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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA balances its striking special effects with character-driven drama and social commentary, resulting in episodes that are at once entertaining and astoundingly relevant. This critical favourite from Ronald D. Moore (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION) re-imagines the cult series from the 1970s with a new cast and more impressive villains, and it eschews the sunny outlook of STAR TREK in favour of a darker vision of space and humanity. In this portrait of the future, androids called Cylons have massacred billions of people, leaving only a small group of survivors. Led by Oscar nominees Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, the remaining human fleet searches for a mythical planet called Earth as they evade their would-be destroyers. This collection includes every episode from the acclaimed sci-fi series.Product Identifiers
EAN5050582708691
eBay Product ID (ePID)73003077
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleBattlestar Galactica-The Complete Series
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2009
LanguageEnglish
FranchiseBattlestar Galactica
GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs20
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationEven though creator Ron Moore worked on multiple STAR TREK series, sci-fi fans expecting the millennial re-imagining of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA to have a similarly sunny outlook on the future didnÆt know what they were in for. ThereÆs no Federation here; in fact, humans are alone, and after a genocidal attack by robots called Cylons, there arenÆt even that many of them left. The expectations of the original seriesÆ fans were also subverted by a key casting change: the rogue pilot Starbuck, originally played by Dirk Benedict, would now be a woman (Katee Sackhoff), but she would lose none of her predecessorÆs bravado. The smart casting also extended to the series leads: Oscar nominee Edward James Olmos stars as the military leader of the human fleet, while the acclaimed actress Mary McDonnell plays the civilian president. As the human survivors try to battle the Cylons, who are led by the sexy Six (former model Tricia Helfer), they are also in search of Earth, which may or not be a myth. Though the story of robots rebelling against their human creators has been told before, it rarely has as much grit, grime, and grace as it does with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. This collection includes every episode from the entire epic series.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleBattlestar Galactica - The Complete Series