôtre. Honnêtement, après un tel massacre des innocents, cela me fait penser, en terme de crédibilité, aux virages à 180° exécutés à toute vitesse par les vipers du Battlestar.
L'épisode final n'est certainement pas un des sommets artistiques de la série. Il a de gros défauts qui sautent aux yeux. Mais il n'est pas aussi décevant que bien des dénouements de séries à mystères et il me semble même qu'on peut trouver une certaine satisfaction lorsque les héros débouchent soudain dans ce ciel bleu aux jolis nuages blancs pommelés (presque le seul de toute la série) et contemplent cette planète-joyau, littéralement édénique.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ciencia Ficción a lo grande.
Reviewed in Mexico on April 23, 2017
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Una de las mejores series de Ciencia Ficción, reinvención del clásico de los 70s. Esta primera temporada es de las mejores, viene con la miniserie de dos partes. Recomendable.
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CARLOS MANUEL FERNANDES
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnifico
Reviewed in Spain on September 1, 2017
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Me encanta (casi) todo en Battlestar Galactica y aún más en esta série.
El blu-ray tiene buena imagen y sonido.
Quedé contento.
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Sebastien B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't order from Amazon if you have a store selling it near your location...
Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2010
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If you're reading this, I'm sure you know how awesome the show is... Needless to say, the quality of the Blu-Ray version is top-notch, with great sound and image and interesting bonuses.
The problem I found is ordering cardboard-like material (here - the Blu-Ray package of BG's season 1 in Blu-Ray) from Amazon. If I ordered a "physical" Blu-Ray instead of renting or buying from iTunes, it's because I'm a fan of the series and want the Blu-Rays as a collector. So, like with previous purchases of previous cardboard-like DVDs, I am regularly disapointed by the shape of the products I receive - damaged boxes, torn corners, etc. Sure, it doesn't change the quality of the show nor does it prevent me from watching it. But it makes me regret that, for only a couple of $ of difference in the price, I chose not to buy a clean, not damaged, one from a "physical" store near where I live, and have to live with the not-so-great-looking $80 Blu-Ray.
Can't say how much I like the show. But I'll just stop ordering that kind of material from Amazon - I got disapointed for the last time. Oh - I also ordered "The Plan" which is a "regular" Blu-ray (not cardboard for the core packaging) and it arrived intact. I think you got my point...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gelungener Neuauftakt
Reviewed in Germany on January 10, 2008
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Mitte und Ende der siebziger Jahre gab es noch eine weitere Sci Fi Saga, die allerdings nicht ganz so viel Furore machte, wie Star Wars von George Lucas. Damals war Lorne Greene, der als *Pa* Ben Cartwright aus der Westernserie Bonanza bekannt wurde, den weisen Commander Adama des *Kampfstern Galactica*, so der deutsche Titel der drei Filme, die es von 1978 bis 1980 gab.
Die Helden dieser Filme waren leidlich bekannte amerikanische Seriendarsteller aus dieser Zeit, wie Dirk Benedict und ähnlich, in Europa nicht sehr bekannte Namen, von denen man vielleicht gerade mal die Gesichter aus irgendwelchen amerikanischen Fernsehserien kannte. Nun hatte Regisseur Michael Rymer 2003 nicht denselben Ehrgeiz wie sein Kollege Richard A. Colla 1978 und wollte seine Galactica in mehreren großen Filmen als Konkurrenz zu Star Wars fliegen lassen, sondern ihm schwebte wohl eher ein Ersatz für die Flotte von StarTrek vor, deren diverse Serienableger nur noch als endlose Wiederholungen durch die diversen Sender geisterte, weil der Erfinder von StarTrek, Gene Roddenberry 1991 verstorben war und seine Erben und Nachfolger keine zündenden Ideen mehr hatten hatten und sich die Abenteuer nur noch via Holodeck oder Zeitreise stattfanden.
