Reviews: Battlestar Galactica (2003 Miniseries) [Blu-ray]

Battlestar Galactica (2003 Miniseries) [Blu-ray]

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0%Great series. Ridiculous price.

0%New BSG Delights Many, But Not Me

Solid 5 stars...I HOPE

Battlestar Galactica, Captivating is the Only Word to Describe

1%One of the Best

0%What does this include?

0%Talk about GREED...

0%Initially Sceptical About The New Version........

0%Mankuta says: Don't ask...don't question...just buy it.

0%Best Television Series Ever. Period.

1%Finest FRAKIN Sci Fi TV Series EVER......

0%Great opener to a wonderful series - want to address another reviewer's comment

A Must Buy!

Best sci fi seies ever

1%Excellent, but included with Season 1

Great transition from the original version!!

0%Better than the original, or worse?

1%Well, Duh. Fantastic

1%Don't Buy

1%Great Content, But You're Better Off Buying SEASON ONE

Probably the best space opera ever put on film.

Battlestar Galactica

Love it.

Excellent reinvention of sci-camp into Sci -Fi Literature.

BSG Miniseries ... only the BEGINNING ...

Welcome, to the real world, 2 Oct 2007

Well done!

1%Don't Buy Mini-Series if also Buying Season 1 DVD

1%*Buy* Your Command

The Cylons finally answer the humans truce of peace.

1%Lousy PQ but great series

0%Best Miniseries Ever

1%Great series... but it's included in Season 1 DVD Set!!

1%An amazing Sci-Fi Film!

Amazing!

0%I didn't see BSG anywhere in this miniseries.

1%Did you wonder how it all began?

1%The sci-fi classic returns in style

1%Very Promising ...

1%superb - so say we all

1%Excellent Myth and execution. wow. but buy it with season one bundled together

1%Mistake I made

1%A solid spectacular beginning to an amazing series

0%battlestar galactica mini series

0%Everyone's already said it

1%This is the pilot to season 1

0%Best *Yawn* scifi...I'm sorry, I just can't

1%Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

1%A New Battlestar Galactica story

1%Buy Season One and Get this included!

Best Series on Cable

0%A Smart Series

0%My review

1%Home Run Off the Bat

1%Comments from other viewers, and there are no Purple and Orange Squadrons!

1%Don't buy. It's included in Season 1 pack.

1%Excellent SciFi, excellent drama

1%Frackalicious

1%Classic Drama with New-Age Twist

1%Battlestar Galactica Miniseries

1%My new obsession

1%Best show on TV!

1%Great Show

1%Great start to great show, but buy the whole first season

Newbie to BSG ... loved it

1%Get over it fanboys!

1%What can I say? it was better than I expected and I enjoyed it!

0%Best Show on Television

1%Science Fiction as it should be

1%The best show on TV -bar none!

1%Compelling and Entertaining

1%A very resonable beginning

0%Garbage, pure and simple

1%The opening episodes in one of the great revivals in TV history

0%Very good

0%Only the Special Effects are an Improvement

1%Now that's how to do a remake!

1%DONT BUY IF YOU BUY SEASON ONE!

0%Best SCIFI i've aver seen

1%sex and Droids and Rocket Ships

0%Good movie. Double sided DVD defective.

1%couldn't stop watching

1%A strong improvement on the original, but slow-paced

1%Fantastic!

0%DVD is poor.

0%Battlestar miniseries

1%Excellent, but buy Season 1 instead

0%At least we have again a real high quality space opera series

1%greate show, but content is also in the Season One box set.

0%Sci fi TV keeps improving...

0%Great movie- poor product

0%Battle star galactica 2003-miniseries

0%Battlestar Galactica -- Mini Series

0%Great Sci-Fi Epic

0%Battle Galactica (2003 Miniseries)

0%Excellent series!!

1%Mini Series Hype

0%get a grip please

0%Excellent sci-fi show that happens to be called Battlestar Galactica

1%It's on Season One....

0%Reimagined for our times.

1%Scifi for grownups

1%This is included in Season 1 DVD Box Set

1%don't spend your money on this

1%Not only one of the best remakes, but one of the best shows...

1%Don't waste your money

0%Great Series that stands on it's own

0%A worthy update for the 21st century

0%Frak this felgercarb

0%Great Series, Terrible Production

1%Television sci fi at its best.

