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Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0 (Episodes 1-10) |  | Actors: Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber
Studio: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  374 reviews
Sales Rank: 1777
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 438 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: 025192937521
ISBN: 1417075058
UPC: 025192937521
EAN: 9781417075058
ASIN: B000BNI90Y
Theatrical Release Date: January 14, 2005
Release Date: December 20, 2005
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Product Description
The first ten episodes of the second season continue the story of a group of survivors fleeing the destruction of a hundred years of warfare with the
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The first half of Battlestar Galactica's second season left no doubts about the continuing excellence of the best science fiction TV series of 2005. Beginning with the Colonial Fleet separated, Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan) botching his temporary command, and Capt. Adama (Edward James Olmos) near death after a Cylon assassination attempt, series producer/developer Ronald D. Moore and his gifted writing staff packed more into these 10 episodes than most series manage in a full season. Maintaining its reputation as an adult drama, the series is compellingly anchored by the gravitas of Olmos and Mary McDonnell, whose role as Fleet President Laura Roslin grows more complex as she reveals her diagnosis of breast cancer and defies Adama, playing the "religious card" with her conviction that prophetic visions will lead the embattled fleet toward its legendary home planet Earth. As Adama's son Apollo (Jamie Bamber) wrestles with his role in Roslin's mutinous agenda, paranoia runs high as Cylon copies (or "avatars") of Boomer (Grace Park) complicate matters aboard Galactica and on Kobol, where a lost Raptor crew struggles to survive and Dr. Baltar (James Callis) endures the increasingly haunting and manipulative intrusions into his tormented psyche by Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seductive Cylon who holds the secret to the Cylon master plan to destroy humankind. Further action takes place on Cylon-occupied Caprica, where Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) and Helo (Tamoh Penikett) discover a group of human resistance fighters who survived the Cylons' nuclear attack in season 1. As all of these plot threads are expertly interwoven, the high-stakes conflict of BG 2.0 culminates in a suspenseful mid-season cliffhanger. Through all of this, Battlestar Galactica maintains consistently high standards of intelligent drama and well-justified, story-based use of spectacular special effects, while developing rich relationships across a broad spectrum of interesting supporting characters. The series' large and likable cast is well-used throughout (even smaller roles are given adequate dimension), and Moore's "podcast" commentaries provide a smart, thorough analysis of the show's writing process and conceptual evolution. Yes, it's undeniably true that this half-season DVD set is a blatantly commercial ploy to lure more and more viewers into the ongoing season (which resumed in January 2006), but you can hardly blame Universal for capitalizing on a high-quality series. With solid ratings, good scripts, and a devoted cast and crew, Battlestar Galactica showed every indication of thriving toward a third season and beyond. --Jeff Shannon
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 A Must See... March 23, 2010
Christian Ryan (Salt Lake City, Utah)
I recently began purchasing BSG to watch and, although I don't much care for the split seasons, I am extremely happy with this show. For anyone who is a fan of sci-fi or just great productions, BSG is the one for you.
 Battlestar Galactia Ga-Ga January 24, 2010
HERBERT JONES (BRONX NY USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Just because its reinvasion doesn't make it great I thought Battlestar Galactica
Was to dark of a sci-fi show & too incoherent it made no sense to me what so ever!
Thank god there still is the original!
Great half season! January 23, 2010
Obiturized (New Hampshire)
I just finished watching this half season last night, and it's excellence personified, this show just seems to get more and more interesting with each episode, it's deep, thoughtful and most of all, entertaining, and one thing that really surprises me, is the acting is excellent...which is something I find absent in most modern t.v. series, the actors you can tell are really into their roles, and their performances are done with precision and care.
I'm not going to play spoiler, because I believe that's a sin, and takes the fun out of it for people, but let me just say that I'm so glad I waited to start watching this show after it ended, so all of it would be available on DVD, and not have to worry about cliffhangers, and there is one on this half season, and I have the whole series, which I'm glad for, because I know, season ending cliffhangers are a pain, (I know about those from The X-Files), so I would suggest, if you want to get into this series, buy the whole series, you're going to want to, and yes this series is one that you have to watch the episodes in order, if you don't, you won't get it.
Another great thing about this series, is some of the guest stars, Richard Hatch (from the original series) and Michelle Forbes (Escape From L.A, and Star Trek: The Next Generation 'Ensign Ro Laren').
Do yourself a favor, if you're a science fiction fan, go out, and buy this whole series, even if you have your doubts about modern t.v. series' like me, I was hesitant, but I am so glad I ended up giving this a chance, I will never regret it!
BSG - 2.0 solid tv December 29, 2009
Schermerberger (Metro Detroit, MI)
season 2.0 is everything you really want in an adventure saga second season. All the action and turn of events.
great seller! November 5, 2009
st4data (Montana)
Received the product 2 days after ordering!!! Much quicker than expected! The product was exactly as stated! Would purchase from this seller anytime!
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