| | |  | YuGiOh! | Home » » » Battlestar Galactica - Season Three | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | The adventure of one of television's finest dramas continues with the complete third season of the Peabody Award-winning Battlestar Galactica. The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives. Relive all 20 episodes of the season that challenges everything you thought you knew about the Battlestar Galactica universe. Presented in Dolby 5.1 surround sound, the 6-disc set features over 15 hours of extensive special features, including the DVD exclusive version of the episode "Unfinished Business" containing 25 additional minutes of never-before-seen footage. You won't want to miss a minute of the series considered "one of the best dramas on TV" (Time Magazine). | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer | | Format:
| AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 6 | | Studio:
| Universal Studios | | Run Time:
| 953 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 18, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 215 reviews |
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 Not Up to the Standard of other BSG Seasons. Sadly.Jul 28, 2010
I would definitely concur with the Joshua Colemans' fine review that Season Three was the weakest of all of the BSG seasons, overall.
Yes, sure, the 'escape from New Caprica' episode was killer, as was the Eye of Jupiter mini-arc in the middle of the season. But there were plenty and plenty of 'throwaway' episodes throughout ('The Woman King' stands out as especially bad), and perhaps worse, a lot of characters seemed poorly-written in this season.
Starbuck comes especially to mind... she's absolutely wonderful and badass in other seasons, but in much of S3 she becomes a whiney, self-centered brat, for lack of a better term. And the continuing romantic drama/quadrangle between her and Apollo and their significant others was strangely annoying, not poignant or heartbreaking. Another S2 ball fumbled.
Heck, even the whole New Caprica arc early on seems one lost opportunity after another, the fantastic 'escape' episode aside... basically Ron D. Moore and friends tried too hard to make it into an Iraq allegory, rather than letting that message grow organically out of the situation. Too heavy-handed, and too obvious.
(and strangely low-tech... the Cylons didn't appear to have any better way to keep tabs on the imprisoned colonials than we do nowadays... doesn't seem realistic, honestly)
The big show trial at the end of S3 also falls very flat, if you bother to be discerning at all about it... while I liked the character of Romo Lampkin, it seemed incredibly ridiculous that Apollo was suddenly going to became this first-rate lawyer and lynchpin of Baltar's legal team.
To be fair to Season Three, though, this is not the first time BSG has engaged in this kind of silliness... Starbuck doubled as a SWAT team sniper in S1, for example. Apparently, one of the 'Big Three' characters (Apollo, Starbuck, Adama) MUST be involved in any major action, no matter what. One can envisage Adama Sr elbowing Doc Codell away from a patient during a major surgery scene, having suddenly developed brain surgery skills, lol.
I'll draw flack from the less discerning fans for saying this, I know, but really, you can skip most of S3 safely... you're really not missing much.
S4 is better, though not as much better as you might like.
The indispensable new BSG remains the Mini-series, S1, and the majority of S2, up until those late S2 clinker episodes started showing up ('Sacrifice', 'Black Market'). This is what happens when you go from a 13-episode season to a 20-episode season... quality inevitably suffers. "Just not enough time to make every episode special"... this is a quote from RDM himself regarding this issue. And... he's very much right.
That said, the new BSG remains one of my favorite shows, its low lights not withstanding. I just wish the good times could've lasted longer than they did.
 Subtitling for Season 3?Jul 25, 2010
I already own the Season 3 Region 2 boxset and enjoyed it very much. I think in some ways it's my favourite season, and the courtroom scenes in 'Crossroads' held me absolutely riveted to my screen. But.... as we all know, the R2 sets are rather lacking - no special features at all, except the 'Story So Far' recap. As this is true across the board I'd ordered American versions of Seasons 1, 2.5 and 4.5 and was delighted with 1 and 4.5. 2.5 was a disappointment because none of the special features apart from the extended version of 'Pegasus' was subtitled. Before I buy Season 3, could someone tell me what the subtitling status is there? I know podcasts and commentaries won't be subtitled, and I don't expect them to be, but I *would* like subtitling for deleted scenes, featurettes, blogs and so on. Help?
 Finally a series worth watchingJul 19, 2010
Even in the advance times of knowledge, there are problems with human nature, ego, pride, and prejudice. Series is worth watching if for no other reason that it makes you think and wonder if the answer truly can only be found within our selves....
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Soap Opera GalacticaJun 14, 2010
Battlestar Galactica started out as a military science fiction show (though its science is nonsense). In its second season it became a political drama. In its third season it became a soap opera with cheating spouses, a ménage à trois, emoting Cylons, sex scenes and many shots of nearly nude hunks, dream sequences, imaginary lovers, etc. I assume that the producers and writers decided to abandon the original fans (mostly males who liked action stories) and appeal to soap opera-loving females.
Of note is that the genre changes of Battlestar Galactica failed. Viewership declined throughout the second season and declined more rapidly during the third season. The show's Nielson ratings averaged 2.3 in season 1, 1.9 in season 2, and 1.4 in season 3.
If you were a fan of the first two seasons of Battlestar Galactica, I recommend that you rent DVD 1 of season three to see if it appeals to you.
Frakin' PrimeMay 30, 2010
Overall, I'd say season three is good because, of course, it advances the story, though it does tend to drag a little in the middle of the season what with Baltar becoming a religious icon. Additionally, some of the stand alone stories don't seem that interesting considering what all is going on, and what I, as a viewer, wanted to know, such as just who were the final five Cylons. However, fat Apollo is just tongue-in-cheek enough to be interesting. Also, some of the extended episodes don't really seem worth it, especially since there are deleated scenes and commentary. I would have rather had another episode. Just buy the frakin' thing already! So say we all already.
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