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Battlestar Galactica - Season Three | 
 enlarge | Actors: Edward James Olmos, Mary Mcdonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  182 reviews
Sales Rank: 518
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 6
Running Time: 44
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.8
MPN: MCAD61101285D
UPC: 025195010726
EAN: 0025195010726
ASIN: B00129W6LE
Release Date: March 18, 2008
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/18/2008 Rating: Nr
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The third season of Battlestar Galactica got off to a rip-roaring start on New Caprica, where the settlers had found themselves under Cylon occupation at the end of the previous season. Dr. Baltar (James Callis) had been elected President based on his intention to stop looking for Earth and settle on New Caprica, but is now a puppet of the Cylons, forced to sign execution orders for numerous humans, including former President Roslin (Mary McDonnell). A resistance movement is building, however, led by Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan), and assisted by Chief Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) and Samuel Anders (Michael Trucco). Tigh's desperate tactics--including suicide bombers--raise interesting parallels to the U.S. war in Iraq, and he finds he has to make an even tougher choice. Thanks to Admiral Adama's (Edwards James Olmos) return and the unexpected help of Boomer (Grace Park), the colonists escape, then begin a series of trials in order to convict all of the Cylon collaborators, culminating in the explosive trial of Baltar himself. In a boxing-metaphor episode, Apollo (Jamie Bamber) and Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) resume their mutual attraction with a surprising outcome. After the exciting beginning, Battlestar Galactica sagged a little in the middle of the third season (as it did in the second season) with its ship-bound episodes, but caught speed again at the end. The quest to find Earth, the unexpected loss of a major character, and the revealing of four of the final five Cylons kept viewers coming back to a series that blends action, drama, and universal questions of loyalty, faith, and justice in a way that transcends the science-fiction setting. With Dean Stockwell, Lucy Lawless, and Tricia Helfer as Cylons 1, 3, and 6, Mark Sheppard as defense attorney Romo Lampkin, Alessandro Juliani as Lt. Gaeta, Kandyse McClure as Petty Officer "Dee" Dualla, Nicki Clyne as Crewman Specialist Cally, Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh, and Rekha Sharma as presidential aide Tory Foster. Every episode on the DVD set has executive producer Ronald Moore's podcast commentaries (occasionally joined by others) and almost every episode has deleted scenes, including a different (and less effective) version of the season's final surprise. Also included are bonus commentaries, the Resistance webisodes (10 episodes, 26 minutes total) that provide more of life on occupied New Caprica, executive producer David Eicks' "video blog" featurettes, and an extended version of "Unfinished Business" (mostly adding non-Starbuck-Apollo material). --David Horiuchi
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 Very Entertaining! November 18, 2008
Got this as a gift for my husband and he really enjoyed it. He can't wait for season 4 to come out!
 pretty good November 5, 2008
Pretty entertaining and interesting with a variety of plot twists. Didn't care for some of the "filler" episodes (e.g. "Hero"). A much better buy for the price than seasons 2 or 2.5.
Battlestar Galactica season 3 November 2, 2008
Battlestar Galactica - Season Three Season three starts on New Caprica with bonus web episodes, Resistance, to whet the appetite for the first full ep of season three. All in all this pack is full of extras, more than you find on any other TV shows DVD pack. It's a full season pass, both with the actors and producers but the rest of the Galactica team, who make this one of the best shows in television history, and I aint just talking sci-fi here. The high points as always is Olmos, Sackoffe and McDonnell, who are always on their game, and of course my faves Grace Park and Tahmoh Penikett, have to admit they throw a couple of my faves actors out the air lock no more Jammer,Dominic Zamprogna. The low point is Jamie (I am a trained actor) Bamber whose stories as well as acting detract from another wise perfect season and cast. The third season the producers Eick and Moore give us an almost uncompromised television drama experience, that treats the viewer like they have a brain other than pandering to the expected happy endings and clean finishes they challenge the viewer (case in point the final five or four, this discovery is like the end of the miniseries when Boomer was revelled as a cylon...season three give you that same felling NOOOOOOOOOOO!). So season three is, Other than the miscast Apollo, still shines as Tv's Finest
Fell Short of Season 2's Magnificence - Still Great October 30, 2008
I watched Battlestar Galactica differently than most people did. I dislike commercials, and I dislike long delays in between storylines. So what I did was wait to even start watching Battlestar Galactica until season 3 was complete - knowing at that point that season 4 was going to be the last season produced - and then I got all three seasons in their entirety and watched them pretty much start to end in a row. This meant I could see all the tiny references between shows and seasons clearly (since I literally watched them back-to-back-to-back). It also meant I had extremely high expectations going into the process because of all the loquacious praise being sung about this series.
I was let down by season 1. This season, like many first seasons, promoted stereotypical characters to help viewers differentiate between them. I was then blown away by season 2. The characters, their roots firmly established, now had the leeway to become "more human", to explore their failings, to become lived in and realistic. The actors had "owned" their characters now, and the writers had dispensed with all the introductory junk necessary in a show's launch. Everything shone.
I was really hoping that season three would then take off from there, to explore metaphysical ideas, to delve into the characters' souls, to reach new levels of meaning and development. I suppose the problem here was that I saw the progression from season 1 to season 2 and thought it was a steady up-ramp :) Like most things in life, what it really meant was that they had hit their stride, and would now maintain it. Or, as with when you sing a certain note, because they kept singing that same note, it began to sound a bit flat.
I do still really enjoy the series. The actors are great. The dialogue is often great! I think the visual effects teams do a miraculous job and some of the shots of space combat they pull off are a sheer pleasure to watch. There are many times over the seasons that I've just stared in awe at a series of space flight images. I love space combat :)
But that all being said, instead of pushing the envelope further, it is very much as if the writers started to fall into stereotypical storylines. We have a number of "let us focus on character XYZZY and learn more about their past" episodes. We have some storylines that are so predictable that I was reciting dialogue along with the character, knowing what they were going to say. It was almost as if some episodes were little "mini stories" that had little bearing on the actual goings on.
The trial of a certain character dragged on far too long. There are more than enough Law & Order type shows already out there if that was what someone wanted to watch. It took away from the intensity that is a hallmark with Battlestar Galactica.
And then we have the "Episode that changed everything".
I won't give away any spoilers here, but suffice it to say that when you listen to the commentary track and see both versions of this specific episode, you'll hear from the commentary personnel just how serious the fallout was to this particular episode. I almost wonder if the reaction to the episode had to do with them deciding to end the season after season 4 was done. I know in my household that this episode caused a lot of ripples, of serious discussions. Some watchers here lost most of their interest in BG after that episode.
So to summarize - yes, I definitely watched it through, I enjoyed watching it, I listened to all the commentaries and enjoyed the multiple versions. I went right through from start to end. But I wish it had been more like season 2, with that level of intensity and interconnectedness and meaning. I have high hopes that they'll rekindle that energy and have season 4 go out with a mind blowing experience.
BSG3 is the finest season of TV EVER September 17, 2008
From the first part to the end, season 3 is extraordinary TV. The new home followed by the invasion was suspenseful, difficult, intriguing and just about any other superlative you can throw at it. Col Tigh, Roslin, Chief, Starbuck are all in top form for this season. Lee Adama, while not in top physical form, nonetheless plays a key role as well. From the ultrahot #6 to the other cylons we've all known to love and hate, the action and drama are both equally on display. I know I will see this whole series again in the near future but season 3 will always be the best one.
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