Have you been watching Caprica, the follow-up series/prequel to Battlestar Galactica? I haven’t taken the plunge yet but I have a feeling this might just be the weekend I give the new SyFy series a shot. I’m honestly still a little Battlestar-ed out from last years final season and all the news leading up to the release of the Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series Blu-ray boxed set. Yet, here we are again, less than a year later with an almost identical announcement from Universal, for another release of the series on Blu. What can you expect from this new edition? Read on and I’ll tell you…
At its core, this is just a repackaging of the series in newer, slimmer, standard digipacks that will fit happily on your movie shelf (No package art is available yet). The bonus here is that, not only will this set be cheaper ($299.98 down from $349.98 MSRP) but it will also include last years direct-to-video film The Plan, in its extended, unrated version! This is great news for those of us who felt the previous set was lacking the necessary components to call itself “Complete“, bringing it one step closer to deserving its name.
Sadly, however, it seems that Universal is still reluctant to include the webisodes that led into the final season of the series - The Face of the Enemy. We reported on its omission from the original set last year, when a storm began brewing around the notion that the studio was trying to bury the shorts for outting one its core characters. Seems like a silly reason to omit content to me. People were getting outted as robots on a weekly basis on Galactica. I think one man’s sexuality was of a much lesser concern to fans than the revelation of the identity of the final Cylon! Home Media Magazine has spoken to Universal who seem inclined to keep the webisodes an online exclusive into the forseeable future.
On a positive note, our pals over at TV Shows on DVD have uncovered a packaging trade-in program! If you already own the set and would prefer the new digipacks to fit the discs on your shelves, Universal is ready to help you out. Hop on over to their site for details!
The new edition of Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com for $177.99. The original edition, released July 28, 2009 is currently reduced to only $185.49.
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