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Paulidan

12-27-09, 02:59 PM

I think the conclusion is on par with the rest of the series. Aside from one minor gripe, the finale just about knocked me out of my chair.

From my chair, the show began as rationale science-fiction (from the mini-series and "33" on through the second and third seasons), but it concludes with quite a bit of empty mystic/fantasy mumbo jumbo substituting for logical cause and effect. Also
They really DON'T have much of a plan at all- certainly nothing to justify the opening tease for four seasons.

I could buy the mysticism in the earlier seasons, because there is always some human-centric pragmatic doubt left in the mix. Human actions may be motivated by supernatural beliefs, but the actions themselves aren't supernatural.

I see a huge gulf between the beginning of the series and the way it concludes.

thirdkind

12-27-09, 04:20 PM

From my chair, the show began as rationale science-fiction (from the mini-series and "33" on through the second and third seasons), but it concludes with quite a bit of empty mystic/fantasy mumbo jumbo substituting for logical cause and effect.

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I see a huge gulf between the beginning of the series and the way it concludes.

That seems to be the consensus from those who dislike the direction the series took.

I'm pretty sure the rest of us were watching a different show. I just watched "33" last night, and it was already heavy on the "mysticism."

This interview question, asked of Ronald Moore, sums up exactly how I feel about religion in general and how I felt after the conclusion:

Q: The series ends explaining a lot of the mysteries with the existence of a supreme being. Does that reflect your own beliefs?

A: I would say the show is reflective of my religious views in that I don’t have really firm religious views. I’m an agnostic in the truest sense of the word. I think about these things — I grew up Roman Catholic, I’ve been interested in Hinduism, in Eastern religions, but I’m not dedicated to anything — I go through periods where I think maybe it’s all nonsense; maybe it’s the Matrix…I’m open to various ideas. And I think the show has been a lot about exploration of ideas, and the basis of faith and how can you come at it: one God, many gods, no gods, who knows.

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2009/03/24/ronald-d-moore-on-the-meaning-of-god-in-battlestar-galacticas-finale-an-amc-interview/

I don't think the show came down firmly on one side or the other, which is what I really love about it.

fjames

12-27-09, 06:14 PM

I have just the final episode to go (will be watching the unaired one so it's all one episode.) Season 4.5 kind of dragged for me, but that's understandable given both the high level of the rest, and that they knew it was ending so you have to wind down at some point.

What I like about the series as a whole from a "technical assessment" point of view is they're honest with the viewer. When there's a setup, there's a payoff appropriate to the emotion of the setup. No "girl on a train track with on-rushing train," and the payoff is "guy moves girl off tracks." I liked that little "hints" about a character would actually be developed, unlike other shows where you end up thinking you must have imagined it. On BG, most subtle/between the lines things you'd see were intentional foreshadowing by the writers. It took me a couple seasons worth to get over being surprised by this.

The only complaint I really have so far is something that is probably peculiar to me. It's a theme they danced around a lot but never really got into, so maybe I was reading between the lines things that were natural to the writers mind and expressed subconsciously. This sort of thing happens all the time - you don't know whether you're seeing/reading what they intend, or if it's a natural perspective of the writer that they don't even know is coming through.

Anyhow, the human view of the Cylons to me is simply a clone of human prejudice toward whatever. There's no difference between the humans and Cylons (the skin jobs) that exceeds the difference between two human cultures. Yet, the humans hate them so ... This was never really addressed, and I thought it would have been a good theme for the ending episodes. The Cylons aren't perfect because they were created by humans, so they have all the human failings somewhere in their "programming." There's even an evolutionary element to it, since the Cylons "created" more Cylons, so certain aspects of their nature would be diluted, certain ones emphasized, yet the decisions would be being made by a human created being.

Whatever, it could have gotten very interesting, the conflict between human and Cylon, the attitudes of each toward the other, in the hands of a great writing staff. Like I said, they played around with it and I was hoping it was a setup for the final resolution, but it seems not.

jason978

12-30-09, 03:12 AM

I read through some of this thread and ahve found an answer, I must be missing something. How in the heck can they release season 4.5 and 4.0??? on bluray that is.

Neo_Reloaded

12-30-09, 03:16 AM

I read through some of this thread and ahve found an answer, I must be missing something. How in the heck can they release season 4.5 and 4.0??? on bluray that is.

What is your actual question? I don't really follow what you are saying.

The BSG Complete Series on Blu-ray includes all seasons, including both 4.0 and 4.5. There is also an individual season 4.5 Blu-ray disc set. Universal is releasing season 1 separately in January, and presumably will release separate season 2, 3, and 4.0 season sets at a later date.

erkq

12-30-09, 02:20 PM

I read through some of this thread and ahve found an answer, I must be missing something. How in the heck can they release season 4.5 and 4.0??? on bluray that is.

Package it, price it, advertise it, introduce it to the distribution chain. Same way they release the other seasons.

jason978

12-31-09, 03:12 AM

oops. sorry i forgot a NOT. fixed it.

regarding bluray, very odd to me that they would release 4.5 before 4.0.

Neo_Reloaded

12-31-09, 12:41 PM

oops. sorry i forgot a NOT. fixed it.

regarding bluray, very odd to me that they would release 4.5 before 4.0.

Because they released 4.5 on Blu-ray the same day they released 4.5 on DVD (which was also the same day they released the Complete Series on both Blu-ray and DVD). Before that there was no BSG on Blu-ray, everything through 4.0 was DVD only.

Vortex3D

12-31-09, 12:54 PM

Because they released 4.5 on Blu-ray the same day they released 4.5 on DVD (which was also the same day they released the Complete Series on both Blu-ray and DVD). Before that there was no BSG on Blu-ray, everything through 4.0 was DVD only.

My theory is Universal is greedy they can get by selling half season 4.5 on Blu-ray even there isn't a standalone Season 4.0 on Blu-ray. Their strategy is to ensure anyone that wants Season 4.0 on Blu-ray have to buy the entire series. Selling two half season is more than one full season set. I have up to Season 3 on DVD and hoping to buy the last season 4 on Blu-ray. It remains to be seen if Season 2 will be release on Blu-ray as single season set or two half season set.

Neo_Reloaded

12-31-09, 01:14 PM

My theory is Universal is greedy they can get by selling half season 4.5 on Blu-ray even there isn't a standalone Season 4.0 on Blu-ray. Their strategy is to ensure anyone that wants Season 4.0 on Blu-ray have to buy the entire series. Selling two half season is more than one full season set. I have up to Season 3 on DVD and hoping to buy the last season 4 on Blu-ray. It remains to be seen if Season 2 will be release on Blu-ray as single season set or two half season set.

Well they had already decided to split things on DVD because of the long wait between the two halves of the season. So they had to do a 4.5 DVD since people had already bought the 4.0 DVD. I figure they did the Blu-ray like that as well so they could offer DVD and BD versions of the same group of episodes on release day, and people who got the 4.0 DVD could get the 4.5 Blu-ray and stuff. They were pretty much locked into the situation before any Blu-ray releases.

It will be interesting if they split Season 2 on BD as they did on DVD. They won't have the same built-in reasoning for the split as they did with Season 4.

enchntr

01-01-10, 03:44 PM

Well, just picked this up today locally for $150. Suncoast Video is going out of business at our mall and had all BD 50% off. At $150, I just couldn't pass it up (although them selling it originally for $300 is just criminal).

Now to find real cases for it.

I am *so* looking forward to starting the series again!

Ed

Vortex3D

01-06-10, 10:04 PM

Amazon has BSG Season 1 Blu-ray for $62.99.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002PXJRR2/panandscathed-20

It's unknown if Season 2 Blu-ray will be sold as two half season like the DVD.

Assuming Season 2 to be around $60 to $80, Season 3 to be around $60, Season 4.0 to be around $40 and Season 4.5 is currently $41.49 at Amazon, buying each season individually on Blu-ray would be $260 to $290.

It probably will be several years before the prices for the entire series to drop below $150 which is what I got my Complete Series when it came out from Deep Discount.

erkq

01-07-10, 12:08 AM

It probably will be several years before the prices for the entire series to drop below $150 which is what I got my Complete Series when it came out from Deep Discount.