1%Watch out for the combo offer

0%a ponderous start

1%AWESOME

1%One of the finest Sci-Fi films ever made.

1%I love it!

1%The new First season BG DVD includes the mini-series in its entirety

1%I miss the original

0%BSG ROCKS!

1%Awesome miniseries

1%Excellently written, cast, and executed!

1%awesome scifi

1%close to PERFECT sci-fi

1%Engaging and solid re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica...

0%WOW!

1%Liked the Original Love this Version.

1%100 time better than the original!!

1%Hard Hitting!

1%Blerm

0%too much like West Wing

1%A quantum leap

1%I Was Skeptical They Wouldn't Do the Original Justice

1%It doesn't get better than this

0%Not a reality show?! IT'S TOO MUCH LIKE REALITY!

1%Finally something that is not a reality show.

1%Pity there aren't six stars

1%buy the first season instead

1%Battlestar miniseries

1%Great Updated Movie

1%Excellent Start

1%Excellent series for sci-fi fans and non-sci-fi fans alike

0%For fans of 911 who also like robots.

1%Best show on TV

0%Next they'll give us serious Sleestaks!

0%fans of the WEST WING will love this

1%Compelling series for more serious viewers

1%The New BSG Rocks!

0%I read a lot of the reviews to make a decision

1%Great Beginning

1%On Its Own Merits

1%you could burn a better copy

0%Battlestar Galactica is AMAZING! No longer '70's schlock.

0%Necessary introduction

1%You had me at Cylon

1%Far Better Than the Original

0%it's a downward spiral

1%not the same as the original

0%Where are the other chapters

1%Makes all of the SG-1's look like garbage!!

1%Great Mini Series

1%Amazing miniserie

Pretty good so far

1%Awsome!!

1%Perhaps the best SF show to date

0%poor package

0%BSG Re-Imagined better than Imaginable

0%Very enjoyable

0%Gag me with a Cylon Rifle

1%Great!

1%Great sci-fi epic

0%Not superior to the original...

1%Wait for Season One

1%Not Your Father's Battlestar

1%Not Your Daddy's Battlestar Galactica

1%Great mini-series, prelude to the TV series

0%Ralph's Review of Battle Star Galactica Mini Series

0%I have only five complaints... but they are huge

0%no thanks

0%great, innovative series

1%Great pilot, better series, bad DVD

0%West Wing in space

0%ICK! I'd rather watch Galactica 1980!

1%"Battlestar Galatica" comes roaring back for a new generation

0%Skip B.S. g. and bring on Serenity!

1%more soap than sci fi

0%Fields of the Nephilim

0%No Farscape

1%Depth, Drama, Desires

0%nothing special

0%very well done

0%No Battlestar Galactica for me please, pass the sauce

1%Better than the original!

1%two and a half stars

1%Genre Revisited

1%what a waste

0%buy Firefly instead

1%Galactica *Reimagined* - far better than the original

0%Nothing but negative

1%sadly pointless

1%Excellent Remake

0%What a mess

1%Great Show! Despite being a huge fan of the original

1%FYI - note about accessing special features on disc 1 menu.

1%New miniseries captures my imagination

0%Battlestar Galactica Miniseries

1%not the worst sci fi

0%The worst SF I have seen for a long while!

1%What DOES it mean when the robots rebel?

1%Ok.....hard to swallow for people who've seen the original..

0%a galactic c**k tease

1%A Different Style of Sci Fi

1%Great character driven epic

1%SF for those not prone to SF...

1%This is the best Sci-Fi has to offer!

1%Now THIS is Battlestar Galactica.

1%Excellent Movie

1%Oh yes

1%Amazing!

1%Brilliant!

0%Why did They Ruin it ???

1%A reluctant fan of a well done re-working of the original

0%Science Fiction at its best

1%Fan of original series, this is different but equally great!

1%interesting

1%The mini-series is better than the DVD

1%A Great Beginning

0%How Science Fiction Should Be

1%I don't think I can go back to the original series

1%Fan of the original BSG pleasantly surprised!!

1%Good start reimaging; I'd wait for season 1 discs to buy.

0%Worth every 'Centon' spent watching

1%I have been won over!

1%About Time Somebody Did This

0%Exceeded my expectations. And I was a fan of the Original!

0%More Modern Sci-Fi Garbage.

