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    2nd season really half a season (DVD Review)

    From Akron Beacon Journal:

    2nd season really half a season (DVD Review)

    Only 10 episodes on `Galactica' disc

    by George M. Thomas
    Sun, Dec. 18, 2005

    `Battlestar Galactica 2.0'

    The series (*** ½): With the first season effectively setting up its mythos, Battlestar Galactica (no rating, Universal, $49.99 on DVD only), felt free to delve deeper into intriguing stories involving politics, religion and war and making them relevant to today's goings-on.

    It's a bit of a bummer that this box set contains only 10 episodes of the landmark series' second season -- the captains at the Sci-Fi Channel decided to split the 20-episode second season in two, with the next set of chapters beginning to air next month.

    Still that doesn't diminish what series revisionist Ronald Moore (who can't be called its creator because the show is based on the '70s TV series) does here, creating a story that asks questions and stirs debate. The Galactica leads a ``ragtag fugitive fleet'' of refugees, heading for Earth after a holocaust caused by the machines that humans created.

    In this season, Moore and his co-writers skillfully deal with wartime issues such as torture and whether moral duty should outweigh orders from a commanding officer. The episodes are usually thought provoking and gripping, well crafted and intelligent.

    Moore also did something wise by using a plot twist from the original series -- the return of another Battlestar ship, the Pegasus, to the fleet. But the plot takes some entirely new turns, including possible imminent civil war between the two ships. Compelling stuff indeed.

    The discs (** ½): There is no earth-shattering stuff here. Moore was one of the first in television to understand the benefits of podcasting -- releasing commentary in a computer audio file form on the Internet. In that format, he often talked about episodes just after their airings. Those files, along with assorted deleted scenes, are included.

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    I'll wait for the complete second season to become available. I'm sure it will after season's end.
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