I just ordered it from Amazon.uk for $150 in case anyone's waiting for that Deep Discount price to reappear. I obviously agree with you about the pricing not falling below $150 for a while.

Vortex3D

01-07-10, 03:11 AM

Does the UK edition have the same disc art as the US edition?

If you like to have the Centurian figure that comes with the US Complete Series, Amazon has it:
http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Centurion-Action-Figure/dp/B001F234VY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1262851765&sr=8-5

Most of the Centurian parts can be adjusted such as the head, arms, legs and feet. But it's difficult to get the Centurian to stand up by itself because the legs and feet aren't very balanced.

erkq

01-07-10, 11:39 AM

Does the UK edition have the same disc art as the US edition?

I don't know. But I'm one of those guys that doesn't care and I like the UK packaging better. Even the UK packinging kinda sux, though, as I understand it.

seggers

01-07-10, 02:21 PM

junglalien

01-07-10, 05:53 PM

http://i50.tinypic.com/15r08du.jpg

The UK edition is $148.99 USD shipped to USA.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlestar-Galactica-Complete-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B0027UY8B8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1261842021&sr=1-1

thorr

01-08-10, 12:17 PM

This is a spoiler, so click this link at your own risk.

They discovered the final Cylon! http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2008/04/the-final-cylon.html

erkq

01-08-10, 12:45 PM

This is a spoiler, so click this link at your own risk.

They discovered the final Cylon!

Hahahaha THAT's pretty funny!

Vortex3D

01-08-10, 01:48 PM

I have the UK edition. It has a tin box, sits better on the shelf, doesn't have any toys with it and does have a booklet that goes with it.

Some of the discs are a little difficult to get out of the box, but it looks a lot better than the US packaging (at least to me).

And I paid $176 shipped for it too.

Seggers

Does the UK edition say anything about Limited Edition? US Edition supposed to be Limited Edition because the individual seasons probably going to replace the Complete Series after it's out of print.

There was a site with high resolution photos of the photos used in the UK edition sleeves for the season discs. There are many variations of the photos. The "angel" photos of Number Six reminds me of the Caprica poster of Zoey with an apple.

Number Six could be based on Zoey. Zoey gave "birth" to Cylons and Number Six both destroyed and saved the humans.

rdgrimes

01-08-10, 02:06 PM

Does the UK edition say anything about Limited Edition?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlestar-Galactica-Complete-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B0027UY8B8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262977563&sr=8-1

cornchip75

01-08-10, 02:45 PM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlestar-Galactica-Complete-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B0027UY8B8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262977563&sr=8-1

I was about to order this, then I saw it says it Region 2! Hmmm, I loked about a month ago and thought these from the UK were region free. Can anybody confirm what region?

Thanks

junglalien

01-08-10, 03:21 PM

I was about to order this, then I saw it says it Region 2! Hmmm, I loked about a month ago and thought these from the UK were region free. Can anybody confirm what region?

Thanks

That info is wrong. It is region free. Even the SD extras play in US.

cornchip75

01-08-10, 03:25 PM

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I did a search right after I posted and it sounded like the amazon site info is wrong. But those posts were about 4-5 old, so I was still worried something might have changed.

I think I am going to order this UK set right away.

Gai

01-09-10, 04:52 AM

junglalien

01-09-10, 07:24 AM

Region Free huh? Are the discs themselves any different than the US content wise?

Yes it is region free. Both sets have identical content. Here is a video that compares the USA to the UK version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFtYgVq0lc

fjames

01-09-10, 02:51 PM

I thought people were saying something about the music being different on the first disc or whatever it was.

Gai

01-09-10, 06:02 PM

I thought people were saying something about the music being different on the first disc or whatever it was.

The first season in the US had different opening credit music. That I can handle losing as I had the UK 1st season of BSG on DVD.

junglalien

01-09-10, 06:36 PM

I thought people were saying something about the music being different on the first disc or whatever it was.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=23381980&postcount=30

Just so we're clear, the theme song is the same on both the US and UK blu-ray releases: The instrumental theme for Season 1 and the theme with lyrics from Season 2 onward. I thought it was weird too, but such is life I guess?

Confirmed! I just checked disc 1, episode 1 of season 2, and they switched to the UK theme--I guess I somehow missed it during the most recent semi-run through.

Gai

01-10-10, 05:51 AM

Yes it is region free. Both sets have identical content. Here is a video that compares the USA to the UK version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFtYgVq0lc

Thanks! Ordered. Now I shall sell my US set.

cornchip75

01-11-10, 10:18 AM

I order that UK set on Friday. Looks like it will take about 2-3 weeks to get to Canada. Pretty good pricing!

Vortex3D

01-13-10, 01:22 PM

Deviation

01-13-10, 06:56 PM

BSG Season 2 on Blu-ray
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disc_Announcements/Universal_Studios/Battlestar_Galactica:_Season_2_Blu-ray_Announced/4050

Good news is it's on one set, not two half season like the DVD. The price probably will be Season 1.
This one was never really a question, since the complete set has it as season two. However, the discs for season four are labeled 4.0 and 4.5. Personally, I'm hoping for a complete season release for season four.

Rl3058

01-14-10, 10:57 AM

This one was never really a question, since the complete set has it as season two. However, the discs for season four are labeled 4.0 and 4.5. Personally, I'm hoping for a complete season release for season four.

Well since 4.5 is out already I don't see that happening.

Jayderek

01-14-10, 12:00 PM

Well since 4.5 is out already I don't see that happening.

exactly...not if they don't want to piss off everyone who has purchased 4.5 already...

tcfiero

01-16-10, 04:04 PM

Received mine from amazon.co.uk today. The slip covers were not tight as some have stated but my case has some dings on it. I cant talk about the music difference between the US and the UK versions as my season 1 was the UK HDDVD version. Looks great so far.I have my disc in multi-disc cases with the metal case on disply with my other collection odd boxes.

Rl3058

01-18-10, 09:29 PM

I'm looking for some PCX 6-disc cases

motoman

01-18-10, 10:01 PM

I've been wanting this set and ordered it yesterday from Amazon UK. I wanted to order the Goonies BR also so I figured why not. Hopefully I'll get a pristine box. A few years ago I bought the large Laurel & Hardy box set from Amazon Uk and it had really piss poor packaging for such a large set. The box was damaged (corner crushed) so I e-mailed them and they offered a discount on the set instead of trying to send it back. Hopefull this one will arrive ok.

Can't wait to watch BSG on Blu-ray :D

Jim

quikric

01-19-10, 02:35 PM

:D Ordered the UK set on the 16th, shipped on the 17th Sunday:confused:,
waiting as patiently as possible for arrival, and hoping the tin case is in good shape!:D
Paid $151.63 all said and done.

Dave Mack

01-19-10, 08:14 PM

motoman

01-19-10, 10:54 PM

good luck, man. i just ordered a few things from them and was AMAZED at how crap and insignificant the packaging was compared to the domestic amazon.

:D Yeah and some of the domestic stuff has me scratching my head. Had to send my Wizard of Oz set back because all it had was those blow-up packaging things in it and only one was inflated. Whole corner of the set was caved in. :eek: You would think with these large collector sets someone would think to add a layer of bubble wrap around them. Guess cheap prices come at a cost.

Well mine will be here tomorrow so we shall see.

Jim

lvthunder

01-20-10, 10:56 AM

I don't know about the UK, but the US version of Amazon in your account settings you can rate the shipping materials.

TyrantII

01-20-10, 12:41 PM

It's a little light because of the International shipping.

My box came, and while there are no huge deep dings in the tin, a few areas did warp a little. Small impression ding / dents that normally wouldn't be there.

It's not very noticible, unless the light hits it right or you get up close.

That said, the damn thing, while smaller then the US Box set, is still freaking huge.

Instead, I've put my set into 4 multi-disk cases so it now takes up a fraction of the space. The tin is in storage (along with my Band of brother tin and John Adam's box) in case I ever resell it.

