Product Details

• Actors: Robert Carlyle, Brian J. Smith, David Blue, Alaina Huffman
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, 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: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MGM
• DVD Release Date: February 9, 2010
• Run Time: 43 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002R8JG5I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,348 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Stargate SG-U: 1.0 [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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62 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad show but $80/season? Now that's science fiction ..., December 6, 2009

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DMBX "dm_video" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stargate SG-U: 1.0 [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This show surprised me in a good way at the half-season finale, "Justice". Before that point the show usually had all the excitement of watching a glacier melt. But that episode was pretty ballsy, and gave some hope that the series really is different from other Stargate shows. I enjoyed the previous shows for what they were, but the formula needs shaking up.

But this nonsense the sales idiots came up with -- "Hey let's jedi mind-trick everybody into thinking half seasons are actually full seasons, and charge them full season prices" -- is just sad. ~$40 for a half season is $80 per season guys, and people aren't even paying that for shows that have proved themselves far superior. (Despite the stylistic overtures, so far this show is not even close to BSG when it was at its best. Then again, neither was the BSG finale, but you get the idea.)

Apologies to those who believe you can't review a product without owning it -- but I'm sorry, if you own this set at this price, *you* have been pwned. I did watch every episode when they aired, but don't own the set -- and won't, until somebody at MGM realizes that lowering, not raising, prices in a recession will increase sales. Of course I can't comment on the extras, but there aren't any extras that could possibly make this a good deal.

So here's my suggestion to MGM: go over the minutes of whatever "How can we screw customers?" meeting in which it was decided to try this approach for SGU DVD/Blu-Ray sales. Pull the name of the guy who suggested it. And then send him back to Wendy's or McDonalds where he belongs.

41 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much for too little, December 6, 2009

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Christopher Smith "CD Junkie" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargate SG-U: 1.0 [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I really wish studios would stop this obnoxious habit of releasing "half" seasons at full price. Yeah, I can understand that this release will tide fans over until the series resumes in 2010, but $70 for 10 episodes on the Blu-ray is excessive. And of course there's always the possibility that there will be a full season set released at some point for a double-dip later on. Some credit is due for including high-res audio.

As far as the series is concerned, it has possibilities, but I struggle to find any of the characters likable (except for Eli, who's clearly there to appeal to the nerd herd) and the stories have little action of consequence. The show is suffering an identity crisis as it doesn't know whether to be Battlestar Galactica (big shoes to fill) or a soap opera.

I think I'll sit this one out for the moment and see what happens next!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please do not buy this!, February 2, 2010

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Jeremy Gawthorp - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stargate SG-U: 1.0 [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Why do these studios keep trying to rip us off? This is half of a season, so to get the whole season you have to make two purchases. That is stupid, so please do not support there decision to rob us.