[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

20 episodes in season 2. 10 episodes in the first half, before the hiatus.

Thanks for the good news

[Eriamjh]

Did anyone notice that the commander of the Pegasus, Cain, will be an admiral AND a woman? I like the change.

I'm getting used to Starbuck being a girl, too.

(Yes, I'm old. Old enough to remember the original from 1978.)

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

Did anyone notice that the commander of the Pegasus, Cain, will be an admiral AND a woman? I like the change.

Isn't that woman from Star Trek: TNG?

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Isn't that woman from Star Trek: TNG?

You got a good eye, I wouldn't have recognized her after all those years. She was playing Lt. Ro Laren, a Bajoran who was supposed to infiltrate the Marquis, but later became one herself (hope I got the story straight after all these years).

[chabig]

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

Not too shabby an episode, but I think there should have been some mention of the baby that Sharon supposedly gave birth to last week. Where is the little brat?

Although she bled, I don't think the baby was born yet.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

You got a good eye, I wouldn't have recognized her after all those years. She was playing Lt. Ro Laren, a Bajoran who was supposed to infiltrate the Marquis, but later became one herself (hope I got the story straight after all these years).

She was suppose to have the part of the first officer on DS9 but she turned it down to do movies (we all know how well that worked out for her). She was brought into TNG to create "conflict".

Guess we know how she got the part.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker

She was suppose to have the part of the first officer on DS9 but she turned it down to do movies (we all know how well that worked out for her). She was brought into TNG to create "conflict".

Guess we know how she got the part.

Yeah, bad choice for her. Afterwards you're always smarter, how was she supposed to know the show ran seven seasons

But honestly, I wouldn't have recognized her.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

Yeah, bad choice for her. Afterwards you're always smarter, how was she supposed to know the show ran seven seasons

But honestly, I wouldn't have recognized her.

Well Crosby (tasha yar) and Will (W. Crusher) did the same thing. Movie wise they did a whole lot of nothing.

Anyway, I was a big fan of Ro so I am glad to see her in BSG. She did do one good movie actually with David Duchovny called "Kalafonia"

[Eriamjh]

Originally Posted by chabig

Although she bled, I don't think the baby was born yet.

I think you're right. They must have been "fixing" something in that scene. She's not far enough pregnant to be showing yet. She sure didn't look pregnant in the latest virus episode.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker

Well Crosby (tasha yar) and Will (W. Crusher) did the same thing. Movie wise they did a whole lot of nothing.

Anyway, I was a big fan of Ro so I am glad to see her in BSG. She did do one good movie actually with David Duchovny called "Kalafonia"

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Kalifornia was awesome. It was the first time I remember seeing Brad Pitt in a movie, and I was very impressed with his performance.



P.S. I've always thought that Crosby's acting sucked. Or at least it did in TNG - I haven't seen her in anything else besides Trekkies. And I just hate Wesley Crusher. Just because.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

P.S. I've always thought that Crosby's acting sucked. Or at least it did in TNG - I haven't seen her in anything else besides Trekkies. And I just hate Wesley Crusher. Just because.

She was in pet cemetery (as soon as she left Trek). I also saw her play a lawyer VERY briefly in Jackie Brown, she was uncredited.

Funny thing is as soon as she left trek after season one it became hugely popular in season 3 and she tried her best to get back on the show. She played her romulan daughter and she was in the Finale as Tasha.

[scottiB]

Michelle Forbes was also a regular in Homicide: Life on the Street and in season 2 of 24 (as IMDB denotes). I always dug her as an actress; she has a great voice.

[Eug Wanker]

Well, my Season 1 DVDs shipped today from Amazon.ca/HMV.ca. I ordered from them months ago because they were by far the cheapest. However, I think I would have just been better off walking into a store myself to buy the DVD set. All the other major stores (eg. Best Buy & Future Shop) ended up dropping prices to match the price I paid.

Season 1 DVD Set Review

The video quality of this series on DVD is quite good. All of the episodes are presented in anamorphic widescreen, which it should be given that the series itself is shot on HD video. Colors are spot on, and even vibrant at times. Contrast is solid too. Overall image clarity is excellent, with only a few instances of the picture being a little too soft or a little too edgy. When this happens, it appears to be a result of the way the footage was original shot and processed digitally, rather than being caused by over-compression for DVD. You'll notice light to moderate film grain, which was obviously added electronically in-camera or in post to give the footage the look of having been shot on film. In any case, artifacting is rarely noticeable. It's a pleasing picture, and the bigger and wider you view it, the more cinematic the experience becomes.

