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Unfortunately the annoying studio practice of splitting
complete seasons into separate box sets continues with Battlestar
Galactica 4.0 . . .
This set only has ten of the 22 episodes that
make up the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed cult TV
series. The upcoming Battlestar Galactica 4.5 box set will contain the outstanding 12 episodes.
It also contains the full-length Battlestar Galactica
- Razor movie which has been released separately before (expect
standalone copies of Razor to swamp eBay soon).
The usual caveats apply: don’t bother with the fourth
season if you haven’t been following the series from the very start. Rather
buy the first season box and check out the mini-series that started it all.
Battlestar Galactica isn’t the sort of standalone episode show like,
let’s say, StarGate: Atlantis,
where you can simply drop in somewhere in the middle of a season and can
still catch the general gist of things. At times the plotting can
be dense (as in complicated) and one almost feels as if you need
a flow chart to keep up with the myriad of characters, particularly the various Cylons who interestingly doesn’t
represent a single “hive mind” mentality as is the science fiction cliché when it comes to
robot races.
This aside, this new Battlestar Galactica has been
of the same consistently high quality since its inception back in 2003.
Sometimes sci-fi fans don’t always appreciate just what a good show they
have with it and by now it has had a longer run than the original late-1970s
Glen Larson TV series that inspired it. It is also far, far better – this is
genuine military SF (but with heart) brought to glorious life thanks to
fantastic writing, good acting and top notch special effects. All of which
makes it a pity that the studio is going the cynical split DVD box-set
route. This is a show that deserves better, dang it!
Episodes:
- He That Believeth In Me
- Six Of One
- The Ties That Bind
- Escape Velocity
- The Road Less Traveled
- Faith
- Guess What's Coming to Dinner
- Sine Qua Non
- The Hub
- Revelations
Disc 1:
- Deleted Scenes
- The Look of Battlestar Galactica
- My Favorite Episode So Far
- Season 4 Sneak Peek
- Season 4 Trailer
- Razor Flashback Minisodes
Day 4,571
The Hangar
Operation Raptor Talon
Free Fall
The Lab
Survivors
Escape
- Commentary to the Razor Unrated Extended Edition with Executive Producer
Ronald D. Moore and Writer Michael Taylor
Disc 2:
- Deleted Scenes
- Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc 3:
- Deleted Scenes
- David Eick's Video Blogs
- "Faith" Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald. D. Moore and
Supervising Producers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle
- "Guess What's Coming to Dinner Commentary" with Executive Producer
Ronald D. Moore and Writer Michael Angeli
- Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc 4:
- Deleted Scenes
- The Journey
- Cylons: The Twelve
- Season 4.5: The Untold Story - Untold
- The Music of Battlestar Galactica
- "Sine Qua Non" Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore and
Writer Michael Taylor
- Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries
