Battlestar Galactica Season 3 DVD Art & More

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Since we know this upcoming fourth season of Battlestar Galactica is the last, I think I'll exercise some prudent restraint and wait for the complete series box set (in Blu-Ray), which will no doubt be out before next Christmas.

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You'll be waiting alot longer than next Christmas for Universal to release a Blu Ray disc.

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I'm assuming they (Universal) will see the error of their ways by then; or at least Microsoft will stop bribing them and Paramount to release HD-DVD only.

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What took so long?!?!?! I have been catching this series on DVD because I can't get the time to watch it when it is originally broadcast. I have too much respect for this series to bit-torrent it. It is just too high quality and too well written.

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Like most current series, they waited to release it until near the time the next season starts running.

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The podcasts are included after all! I thought with the strike and all we'd never see these.

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"Unfinished Business" is 25 minutes longer? Whoa.

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HD, Universal? Please? Do it for me; I even like the packaging on HD season one.

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Nothing more than a guess but if they haven't changed the S4 premiere date yet and they've announced the S3 DVD to coincide with that premiere, it's extremely unlikely that they're going to change it. They'll just play whatever episodes they have finished and then when the strike ends, they'll make and air the rest.

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It's a longer cut, alright. This is from an interview with Ron Moore:


EclipseMagazine.com » BSG’s Ron Moore Speaks!! We discuss the Battlestar Galactica, Crappy Video Games, iTunes, Razor, Strike, DVDs and more!

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The press release says that particular episode includes 25 minutes of extra footage, unless it's extremely poorly written. Don't forget season 2.5's version of Pegasus was 15 minutes longer than broadcast. From what the producers were saying on the podcast, they had to cut out a lot of stuff from the episode, such as the reason Starbuck and Tigh were getting along after the "bold leap forward."
I'm not really a huge fan of the episode, but maybe the added scenes will improve it, and I'm definitely interested to see the other flashbacks to the lost year.

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Oh how I wish for such a thing to happen.....there's so much in each of their catalogues that I'd love to have on BD.

As for Battlestar Galactica: Season 3, it's about damn time that they are releasing this. I've been waiting a long time to pick this up. Now I just have to wait about 3 long, cold winter months before I get my hands on it.

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I don't think season 4 will even be over by next Christmas.

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No word on the "Resistance" webisodes in this release?

Those are as every bit as essential as the regular episodes themselves, and there was that article from earlier this spring which indicated that they'd be included, edited together with extended content to form "Episode Zero" on the DVD playlist.

Though, the WGA strike might've fucked this up.

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Though apparently Ron Moore was reluctant to even turn the "Resistance" video masters over to Universal, awaiting word from the WGA on a couple of key points -- there was still some friction over these earlier this year. It might've gotten smoothed over before the strike began, but the DVD press release doesn't really give any hints on their inclusion one way or the other.

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I was looking for that too, and was saddened it may not be included.

I agree that the webisodes are essential viewing for BSG.

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Absolutely -- the first scenes in Episode 3.01 ("Occupation") jump ahead something like four months, IIRC, from the ending of 2.20 ("Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II"), and the webisodes fill in those missing months.

Everything from Colonel Tigh's organization of the New Caprica resistance movement, down to a much stronger understanding of precisely why Jammer decided to become a Cylon collaborator, as well as Duck's desire to end it all as a suicide-bomber. Folks who just watch the season premiere alone are going to be lost on several of these plot-points, though they should still be able to mentally "bridge" it enough to go on from there.

I dunno. Some sites are still of the opinion that the webisodes will make the cut on the DVD set, but until we get that first official spec-listing from Universal, it's all up in the air.

But still. Can't believe they'd let these fall by the wayside.

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I hope the "Resistance" webisodes are included as well... I never actually saw them.

The web-based "Flashback" episodes were included on the Razor DVD, and they weren't mentioned at all on the packaging (not sure about the press release). Granted, some of them were in the movie itself, but not all of them.

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W00t! Great news. Thanks, Mark.

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Excellent! I'll be buying.

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The original note on Battlestar Galactica DVD news: Announcement for Battlestar Galactica - Season 3 | TVShowsOnDVD.com said this

One of the episodes, "Unfinished Business", will have an exclusive version on this DVD release, including 25 minutes of never-before-seen footage!

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And fantastic news on the webisodes being included! I can't wait to see those on a real sized screen Surprised to see them on disc 2 and not on disc 1 but as long as they are some where I am happy!



I didn't know this. Are there 3 versions of Pegasus?

a) The "shortened" syndicated length version on 2.0 for a 1 hour time block
b) The original extended episode that was broadcast over 90 minutes
c) And an extended extended episode on 2.5?


Andy

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Warners just announced it is going Blu-Ray only starting soon, and the Digital Bits just posted this comment ...

"Blu-ray now has 70% exclusive access to Hollywood studio content. Didn't we say this format war would finally end in 2008? Not a moment too soon as far as we're concerned. Our bet is that Universal and Paramount announce Blu-ray support by mid 2008, if not sooner. No studio is going to want to be the last one holding the bag now."

The Digital Bits - Celebrating Film in the Digital Age

So the hope for a Box Set BSG on Blu-Ray suddenly appears more realistic, if not until after the run of the fourth and last season in 2009.

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I'll give you that it's a possibility by 2009. It's nearly impossible that Universal will switch to Blu Ray AND release three seasons of BSG in the next 12 months.