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| Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure |
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| Contributor | Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber |
| Language | English |
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With the 12 colonies of man virtually destroyed in the climax of a hundred-year war with the Cylon Empire, President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) gather up the few humans left and embark on a journey to find the mythical planet Earth, not realizing that the Cylon robot is no longer a recognizable enemy. Battlestar Galactica is a complete re-imagining of the 1970s series—upping the ante on the action, adventure, and drama that made the original so popular. Now, experience all 13 thrilling episodes of Season 1 and the four hour TV miniseries that started it all in this 5-disc DVD set loaded with explosive bonus features and presented in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. Disc 1 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season One:
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Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos wasn't kidding when he said "the series is even better than the miniseries." As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the "reimagined" BG is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting. The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica's militarily principled commander Adama (Olmos) and politically astute President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot "Apollo" (a.k.a. Adama's son Lee, played by Jamie Bamber) and the brashly insubordinate Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), whose multifaceted character is just one of many first-season highlights. Picking up where the miniseries ended (it's included here, sparing the need for separate purchase), season 1 opens with the riveting, Hugo Award-winning episode "33," in which Galactica and the "ragtag fleet" of colonial survivors begin their quest for the legendary 13th colony planet Earth, while being pursued with clockwork regularity by the Cylons, who've now occupied the colonial planet of Caprica. The fleet's hard-fought survival forms (1) the primary side of the series' three-part structure, shared with (2) the apparent psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) whose every thought and move are monitored by various incarnations of Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seemingly omniscient Cylon ultravixen who follows a master plan somehow connected to (3) the Caprican survival ordeal of crash-landed pilots "Helo" (Tahmoh Penikett) and "Boomer" (Grace Park), whose simultaneous presence on Galactica is further evidence that 12 multicopied models of Cylons, in human form, are gathering their forces.
With remarkably consistent quality, each of these 13 episodes deepens the dynamics of these fascinating characters and suspenseful situations. While BG relies on finely nuanced performances, solid direction, and satisfying personal and political drama to build its strong emotional foundation, the action/adventure elements are equally impressive, especially in "The Hand of God," a pivotal episode in which the show's dazzling visual effects get a particularly impressive showcase. Original BG series star Richard Hatch appears in two politically charged episodes (he's a better actor now, too), and with the threat of civil war among the fleet, season 1 ends with an exceptional cliffhanger that's totally unexpected while connecting the plot threads of all preceding episodes. To the credit of everyone involved, this is frackin' good television.
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The fifth disc in Battlestar Galactica's season 1 set is highlighted by eight comprehensive featurettes covering all aspects of the series, from its miniseries origins to standard surveys of production design, visual effects, and particulars of plot and character. For hardcore fans and anyone interested in TV production, nine out of 13 episodes, plus the disc 1 miniseries, are accompanied by intelligent and informative commentary originally provided as BG website podcasts, mostly by series developer and writer Ronald D. Moore, who provides tantalizing clues about developments in season 2. The "Series Lowdown" is a cast-and-crew promotional program originally broadcast to attract SciFi Channel viewers who were initially reluctant to embrace a "reimagined" Battlestar Galactica. The strategy worked: First-season ratings left no doubt that the new BG was as good as--and in many ways better than--the original. --Jeff Shannon
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- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.47 x 7.68 x 1.54 inches; 13.19 ounces
- Item model number : MFR025192792823#VG
- Media Format : Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, Box set, NTSC, Multiple Formats
- Run time : 12 hours and 37 minutes
- Release date : March 13, 2011
- Actors : Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber
- Subtitles: : Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000AJJNFE
- Number of discs : 5
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As a kid, I enjoyed the original Battlestar Galactica, but it simply bores me as an adult.
Consequently, when the SciFi Channel announced that Ronald Moore (of Star Trek Deep Space Nine fame) was going to re-imagine Battlestar Galactica, I was mildly interested because I thought Moore did a fantastic job during his stint in the Star Trek universe (he made Trek interesting again). But, I couldn't shake the "cheese" factor that popped into my brain every time I thought of Battlestar Galactica.
Also at issue is the fact that only the SciFi channel cancels new TV series faster than Fox TV. I'm always cautious about getting into a new series on the SciFi channel because I don't want to be disappointed when they will likely axe it.