TommyV

01-20-10, 09:04 PM

motoman

01-20-10, 09:36 PM

Mine came today from the UK and arrived in perfect shape :D

It is a very impressive set sitting there on the shelf. Now to find time to start watching it.

Jim

TyrantII

01-21-10, 08:46 AM

protovision

01-21-10, 09:56 AM

fwiw, both BSG and BoB arrived from the UK intact, with only a very small dent on the top of the BSG can. It was packaged very well for the trip, which leads me to believe that the dent might have been there before it went into its bigger shipping box.

Dave Mack

01-21-10, 09:58 AM

Wasnt there issues with some import BDs with the PS3 after an update. I remember people screaming about that in "The Descent Blu-ray" thread. That is what gives me pause about buying import BDs even though I don't own the PS3.

That was only if a disc had PAL SD content, like on the menu screen which I believe The Descent had. After that update, the PS3 wouldn't read the disc at all. Since then, a newer update resolved that. :)

BSG has no PAL anywhere on it AFAIK. It's the same disc content-wise as here.

erkq

01-21-10, 04:09 PM

My $150 complete BSG collection arrived from Amazon.uk in PERFECT condition... not the smallest scratch or dent. But it's not thanks to Amazon.uk, that's for sure. They packed it with padding on only 2 sides. The other 4 were right up against the cardboard box. I guess I lucked out.

junglalien

01-22-10, 12:07 AM

http://i46.tinypic.com/167nju9.jpg
**Artwork subject to change**

Battle Galactica: The Plan (UK Steelbook) is up for preorder. The steelbook would go nice with the metal UK complete series. This title will be released on May 10, 2010.

Items: £15.31
Postage & Packing: £3.08

Order Total: £18.39 = $29.81 USD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlestar-Galactica-Plan-Steelbook-Blu-ray/dp/B0033WSJPA?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264081726&sr=1-12

also advertised as steelbook at HMV.
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=50;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=306642

quikric

01-22-10, 01:50 PM

Just pre-ordered!:D
Thanks for the link.:D

Vortex3D

01-23-10, 03:44 AM

While this is not BSG or Blu-ray related, those with Playstation 3, Caprica Pilot Part 1 episode is now free at PSN store. Go to Video, TV Shows and Free TV. Both HD and SD versions are free.

The pilot episode looks like the TV broadcast version because of certain "R rated" scenes missing at the opening.

It's only the first half of the pilot episode is free. The second half of the pilot is available for purchase. Probably to get BSG fans interested in part 1 and then sell the part 2.

SyFy has the extended version for free streaming.

I have never been impressed with PSN Video in HD. It's overly compressed with a lot of macro blocking and huge file size and only in stereo audio.

erkq

01-24-10, 02:55 PM

Friends, Lou and Calli, come over for "Movie Night" all the time. When BSG was proposed as a possible next series, Lou said, "I dunno, Calli doesn't like SF much, but she liked Firefly, so she's willing to give it a chance." When the credits rolled after the 2 hour pilot Calli announced, "OK, I'm hooked!" So I called them today for movie night tonight. Lou said they had plans. THREE MINUTES LATER Calli called me back. Yeah, they had evening plans, but "we'd be open to watching a few episodes during the day." So, we're on for 2:30! This from Calli! This couple is usually outside taking care of their chickens, goats, orchard, vinyard, pond, ,pool, etc. during Sunday. So this is a big deal. :)

Not only that, but I showed the pilot for my girlfriend last night. She talked about the different characters and their issues this morning. She was very impressed. Father issues, self-absorbed issues, drunk issues, sacrifice, command, duty, and a TRUE maverick!

GizmoDVD

01-24-10, 03:36 PM

"The Plan" is not available in any Series set, right?

Geoff D

01-24-10, 03:47 PM

A possible preview of the UK Steel case:

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/12699196/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Plan/Product.html#

I bought the US release of The Plan some time ago, but I gots to get me that UK steelbook. :D

mumbles3k

01-24-10, 04:58 PM

I finally finished watching every episode and every commentary track in this set. It's amazing how much more I picked up on watching it in the span of 6 months as opposed to 6 years. And regarding the ending, which bothered me at first...

I appreciated it a lot more now. My initial gut reaction was, "So they're just flat out saying that there's one true god? That's stupid." Stupid because the show had always been very good at showing multiple beliefs without ever saying that this one is right and this one is wrong, and stupid because I had hoped that any explanation which was ultimately given would be more plausible than "God did it."

But looking at it again, I realize that it is still pretty ambiguous. The only characters that state that it is the work of "the one true god" are the head characters. And while it seems that they would have the inside track on this info, it's nothing different than what they had been saying all along.

It does still bother me that there isn't more of a scientific explanation for certain events. Having such an explanation would by no means diminish the possibility of a divine hand at work, but it also would not rule out the possibility that there simply is no god. As it stands, there is no question that a greater power is at work. It was a lot more interesting when there was that question.

So yes, the ending is problematic, but not as problematic as I originally thought. And all of the character stuff is so satisfying that I can't really complain. The best show ever. Bring on CAPRICA.

Gai

01-27-10, 04:35 AM

Just got my UK set. Perfect condition, not a dent anywhere. Must sell the US set now.... :)

cornchip75

01-28-10, 12:48 PM

Well I finally reveiced my set from the UK. Unfortunatelly I got dinged with a $20 customs bill:mad:. I guess the shipping price was too good to be true. My tin was dented, but I don't think it was from the shipping to me, probably there before hand. But to be honest, that doesn't bother me much, its the content I want. I will probably get some 4-6 disc cases later to put them it.

So I watched the first part of the miniseries last night and it looked pretty good. in some scenes it looked "grainy" while others were really clear. I know it's supposed to look like that, but the inconsistencies are a bit annoying to me. The sound is awsome no complaints there (and yet I'm still not in an HD audio world, just getting the regular DTS soundtrack!).

The wife and I have only seen season 1 before. Watching it again in HD is fun. Can't wait to get to the new material! On another note, we watched Caprica last week, and I thought it was fantastic. It now has a series recording on my PVR. Too bad its only on Space where I am which is SD:(. I have a feeling I will be in line for the Caprica seasons when they are out on Blu.

erkq

01-28-10, 01:14 PM

it looked pretty good. in some scenes it looked "grainy" while others were really clear. I know it's supposed to look like that, but the inconsistencies are a bit annoying to me.

I know they have an "artistic intent" disclaimer at the beginning, but I think some of these inconsistencies are just sloppy filming. When Adama was following the Cylon into the bowels of the ammunition store, the shots looking back up the passageway so you could see their faces looked grainy and had grey, noisy blacks. OTOH, the shots looking down the passageway, where you see their backs looks beautiful, with lots of depth and inky, clean blacks. The scenes cut back and forth between these two views many times. I can't believe they wanted one to look great and the other look like crap. I think it's just sloppy sometimes.

GizmoDVD

01-28-10, 04:51 PM

This is being re-released in standard packaging this April...with The Plan.

erkq

01-28-10, 05:01 PM

This is being re-released in standard packaging this April...with The Plan.

Dang... What's your source on this?

GizmoDVD

01-28-10, 05:07 PM

http://blu-news.com/index.php/2010/01/battlestar-galactica-gets-new-packaging-this-april/

We have learned that Universal Studios Home Entertainment plans to repackage Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series on both Blu-ray and DVD, with smaller and more practical packaging on April 6th. All four seasons will be included, each individually packaged and housed in an outer box. Blu-news.com can also confirm that both ‘The Plan‘ and ‘Razor‘ will be included. We do have first details regarding Razor specifically, both the Unrated Extended Version and Broadcast versions will be included and presented with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on Disc 15 of the box set.

and:
http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Another_Battlestar_Galactica_The_Complete_Series_Blu-ray_Set_Coming/6262

moob

01-28-10, 05:45 PM

Wow.

