cobywan Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Eh. It's still $200 I'd have to fork out up front, as opposed to the spread-out paying of the season sets, and I would've had to have waited this long to watch the series on DVD at my leisure. Let the ultra-freaks buy that box set. That thing better come with your own programmable 6 hallucination or something... Buy it on credit. Spread it out over time. I'm upgrading to Blu Ray on this. I didn't even bother buying the season four DVD's at all this time.
Gaijin Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Walmart online has the Blu-ray set for $199. Deep Discount has it for $219 but has a 25% discount code (HIDEFDIGEST) which brings it to $165. Cheapest I've seen it yet.
eugimon Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 I'm getting the blu-ray boxset, got it from Amazon because I had around 180 dollars worth of credit with them...
Gaijin Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 I'm getting the blu-ray boxset, got it from Amazon because I had around 180 dollars worth of credit with them... I got mine from Amazon too. I had gift cards so it was a no brainer.
Wes Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 It's down to 150 at DD. I'm so tempted to get it but what's the reviews on the BluRay transfer quality?
eugimon Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 It's down to 150 at DD. I'm so tempted to get it but what's the reviews on the BluRay transfer quality? I've only seen one review and it was glowing. I want to know if they finally re-did the transfer to the mini series, both the DVD and HD-DVD releases of that were horrible, the simulated "grain" looking more like static.
Gabe Q Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Does the set include the original opening two part miniseries?
eugimon Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Does the set include the original opening two part miniseries? yes as well as Razor.
Wes Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 But it doesn't come with The Plan does it? Is there any space in the box for it?
Skullsixx Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 I don't think"The Plan" comes out until this fall.
eugimon Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Got the blu-ray box set today Quick impression... FRAK YEAH. The opening sequence of the mini series was nearly unwatchable with so much static and pop (the so called simulated film grain) on both the DVD and HD-DVD releases... thankfully that's been cleaned up and it actually looks like film grain (more or less, as much as digital film grain effect can look like film grain). Video and sound are great, it's a worthy upgrade to the DVD's for anyone on the fence about upgrading. The box set comes with a toaster too, decent sculpt and posability...
Gaijin Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 Got the blu-ray box set today Quick impression... FRAK YEAH. The opening sequence of the mini series was nearly unwatchable with so much static and pop (the so called simulated film grain) on both the DVD and HD-DVD releases... thankfully that's been cleaned up and it actually looks like film grain (more or less, as much as digital film grain effect can look like film grain). Video and sound are great, it's a worthy upgrade to the DVD's for anyone on the fence about upgrading. The box set comes with a toaster too, decent sculpt and posability... The mini-series was actually shot on film....only the series was shot on HD Video.
Keith Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 Got the blu-ray box set today Quick impression... FRAK YEAH. The opening sequence of the mini series was nearly unwatchable with so much static and pop (the so called simulated film grain) on both the DVD and HD-DVD releases... thankfully that's been cleaned up and it actually looks like film grain (more or less, as much as digital film grain effect can look like film grain). Video and sound are great, it's a worthy upgrade to the DVD's for anyone on the fence about upgrading. The box set comes with a toaster too, decent sculpt and posability... Reading up reviews on the set itself, is it true they used cardboard sleeves for the disc's? If so, what the hell were they thinking?? Blade Runner fit nicely into a 5 disc single sized case, and I can't imagine there's a shortage of those. Hopefully the show will be eventually repackaged in a more space & scratch-resistent friendly packaging.
eugimon Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) Reading up reviews on the set itself, is it true they used cardboard sleeves for the disc's? If so, what the hell were they thinking?? Blade Runner fit nicely into a 5 disc single sized case, and I can't imagine there's a shortage of those. Hopefully the show will be eventually repackaged in a more space & scratch-resistent friendly packaging. yeah, they're packaged in cardboard sleeves.. I agree it's a boneheaded move. The mini-series was actually shot on film....only the series was shot on HD Video. Huh, you're right... which makes the DVD and HD-DVD all that much worse. That opening sequence in the space station borders on unwatchable with the amount of static and pop on the previous formats. Edited July 31, 2009 by eugimon
Gaijin Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 yeah, they're packaged in cardboard sleeves.. I agree it's a boneheaded move. Huh, you're right... which makes the DVD and HD-DVD all that much worse. That opening sequence in the space station borders on unwatchable with the amount of static and pop on the previous formats. Yeah, they were bad. Still haven't received my set yet. There are some boxes at the post office though so I'm presuming that's one of them. Can't wait to see the improvement on the miniseries.