So, Ron Moore wrote and produced the update mini-series of Battlestar Galactica. I taped it but never got around to watching it for the reasons I've mentioned.
Here is a brief synopsis of the mini-series (spoiler warnings):
The peoples of the 12 colonies of Kobol created a race of robots to serve humanity; they were called the Cylons. In a Harlan Ellison-esque twist, the Cylons turned on their creators and tried destroy them. Following a long and bloody struggle, the humans and the Cylons signed a peace accord and the Cyclons departed the colonies for a world of their own.
Fourty years passed, during which the Cylons were seen never or heard from again.
As the mini-series opens, the Battlestar Galactica is to be decommissioned and turned into a museum/learning center. Amidst preparation for her decommissioning, the crew of Galactica is honoring their beloved Commander Adama in advance of his retirement.
Unknown to all, the Cylons have evolved to include a model that is almost entirely indistinguishable from human. One such model has inflitrated the capital of Kobol, the planet Caprica, and used her relationship with a brilliant human military scientist named Baltar to spread a computer virus that will expose the 12 colonies and the Colonial fleet to a sneek attack. The surprise attack that follows is reminiscent of Pearl Habor. The 12 colonies are wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, and the Colonial fleet is all but destroyed.
Galactica, thanks to her non-networked computers, survives the attack, and Commander Adama prepares his ship and crew for a counter-attack against the Cylons. The new President of the colonies gather space-stranded refugees and rendezvous with the Galactica. The President convinces Adama that humanity's only hope of survival is to flee the 12 colonies. Adama agrees that the war is lost and he orders the ragtag fleet to travel beyond chartered space. To give what could be the last survivors of the human race hope, Adama sets course to find the 13th colony of man that is known only in legends, which teach that a group of humans left the 12 colonies of Kobol and settled on a world called Earth. The sacred text teaches that "Life here began out there." Neither the President nor Adama believes the legends are true.
The peoples of the 12 colonies of Kobol created a race of robots to serve humanity; they were called the Cylons. In a Harlan Ellison-esque twist, the Cylons turned on their creators and tried destroy them. Following a long and bloody struggle, the humans and the Cylons signed a peace accord and the Cyclons departed the colonies for a world of their own. 40 years passed, during which the Cylons were seen never again.
As the mini-series opens, the Battlestar Galactica is to be decommissioned and turned into a museum/learning center. Amidst preparation for her decommissioning, the crew of Galactica is honoring their beloved Commander Adama in advance of his retirement. Unknown to all, the Cylons have evolved to include a model that is almost entirely indistinguishable from human. One such model has inflitrated the capital of Kobol, the planet Caprica, and used her relationship with a brilliant human military scientist named Baltar to spread a computer virus that will expose the 12 colonies and the Colonial fleet to a sneek attack. The surprise attack that follows is reminiscent of Pearl Habor. The 12 colonies are wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, and the Colonial fleet is all but destroyed.
Galactica, thanks to her non-networked computers, survives the attack, and Commander Adama prepares his ship and crew for a counter-attack against the Cylons.
The new President of the colonies gathers together space-stranded refugees and rendezvous with the Galactica. The President convinces Adama that humanity's only hope of survival is to flee the 12 colonies. Adama agrees that the war is lost and he orders the ragtag fleet to travel beyond charted space. To give what could be the last survivors of the human race hope, Adama sets course to find the 13th colony of man that is known only in legends, which teach that a group of humans left the 12 colonies of Kobol and settled on a world called Earth.
The sacred text of Kobol teach that "life here began out there". Neither the President nor Adama believe the text or the legends, but both agree to the play this dangerous card so that the survivors will do more than simply exist.
The mini-series was a ratings hit, and USA TV and SciFi announced their commitment to produce a 13-episode season of Battlestar Galactica.
As the season progressed, I began to read reviews of Battlestar Galactica that will positively glowing.
I got interested enough to add the DVD of the mini-series to my Amazon Wish List.
After a second season of the show was announced, I decide it was time for me to take a look at the updated mini-series.
There are a few shows and movies that, after the initial viewing, I want to geek out and watch them again and again. Movies like Shaun of the Dead and Napoleon Dynamite are perfect examples. Battlestar Galactica became the next DVD that I simply wanted to watch over and over.