Well, thankfully the only thing I bought on Blu so far was 4.5 so I could easily sell that. Hopefully this includes The Face of The Enemy webisodes? But even if it doesn't, I'll definitely be getting this one since they're packaging it correctly, and it includes Razor and The Plan. I was holding out to buy all the seasons separately...no reason to wait now.

erkq

01-28-10, 06:09 PM

GizmoDVD

01-28-10, 06:25 PM

Wonder how it'll be priced, now that it includes The Plan?

$50 off the current MSRP ($300 instead of $350). So Amazon price should be $160ish.

Filmmaker

01-28-10, 09:09 PM

Hopefully this includes The Face of The Enemy webisodes.

Slap that on this set and fans like me that spent $150+ on the first set might be inclined to burn Universal to the damn ground. The only way they can right that wrong is to release them separately and ultra-cheaply.

vicmackey187

01-29-10, 02:39 AM

That's rather.... frustrating... for those of us who bought the first set. Let's hope they at least offer us the opportunity to trade/purchase the old packaging for the new if we so desire...

paku

01-29-10, 06:27 AM

Great news. Might actually get around to buying it this time, as long as they don't mess up the packaging again. Otherwise it's back to waiting for a price drop on the individual seasons.

And nice to see The Plan included, since I probably would have skipped it otherwise after reading all the so-so reviews.

jordy475

01-29-10, 03:35 PM

That's rather.... frustrating... for those of us who bought the first set. Let's hope they at least offer us the opportunity to trade/purchase the old packaging for the new if we so desire...

Yeah and if there is an episode guide I'd like the option to get that as well

Deviation

01-29-10, 04:42 PM

$50 off the current MSRP ($300 instead of $350). So Amazon price should be $160ish.
Yeah... I could bite at that price. Hope we get to see some images of the packaging soon.

erkq

01-29-10, 04:54 PM

Yeah... I could bite at that price. Hope we get to see some images of the packaging soon.

I actually really like the packaging of the $150 British version. I like the tin a lot and I have no trouble at all slipping the cardboard covers on and off the disk carriers. Makes me wonder what people are using for fingers when I read the "tight fit" complaint.

But to get The Plan for only $10 more... well... at least we can watch it NOW and I guess that's worth it. We are really enjoying it!

Be interesting to see how the street price actually pans out.

vicmackey187

01-29-10, 05:38 PM

Yeah and if there is an episode guide I'd like the option to get that as well

Not as concerned about that, I made a better one than they'll ever produce.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17201405#post17201405

Rl3058

01-29-10, 09:35 PM

here is the news on the BSG re-packaged complete series

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13278

darkedgex

01-30-10, 03:45 AM

here is the news on the BSG re-packaged complete series

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13278
Hmm.. DVD will be released in slim pack cases, while BD will be in digi-pack. I guess this is a minor improvement, though I wish they'd use slim pack cases for the BD release.

paku

01-30-10, 10:08 AM

Dang, digipacks. Oh well, it's still better than the previous editions.

Brian81

01-30-10, 11:14 AM

Ha, the DVDs get the better packaging.

TyrantII

01-30-10, 03:00 PM

I have no trouble at all slipping the cardboard covers on and off the disk carriers. Makes me wonder what people are using for fingers when I read the "tight fit" complaint.

You got lucky then.

I have no issues with season 3 and 4's slips, but season 1 and 2 are definitely glued to small, season1 to the point that it's almost impossible to get it out of the slip without damaging the cardboard.

vläd

01-31-10, 01:42 PM

The re-release of the complete series is now available to preorder from Amazon;

Battlestar Galactica (2004): Complete Series (http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/dp/B0036EH3U2)

Dave Mack

01-31-10, 02:50 PM

Rod#S

02-01-10, 12:09 PM

Yeah especially considering you can buy the current set for $185.49 on Amazon.com right now.

Bill C.

02-01-10, 12:45 PM

Still no sign of The Face of the Enemy? Okay then. :)

poddie

02-01-10, 08:10 PM

Dang, digipacks. Oh well, it's still better than the previous editions.

+1

HATE digipacks.

joeags

02-01-10, 10:11 PM

And let me echo what many have stated before, THANK YOU vicmackey187 and your many contributors for producing a top-quality booklet for the US release. I was desperately looking for a scan of the UK one when I came across your design a little while back, and now have printed a complete booklet.

Also, thank you to whoever brought up the brochure paper for printing the booklet onto. I had been using heavier quality photo paper before, but this stuff is excellent. Staples had a deal last week on HP branded paper, so 150 sheets were $16.25 tax included. I also picked up some ebay ink for my printer, so $10 for a complete set. I've used about $2.50 worth of ink, and $2.00 worth of paper (screw ups!), so I have a nice booklet that I was desperately missing for $4.50.

It's not perfect, as I had trouble getting every page to go in perfectly straight, and I have a 1 degree off printing from how the printer grabbed the paper, but no major complaints here! I'll spend another $4 if I'm desperate enough for it!

Thanks again!

Not as concerned about that, I made a better one than they'll ever produce.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17201405#post17201405

lvthunder

02-01-10, 11:02 PM

Why are they re-releasing it so soon?

erkq

02-01-10, 11:17 PM

Why are they re-releasing it so soon?

Just a guess, but maybe they figured they could sell more without that sucky packaging. AND production costs are lower. AND The Plan is now ready to go in Blu format.

rdgrimes

02-02-10, 10:04 AM

Just received this email from Universal:

Dear "Battlestar Galactica (2004): The Complete Series" Owner,

We are happy to announce that new packaging is available for your "Battlestar Galactica (2004): The Complete Series" set. The new packaging is comprised of conventional cases regularly used to store DVD or Blu-ray discs. Please note that we support consumers with U.S. mailing addresses only.

To receive new packaging, please remove the top and triangular flap of the Season One case included in your complete series set and send it to us, along with the following information and a copy of this correspondence:

Your name:

Street address or P.O. Box:

City:

State:

Zip

Format: BLU-RAY __________ DVD ____________

Send to:

Universal Studios Home Entertainment
c/o Deluxe Media Management
P. O. Box 801464
Valencia, CA 91380 - 1464

Please allow 4 to 6 weeks to receive the new packaging.

We hope that you will continue to enjoy "Battlestar Galactica" and future Universal releases.

Sincerely,

Consumer Relations
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Apparently this is a free offer.

Garman

02-02-10, 10:05 AM

Just received this email from Universal:

Apparently this is a free offer.

Beat me to the punch. l guess it could be legit then.... :) rdgrimes from the looks of your post we got the e-mail about the same time as I posted the same thing you did at the same time. LOL I just deleted mine.
Looks like a much better option that the stupid case they decide to give us to begin with.

geekyglassesgirl

02-02-10, 10:18 AM

What's the email address that came from? Just curious if they are offering the same sort of thing for people in Canada who ended up with the box set of suckitude.

joeags

02-02-10, 10:21 AM

Did you both register your product in order to get this e-mail, or did you buy it directly from them? Nice of Universal to do this, even though some don't like the digipak.

Just received this email from Universal:
Apparently this is a free offer.

rdgrimes

02-02-10, 10:32 AM

I didn't even buy the crappy USA box set, but I did email Universal at one time to complain about the packaging. I bought the UK set and love it.

Phil Tomaskovic

02-02-10, 12:57 PM

Vortex3D

02-02-10, 01:51 PM

It's always interesting that movie studios tried to make fancy disc case packaging and becomes impractical for usability.

It shows all they care is make the movie packaging to look standout in the shelves only. But they don't think if the buyers can use the disc case packaging or the store can put it on the movie shelves. I have seen some of the stores didn't know how to display the US BSG Complete Series huge box because it doesn't fit into the shelves like other movies.

rdgrimes

02-02-10, 02:10 PM

I have seen some of the stores didn't know how to display the US BSG Complete Series huge box because it doesn't fit into the shelves like other movies.

Odds are good that this is the reason for the new packaging, not consumer complaints. If the stores can't display it, they can't sell it.

It's interesting that they are offering new cases to customers though, I wonder what they are.

Phil Tomaskovic

02-02-10, 05:11 PM

I bought the UK set, but the disc holders were horrible in that too especially the paper sleeves that tore when you tried to remove them. too bad I don't have that flap needed to get the new case. Although I did buy cases for them.

