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4.0 out of 5 stars
Leading up to the Final season...,
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This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (DVD)
While not the best season as a whole compared to Seasons 1 and 2, There are many exceptional episodes that keep you hooked. The character development continues leading up to the final season. And I'm glad they're not splitting the DVD release into two parts like last season.And yes, Amazon.ca does need to fix Canadian pricing. I preordered this through Amazon.com and even after paying for shipping to Canada it's cheaper than the "sale" price at Amazon.ca.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant, exciting, thought provoking science fiction,
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This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (DVD)
One of my favorite television series of all time along with 'The Wire'and 'Breaking Bad'. Like 'The Wire' this is a complex, Dickensian study of human nature, not afraid of asking big questions, and meticulously plotted like a great novel, so that each episode is a chapter in a much larger whole. Just as 'The Wire' used the overly familiar cliché' world of the cop show to jump off from and shatter our preconceptions, and 'Battlestar Galactica' uses the sci-fi series, and the idea of human versus robot wars the same way. This is thinking person's sci fi, in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke, or Isaac Asimov. It's about why we are how we are, what it means to be a human being, morality under constant pressure in times of war, fathers and sons, impossible loves, metaphors for modern and recent politics and real world situations. My wife, far from a sci-fi fan was hooked after 3 episodes, and we tore through 5 years of shows in just a few days. It's that addicting. The acting is all at least quite good, and some cast members are remarkable, creating characters full of depth, complexity and contradiction. The writing is terrific, allowing the characters to change and grow, but always in ways that make sense, creating seemingly inexplicable conundrums, only to find surprising, sometimes shocking - but ultimately logical and satisfying - ways to explain where they've taken us. The special effects are generally very impressive for TV, even if they're not really why you watch this show. It also has some of the most tense episodes of television I've ever seen, and some of the season enders left me completely wrung out and blown away. I was sad to get to the last episode, just as one is sad to finish a great book. The third season represented a bit of a transition to something a touch more surreal, a little odder, which would pay off fully in the last two seasons. There are moments where the show seems to have lost it's way a bit, but it comes back quickly, and some things that have a 'what was that about?' feeling in season 3 will be very important in what's yet to come. Trust the show. As far as getting the individual seasons, it looks as though you can do possibly better buying the box set, although prices fluctuate quickly here on Amazon and elsewhere, so I'd advise you do the math and figure out the most reasonable way to own the complete set. Also, Amazon UK currently has a complete region free blu-ray box set for about $100 with shipping. It seems to have all the same extras as the US box set. Well worth considering as long as the price holds up.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great show,
This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (DVD)
I had not watched any of the series before buying the dvds. Absolutely worth it! I loved every minute of BSG and the podcast commentaries work wonders for insomnia.
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