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“Battlestar Galactica dvd” is one of the best television series ever. You can’t go wrong with this blu-ray set, which presents the show in excellent high-definition video and sound, and is loaded with all the special features from the original DVD sets. This is an upgrade in every possible way, and I can’t recommend it enough.
Starring mostly no one you’ve ever seen before (save for Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell), the cast is pretty much superb. Olmos gives a smoldering intensity to Adama, while McDonnell brings a graceful intelligence to her Laura Roslin. The two of them have incredible chemistry together, and their scenes often crackle with great energy. The big surprise of the cast, however, is former model Tricia Helfer as “Number Six”, a gorgeous human model cylon who appears both as a number of in-the-flesh copies, and as an apparition only in Baltar’s mind who guides and tests him. Helfer displays incredible range, and displays intelligence far beyond what her leggy blonde looks might imply. Tom Zarek, a sleazy politician/terrorist, is played by Richard Hatch, who played Apollo in the original 1978 series. Although publicly opposed to the reimagined series at first, Hatch not only came aboard and changed his mind, but integrated himself deeply in the show’s mythology and created a character fans loved to hate.
The presentation on the blu-ray disc is quite excellent, an upgrade on the standard DVD editions in every way possible. The new edition of the “Complete Series” set features the standard retail boxes inside of an outer slip-case instead of the more elaborate set that came out last year. Unlike the original DVD sets, none of the seasons are split up into halves. Seasons Two and Four, previously split into 2.0, 2.5 and 4.0 and 4.5 sets are now in Season Two and Season Four boxes.
Visually, the series looks fantastic. While grain can be an issue, it’s entirely on purpose. The show is shot on high definition digital video, and tweaked afterward to often look gritty and dirty, which includes grain and flicker, which can vary greatly between light and heavy depending on artistic intent. Otherwise, detail is fantastic. Textures come alive, especially skin and costumes. Onscreen text is much clearer and easier to read, and stray hairs become all the more obvious. Where the visual presentation really excels, like many other blu-rays, is in the colors. Whether its the blown-out oranges of nuked Caprica, the intense green grass of Kobol, or the inky black of space, the color on the blu-ray is incredible. This show will never look better, and it looks pretty frakkin’ amazing.
On the sound side, the HD sound mixes blow the DVD sets out of the water, as well. The percussion-heavy (and, again, utterly amazing) musical score comes through loud and clear, but never drowns out the dialogue. Booming explosions, gunfire, shouting, ambient sound effects are all amazingly reproduced, and come at you from all angles if you’ve got a surround system.
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