This is not your daddy's Battlestar Galactica. This is a Battlestar Galactica that is dark and militaristic. The Kobol culture was at once alien and yet familiar. Even the Cylons were like humans and not like humans.
Authentic is the word that best describes this Battlestar Galactica. When the pilot of a heavy cruiser hands the Secretary of Education a printed announcement that Caprica has been nuked, his hand is shaking. The Viper pilots are true to fighter pilots everywhere: they are cocky and sometimes insufferable.
The visuals, especially the space shots, make you feel like the events really happened and that someone with a video camera just happened to be there to film them.
The score was outstanding. The drumbeats threading throughout the score produced tension and evoked images of primal cultures calling for war parties, which is particularly apt for this mini-series since humans from the 12 colonies supposedly give birth to the ancient civilizations of Earth, the so called 13th colony of Kobol.
I found myself wanting some extended scenes of life on the colonies, but then again, it might have detracted from the mini-series' pace.
In re: this DVD set, the video transfer is good, is free from dust and is relatively free from grain. The audio features Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks and is good quality.
There are a decent amount of extras, but I was dissappointed that several of the deleted scenes did not contain finished effects and score, which isn't suprising as sci-fi TV is expense to produce in the first place.
I highly recommend this mini-series. Be aware that on September 20, 2005, Amazon and other retailers will be selling the complete first season of Battlestar Galactica. The release is supposed to include the 3-hour mini-series.
As of 8/26/05, Best Buy has an exclusive region 1 encoded version of the complete first season Battlestar Galactica that aired in the U.K. Stay away from this set; it does not have the mini-series, it does not have as many extras as the 9/20/05 set will have, and it costs more than the 9/20/05 release will.
If you haven't seen the mini-series and aren't sure you will like it, then I recommend you buy this DVD, perhaps used, even if you end up buying the complete first season. It is excellent.
During my writer's workshop, my teacher suggested that I watch the show. I'm working on a young adult novel that takes place on a starship and he wasn't sure what feel it had. To be honest, I wasn't quite sure either. So, I was like 'what to heck, I'll just buy the first season on Amazon since it's so cheap.' Really, how many of us are able to watch a series from Blockbuster? I think it ends up costing the same anyways.
The Mini Series was the KEY.
I had started to watch AFTER the Mini Series, when I tried to watch it on TV.
The Mini Series sets us up for the whole show. We are thrown into a not too distant future in which a ship, a Battlestar, is being decommissioned and turned into a musuem. The war with the Cylons (a race of machines that humans created) seems to be over since we humans haven't seen them for decades. All is at peace. The Battlestar in question is the Galactica.
The Cylons had been busy creating humanoid creations of themselves. They look exactly like humans. They end up attacking all of the Twelve Colonies without warning. Civilization as the human race knows it is pretty much wiped out.
The Galactica ends up putting together a fleet of ships that they link up with, among these ships is a ship carrying the surviving member of the presidential cabinet that now takes over as the new president of the twelve colonies, originally just the secretary of education.
This fleet is commanded by Commander William Adama and seconded by Colonel Saul Tigh. These two commanders are old friends and have an interesting relationship. Adama knows how to keep the constantly drunk Tigh under control, he only had joined since it was going to be their last tour. This command team is in charge of a mix-matched group of people. They are not the only ones in command, though, there is also the new president of the Twelve Colonies, President Laura Roslin.
Though there are many bumps between military and civilian authority, the fleet moves on no matter what defending by their Viper and Raptor pilots. We see a lot of these characters. Lee "Apollo" Adama being one of the most prominant and outrightly so in the first season as we see how his relationship with his father evolves along with his rocky relationship with "Starbuck." He sides with President Roslin and puts himself into a deeper hole with his father even though he does not see it as taking a side. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is a hotshot Viper pilot who drinks and smokes too much. She's seen as a daughter by Commander Adama. Other pilots we also see are: Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Karl "Helo" Agathon.
The first season takes us back to Caprica, one of the Twelve Colonies that was fired upon by the Cylons, as "Helo" chooses to stay there after his and "Boomer"'s Raptor has to land there for repairs. They take on refugees and he makes the choice to stay behind so that Doctor Gaius Baltar can go back to the Galatica.
