Product Details

• Actors: Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, Box set
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: January 5, 2010
• Run Time: 755 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002PXJRR2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,027 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BluRay Review, not TV show contents, February 14, 2011

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Jonathan E Johns (Santa Rosa, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Battlestar Galactica (2004): Season One [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I agree with many before me who feel the BSG series on discs is very confusing, and very incomplete. Poorly packaged, and poorly sold. It could be a studio, it could be the production company, it could be the DVD creator, I am not sure how this particular production was managed.

This BluRay set seems to be the best route to go, though, as opposed to some of the boxed sets of multiple seasons.

I really wish when I purchase as season of television, especially one that is produced after the series has ended, that it would be complete with all the extras. I worry that the reason may be that the contracts that were written for rights on web content were poorly written, and that we may never see that content on DVD.

It makes me want to author my own collection, and included all the wonderful things myself on a separate disc, including webisodes, soundtracks, etc.

It is a great TV series, and it looks great on my big HDTV, glad I got the BluRay, rather than simple DVDs

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Better Presentation for the Best Sci-Fi Series Ever, October 13, 2009

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Jay Waters - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battlestar Galactica (2004): Season One [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Battlestar Galactica is science fiction at its best, it explores human nature from the best to the worst it has to offer, the acting is top notch, the music is beyond words and the story keeps you at the edge of your seat. This is memorable and dense science fiction for grownups, and if you haven't given a chance to this great series, please try it... you absolutely won't regret it.

Unfortunately, the previous releases in High Definition have been a disappointment. I'm not complaining about the image quality of this series, which is documentary style with some grain (the artistic license of the creators), but about the horrible presentation. The Complete Series Package comes with a horrible and bulky box that contains even cheaper boxes to hold the discs. There is no episode guide (so it's up to you to guess where in the 25 discs is the episode you want), the discs are not as protected as they should be and the whole package is too expensive (200+ dollars in one go).

I've been waiting for the individual seasons to be released (on Blu-Ray) in proper sets, and I know I'm not the only one.

The content of this series is a true work of art that looks and sounds amazing in High Def and hopefully, Universal will release all seasons (COMPLETE seasons please, no "season 4.0 - season 4.5" rip offs!!) on Blu-Ray with episode guide for the discs and all the special features released earlier on DVD (and the cherished webisodes if possible).

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent TV series in HD, January 26, 2010

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Edmonson (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battlestar Galactica (2004): Season One [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

"Battlestar Galactica" (2004) Season One was created by Glen Larson and developed by David Eick and Ronald Moore. The 3-hour mini series episode (2003) is included here that begins with a civilization of humans who live on planets in a distant part of the galaxy. These Colonies had been at war with a cybernetic race known as Cylons which were originally created by humans. The series starts off with a surprise ambush by the Cylons after an armistice of many years. The planets and their people are devastated and the survivors have either sought refuge aboard spaceships, one of which is the Battlestar Galactica, or are operating in guerilla units on the planets. This military science fiction series is lead by William Adama (Edward James Olmos) who is the commander of the Battlestar Galactica. This series is reminiscent of James Cameron's "Aliens" (1986) with its dark brooding atmosphere and military emphasis. The series also has a religious flavour with the humans mostly practicing a form of polytheism and the Cylons monotheism, though the lead character, Adama, the admiral of the Battlestar Galactica, as well as some others, are agnostic or atheists. The human gods have names like Hera, Athena, Apollo, and Zeus, which were the same names used by the Greeks from the classical and Hellenistic periods. In another parallel to Western polytheism the names of the human colonies (12) and their planets are similar to the names of the constellations in the Greco-Roman zodiac.

This 4 disc blu-ray set is in 1080p with a widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio, and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 with French or Spanish subtitles. The special features are in 1080i/p HD and 480i/p SD and English Dolby Digital 2.0. This set also includes feature commentaries and behind the scene featurettes and deleted scenes, seen on the DVD set. This set also has U-Control features. This is a elegant, and well packaged box set. The only caveat is that the 3-hour mini series doesn't look noticeably different than it did on DVD since it was filmed in a lower resolution than the first season episodes. For those with HD watching the season episodes will be like seeing the series for the first time again.