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Battlestar Galactica: The Young Lords [VHS]

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This is easily one of the best episodes of the series. Starbuck and Boomer are ambushed while on patrol and Starbuck is forced to make a crash landing on a planet occupied by the Cylons. It turns out that a human family still lives there and is fighting a guerilla war against the Cyclons. He aids them in achieving a victory, but that is not the high point of the story.

What has always fascinated me about this episode is the interaction between the human traitor Baltar and the two Cylon leaders, Lucifer and Spectre. The Cylons in this episode are portrayed as possessing traits clearly unbecoming machines. Spectre, the Cylon commander on the planet, submits false progress reports and Lucifer, the second-in-command to Baltar, is clearly jealous of that supposed success. One thing that the series lacked was a sense of the development of the Cylon characters, so that we can learn more about their origins and society. This episode at least begins that process. There is also enough shoot-em-up action to satisfy those with an interest in that direction.

I still enjoy this episode, having watched it many times. For years, it was the only one that I owned.

More than any other, this is the "family episode" of Battlestar Galactica. So many children on screen at one time can be grating, and the plot is fairly cliche, yet there are many enjoyable parts.

Seeing the legion of Cylon Centurions inside the medieval castle is fascinating. Spectre is a very good, conniving villain, and Lucifer's reactions to his blatant lies to Baltar are hilarious. This kind of story runs the risk of being a little too "cute", but it is very enjoyable for any classic sci-fi fan.

This isn't one of the few classics of BG episodes, but if they never got any worse than this, I'm sure the series would have survived. The interaction between Baltar and the head cylon -- I forget his name right now -- were funny and the story, though nothing fantastic, was entertaining enough. A good grade B episode.

i would like to know where i can buy the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 2:The Young Lords only in DVD ?

....but in PAL versione for Europe,

i think that is the best science fiction tv for me...