No luck trying to get any sympathy on the UK package problem. Wrote them and got one line response that the offer isonly for the US version.

TommyV

02-02-10, 05:56 PM

Yea pics would help. So they are replacing those big cylon head looking collector set things? I never bought it because it was so ugly.

Rl3058

02-02-10, 08:34 PM

I need to see pics of the new packaging first.

vicmackey187

02-02-10, 08:42 PM

+1, although my guess it will be the digi-packs with a simple cardboard container to hold them all together. As one of the few people who didn't mind the US Box set, I wouldn't mind this as an alternative, but don't really want to cut up my season one box. Anyone got a spare S1 triangle perhaps?

Rl3058

02-02-10, 08:47 PM

Yeah right. I'll take one too.

erkq

02-02-10, 09:12 PM

I need to see pics of the new packaging first.

It's free, right? Just get it and see if you like it. Give it to one of us hapless UK owners if you don't like it. :)

Rl3058

02-02-10, 10:31 PM

You guys in the UK got better packaging then we did in the US and you got a booklet with yours.

erkq

02-02-10, 11:10 PM

You guys in the UK got better packaging then we did in the US and you got a booklet with yours.

Yes. I'm glad they're throwing you US purchasers a bone. They owe you.

BTW, I'm in N. California.

TheCuze

02-03-10, 04:30 AM

What exactly does that e-mail mean when it says "please remove the top and triangular flap of the Season One case included in your complete series set"? I have a upc on the sleeve that slips over the bottom, but there's nothing distinguishing about the season 1 box that's inside.

hpreston

02-03-10, 01:10 PM

I assume they mean to cut the cardboard top and front flap off of the season one case. The part on top that has either DVD of BD logo and the front flap Cylon face with the season 1 words on it. Basically to prove you bought the set.

Rl3058

02-03-10, 01:41 PM

I think that since you registered the set that would sufficent, since that's how you get the e-mail anyway.

I also sent them an e-mail request photos to help us decide whether to do this or not.

Brent Madden

02-03-10, 02:20 PM

I've never "registered" as an owner of any DVD or Blu-ray, but I do own the BSG complete set. As soon as I see the new packaging I'll most likely jump all over this offer as I hate the current packaging.

lvthunder

02-03-10, 02:59 PM

Yes. I'm glad they're throwing you US purchasers a bone. They owe you.

BTW, I'm in N. California.

They don't owe you anything. If you bought the set knowing the packaging was crap them that's your fault. They are doing this as a good will gesture. That's the problem with society these days. Everyone feels someone owes them something and it's just not true.

Vortex3D

02-03-10, 03:18 PM

They don't owe you anything. If you bought the set knowing the packaging was crap them that's your fault. They are doing this as a good will gesture. That's the problem with society these days. Everyone feels someone owes them something and it's just not true.

When you look at a product and already know the quality, it is the consumer's choice to buy it or not. It's always interesting how consumers today perceive the expectation. If the consumer still chooses to buy the product knowing the condition of the quality, then the consumer is telling the manufacturer, he or she has accepted the product quality. But too many consumers today can't handle not owning the product even knowing the product quality isn't acceptable.

If you play video games, this is the type of consumer attitude. Knowing most games are shipped with full of bugs and not up to the hype, the gamers still cannot resist not buying and playing the game immediately. They rather buy the game and complain why the game is so buggy and not up to the hype and expectation. As a consumer, I wait for a while before buying most new games today. Until the game publisher shows they have patched the game enough to be mostly bug free, I wouldn't buy it.

The most effective method of telling the manufacturer or the publisher that the product quality isn't acceptable is not buy the product.

With movie box packaging, it's more of accepting the lame packaging with good movies or wait for the movie studio to fix the movie box packaging.

Brent Madden

02-03-10, 03:22 PM

lvthunder

02-03-10, 03:35 PM

mjmbond

02-03-10, 03:47 PM

lvthunder

02-03-10, 03:56 PM

You miss the point. Universal owes it to themselves to keep their customers happy... If they care about that, then they owe it to their customers to make right the almost unanimous consensus that their BSG packaging sucked. Do they have a legal obligation, no. Do they have a obligation to their customer(s) satisfaction, I think so. I respect the fact that they've addressed this.

Also, as I recall, it wasn't as if there were other packaging options for the BD set. If you wanted the content, you were "stuck" with the packaging.

Uhh did you not read my third sentence. I said they were doing it as a good will gesture. My comment was for erkq that said Universal owed it to the people who bought the US set.

Of course there wasn't any other packaging options. You must take the product as a whole and not say I want this, but the packaging sucks so Universal owes me a new box.

erkq

02-03-10, 03:57 PM

Also, as I recall, it wasn't as if there were other packaging options for the BD set. If you wanted the content, you were "stuck" with the packaging.

The UK set was/is an alternative. And cheaper, even!

mjmbond

02-03-10, 04:45 PM

The UK set was/is an alternative. And cheaper, even!

When I bought my US set from DD for $164.92 on 7/28/09, the UK version was not available. :rolleyes:

mjmbond

02-03-10, 04:58 PM

Uhh did you not read my third sentence. I said they were doing it as a good will gesture.

Uhh, I did read it. Then I quoted it. Maybe we can agree on this: They did it as a gesture of good will because the felt they owed it to their unhappy customers. (I think that's what erkq meant.)

mjmbond

02-03-10, 05:01 PM

Uhh, I did read it. Then I quoted it. Maybe we can agree on this: They did it as a gesture of good will because the felt they owed it to their unhappy customers. (I think that's what erkq meant.)

That said... I DO think they OWE me a booklet! :p

lvthunder

02-03-10, 05:19 PM

That said... I DO think they OWE me a booklet! :p

Apparently Universal disagrees.:D

joeags

02-04-10, 12:56 AM

I bet the replacements that we receive will have episode lists printed on them, so that will work like the booklet. Of course, I've already printed out the one that vic did earlier in this thread!!!

That said... I DO think they OWE me a booklet! :p

Vortex3D

02-04-10, 01:56 AM

I would assume the replacement cases would be 4 discs case for Season 1, 5 discs case for Season 2 and 3, and 6 discs case for Season 4. Is there such thing as 7 discs case? The new reissued BSG Complete Series probably bundles the The Plan as standalone disc case.

Has anyone sent in the Season 1 flap cover for the disc case replacement?

geekyglassesgirl

02-04-10, 09:01 AM

rjs281

02-04-10, 09:34 AM

I know where to find cases but need some covers for them. Anybody know of a place i could find some at? I have looked but not found anything yet.

TyrantII

02-04-10, 09:44 AM

It has absolutely nothing to do with feeling that you're owed something. I bought the set because I liked the content. On the flip side, I was penalized with horrible packaging. Universal is righting a wrong by offering better packaging for their product. Simple as that.

You could have bought the UK set...

Anyways, it might be a wrong IYO, but IMO it's not. Funny thing about opinions eh?

There's plenty of non-AVS geeks out there that were probably thrilled at the unique packaging and toy. They're also typically the ones to pay top dollar for first releases. Universal was smart to market to and to make them happy with something that caught their eye and they can display in their collection.

I wasn't thrilled, but Universal didn't do it just for the hell of it.

mjmbond

02-04-10, 10:07 AM

You could have bought the UK set...

The UK set was NOT available when the US set came out.

There's plenty of non-AVS geeks out there that were probably thrilled at the unique packaging and toy. They're also typically the ones to pay top dollar for first releases.

Funny thing about assumptions... I paid bottom dollar for the US set on release and hated the suck-wad packaging. And I think you'd be hard pressed to find many folks, geeks or otherwise, that were "thrilled" by it.

Universal was smart to market to and to make them happy with something that caught their eye and they can display in their collection.

Yeah, I'm sure that the "smart" marketing genius at Universal that came up with the design is being rewarded some how. Especially now that Universal feels compelled to give away free replacement packaging.

I wasn't thrilled, but Universal didn't do it just for the hell of it.

