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Battlestar Galactica [SPOILERS] (Page 65)
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Originally Posted by mrtew 
BSG will be released on Blu-ray after all! Thank the Gods!!!
This is what I was talking about. It looked like this was going downhill toward "Blu-Ray is better than HD-DVD" and "Your mom!" sorts of "discussions." Thanks for humoring me.
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
Todays news means BSG on BR will come sooner or later. Hopefully they do a better job with the BR version though.
Let us know what it looks like when it comes out in 5 years.
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Originally Posted by goMac
Let us know what it looks like when it comes out in 5 years.
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(Last edited by Spliff; Jan 5, 2008 at 02:11 PM
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Here is my Amazon review of the BSG HD DVD box set:
Battlestar Galactica is a reimagined version of the original series from the 1970, but with a lot more substance and infinitely better acting. It even managed to win the prestigious Peabody award, among many others. I was anxiously awaiting this box set to come out in hi-def, and was very pleased to hear Universal came through for us in 2007.
As expected, the original miniseries (shot on film) as well as some of the episodes (shot on high definition video) are grainy, but that was the directors' and producers' intent. In fact, I've been told that the episodes had additional grain added in post production to enhance this effect. Fortunately, the detail was well preserved on this release. Not only do we get the gritty look with the grain and the documentarian style, we also get fine details that simply are not present on the DVD. On the HD DVD, the image quality is a huge step forward compared to the DVD, not surprisingly.
Unfortunately, there are some technical issues with the authoring of this set. For example on disc two at approximately 55'37" in part 2 of the miniseries, there is a serious synchronization problem between the audio and the video for a short period. This is most obvious in the scene when one character is screaming at the other. This problem is not due to hardware, as it can be replicated on multiple different players, but appears to be due to improper authoring of the disc. Most of the rest of the set is properly synched, and therefore this problem may not be a huge concern for some people, but nonetheless this could be a deal-killer for some others.
This box set had the chance to be THE collectors' archival set for fans of this series, but unfortunately it isn't, because of simple technical issues that should have never been allowed to occur in any title, much less a relatively big TV release like this one.
I give this release 5 stars for content but only 3 stars overall, because of the audio synchronization issue.
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Decent enough review. If you are interested in nits (and if you can edit it), I'd point out 2 items:
"... the original series from the 1970, but with ..." - I think you meant to say "the 1970s", but you might have meant to say "from 1978" here.
"... but unfortunately it isn't, because of simple technical issues that should ..." - you refer to issues (plural) here, but only mention one real issue. You OK'd the grain in the video, so that can't be the other issue. From the narrative flow, I think you meant to say something about flimsy packaging, which would have been a 2nd issue.
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Corrected. Thanks.
P.S. I thought the packaging was OK so I didn't bother mentioning it.
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So my good friend charlotte is on this new canadian show called M.V.P.
Charlotte Sullivan
I watched it the other day and to my surprise the Cylon Aaron Doral is also on the show with her (again playing a bad guy).
I am going to call her later and grill her for any sort of BSG dirt in true obsessive fan fashion 
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Wikipedia says... More recently, Moore acknowledged that due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the series might not be completed. Production was suspended on Nov. 16, 2007, all personnel have been laid off, and only 13 of the 22 episodes have been completed (including 2 episodes comprising "Razor"). Although completion of the season is not a certainty, production may resume quickly, but the remaining episodes of Season 4 may not air until at least the fall of 2008, or early 2009.
Anyone have any updates to this info?
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
She's beautiful. 
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I really need my fix..got the wife hooked, but now w/ the supposed demise of HD-DVD, we are now forced to watch horrible old fashioned archaic DVD's...
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Here is an eight minute recap of the entire series. I think it is a brilliant recap. Don't watch if you haven't finished watching season three yet. I assume everyone reading this has watched everything, but wouldn't want to spoil the ending for anyway.
What the Frak is Going On? | Videos | SCI FI Pulse
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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp Freak
Here is an eight minute recap of the entire series. I think it is a brilliant recap. Don't watch if you haven't finished watching season three yet. I assume everyone reading this has watched everything, but wouldn't want to spoil the ending for anyway.
What the Frak is Going On? | Videos | SCI FI Pulse
It is brilliant. Favorite deadpan lines:
"Helo told her there was a bun in the toaster."
"Now there are twelve human models. Some actually look like models."
"They're following the Galactica through space, where cameras have a difficult time keeping up."
"Starbuck and Apollo like each other, so they beat each other up."
(Last edited by scottiB; Mar 3, 2008 at 11:54 AM
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Not available this side of civilization.
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Originally Posted by analogika
Not available this side of civilization.
Ya what the hell is up with that? I mean it airs the same time here in Canada and the video is only kind enough to tell us I can't watch it AFTER it plays me the video ad. Apparently Canadians are good enough to do that.
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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp Freak
Here is an eight minute recap of the entire series. I think it is a brilliant recap. Don't watch if you haven't finished watching season three yet. I assume everyone reading this has watched everything, but wouldn't want to spoil the ending for anyway.
What the Frak is Going On? | Videos | SCI FI Pulse
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