The future that BSG takes place in is not one that has been perfected at all. There is still cancer and there are still different ways to go about treating it. People still drink and smoke and do things they know are wrong. The characters are all flawed, though this is what makes them so realistic and human. They have to strive for the survival of the human race.
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Si je donne quatre étoiles et demie et non cinq malgré toutes ces louanges, c'est qu'il est littéralement impossible de rester à ce niveau sur une cinquantaine d'épisodes. On ne fait pas Blade Runner en vingt épisodes d'une et demie chacun sans diluer considérablement l'intérêt du propos. Il y a donc des creux, quelques gros trous d'air même ici et là. Certains épisodes ne sont guère plus que des digressions par rapport au fil rouge de l’histoire, des bouche-trous ou des justifications pour faire disparaître des acteurs de la série, peut-être pour des raisons contractuelles. Certains acteurs n’ont pas non plus le talent de James Callis, littéralement possédé par son rôle de Gaïus Baltar (le personnage le plus admirablement écrit de la série).
Le défaut le plus récurrent de la série mais aussi le plus pardonnable est sa désinvolture concernant les lois de l'astro-navigation. Sans être moi-même un expert, je peux affirmer sans crainte d'être détrompé que la science et la technologie ne sont pas les points forts de Ronald Moore, le créateur, producteur et principal scénariste de la série. Il est de ceux qui estiment que dans science-fiction, le seul mot vraiment important est le second.Dans le registre comique, on doit signaler l’invraisemblance absolue de ces douze modèles humanoïdes Cylons si parfaitement humains qu’on ne peut les percer à jour qu’au prix de très savants examens biologiques et qui ont pourtant des propriétés cybernétiques comparable à celle de mon PC : où sont donc les fils, les prises et les puces ? Et on peut s’amuser de l’effort d’imagination ou d’aveuglement que cela demande pour croire, même un instant, que ce sont en fait des machines, voire des grille-pains, même alors qu’on a passé des années ensemble, copains comme cochons. Il n’y a pas besoin d’être un génie comme Baltar pour s’apercevoir de l’erreur flagrante de classification. Je vois bien dans cette incapacité totale et universelle à reconnaître l’humanité dans ces humanoïdes l’analogie que les scénaristes ont dans le crâne mais elle est rendue caricaturale et franchement risible par son aspect systématique et sans nuance. Du point de vue de la physique, il est aussi très drôle de voir les gens marcher, manger et se doucher dans l’espace profond comme s’ils bénéficiaient toujours de la pesanteur de Caprica. On peut aussi trouver hautement burlesque les incessants bombardements et accrochages auxquels sont soumis les divers vaisseaux de la flotte coloniale, dommages qui sont généralement réparés en trois coups de clé à molette et deux points de soudure. Les vipers, sorte de chasseurs spatiaux, font des figures comme s’ils étaient dans un meeting aérien au-dessus de chez moi, battent des ailes, virevoltent, effectuent des virages à 180°, freinent en coupant leur moteurs ! et même parviennent à faire du sur-place ! Ils bousculent allègrement vaisseaux et météores qui gênent le passage d’un coup de museau tandis que les pilotes éjectés dans leur petite combinaison ignorent visiblement que la température extérieure est d’environ – 274°C ou stoppent net une fuite d’oxygène en mettant un doigt dans le trou. Je pourrais multiplier les exemples. Bon, on peut mettre ces invraisemblances sur le compte des conventions jugées nécessaires pour l’économie générale de la série au même titre que le fameux moteur FTL (Faster Than Light), ingrédient presque inévitable de tout voyage spatial excédant le cadre d’un seul système solaire. La force de Battlestar est évidemment à chercher dans son traitement des questions sociales, psychologiques, historiques, politiques et religieuses. Certains épisodes sont impressionnants d’efficacité à cet égard. Si la société fasciste du Pegasus est dans l’ensemble assez grossièrement rendue, mais non sans talent et efficacité, la description des dérives du gouvernement démocratiquement élu vers l’autoritarisme est saisissante de vérité. Quand on voit à quelles extrémités en arrive Laura Roslin, la (bonne) Présidente, pour se maintenir au pouvoir et garder le (bon) cap, on est saisi par la similitude avec le comportement de nos (bons) gouvernements actuels essayant de contourner de toutes les façons possibles la volonté de ces peuples qui votent de plus en plus mal. Tout ce qui concerne les descriptions de New Caprica soumise à l’envahisseur est également de la meilleure eau. Le cas le plus emblématique est encore celui de Baltar. Bien sûr, c’est un lâche qui va être jugé pour haute trahison et nul doute que dans la réalité, cela se serait passé ainsi. Mais à sa place, vous auriez fait quoi ? C’est toute la question de son procès. Soit il se rend au nom de son peuple (il est alors le Président) soit il refuse toute coopération et les Cylons n’ont plus guère qu’une option : on sait déjà qu’ils ne sont pas effrayés par l’idée d’un génocide. Est-ce qu’il a tort de collaborer en restant à son poste ? Peut-être. Pas sûr. De toute façon, les Cylons l’auraient éliminé en cas de refus et l’auraient remplacé par un autre encore bien plus docile. Comme le prouve Gaëta, son adjoint, par la pratique, la meilleure forme de résistance vient parfois de l’intérieur.
