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Battlestar Galactica - Special Edition
[1980]

Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herb Jefferson Jr., Maren Jensen
Director: Alan J. Levi Richard A. Colla Vince Edwards
Format: Box set PAL Special Edition
Released: 12 Jan 2004
RRP: £64.99
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Customer Reviews

Classic Sci Fi - By: John Page, 03 Dec 2005
When I first bought this I hadnt watched it since I was a smalll child, Im part of the Star Wars generation. From what I remembered this was top stuff. Set in another part of the Galaxy a race of humans is almost exterminated by the evil robot Cylons & forced to flee in the form of a rag tag fleet, under the protction of the last surviving military vehicle The Battlestar Galactica.

At first I found it hard to watch, the special effects are a bit dated, but I have to admit that despite the same library shots being used again & again throughout the series, I did enjoy it. The acting isnt great, but there is real chemistry between Apollo & Starbuck. The strories arent great either, there were various problems in production that resulted in scripts being written over night & actors receiving scripts an hour before shooting, but the series does get better as it goes on.

The special features are good, theres a great documentry that highlights what a tragedy it was that this show was cancelled so early. With a huge cult following it is easy to see what is great about this short lived TV series, ignore the terrible hair cuts & seventies decor, this is great Sci Fi stuff.

If youre a fan its worth paying the extra for this Cylon head box set, there are no more special features, but it looks well cool in your collection!

I'd forgotten how good it was - By: , 08 Nov 2004
Amazing series, & it comes in a cool box! However, at £86 it's a bit extortionate considering you're paying £40 extra to have a box shaped like a cylon, & that's alll you're getting extra, the box! Still, if your diehard enough to want it then by alll means, but I'd go for the normal box myself
A DVD of galactic proportions - By: cosmetic punk, 27 Jan 2004
Battlestar Galactica must be one of the few sci-fi series to only last 24 episodes but still mantain a loyal following over 20 years after it's first showing. So much so that the Sci-Fi Channel have just made a new version of the show for the new millennium.

The show had it's fair share of big name celebrities too including Fred Astaire & Lloyd Bridges. And the whole cast seem to have had fun making it, as shown in the excellent 45 minute documentary included here as a bonus.

And for those of us who know the episodes inside & out there are over 2 hours of deleted scenes.

It's annoying that the audio commentaries that were on the US Region 1 DVD haven't made their way across the Atlantic but I'm happy to see this excellent series on DVD in the UK.

But you could save yourself a tenner by buying the standard version. This "Special Edition" consists of a large silver box with a plastic Cyclon's head stuck to it. And that's it. The DVDs are the same as the standard issue. Then you can use the tenner to buy the soundtrack CD to listen to while you watch the music-less picture galllery. Just a thought.

Nostalgia in a box - By: Silverfrog, 03 Dec 2003
Well, they have finallly realised how cool Battlestar Galactica was. It never made as big of a splash as Star Trek but believe me it has a cult following. Dedicated enthusiasts who will no doubt buy this six disc special edition Box set. With features like interview with series creator Glen Larson, deleted scenes, documentaries, photo gallleries & 'Inside Battlestar Galactica: The Cylons'. The box set may have been good, but this is the Special Edition baby! A collectors item & well worth it for alll Battlestar Galactica enthusiasts.