They made a mistake. Now they're fixing it. Good for them.

dvdguru

02-04-10, 02:36 PM

I sent in the season 1 case flap and form this morning...

mjmbond

02-04-10, 03:11 PM

I sent in the season 1 case flap and form this morning...

Me too. Fingers crossed for a happy outcome.

Rl3058

02-05-10, 12:39 PM

I also sent them an e-mail requesting photos to help us decide whether to do this or not.

Here is their response:

Artwork showing the new packaging will be posted at http://nbcuniversalstore.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&af=dvd_uni&w=&w=battlestar+galactica+%282004%29%3A+THe+Complete+Series
as soon as it is available.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Consumer Relations
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

I also, found this

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4133

vicmackey187

02-08-10, 06:24 AM

Well, another version of the box set means another update to the booklet. :eek:

Here's my rough draft of the gatefold to Disc 21 -- THE PLAN, to be added into the booklet as soon as I get around to it.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd55/vicmackey187/plan.jpg

Any suggestions (or photoshop experts to help tweak the Simon pic, I can't airbrush it well enough to match the other pics from the cover...) would be appreciated.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd55/vicmackey187/ariane179254_BSG_ThePlan_0526.jpg

dargo

02-10-10, 12:10 PM

I sent in the season 1 case flap and form this morning...

Me too, let's see if we get them before 4-12

Rl3058

02-11-10, 10:14 PM

Here is the new packaging

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13337

mjmbond

02-11-10, 10:24 PM

Here is the new packaging

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13337

Unimpressive :(

BrandonJF

02-11-10, 11:01 PM

Unimpressive :(

I think it's a little too early to tell. I'll reserve judgment until I see what the digipacks look like and see if we can get some idea of what that outer box is made of...

rdgrimes

02-11-10, 11:19 PM

So it's basically the UK set without the nice tin box and The Plan added. For a higher price.

Deviation

02-11-10, 11:27 PM

So it's basically the UK set without the nice tin box and The Plan added. For a higher price.
I don't think so. I think it's going to be four full-size digipaks (i.e.; what they use for Heroes and the individual season releases) with that box as the outer shell instead of the CD-size booklet style packaging in the tin fridge.

vläd

02-11-10, 11:43 PM

Vortex3D

02-11-10, 11:45 PM

"UPDATE: Trade journal Home Media Magazine has gotten the answer to the question about the "Face of the Enemy" webisodes. In a story posted a bit earlier, the magazine's assistant managing editor John Latchem reports that Universal informs that these installments are NOT included on the repackaged Complete Series sets. Furthermore, John passes along that "a studio rep indicated there were no plans to release them on disc any time soon", pointing instead to their online availability. No reason was given for leaving this off of the discs (again)."

Obviously, Universal is repackaging the same Complete Series and The Plan discs in the reissued Complete Series. It's too costy for them to add Face of the Enemy to please the fans. If Universal is willing to release Face of the Enemy DVD disc, it will be good enough for me. I have been trying to get a good quality for the Face of the Enemy but each version I found has some kind of encoding problem with either the audio or video. The best quality version I have is when Xbox Live has the promo version but the video is locked to the X360 console.

Vortex3D

02-11-10, 11:47 PM

I thought it was going to be the individual slim cases with a season case like the original DVD seasons were released in, but possibly Blu-Ray sized? :confused:

The Blu-ray digipack case is quite decent. It holds the multi discs better than standard multi discs Blu-ray case.

vläd

02-11-10, 11:49 PM

"Slim Snap Cases with an Outer Box" doesn't sound like a Digipack to me. But then again, it's all speculation/rumors til we see a picture, right?

ACK!:o

"...and the high-def Blu-ray version will be "Digipaks with an Outer Box"."

My bad! The DVD complete series will be like the original dvd releases with the slim snap cases, the Blu-ray will be digipacks. (!@#$! I gotta learn to read!)

paku

02-12-10, 12:05 AM

Here is the new packaging

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13337

Eh, still better than both the previous US and UK releases.

Deviation

02-12-10, 12:38 AM

"Slim Snap Cases with an Outer Box" doesn't sound like a Digipack to me. But then again, it's all speculation/rumors til we see a picture, right?
What I've read is that the slim snap cases are only for the DVD release and that the Blu-ray release will be the digipaks.

vläd

02-12-10, 12:43 AM

Well, at least I'm in good company on the learning to read part! :p

darkedgex

02-12-10, 01:03 AM

I thought it was going to be the individual slim cases with a season case like the original DVD seasons were released in, but possibly Blu-Ray sized? :confused:

Link to details. (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13278)
That would be the ideal packaging for me. I like the DVD packaging (I own the first three seasons on DVD), and the individual cases are nice and simple to deal with.

Digi-packs are more workable than the first release of the series on BD, but I suspect they'll be more prone to damage from wear/tear if they're used frequently.

Oh well. This time I'll likely bite.

TyrantII

02-12-10, 09:17 AM

So it's basically the UK set without the nice tin box and The Plan added. For a higher price.

Looks like it'll be a good size smaller.

There's always the option to buy your own multi-disk cases and print up some cover art. That's what i did.

Garman

02-12-10, 02:05 PM

The Blu-ray digipack case is quite decent. It holds the multi discs better than standard multi discs Blu-ray case.

Just curious what specifically needs to be sent in to get these new cases? I got the form via E-mail it says (Please remove the top and triangular flap of season One" Top of what, the main box or the top of season one and the flap ;) LOL

Vortex3D

02-12-10, 02:29 PM

Just curious what specifically needs to be sent in to get these new cases? I got the form via E-mail it says (Please remove the top and triangular flap of season One" Top of what, the main box or the top of season one and the flap ;) LOL

I cut the Centurian face flap including the top that shows "Blu-ray" from the Season 1 to send in. That covers the "top" and "flap" required for the replacement cases.

dvdguru

02-12-10, 02:36 PM

correct, the flap AND the top part that shows what format you bought it in.

Garman

02-13-10, 01:28 PM

Thanks Vortex3D and dvdguru for that information, I will be sending mine in today!

Filmmaker

02-13-10, 02:03 PM

Here is the new packaging

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-The-Complete-Series/13337

I appear to be in a slim minority but, unwieldy as it may be, I think the original U.S. box pi$$es all over this new revised packaging. Glad I own it, and I'll be damned if I would disfigure it in exchange for this new ghetto version.

mjmbond

02-13-10, 02:38 PM

I appear to be in a slim minority but, unwieldy as it may be, I think the original U.S. box pi$$es all over this new revised packaging. Glad I own it, and I'll be damned if I would disfigure it in exchange for this new ghetto version.

I'm not too sure that the new packaging is perfect, but "pi$$es all over" and "ghetto version" regarding the new packaging? Really?! :rolleyes:

The original packaging doesn't even meet the basic function of storing and providing decent access to the media. It's a complete PITA just getting the media out of the packaging, and cannot be done easily without holding on to the data side of the disc. A very slim minority indeed, me thinks. ;)

LejfK

02-13-10, 02:44 PM

I'm not too sure that the new packaging is perfect, "but pi$$es all over" and "ghetto version" regarding the new packaging? Really?! :rolleyes:

The original packaging doesn't even meet the basic function of storing and providing decent access to the media. It's a complete PITA just getting the media out of the packaging, and cannot be done easily without holding on to the data side of the disc. A very slim minority indeed, me thinks. ;)

In any event, we can trade in for functional packaging and keep our little Cylons. :cool:

Filmmaker

02-13-10, 05:51 PM

I'm not too sure that the new packaging is perfect, but "pi$$es all over" and "ghetto version" regarding the new packaging? Really?! :rolleyes:

I think the new packaging is ugly, bland, uninspired and, frankly, cheap looking. YMMV.

The original packaging doesn't even meet the basic function of storing and providing decent access to the media. It's a complete PITA just getting the media out of the packaging, and cannot be done easily without holding on to the data side of the disc. A very slim minority indeed, me thinks. ;)

Remember, I admitted a) the original packaging was unweildy and b) that I was in a distinct minority for preferring it. Functionality of the packaging aside, I think it would be hard to argue that the original release is much more aesthetically pleasing. Getting shallow with it, it's just prettier!

erkq

02-13-10, 07:30 PM

Getting shallow with it, it's just prettier!

