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reader50 · Jun 29, 2006, 06:28 PM

The DVD for the 2nd half of Season 2 is listed on Amazon for US$32.49. No complete release of Season 2 so far, apparently they want us to buy both halves. No discount for buying both either - total would be US$67.34 today.

Release date is September 19, 2006.

JoshuaZ · Jun 30, 2006, 12:07 AM

Curses! I hate rerun season! Makes me feel as if I`m not getting the msot out of my internet connection...

Chuckit · Jun 30, 2006, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by reader50

The DVD for the 2nd half of Season 2 is listed on Amazon for US$32.49. No complete release of Season 2 so far, apparently they want us to buy both halves. No discount for buying both either - total would be US$67.34 today.

Release date is September 19, 2006.

I already bought 2.0, so it's just as well for me.

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 01:31 PM

Season 3 teaser!!!!!!!

Starbuck is a mother?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7_ccvhY5-I

greenamp · Jul 19, 2006, 01:37 PM

woo!

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 01:39 PM

I guess they did take something special out of Starbuck in the farm episode if she has a baby she didn't know she had.

greenamp · Jul 19, 2006, 01:42 PM

hmm...

Still a bit over 3 months away

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 01:45 PM

i want to be put in a medically induced coma till then.

powerbook867 · Jul 19, 2006, 01:48 PM

Thank God! Something on TV worth watching! Trailer looks good

powerbook867 · Jul 19, 2006, 01:51 PM

here you go Lando. I'm searching for an address to the facility...I'll meet you at the front door!

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...osts.html?pg=4

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 01:52 PM

It looks like the man introducing Starbucks baby to her is the cylon model she tortured!

Yose · 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

I never got into Lost.

24 is a good show. I find it ironic that the main star is Canadian as are many of the guest stars, given that the show is sort of a Rah Rah USA type show (and it's filmed in the USA). I wonder if Kiefer Sutherland has pushed some sort of Canadian actor affirmative action thing here.

The director/producer is from Mississauga.

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 02:41 PM

Based on the clip it seems that boomer considers herself human???!

Do you think all human model cylons were based on real people that they replaced?

andi*pandi · Jul 19, 2006, 04:09 PM

clones???

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

clones???

Why would they clone humans though? I thought they are interested in cross breading.

andi*pandi · Jul 19, 2006, 06:00 PM

if you cloned someone you could have zillions of copies to experiment with and create your hybrid cylon... then when you finalize it, you can clone that as needed when it dies. The cylons bleed, share structure... need to eat... is the only mechanical aspect of them the spine? blood? are they like a parasite in a human body? what???

paul w · Jul 19, 2006, 06:15 PM

I just hope this season doesn't into something like what V, the series turned into. I thought last season's ending was pretty darned good - perhaps too good to come back from without getting ridiculous.

powerbook867 · Jul 19, 2006, 06:44 PM

I think there is a lot of growth/story potential with where they left off w/ the season finale...

The trailer gives me hope that they are continuing down the same path as season 1 and 2.

Eug Wanker · Jul 19, 2006, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by powerbook867

I think there is a lot of growth/story potential with where they left off w/ the season finale...

Agreed.

This is in stark contrast to The 4400, which ended very stupidly last year, and then began this year's season very stupidly too.

greenamp · Jul 19, 2006, 06:54 PM

Yeah 4400 wouldn't be nearly as interesting if anything else was on right now.

Dark Helmet · Jul 19, 2006, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by powerbook867

I think there is a lot of growth/story potential with where they left off w/ the season finale...

The trailer gives me hope that they are continuing down the same path as season 1 and 2.

Holy smokes no kidding! That is what got me so excited, you know the next season isn't going to be anything like the first 2 and I LOVE THAT. Don't get me wrong season 1 & 2 are the best shows I have ever seen but it would get tiring after a whole like voyager did with the Kayzon.

I think the writers should be applauded for taking such a risk.

powerbook867 · Jul 19, 2006, 07:58 PM

Rapidshare link for direct download...

http://rapidshare.de/files/26245124/bsgpreview.avi.html

(only have watched it about 5-10 times so far LOL)

Lateralus · Jul 19, 2006, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by powerbook867

(only have watched it about 5-10 times so far LOL)

That Nickelback song has kept the number of times I've watched it down to 1.

jokell82 · Jul 19, 2006, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Lateralus

That Nickelback song has kept the number of times I've watched it down to 1.

