I just received my Battlestar Galactica Complete Season 2 DVD in the mail a few days ago and have been on a marathon to watch the entire series in one sitting! However, I failed to complete the marathon in one sitting, so I had to settle for watching the entire series in a week. I was aching and dying and couldn't wait for the USA Code 1 version, that was split in 2 parts, titled Season 2.0 and Season 2.5, to be released on 19 September 2006. They were pricing it differently, and in order to appease fans, they decided to break up the release of the DVDs into 2 sets, which at the same time, cost much more!
I got mine set from Australia which is Code 4 and it is the COMPLETE season, no 2.0 or 2.5, just the whole thing, plus it was so much cheaper too! In this season, the stories are so much more interesting. The psychological warfare is still there, but it's been distributed throughout the entire fleet, not to spoil too much for everyone. I must say that the Cylon's religion of there being only one God is most intriguing. There was a scene in which Number Six tells Dr Baltar that you have to believe in the Cylon God, because there is no after-life, there is only oblivion. And how Dr Baltar's staunch atheism gives way to a fanatical belief not only in the Cylon God, but in his own status as an instrument of God.
Bringing Helo and the Caprica-copy of Sharon back to Galactica and the impact on the entire fleet as her pregnancy comes to term. This was a really powerful story arc because you get to see how much a mother, not just the Cylon-Sharon, will go to protect her unborn child. At the same time, the introduction of a few more models of the Human-Cylons at the beginning, middle and end of the season. Also, there are factions within the Colonial fleet that are interested in peace with the Cylons instead of the ongoing chase and war. This is touched upon briefly in the finale 2-parter where they find a planet suitable to colonise as New Caprica, and later the arrival of the Cylons and how they broker an uneasy peace, but at a high price - the enslavement of humanity on New Caprica.
This DVD set also has the episode Pegasus at it's extended running time of 56 minutes instead of the telecast 42 minutes. I must say that the entire Season 2 has very human elements. The topics that are touched upon are family, religion, love, sacrifice and politics. These are the topics that most sci-fi series seem to shy away from, or that they only touch on a few of them and not the rest.
This is why Battlestar Galactica is the top rated sci-fi series at the moment. So, here's hoping that it will last as long as Stargate SG-1 which has the current track record of 10 seasons, after it just got cancelled.
Let's not jinx it!
Click here to watch Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Preview Trailer
(The music playing in the background of the trailer is Nickelback's Savin' Me)
9.5 out of 10 stars
I got mine set from Australia which is Code 4 and it is the COMPLETE season, no 2.0 or 2.5, just the whole thing, plus it was so much cheaper too! In this season, the stories are so much more interesting. The psychological warfare is still there, but it's been distributed throughout the entire fleet, not to spoil too much for everyone. I must say that the Cylon's religion of there being only one God is most intriguing. There was a scene in which Number Six tells Dr Baltar that you have to believe in the Cylon God, because there is no after-life, there is only oblivion. And how Dr Baltar's staunch atheism gives way to a fanatical belief not only in the Cylon God, but in his own status as an instrument of God.
Bringing Helo and the Caprica-copy of Sharon back to Galactica and the impact on the entire fleet as her pregnancy comes to term. This was a really powerful story arc because you get to see how much a mother, not just the Cylon-Sharon, will go to protect her unborn child. At the same time, the introduction of a few more models of the Human-Cylons at the beginning, middle and end of the season. Also, there are factions within the Colonial fleet that are interested in peace with the Cylons instead of the ongoing chase and war. This is touched upon briefly in the finale 2-parter where they find a planet suitable to colonise as New Caprica, and later the arrival of the Cylons and how they broker an uneasy peace, but at a high price - the enslavement of humanity on New Caprica.
This DVD set also has the episode Pegasus at it's extended running time of 56 minutes instead of the telecast 42 minutes. I must say that the entire Season 2 has very human elements. The topics that are touched upon are family, religion, love, sacrifice and politics. These are the topics that most sci-fi series seem to shy away from, or that they only touch on a few of them and not the rest.
This is why Battlestar Galactica is the top rated sci-fi series at the moment. So, here's hoping that it will last as long as Stargate SG-1 which has the current track record of 10 seasons, after it just got cancelled.
Let's not jinx it!
Click here to watch Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Preview Trailer
(The music playing in the background of the trailer is Nickelback's Savin' Me)
9.5 out of 10 stars
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