"Prettier"!? Yikes. You like finned, rocker panel extentioned, winged ricers too? I know some people do and that's what the original packaging is like. Yuckers. I vote for an un-adorned Evo. I do know this is a matter of preference. So that's mine.

Filmmaker

02-13-10, 08:02 PM

"Prettier"!? Yikes. You like finned, rocker panel extentioned, winged ricers too?

Well, I think the most beautiful car ever made is Christine, if that helps clarify...

http://57and58plymouth.homestead.com/files/M58Christine06.jpg

erkq

02-13-10, 10:32 PM

[QUOTE=Filmmaker;18130976]Well, I think the most beautiful car ever made is Christine, if that helps clarify...

VERY cool. Thanks!

mjmbond

02-14-10, 12:57 AM

Functionality of the packaging aside, I think it would be hard to argue that the original release is much more aesthetically pleasing.[/i]

Hmm. Well, I think form follows function, and the package you find "pretty", doesn't. And yes, I would not argue that the original release is "much more aesthetically pleasing"; it isn't. But as you say, YMMV, and you acknowledge that you're in the minority.

In an prior post I said the new packaging was unimpressive. Let me add uninspired. But if it functions properly, it'll be better. For me, anyway. :)

mjmbond

02-14-10, 12:59 AM

Well, I think the most beautiful car ever made is Christine, if that helps clarify...

http://57and58plymouth.homestead.com/files/M58Christine06.jpg

Say no more; it's now crystal clear :D

lajaro

02-16-10, 01:19 PM

Thanks Vortex3D and dvdguru for that information, I will be sending mine in today!

For fellow Canadians, I sent Universal an email today to see how they can accommodate us (seeing how the email clearly states US addresses only).

Will post a follow-up when the time comes. But if anyone else has info, please chime in.

BrandonJF

02-17-10, 08:50 AM

Where is everyone claiming the superiority of this new packaging actually SEEING this new packaging? The only pics I've seen are of the outer box. Where is everyone seeing pics of where the discs are actually stored and what those digipacks look like?

I'm not sure either the overlapping disc style of packaging or the Torchwood "book" style (where it's near impossible to get the discs out) would be superior in this case, for me... I'm waiting to see what these digipacks look like...

lajaro

02-17-10, 09:54 AM

For fellow Canadians, I sent Universal an email today to see how they can accommodate us (seeing how the email clearly states US addresses only).

Will post a follow-up when the time comes. But if anyone else has info, please chime in.

Here's a brief summary:

-Universal US won't help and directed me to Canadian Office (no surprise there)
-Universal Canada is looking into offering package replacements but no plans yet.

So I'll assume that once again we're get screwed.

lvthunder

02-17-10, 11:04 AM

Here's a brief summary:

-Universal US won't help and directed me to Canadian Office (no surprise there)
-Universal Canada is looking into offering package replacements but no plans yet.

So I'll assume that once again we're get screwed.

Did you know the packaging was bad before you bought this set? This whole I'm entitled to new packaging because I don't like (doesn't work well) it is crazy. You're not getting screwed. You got exactly what you paid for.

lajaro

02-17-10, 11:22 AM

Did you know the packaging was bad before you bought this set? This whole I'm entitled to new packaging because I don't like (doesn't work well) it is crazy. You're not getting screwed. You got exactly what you paid for.

Yes - I knowingly purchased the box set. No, I didn't know how bad it would be (used to people complaining for lesser things).

Perhaps "screwed" is harsh, so please allow me to rephrase:

I find it very disappointing that once again Canadians are not eligible to take part in a program that is established in US for US residents only when a little more thought could have easily made it a North American program.

lvthunder

02-17-10, 11:29 AM

I find it very disappointing that once again Canadians are not eligible to take part in a program that is established in US for US residents only when a little more thought could have easily made it a North American program.

That's 100% better.

mjmbond

02-17-10, 11:58 AM

Perhaps "screwed" is harsh, so please allow me to rephrase:

No need. You were right the first time. The original packaging sucked as much in Canada as it did in the US. ;)

lajaro

02-17-10, 12:19 PM

No need. You were right the first time. The original packaging sucked as much in Canada as it did in the US. ;)

or even more for that matter as it cost more up here. But to be more correct, perhaps another "rephrase" is in order:

...the suckiness to dollar ratio was higher in Canada.

Wait a minute - perhaps this is a good reason why we are in fact getting screwed (after all, we paid more for it) :D

lvthunder

02-17-10, 12:30 PM

or even more for that matter as it cost more up here. But to be more correct, perhaps another "rephrase" is in order:

...the suckiness to dollar ratio was higher in Canada.

Wait a minute - perhaps this is a good reason why we are in fact getting screwed (after all, we paid more for it) :D

If you haven't gotten over that by now I don't know what to say. It's only been happening my entire lifetime (and I'm 32).

lajaro

02-17-10, 12:41 PM

It's only been happening my entire lifetime (and I'm 32).

Oh, I have fond memories when I was in my 30s. I apologize that the humour intended in my last post escaped you. Is it because the humour came with an extra Canadian "U"? :D

(All in fun)

lvthunder

02-17-10, 12:43 PM

Oh, I have fond memories when I was in my 30s. I apologize that the humour intended in my last post escaped you. Is it because the humour came with an extra Canadian "U"? :D

(All in fun)

I forgot to the the :D at the end.

Darknight

02-20-10, 04:46 PM

I'm back everyone. Its been a busy time for me so I've had to neglect this little project. Due to huge demand, I've made 21 and 25mm spine width covers and have uploaded them now. Hopefully some people are still interested in these.

Ok, here is the final set of covers unless someone finds something that needs to be fixed. They are broken down into eight sets depending on if you get the 12mm cases which I believe go up to 3 disc cases, 14mm 6 disc cases that were bought in the group buy, or now the traditional sizes that have been more recently available of 21 and 25mm spine widths. The 14mm case is slimmer than the Blade Runner/Lost style disc cases so a new set will have to be made to accomodate the wider spine if that is needed. A few minor changes have been made since I last posted any images which include product ID #, some adjustment on where some things are, and changed text for Season 4.

Each set contains all the Seasons, BSG Razor, and the Season 4 variant covers that either mention Razor or doesn't mention it depending on how you want to create your sets. For those who don't want UPCs on their covers, I have made sets where the UPC is removed and replaced with another scene image.

Please let me know if anything doesn't work or needs to be changed. Hopefully this is the last time I need to spam the thread with images. I have not tested the 14mm covers with an actual case yet since mine haven't arrived but I did apply an extra 2mm to the spine in Photoshop. I have all covers in PSD format and can easily port them to any other image format that may be needed. Covers are at 3184 x 1800 resolution for the 12mm, 3208 x 1800 resolution for the 14mm cases, 3290 x 1800 for the 21 mm case, and 3390 x 1800 for the 25 mm case.

Here's the download with the previews below of what they all look like. Each set is a RAR that contains the six covers that apply to which set you get.

12 mm Single(or Double or Triple) Case Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/gqkwcd)
12 mm Single(or Double or Triple) Case, No UPC Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/a3tx23)
14 mm Slim 6 Disc Case Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/vo1he2)
14 mm Slim 6 Disc Case, No UPC Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/16l36s)
21 mm 6 Disc Case Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/4snwx2)
21 mm 6 Disc Case, No UPC Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/wmomrc)
25 mm 6 Disc Case Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2loas3)
25 mm 6 Disc Case, No UPC Set (http://www.sendspace.com/file/v1tbfd)

Here are what the final versions look like. I've only posted the wide versions since they're the same but the spine is just wider than the slim versions.