RedWolf Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Anybody else watched "The Plan"? The Cylon Plan is... What plan? Mostly its about Cavil and his micro-managing of the Skinjobs. Doral/Five got me thinking of the video "We were Centurions". The bulk of the Colonial fleet on Caprica were Valkyrie battlestar types. Plus the Basestars show something they didn't do in the series. They can rotate and become arrows for atmospheric entry. As for the Colony it was shown at the beginning with the Cylon fleet. No classic basestars I'm sorry to say.
eugimon Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 waiting for the blu-ray. but will definitely pick it up when it comes out
Chuey Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Anybody else watched "The Plan"? The Cylon Plan is... What plan? Mostly its about Cavil and his micro-managing of the Skinjobs. Doral/Five got me thinking of the video "We were Centurions". The bulk of the Colonial fleet on Caprica were Valkyrie battlestar types. Plus the Basestars show something they didn't do in the series. They can rotate and become arrows for atmospheric entry. As for the Colony it was shown at the beginning with the Cylon fleet. No classic basestars I'm sorry to say. It was nice to see the Pegasus again.
Wes Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Anybody else watched "The Plan"? I hope it wasn't on broadcast TV and i missed it.
Duke Togo Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Missed it, forgot about it, whatever. BSG was the only reason why I watched Sci-Fi, or whatever the channel is called now. If they did promos for it, I would have missed them.
Kelsain Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Probably missed it due to newborn craziness. I'll have to check if my DVR caught it... So was the plan as haphazard as it seemed?
RedWolf Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Probably missed it due to newborn craziness. I'll have to check if my DVR caught it... So was the plan as haphazard as it seemed? Cavil centric with scheming on killing the humans of the fleet. Picture Cavil as RDM as he was writing the series. Which was pretty much... Wait... Wha..? That's the Plan?
big F Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Cavil centric with scheming on killing the humans of the fleet. Picture Cavil as RDM as he was writing the series. Which was pretty much... Wait... Wha..? That's the Plan? So cue a long wait to see it in the U.K or fire up the torrent engine until it comes out on DVD/Blueray.
Chewie Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 I don't think it even aired yet. I downloaded it but haven't watched more than a few minutes of it due to my boneheaded roomate starting the series on season 4 and crying about not knowing what was going on earlier in the series. From what is shown in the bar, it'll be cut to all hell on tv for rating purposes. Mmmm. Boobs. Wait for the dvd or Blu-Ray.
cobywan Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 It's a DVD/BD release that will get a later telecast.
the white drew carey Posted October 27, 2009 Posted October 27, 2009 Saw it last night. I enjoyed it, but some of the company I was in didn't so much I think part of the issue is whether or not you think The Plan will irrevocably alter the storyline as you remember it. In this film, it is shown that the #1 model (Brother Cavil, etc.) is the mastermind and driving force behind the cylon plan to destroy humanity. However, as he was the only one who knew the identity of the final five, his plan also involved them in a way not originally hinted at in the series. Some of the people I was with didn't care for the #1-centric storyline.
mospeadamacrosstech Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 The movie was mediocre. It did fill in some holes from early seasons. But other than that, it could have been so much better. I was expecting more from Jane.
eugimon Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 I agree. I'm a huge fan of the show but this really felt like a collection of cut scenes.
mospeadamacrosstech Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) I agree. I'm a huge fan of the show but this really felt like a collection of cut scenes. I know right? I was expecting so much more. It's too bad. Not sold on Caprica yet. But I'll watch it. There is talks of another BSG movie. Wonder what they're going to possibly do that hasn't already been done. My wife said one of the Battlestars was called Valkyrie. I missed that. Will have to watch it again. Edited November 2, 2009 by mospeadamacrosstech
kaiotheforsaken Posted November 2, 2009 Author Posted November 2, 2009 The other BSG movie, at least in terms of what I've heard takes place with the original series canon and not the Ron Moore BSG.
eugimon Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 The other BSG movie, at least in terms of what I've heard takes place with the original series canon and not the Ron Moore BSG. edward james olmos has talked about another movie set on earth with the full cast,, so who knows. If it's gonna be like The Plan, I'd rather they didn't. Getting some insight into the Brother Cavils was interesting and all but it was just kinda meh.
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