Audio is available in Dolby Digital 5.1. The surround sound isn't going to make your head turn - this is a more subtly atmospheric surround mix. You'll hear light use of the rear channels for ambient effects and music, but there's not a great deal of front-to-back panning. Still, the front soundstage is big and wide, and there's adequate bass in the mix. Most critically, the dialogue and music sound just fine, making the audio a good match to the visuals.

There's a surprisingly nice batch of extras on these five discs, but there's also a disappointment. Back to that in a minute. First, the good. The set includes the same full-length audio commentary track (with producers Moore and David Eick, along with director David Rymer) that was found on the previous miniseries DVD. Of the thirteen additional episodes in this set, nine of them feature audio commentary as well. Some of these are new, but you'll be pleased to know that all of Moore's "podcast" commentaries from SciFi.com are here as well. Disc Five contains the remaining bonus features, which include about 48 minutes of deleted scenes from the season's various episodes (identical to those offered on the Best Buy Season One (U.K. Version) exclusive - the only extra on that set), seven behind-the-scenes featurettes (63 minutes worth in all, including From Miniseries to Series, Change is Good - Now They're Babes, The Cylon Centurion, Future/Past Technology, The Doctor Is Out (Of His Mind), Production, Visual Effects and Epilogue), a short video of production artwork and set photos set to music, and the 20-minute Battlestar Galactica: The Series - The Lowdown documentary that aired on SciFi at the start of the season.

All of the commentaries are fascinating and worth your time if you're a fan of the show, and surprisingly all of the featurettes and the documentary are interesting as well (together the video features total over two hours in all, all of it full frame or letterboxed). So what's disappointing you might ask? Well... first of all, the behind-the-scenes featurettes are the same ones that have been available for viewing on SciFi.com for months. That's not bad in and of itself, but the thing is that four of the featurettes from the website were left out (specifically, Writing a Dark, Sexy, Political Sci-Fi Show, Women in Pivotal Roles, Like Father, Like Son and Director's Cut are all missing). While we're talking about things being left out, here's my biggest complaint about this set: Save for the audio commentary, NONE of the extras that were included on the previous miniseries DVD release are here. Missing is the original 40-minute Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown documentary that focused specifically on the miniseries (which many of you may recall featured Sackhoff and Dirk Benedict talking about the character of Starbuck). Missing also are all 20 minutes worth of deleted scenes from the miniseries. So if you want ALL of the extras that are available on DVD, you have to buy the miniseries twice. It's little details like this - little omissions and oversights - that really make fans want to pull their hair out. Universal should have gone the extra mile and added another disc to this set (or just made Disc One, which contains the miniseries, double-sided like most copies of the previous DVD edition were in the first place).

Dammit. I already gave away my original miniseries disc.

[JHromadka]

Originally Posted by goMac

Not really. Carbon composites are much weaker than metal. Thats why they had to stop the President from smashing the wine bottle into the ship. It would have broken the ship wide open.

I figured it was because there aren't that many champagne bottles left. Otherwise that thing's gonna get shot up pretty quick.

[Eug Wanker]

w00t! The BSG DVDs arrived today. That was quick. It only shipped yesterday.

Originally Posted by JHromadka

I figured it was because there aren't that many champagne bottles left. Otherwise that thing's gonna get shot up pretty quick.

Well, its advantage is stealth mode. It's kind of odd though, since it's a stealth fighter, not a stealth bomber. That thing looks pretty damn fragile for a dogfight.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

w00t! The BSG DVDs arrived today. That was quick. It only shipped yesterday.

Well, its advantage is stealth mode. It's kind of odd though, since it's a stealth fighter, not a stealth bomber. That thing looks pretty damn fragile for a dogfight.

I think they are going to use it for reconnaissance and fighting is only a last resort.

[goMac]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

w00t! The BSG DVDs arrived today. That was quick. It only shipped yesterday.

Well, its advantage is stealth mode. It's kind of odd though, since it's a stealth fighter, not a stealth bomber. That thing looks pretty damn fragile for a dogfight.

Well, you kind of eventually got the idea it was never meant to be a real fighter. Just something for the crew to build to keep them busy.

For the lack of champagne they did a good job opening it up and spraying it everywhere, so I'm not sure that's it.

[Eug Wanker]

Well, I'm glad to have my DVDs now, but the image quality is just as bad as the miniseries DVD. WTF?

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

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