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Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 [Blu-ray]

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Buyers should take note that this is Season 2.0, which is only the first ten episodes of Season 2. The second half of the Season (Beginning with "Resurrection Ship") is being sold as Season 2.5

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.

I haven't bought it in other forms, so I can't compare, but generally
the blu-ray set (the non-Cylon box) is quite complete, and well packaged.
However, I have read accounts that quality control was a bit of a problem
and I didn't escape the bugs. On a couple of my discs there was
a slight 'pulse' to the image at times. At first I thought perhaps
it was a strange, but intentional, lighting effect, but looking at it carefully
it seemed more a reproduction problem.

This isn't just the intentionally added grain, a look I don't love, but accept
as an artistic decision.

Since then, I've read similar comments from others, so I'm not crazy
(or at least not in this case!). So, if you do order this, you might want
to make sure it's returnable, and try to do a quick quality check the best
you can. Of course, if the problem is intermittent, and mostly in the later
discs, as was in my case, by the time I saw it it was way too late
to ask for an exchange.

None-the-less, for me, the quality of the content way over-rode the
occasional image problems (and I'm a perfectionist - my wife
never noticed the pulsing until I pointed it out.).

As far as getting the individual seasons on blu-ray, it looks as though
you can do 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.

I bought them all when they were on sale at 20$, I usually hate sci-fi tv show because most of them have cheesy plots and crappy special fx, but it's probably one of the best tv show i've ever watched.

I'm buying the whole series separately for my boyfriend. It's a wonderful series, jam packed with action, special effects and intrigues! It's mind blowing! Worth watching and the actors are amazing! My boyfriend and I are very happy! I order it, get it a couple of days later in the mail in perfect condition! I love shopping on Amazon! Recommend it to everyone!

Package arrived promptly and in excellent shape. Everything looks brand new. I definitely recommend this seller; you can purchase with confidence.

This DVD is only the first 10 episodes. The next 10 will be solf as season 2.5. WAIT as it will probably come in a box set for much less money. What a RIP OFF.

Please dont buy this Dvd wait untill the whole season 2 comes out on Dvd. This is only half the season for $44 bucks.Waste of money.

C'mon, only 10 episodes for that money!!!
When i buy anything else with 20 episodes its for the same amount.
Series are so well done and maybe it is the best show on TV but not that good to pay for 10 episodes as for 20!!!!!!!

Wow, ANOTHER great sci-fi show! I'm not too big on the genre but this got me hooked! More of a drama than anything else. Now, what is "2.0" you ask?? It's the FIRST HALF of Season 2. Yes, they split the season up on DVD, like they did with Sex and the City Season 6. So there are 20 episodes in season 2. This set is 1-10, the next set, "2.5", will have 11-20, plus the rumoured extended cut of Pegasus. Hope this review helps you, so you won't get any narsty surprises to find half of a season (at this time, it doesn't look like a complete second season DVD is coming out) when watching.

This modern interpretation of Battlestar Galactica has been one of the great joys of modern television. Saddened as I was by the aging and/or cancellation of many genre shows of late, it was a suprise, to put it mildly, to see that a remake could be so fresh and original! This DVD set should have been among the best out there, and it very nearly was.

What spoiled my enjoyment was the discovery -- after the purchase -- that this only included half the season! Once again, for those who understandably skipped the detailed review to avoid spoilers: SEASON 2.0 CONTAINS ONLY THE FIRST HALF OF SECOND SEASON. This should have been made clear on the box ("2.0"? Try "2.1", or better yet, "Season 2 Part 1" like everyone else). Having said that, the per episode cost of this set is comparable to the last one, so it's still a good value, and still recommended.