Haha! Same thing here.

Eug Wanker · Jul 19, 2006, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by powerbook867

Rapidshare link for direct download...

http://rapidshare.de/files/26245124/bsgpreview.avi.html

(only have watched it about 5-10 times so far LOL)

Rehosted here, to avoid all that RapidShare stuff: Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Preview

iPod version here.

powerbook867 · Jul 19, 2006, 09:00 PM

Cool! Thanks Eug!

JoshuaZ · Jul 19, 2006, 10:06 PM

CURSES! At work. No YOUTUBE until after work!

Eug Wanker · Jul 19, 2006, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

CURSES! At work. No YOUTUBE until after work!

No YouTube needed.

In the meantime...

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

It looks like the man introducing Starbucks baby to her is the cylon model she tortured!

I wonder if Leoben is the papa.

goMac · Jul 19, 2006, 10:15 PM

Two Cylon babies? What will these mean? Maybe one will lead each side in the end or something...

Dark Helmet · Jul 19, 2006, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Rehosted here, to avoid all that RapidShare stuff: Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Preview

Ha ha that is super ass quality worthy of 1996! ...and then it crashed safari!

Eug Wanker · 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Ha ha that is super ass quality worthy of 1996! ...and then it crashed safari!

It plays fine in QuickTime Player, but plays like crap embedded in Safari for some reason. And yes, it crashes my Safari too.

So, in Mac OS X just OPTION-click to download the BSG Season 3 preview trailer, and then play it QuickTime.

BTW, I put up the iPod .m4v file, but Safari thinks it's a text file. If I loaded it directly I got jibberish, and if I OPTION-clicked it, Safari appends .txt to it. What gives? In the meantime I've just put it in a .zip file.

EDIT:

If I drop the complete AVI (DivX) file into Safari, it plays fine. I guess Safari just doesn't deal with this particular AVI file very well for streaming.

Also, if I click on the trailer link in Firefox or Flock, it loads the whole file first, and then plays it fine (embedded).

Eug · Jul 20, 2006, 10:11 PM

Hmmm... It seems that both the US and Canada won't be releasing the Season 2.5 DVDs until Sept. 19.

(Season 2.0 came out first in the US.)

mrtew · 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by Eug

Hmmm... It seems that both the US and Canada won't be releasing the Season 2.5 DVDs until Sept. 19.

WTF are they waiting for. Why would they want to force people to try and watch 2.5 so fast before the new season starts? We could have been rewatching them all summer. Makes no sense to me.

Dark Helmet · Jul 20, 2006, 11:37 PM

Is 2.5 the whole 2nd season or just the second half?

mrtew · Jul 21, 2006, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Is 2.5 the whole 2nd season or just the second half?

Originally Posted by reader50

The DVD for the 2nd half of Season 2 is listed on Amazon for US$32.49. No complete release of Season 2 so far, apparently they want us to buy both halves. No discount for buying both either - total would be US$67.34 today. Release date is September 19, 2006.

does this answer your question? If not then click on the link.

powerbook867 · Jul 21, 2006, 07:49 AM

ouch. pricey...

Dark Helmet · Jul 21, 2006, 08:24 AM

Sorta expensive but considering the first season was only like 12 episodes at least you are getting 20 for about the same price.

Eug Wanker · Jul 21, 2006, 08:24 AM

US$32.49 seems reasonable for 2.5. It's $41.97 (US$37) in Canada

Then again maybe not... I only paid CAD$29.99 (US$26.44) for some of the older seasons of 24.

reader50 · Jul 21, 2006, 12:58 PM

It's a significant increase in the price. Here is how:

Season 1 DVD set
13 episodes + miniseries (equivalent to 4 episodes)
= 17 episodes for US$44.88
US$2.64 per episode.

Season 2 DVD 2-halfs set
20 episodes (21 if you count the long Pegasus) for US$67.34
US$3.37 per episode
US$3.21 per episode if Pegasus is counted twice.

Either way, it's an approx 25% price increase, with 1-3 lower-quality episodes included. Counting Pegasus as 1.5 episodes, a combined Season 2 at the regular price would be US$54.12

Eug Wanker · Jul 21, 2006, 01:23 PM

Anyone know exactly what's on this DVD set? Amazon doesn't give much info.

It just says it's 521 minutes, which would be the length of 10 episodes, plus one long episode (Pegasus).