Il y a néanmoins un sérieux problème pour concilier une prêcheuse d’amour telle que Caprica Six (et d'une manière générale toutes les Six) avec l'apocalypse nucléaire qui précède, au tout début de la série, d’autant qu’elle en est la principale instigatrice. Pour ce qui est de l’articulation entre les deux états d’esprit, c’est incompréhensible moralement et psychologiquement, à moins de voir là une sorte de Paul au féminin qui après avoir été un adversaire acharné du Christ ou du moins de ses disciples, se mue soudainement sur le chemin de Damas en son plus infatigable apôtre. Honnêtement, après un tel massacre des innocents, cela me fait penser, en terme de crédibilité, aux virages à 180° exécutés à toute vitesse par les vipers du Battlestar.
L'épisode final n'est certainement pas un des sommets artistiques de la série. Il a de gros défauts qui sautent aux yeux. Mais il n'est pas aussi décevant que bien des dénouements de séries à mystères et il me semble même qu'on peut trouver une certaine satisfaction lorsque les héros débouchent soudain dans ce ciel bleu aux jolis nuages blancs pommelés (presque le seul de toute la série) et contemplent cette planète-joyau, littéralement édénique.
次のシーズンを見るか迷いがでしまう。
The problem I found is ordering cardboard-like material (here - the Blu-Ray package of BG's season 1 in Blu-Ray) from Amazon. If I ordered a "physical" Blu-Ray instead of renting or buying from iTunes, it's because I'm a fan of the series and want the Blu-Rays as a collector. So, like with previous purchases of previous cardboard-like DVDs, I am regularly disapointed by the shape of the products I receive - damaged boxes, torn corners, etc. Sure, it doesn't change the quality of the show nor does it prevent me from watching it. But it makes me regret that, for only a couple of $ of difference in the price, I chose not to buy a clean, not damaged, one from a "physical" store near where I live, and have to live with the not-so-great-looking $80 Blu-Ray.
Can't say how much I like the show. But I'll just stop ordering that kind of material from Amazon - I got disapointed for the last time. Oh - I also ordered "The Plan" which is a "regular" Blu-ray (not cardboard for the core packaging) and it arrived intact. I think you got my point...
Die Helden dieser Filme waren leidlich bekannte amerikanische Seriendarsteller aus dieser Zeit, wie Dirk Benedict und ähnlich, in Europa nicht sehr bekannte Namen, von denen man vielleicht gerade mal die Gesichter aus irgendwelchen amerikanischen Fernsehserien kannte. Nun hatte Regisseur Michael Rymer 2003 nicht denselben Ehrgeiz wie sein Kollege Richard A. Colla 1978 und wollte seine Galactica in mehreren großen Filmen als Konkurrenz zu Star Wars fliegen lassen, sondern ihm schwebte wohl eher ein Ersatz für die Flotte von StarTrek vor, deren diverse Serienableger nur noch als endlose Wiederholungen durch die diversen Sender geisterte, weil der Erfinder von StarTrek, Gene Roddenberry 1991 verstorben war und seine Erben und Nachfolger keine zündenden Ideen mehr hatten hatten und sich die Abenteuer nur noch via Holodeck oder Zeitreise stattfanden.
