New Galactica echoes current events (DVD Review)
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New Galactica echoes current events
by Rick Mcginnis/Metro Toronto
September 27, 2005
Battlestar Galactica:
Season One
Universal DVD box set
***** (out of five)
Star Trek Enterprise:
Season Three
Paramount DVD box set
***
Click on the link to read the reviews.
Some excerpts:
The new series cast Edward James Olmos as Adama, the role played by Canadian-born Lorne Greene in the original series. Whereas Greene's Adama had an operetta quality with his booming voice and epaulets, Olmos is craggy-faced and grim, delivering his lines with hoarse exhaustion. His Galactica is recognizably military — an aircraft carrier in space — and the conflict between him and Mary McDonnell as President of the human survivors is utterly recognizable.
Galactica is the most adamantly post-9/11 TV series yet, standing head and shoulders, in its handling of current events and anxieties, above its competition — shows like 24, The Wire, E-Ring, and the third season of the now-cancelled Star Trek Enterprise, just released on disc this week.
Like any historical epic, sci-fi is really about the present, not the past or future, and this simple move redeems the possibility of sci-fi on TV. Both box sets come with generous bonus features, including commentary tracks and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
New Galactica echoes current events
by Rick Mcginnis/Metro Toronto
September 27, 2005
Battlestar Galactica:
Season One
Universal DVD box set
***** (out of five)
Star Trek Enterprise:
Season Three
Paramount DVD box set
***
Click on the link to read the reviews.
Some excerpts:
The new series cast Edward James Olmos as Adama, the role played by Canadian-born Lorne Greene in the original series. Whereas Greene's Adama had an operetta quality with his booming voice and epaulets, Olmos is craggy-faced and grim, delivering his lines with hoarse exhaustion. His Galactica is recognizably military — an aircraft carrier in space — and the conflict between him and Mary McDonnell as President of the human survivors is utterly recognizable.
Galactica is the most adamantly post-9/11 TV series yet, standing head and shoulders, in its handling of current events and anxieties, above its competition — shows like 24, The Wire, E-Ring, and the third season of the now-cancelled Star Trek Enterprise, just released on disc this week.
Like any historical epic, sci-fi is really about the present, not the past or future, and this simple move redeems the possibility of sci-fi on TV. Both box sets come with generous bonus features, including commentary tracks and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