What else is on the DVD?

olePigeon · Jul 21, 2006, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Anyone know exactly what's on this DVD set? Amazon doesn't give much info.

It just says it's 521 minutes, which would be the length of 10 episodes, plus one long episode (Pegasus).

What else is on the DVD?

I hope they have cast and crew interviews, special effects, and bloopers. Those are always great. I liked the Voyager extras.

reader50 · Jul 21, 2006, 02:53 PM

It will be short on extra content, since there are only three disks.

Disk 1: 176 minutes (Eps 11, 12, 13, 14)
Disk 2: 176 minutes (Eps 15, 16, 17, 18)
Disk 3: 167 minutes (Eps 19, 20 Long, 10 Long, BSG 3 preview)
Total: 519 minutes. (official total is 521)

Episodes count as 44 minutes each. Exception: Season 2 finale will be 66 minutes, Pegasus Long will be ~55 minutes, Season 3 previews approx 2 minutes.

A DVD can have about 180-190 minutes of video content, depending on the number of audio tracks, etc. If all the extra content (except commentaries) is on Disk 3, then there is only room for 10-15 minutes of extra content. That won't even scratch David Eick's video blogs, which would require ~100 extra minutes (20 x 5 min each). So I expect the video blogs to be missing, and just some deleted scenes.

Pegasus Long should have been in the first half. There was plenty of room, and that would free up nearly an hour of space in the 2nd half for extras. When Season 2 is released as a single set, I expect that is how it will be done. If a complete Season 2 is to include all the extras, then they will need seven disks.

Landos Mustache · Jul 21, 2006, 03:08 PM

Don't tell anyone at the studio's this but if they come out with them in Blu-Ray then I don't care what it costs a season. It is worth it so I am not going to fuss over value per episode.

goMac · Jul 21, 2006, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Don't tell anyone at the studio's this but if they come out with them in Blu-Ray then I don't care what it costs a season. It is worth it so I am not going to fuss over value per episode.

Haven't we already gone over this? BSG won't be coming to Bluray. Universal is a strong HD-DVD supporter.

Eug Wanker · Jul 21, 2006, 09:13 PM

Hmmm... A reason for me to get the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360.

mrtew · Jul 22, 2006, 01:27 PM

For godssake, coudn't they have agreed on a format before introducing both??? Having two competing formats isn't going to benefit anyone except the comany's format that wins two years from now. Idiots. I wish a third format would be introduced next month that would make both HDDVD and BluRay look like yestersday's crap. Makes me so mad to know that I'll have to wait another couple years of buying DVD's to find out which way to go. Idiots.

Dark Helmet · Jul 22, 2006, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by goMac

Haven't we already gone over this? BSG won't be coming to Bluray. Universal is a strong HD-DVD supporter.

By the time they get their act in gear they might have hybrid, blu-ray may be dead or they might change their mind.

goMac · Jul 22, 2006, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

By the time they get their act in gear they might have hybrid, blu-ray may be dead or they might change their mind.

I think the only hope would be Bluray/HD-DVD hybrid players. Considering Universal is the leading pusher of HD-DVD, I doubt they'll issue anything in Bluray.

Dark Helmet · 12:48 AM

Some juicy info:

http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultim...;f=36;t=005399

"Season Three starts four months after the end of Season Two. The Cylon occupation of New Caprica is in full swing. Baltar is the titular president New Caprica. Some have taken sides, and some are caught in between. One in particular is missing a vital part of his anatomy. It is a dark and challenging beginning to the tale of what happened to these
people on New Caprica."

"Baltar will be spending some time on board a Cylon ship, which will give viewers the opportunity to get to know Cylon culture from the inside-out."

"At the end of Season Two, there were approximately 49,000 colonials, and at the beginning of Season Three, there were only 38,000. Something bad had happened, and this dark season of television will explore that."

"Finally, for those interested in the spin-off CAPRICA, a script has just been submitted to the Sci-Fi Channel by Remi Aubuchon (writer). Moore and Eick have been working closely with Aubuchon to get just the right tone and plotlines set up for the new show. It's a way of exploring the mythos by going back before the stories and thinking about how what happened then set into effect what's happening now."

Eug · Jul 24, 2006, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Some juicy info:

One in particular is missing a vital part of his anatomy.

Further, one series arc will be devoted to finding that part of his anatomy again, as the president has declared it the colonial symbol of human fertility, and vital for the survival of the human race.