So konnte Michael Rymer auch ganz anders ansetzen als Roddenberry und dessen Erben. Wie bei Colla 1978 verlegte er seine Menschheit auf einen ganz anderen Planeten. Eigentlich verteilt er sie gleich auf 12 Planeten, dessen zentraler und wichtigster der Planet Caprica war. Anders, als bei Roddenberry ist die Menschheit da schon jetzt sehr viel weiter, fliegt schon jetzt durch den Weltraum und ist ganz groß in Kybernetik.
Dieses spezielle Wissen wurde ihnen dann auch zum Verhängnis, denn sie bauten intelligente Roboter, die eigentlich nur die schweren Arbeiten verrichten sollten, sich aber dann zu einer eigenen, biomechanischen und intelligenten Lebensform, den Zylonen weiterentwickelten, die sehr menschliche Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten besitzen und im Gegensatz zu den Zylonen in den Filmen Ende der Siebziger dann sogar wie Menschen aussehen können. Nicht wie irgendwelche Menschen, sondern genau wie solche, wie sie an Bord der Galactica wichtige Dienste zu verrichten haben. So weiß man nie, wer nun gerade der Gute und wer der Böse ist und der Feind ist relativ klar definiert.
Nur relativ, weil auch mal die einen mit den anderen symphatisieren, man nie genau durchblickt und so die Spannung erhalten wird. Im Gegensatz zu Star Trek von Roddenberry ein ziemlich einfach gestricktes Muster, aber Star Trek hat bis zum Schluss ja gerade deshalb nur noch gelangweilt, weil die Feinde der Menschen sich eigentlich nur noch durch verschiedene Hautlappen und Wülste im Gesicht oder sechs Finger an der Hand oder gleich durch Flossen von den Menschen unterschieden haben und zum Schluss ihre Abenteuer auf dem Holodeck oder gleich in der Vergangenheit der Erde erelebten.
Die übermenschlichen Borg, die Roddenberry “erfand“ erinnern nicht ganz umsonst an die Zylonen von Ronald D. Moore, denn gut geklaut ist auch in den USA schon halb gewonnen.
So ist die Handlung für einen Science Fiction Film dann auch erstaunlich logisch und nachvollziehbar. Die Menschheit ist ganz einfach auf der Flucht und der Suche nach der verschollenen 13. Kolonie, der Menschheit auf dem Planeten Erde.
Dafür geht es im Unterschied zu Enterprise & Co, wo Roddenberry halbe und absolut brave Übermenschen, wie die Capitains Kirk, Picard, einen fahlen Commander Riker, der nachher einen Bart brauchte, um ein markantes Gesicht zu simulieren und vor allem einen völlig nervigen Musterknaben Wesley Crusher antreten ließ, an Bord der Galactica erfrischend irdisch zu.
Der erste Offizier, Colonel Tigh, säuft wie ein Loch, ist permanent eifersüchtig auf seine Frau und prügelt sich gelegentlich mal mit seinen Piloten.
Die Hauptakteure der Galactica von 1978 waren die Piloten Apollo und Starbuck, damals gespielt von den Fernsehschönlingen Richard Hatch und Dirk Benedict kamen 1978 leicht homophil rüberkamen, wurden 2003, dann auch politisch korrekt durch ein Paar von Mann und Frau, die Chefpilotin Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck", Katee Sackhoff und, Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama, Jamie Bamber ersetzt. Auch der böse Graf Baltar von 1978 wurde mit deinem leicht paranoiden, aber logischerem Dr. Baltar, James Callis, ausgetauscht.
Den Chef der Galactica, der 1978 von *Pa* Ben Cartwright aus der Ponderosa in *Bonanza* gespielt wurde, und 1987 verstarb, gibt nun 2003 der Lt. Castillo, Edward James Olmos aus Miami Vice recht überzeugend.
Ich hab die Serie auf Premiere gesehen, mir vor drei Jahren den Pilotfilm geholt und nun bald die dritte und letzte Staffel der Serie auf DVD.
Bedauerlicherweise ist der Sound, wie bei den *Sopranos* und *AkteX* nur in Dolby Surround, aber der Rest ist jeden ausgegebenen Pfennig/Cent wert. 10/10 in meiner persönlichen Wertung und ein Kaufbefehl an meine Leser.


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