So konnte Michael Rymer auch ganz anders ansetzen als Roddenberry und dessen Erben. Wie bei Colla 1978 verlegte er seine Menschheit auf einen ganz anderen Planeten. Eigentlich verteilt er sie gleich auf 12 Planeten, dessen zentraler und wichtigster der Planet Caprica war. Anders, als bei Roddenberry ist die Menschheit da schon jetzt sehr viel weiter, fliegt schon jetzt durch den Weltraum und ist ganz groß in Kybernetik.
Dieses spezielle Wissen wurde ihnen dann auch zum Verhängnis, denn sie bauten intelligente Roboter, die eigentlich nur die schweren Arbeiten verrichten sollten, sich aber dann zu einer eigenen, biomechanischen und intelligenten Lebensform, den Zylonen weiterentwickelten, die sehr menschliche Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten besitzen und im Gegensatz zu den Zylonen in den Filmen Ende der Siebziger dann sogar wie Menschen aussehen können. Nicht wie irgendwelche Menschen, sondern genau wie solche, wie sie an Bord der Galactica wichtige Dienste zu verrichten haben. So weiß man nie, wer nun gerade der Gute und wer der Böse ist und der Feind ist relativ klar definiert.
Nur relativ, weil auch mal die einen mit den anderen symphatisieren, man nie genau durchblickt und so die Spannung erhalten wird. Im Gegensatz zu Star Trek von Roddenberry ein ziemlich einfach gestricktes Muster, aber Star Trek hat bis zum Schluss ja gerade deshalb nur noch gelangweilt, weil die Feinde der Menschen sich eigentlich nur noch durch verschiedene Hautlappen und Wülste im Gesicht oder sechs Finger an der Hand oder gleich durch Flossen von den Menschen unterschieden haben und zum Schluss ihre Abenteuer auf dem Holodeck oder gleich in der Vergangenheit der Erde erelebten.
Die übermenschlichen Borg, die Roddenberry “erfand“ erinnern nicht ganz umsonst an die Zylonen von Ronald D. Moore, denn gut geklaut ist auch in den USA schon halb gewonnen.
So ist die Handlung für einen Science Fiction Film dann auch erstaunlich logisch und nachvollziehbar. Die Menschheit ist ganz einfach auf der Flucht und der Suche nach der verschollenen 13. Kolonie, der Menschheit auf dem Planeten Erde.
Dafür geht es im Unterschied zu Enterprise & Co, wo Roddenberry halbe und absolut brave Übermenschen, wie die Capitains Kirk, Picard, einen fahlen Commander Riker, der nachher einen Bart brauchte, um ein markantes Gesicht zu simulieren und vor allem einen völlig nervigen Musterknaben Wesley Crusher antreten ließ, an Bord der Galactica erfrischend irdisch zu.
Der erste Offizier, Colonel Tigh, säuft wie ein Loch, ist permanent eifersüchtig auf seine Frau und prügelt sich gelegentlich mal mit seinen Piloten.
Die Hauptakteure der Galactica von 1978 waren die Piloten Apollo und Starbuck, damals gespielt von den Fernsehschönlingen Richard Hatch und Dirk Benedict kamen 1978 leicht homophil rüberkamen, wurden 2003, dann auch politisch korrekt durch ein Paar von Mann und Frau, die Chefpilotin Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck", Katee Sackhoff und, Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama, Jamie Bamber ersetzt. Auch der böse Graf Baltar von 1978 wurde mit deinem leicht paranoiden, aber logischerem Dr. Baltar, James Callis, ausgetauscht.
Den Chef der Galactica, der 1978 von *Pa* Ben Cartwright aus der Ponderosa in *Bonanza* gespielt wurde, und 1987 verstarb, gibt nun 2003 der Lt. Castillo, Edward James Olmos aus Miami Vice recht überzeugend.
Ich hab die Serie auf Premiere gesehen, mir vor drei Jahren den Pilotfilm geholt und nun bald die dritte und letzte Staffel der Serie auf DVD.
Bedauerlicherweise ist der Sound, wie bei den *Sopranos* und *AkteX* nur in Dolby Surround, aber der Rest ist jeden ausgegebenen Pfennig/Cent wert. 10/10 in meiner persönlichen Wertung und ein Kaufbefehl an meine Leser.
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