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One of the most popular television series of the late '70s science fiction boom gets a new look for the new millennium in remake, created as a made-for-cable miniseries. Four decades after the Cylon Wars, the Cylon robots (some of whom have since assumed human form) have launched a vicious nuclear attack, leaving only a few Colonial forces to lead the survivors to safety. Led by starship commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) and politician and possible presidential successor Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), the crew of the Battlestar Galactica searches the galaxy for the mythic 13th Colony of Kobol (otherwise known as Earth), their destination and only hope for survival. Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries also stars Jamie Bamber, James Callis, and Grace Park.
 
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5
Best Female protagonist
on February 21, 2008
Posted by: Bassett
This Mini-Series developed surprisingly innovative and daring choices to remake an old series. The female protagonists are wonderful. An intelligent choice in a sea
of repetitive TV seasons.
What's great about it: Innovative remake of an old series
What's not so great: Series didn't live up to the Mini-Series, which was great!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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David Prior produced the extras on this impressive three-disc release of David Fincher's Panic Room, equaling the outstanding job he did compiling the deluxe releases of that director's earlier films Fight Club and Seven. The superb anamorphic widescreen transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.40:1. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks have been rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. The film is graced with three commentary tracks. The first features director David Fincher discussing every aspect of the film's production. These stories offer a perfect lead-in to the bevy of extras on the bonus discs. In another commentary, Jodie Foster, Dwight Yoakam, and Forest Whitaker discuss what acting in this occasionally troubled production was like. A third commentary features the screenwriter David Koepp, who is joined by the Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman. Their discussion will provide a great deal of fascinating information for anyone interested in the craft of screenwriting. The two discs of extras truly saturate the viewer with information on every conceivable aspect of the production. From pre-visualization computer work to editing decisions, sound design, scoring, makeup, and beyond, this is simply one of the most comprehensive documentations of a film ever released on DVD. Those with a thirst for filmmaking knowledge will find this disc to be among the best ever produced. The care that went into this DVD is apparent in the menus that begin with a blueprint of the house. When the viewer selects one of the sections, the camera tracks inside the blueprint, where suddenly it stops being the blueprint and becomes images of the actual house. The words themselves are presented in the same distinctive font as the film's memorable opening credits. This is easily one of the most impressive discs of the year.
 
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Top 100 DVD Commentary
on February 18, 2008
Posted by: Bassett
This DVD Edition, is a 3 Disc Commentary Edition. Two Discs have detailed commentary about the making of the film divided by Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. In the ever changing world of DVD Commentary top 100 lists, this is still shown on some online lists as one of the top 100 DVD Commentaries ever. Also, notable for the Director's commentary on shooting a film in a confined set. The breakdown of commentary on the last two discs allows you to revisit it based on what you are studying, for example, pre-visualization software and so forth. Film School in a Box! Fincher's didactic commentary should not be missed.
What's great about it: 3 Disc Special Edition, Detailed Commentary Film School in a Box
I would recommend this to a friend!
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A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles and subsequent book by reporter Mark Bowden. On October 3rd, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta Force soldiers and Army Rangers, part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force, are dropped into civil war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, in an effort to kidnap two of local crime lord Mohamed Farah Aidid's top lieutenants. Among the team: Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett), Ranger Lt. Col. Danny McKnight (Tom Sizemore), the resourceful Delta Sgt. First Class Jeff Sanderson (William Fichtner), and Ranger Spec. Grimes (Ewan McGregor), a desk-bound clerk getting his first taste of live combat. When two of the mission's Black Hawk helicopters are shot down by enemy forces, the Americans -- committed to recovering every man, dead or alive -- stay in the area too long and are quickly surrounded. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the longest ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. In the end, 70 soldiers are injured and 18 are dead, along with hundreds of Somalians. Black Hawk Down was voted one of the top ten films of the year by the National Board of Review prior to its limited Oscar-qualifying release. On the basis of his work in this film, co-star Eric Bana, a relatively unknown Australian actor playing Delta Sgt. First Class "Hoot" Gibson, won the lead in director Ang Lee's version of The Hulk (2003).
 
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3-Disc Film School in a Box
on February 15, 2008
Posted by: Bassett
Film School in a Box in that this 3 disc version has a massive amount of background information, and many commentaries that provide film students with critical perspective on how or why decisions were made in the production of this film.
Notable for the historical documentary information on Disc 3 that, if you are an aspiring filmmaker, allows you to see both the research and historical perspectives that influenced Ridley Scott as a Director. Scott's commentaries, on all his films, are always artistically detailed and inspiring, although sometimes lacking in storytelling originality.
What's great about it: 3 Disc Deluxe Edtion is like a Film School in a Box
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Give me one more...Laugh
on September 22, 2007
Posted by: Bassett
from Florida
The final episode produced for this TV series. Although the
first season had the funniest lines ever written for a wolf in the history of TV, this last episode had the funniest lines ever written by a wolf ;<).
This struggling series had been dropped by the networks and resumed production with the help of Canadian funding. Maybe the humor is strictly Canadian (law enforcement on horses parachuting from planes), but Leslie Neilsen should leaving you rolling in laughs. In this day and time it's a very funny look at the thwarting of a terrorist plot.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Laugh 'til I die!
on September 21, 2007
Posted by: Bassett
from Florida
As an animal lover I commend the creator of this show. The 1st season of Due South had the funniest lines ever written for a wolf in the history of television!
Although the creator, as a writer of comedy, went on anonymity as a comedian, he did maintain his serious side as this production foreshadowed.
The truly contentious relationship between Canucks and Americans has never been portrayed with as much
lethargy.
As a fact, the Canadian ownership of everything from a national Airline to a home grown conveyance for law enforcement, a horse, is exploited fully. An archetypal example of the use of the "comic foil".
If you like sarcasm, you'll enjoy this as one of the best first Seasons ever produced for TV. Too bad about the creator, eh?
I would recommend this to a friend!
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