0%Battlestar Galactica Purists BEWARE

0%great

1%True Fan really blown away - this was excellent

1%Better than I ever would have imagined

0%Best Sci-Fi

1%If you can forget the past . . .

1%Fantastic New Series

1%Best sci-fi show since Babylon 5

1%Wow, I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this

0%I wanted so bad to like this...

0%Friend panned it, I loved it.

1%Excellent show, but some technical issues with DVD

0%Great Story; DVD is technically below par...

1%Best TV Sci-Fi Show Since Babylon 5!

1%Top Notch Drama...Not just for SciFi fans.

1%What a revelation!

1%BSG on JVC

0%An unexpected pleasure.

0%Excellent

1%A New Classic

1%Gripping, convincing, and tense

1%Best sci-fi TV show ever!

1%Best sci-fi show of the year

1%A gripping, flawless presentation with more to come...

1%Excellent if you can overlook the Slights

1%Much Better Than the Original

0%old car with new engine

1%superbly written and filmed

1%Enjoy the show by itself, without comparing to the original.

1%Complex re-imagining of an old concept

1%Same name, different era, different show

1%a very ambitious project

0%original no, a rewrite yes

0%okay, but certainly not great

1%The best Sci Fi on TV

1%A nice surprise

1%The new and improved "Battlestar Galactica"? Maybe...

0%blank DVDs?

0%The "Season" is a complete soap opera, but premier: STELLAR

1%KUDOS to SF Channel - The New "Babylon 5"

0%Battlestar Galactica The Mini Series DVD

1%Hits on all four cylinders

1%Old BSG vs. New BSG: it's fence-sitting time!

1%Sci Fi fans can smile

0%best science fiction in television history

1%need new sci fi? try this.

0%Best Damn Sci-Fi on TV, Period!

0%Awesome!!

0%B.G. fans are in a category all their own

0%could have been better but...

1%3 stars for this DVD - 4 stars for what was on NBC

0%GREATES WORK OF FICTION *EVER*

1%good mainstream TV for normal people not geeks

1%buy this!

1%Frak! I liked it

1%Excellent Sci-Fi Series

1%Best Pilot for a Science Fiction Television Series Ever

0%Great science fiction storytelling

1%A Brilliant and Daring Re-imagining of the Original Series

1%WARNING: Obsessed fans ahead!

1%Galactica for a mature audience

1%enjoyed it but...

1%New Cylons destroy the classic series with this ripoff

All That Sci Fi Can Be

1%attention fans: record the shorter NBC version instead

0%What a great mini series!

1%sick of "old show vs new show" b.s.

1%wait until they release a box set of season one

0%THIS "BATTLESTAR" IS WHAT SCI-FI IS SUPPOSED TO BE

1%Pointless to compare to the original

1%I waited a year for THIS?

1%terrible dvd - don't be fooled

1%Finally a great remake!

1%Parrallel Univ vs remake

1%Unimpressed

1%save your cash

1%Not to be Missed

1%Better than the original.

1%Amazing special effects

Save your money and record it from television

1%A wonderful mini...

1%Battlestar Galactica as it should be

1%A decent start-now let's see where they take it.

1%Solid Groundwork For What Appears To Be A Good Series

1%Lousy Media Package - Excellent Entertainment

1%Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Soars

0%plain and simple awsome!!!!!!!!!!! AA+++++++

0%Not a remake

1%Brilliant work...stop complaining.

1%Great start to a great series

1%It rocks

0%not your father's Battlestar Galactica

0%sterile & hit and miss

0%CHANGE IS GOOD...BUT THIS ISN'T

1%Change is good

1%Much better than hoped for

1%Refreshing!

1%much better than the original series

0%reinvention of science fiction tv??? get a life!!!

1%A Brilliant Beginning

1%Not for me.

0%An interesting beginning.

1%A risky remake that exceeded expectations.

1%Soul is at the heart of Galactica

0%wanted to like this but...

1%Excellent dark sci-fi!

1%A fresh look at an old series - it's average, but not great

0%Starbuck is awesome!

0%Please stick with the original version

1%I enjoyed this.... But

1%Better than the Original

0%Not even good enough for one star

0%i wasn't hooked by this pilot

1%Awesome "NEW" Sci-Fi

0%missed opportunity

1%Excellent reimagining of a classic

1%Was willing to try something new, but disappointed

1%Fantastic introduction to the new TV show

1%quite tedious

1%Don't listen to the naysayers...

0%don't bother

0%a poor mish mash

0%so so sci fi miniseries

1%BG 2003 was full of surprises... Good Ones!

1%missed the mark

1%Excellent

0%Adama: "find me some bullets"

1%Mr Olmos you can do better than this

0%a big tease

0%Like this? Watch Firefly! It's better!

1%nothing beats this miniseries

1%An epic journey, take two...

1%AMAZING!

1%Disregard those who do not understand

0%promising - maybe

1%mostly average

0%PLEASE STOP!

1%Everything old is new again.

0%no more "reimaginings" please!

1%a modern serious take on a old fun idea

1%Probably the best SciFi I've seen in a LONG time.

1%OK just nothing special

0%not total crap, but very bland

1%I gave it a chance

1%Battlestar Galactica - May the Lords of Kobol Go with You

1%I LOVED it

1%The magic is gone.....

1%What's not to like or love about this?

1%Battlestar Galactica

0%Excellent storyline for BSG vets & newbies!

1%Perfect? Not quite but.......

0%Such a disappointment

0%Needs Better Music,Sound Effects,& Story!!!

1%NOT YOUR FATHER'S BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

0%A pilot nearly brought down in flames...

1%Somebody finally made a spacecraft carrier

1%How can anyone NOT like the new version?

1%Fraakmee! Very Different

1%The more I consider, the more I like

0%Haven't we been here before?

1%New BSG is an Epic

1%Not your dad's Battlestar

1%E.J. Olmos elevates this bomb to 2 stars!!!

1%not bad

1%This was a spectacular mini-series

1%So say we all.

1%Compared to Sci-Fi's Other Miniseries....

1%Great television

0%Good,but...

1%The NEW BSG was great and some of the best SF in years.

1%Too negative in outlook for my tastes

1%too little heart, & too little to go on

0%steal rather than create

1%Excellent show

1%Yes, liked it better than the original

1%Very original, and interesting, but...

1%Galactica 2003 mini series

0%Battlestar Galactica 2003 miniseries

1%Loved the new BG

1%Hey, I can't help it. . .

1%A sequel that's BETTER than the original!

1%Almost...

1%Pretty Darned Cool Remake

1%Fantastic!

0%Lack of Imagination and diversity

1%Saw it on SciFi and can't wait for DVD

1%Excellent pilot; for hard SF fans, purists will hate it

0%Real Fans Know the Difference!

1%Battlestar Galactica 2003 - More RELEVANT than the original!

0%Needed more imagination

1%A Realistic Remake, But With a Few Flaws

1%Great show

0%quit whining

0%Politics

0%A waste of film by the Sci Fi channel

1%An Epic For A New Generation

0%Baby with the bathwater!

1%BSG Purists make me laugh

1%On its own merit

1%Not your Father's Galactica...

0%Downloading . . . now.

0%Not good, not bad

0%Best remake ever

1%Different doesn't mean bad

1%New BsG stands on its own merits.

0%Disappointing

1%Galactica for today

1%Nostalgia is a funny thing.

1%Excellent re-imagining of 1970s kitsch

1%The new 'Galactica' is Awesome

1%As someone who's never seen the original, I liked it

1%A Galactica for the adult sensibility

1%Different but good

1%NOT AT ALL BAD!

1%Wha!!! Stop the endless complaining and enjoy the new one!!!

0%Ron Moore: Talentless plagiarizing hack.

1%Well...

0%The work of a "Moore-Ron"

1%This Viper's ready for flight.

1%Surprisingly Great Mini-Series

0%BATTLESTAR DESERVES NO STARS

0%Not for Fans

0%A new rewrite of a classic sci-fi series is a very bad idea.

0%What do you want more?

0%The worst case is that it might be as bad as the original

0%no imagination

0%Warning!Stay away at all cost!!!!

0%Battlestar in Name Only

0%Not BSG

0%There is NO ZERO stars available

0%Do not watch this Psuedo-Galactica

0%Terrible, buy the original instead

0%Even Galactica 1980 will be better!!!!!!

0%Let's save our reviews until it comes out

0%This is NOT Galactica

0%Galactica in name only?

0%MATURITY AND COMPLEXITY ARE GOOD

0%Wow -- psychic reviews! NOBODY has seen this DVD!

0%Watch the original instead

0%Squirming. Visibly Squirming.

0%Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series is Coming!