Season 1

http://i29.tinypic.com/2istm5s.jpg

Season 1 No UPC

http://i28.tinypic.com/282kkfb.jpg

Season 2

http://i26.tinypic.com/f4o9b6.jpg

Season 2 No UPC

http://i26.tinypic.com/nqb7r8.jpg

Season 3

http://i32.tinypic.com/dq63rk.jpg

Season 3 No UPC

http://i26.tinypic.com/307mct5.jpg

Season 4

http://i28.tinypic.com/33w6phw.jpg

Season 4 w/ Razor

http://i25.tinypic.com/2ugjmnk.jpg

Season 4 No UPC

http://i29.tinypic.com/1zoukb6.jpg

Season 4 w/ Razor, No UPC

http://i28.tinypic.com/302sw36.jpg

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

http://i29.tinypic.com/264gqit.jpg

Battlestar Galactica: Razor No UPC

http://i30.tinypic.com/jpfslz.jpg

Please let me know if you find any mistakes or if there are any other sizes that might be needed. Hopefully this will meet everyones needs.

Buffyfaith7

02-20-10, 04:58 PM

I'm back everyone. Its been a busy time for me so I've had to neglect this little project. Due to huge demand, I've made 21 and 25mm spine width covers and have uploaded them now. Hopefully some people are still interested in these.

THANK YOU x1,000,000,000!!! :):):)
You have made many (unskilled w/Photoshop) people here today very happy!

I have always thought your cover designs were the best looking custom BSG ones, now I can print some that fit the 5-6 disc Vortex style cases correctly!

rjs281

02-20-10, 08:48 PM

Darknight those are great!Can you email me a winzip of them that will fit a 22mm cover?My email is rschubert316@aol.com,been looking for covers for awhile.thank you,and again great work!

Darknight

02-20-10, 09:07 PM

Darknight those are great!Can you email me a winzip of them that will fit a 22mm cover?My email is rschubert316@aol.com,been looking for covers for awhile.thank you,and again great work!

Try printing out a draft version of the 21 mm. That might just fit fine. 1 mm isn't a lot of space, and they're actualy I think like a .5 mm in total length longer anyway. If it doesn't, I'll make a set of the 22, but I have to think that 21 will probably fit just right.

rjs281

02-20-10, 09:53 PM

That sounds good. My computer wont open a rar file.do i need some kind of specific type of program or am just not doing something right?

Neo_Reloaded

02-20-10, 10:26 PM

That sounds good. My computer wont open a rar file.do i need some kind of specific type of program or am just not doing something right?

You need WinRAR or some other archive program that is capable of handling a .rar file. It's like a zip folder, but a different format. I believe WinRAR has a free trial at the very least (if it's not free altogether).

Rl3058

02-21-10, 11:31 PM

The "J" in Jamie Bamber's name on the back of the Razor cover is missing.

BTW welcome back Darknight

Darknight

02-22-10, 12:23 AM

The "J" in Jamie Bamber's name on the back of the Razor cover is missing.

BTW welcome back Darknight

That's already fixed =) I just didn't update the preview pic.

Thanks for the welcome back =)

TyrantII

02-22-10, 09:10 AM

Thanks DK, good to see support for the larger cases.

I'm slowly continuing my watching of the series, but was suppressed when I got to Pegasus that the extended episodes were not seamless, but an entirely different addition. In the case of Pegasus, on a different disk to boot (Yeah, my fault for forgetting too, since I watched the broadcast version).

Anyways, that’s kind of disappointing. Not sure why they’re not using the technology like it’s supposed to be used, there’s really no need for an entire copy of the episode on a disk.

baily

02-22-10, 08:50 PM

Deviation

02-23-10, 04:35 AM

Well, this is interesting. For those who are curious to know, the UK complete set is apparently shipping their new packaging now. I thought I read that it would ship sometime in April, but I placed an order for the tin packaged set a few weeks ago, and just received it in the mail. It's definitely new packaging and not tin. I haven't opened it yet, as I'm debating what to do with it. The box is as pictured on amazon.co.uk now, but so far, I have no idea how it's packaged on the inside. Smaller than I expected, too.
In height, is it (approximately) the size of a normal Blu-ray release? My guess would be that there are four or five digipaks in there, unless they're doing something different. From the exterior, I think it looks superior to the new US boxart and as it's ~$20 cheaper than the current price of the upcoming release on Amazon US at the moment, I find myself tempted.

Open it. :)

Open it and take pictures. :)

darkedgex

02-23-10, 04:46 AM

Open it. :)

Open it and take pictures. :)
You forgot the most important step:

Post them here. :)

Rigby Reardon

02-23-10, 05:12 AM

The box is as pictured on amazon.co.uk now, but so far, I have no idea how it's packaged on the inside. Smaller than I expected, too.According to posts in another forum, there are 8 regular BD cases (2 per season) and a booklet in the box. I'd much prefer this packaging over both the UK tin and the US boxes.

baily

02-23-10, 09:51 AM

Ok, I opened it. I don't regret not receiving the tin packaging at all. This set is really nice. The box itself is just a little wider and taller than a standard blu-ray case on its side. It's kind of glossy, and is a nice, sturdy stock. Inside, there's a little booklet with episodes listed per disc, and the discs (20 total) are held in 8 standard blu-ray cases, containing 2 or 3 discs each. I would assume the contents are exactly the same as the old set.

The only weird thing I noticed is that for the season 4 set, they are listed in the booklet as Disc 1: Razor, Disc 2: Episodes 1-5 of the season, Disc 3: Episodes 6-10.

But, when you open the actual case, they look like this:
Disc 1: Episodes 1-5
Disc 2: Episodes 6-10
Disc 3: Razor (not labeled as Disc 3, but actually called "Razor")

Here are a few pictures of the contents. Sorry for the bad quality (lighting was poor) and for the funky post formatting that will probably happen. As you can see, I lurk a lot, but haven't really posted before :rolleyes:

Edited: Tried putting pics directly in the post, but it wouldn't let me, so I "attached" them.

Darknight

02-23-10, 12:12 PM

baily

02-23-10, 12:51 PM

I didn't take any this morning, sorry. I can post some later if you like. As I recall, yours have a lot more detail on the back (synopsis, etc). The ones in the box set are pretty simple, with just a list of episodes included inside and maybe a couple bonus features listed.

Deviation

02-23-10, 12:52 PM

Thanks for the pictures!

I might have to order the UK set now. I find it a bit strange that the orientation of the packaging is so weird but that's about the only complaint I have (you'd have to put it on it's side). I might go ahead and use replacement coverart just to get rid of the huge age/rating logos, however.

baily

02-23-10, 12:59 PM

The orientation threw me off too. I wasn't sure if there were some sort of digipak cases in there or not, but was pleasantly surprised to find standard cases in there. This was before Rigby Reardon posted info about the contents, of course. Turns out his info was right :)

They put those age ratings everywhere, and they're not stickers, so they'll have to stay. I think they're on 5 of 6 sides of the outer box (even on the bottom) and on the spine, front, and back of every season case inside. (I took notice just because there were so many...!) They put them on every disc too, if I remember correctly.

lajaro

02-23-10, 01:18 PM

Anyone know how well the 14mm covers fit in the 15mm Viva Elite ONETIME cases?

I would think 1mm wouldn't make a big difference, but you never know.

lajaro

02-23-10, 06:04 PM

That's already fixed =) I just didn't update the preview pic.

Don't want to complain (I personally appreciate the great contribution you've made), but are all the RAR archives updated? I looked at the 14mm UPS/NoUPC versions and the 21mm No UPC archives and all of them still have the missing "J".

Even tried from a different location in case the requests were being cached up-stream.

Not a big deal to me personally as I won't be using the separate Razor cover and probably wouldn't have noticed in the first place :)

Cheers!

Darknight

02-23-10, 06:34 PM

Don't want to complain (I personally appreciate the great contribution you've made), but are all the RAR archives updated? I looked at the 14mm UPS/NoUPC versions and the 21mm No UPC archives and all of them still have the missing "J".

Even tried from a different location in case the requests were being cached up-stream.

Not a big deal to me personally as I won't be using the separate Razor cover and probably wouldn't have noticed in the first place :)

Cheers!

I swore I updated them all because I remember being pointed that issue and going to fix it but feeling lazy about updating the preview pic. I'll check when I get home if all the RARs got updated or not. Thanks for letting me know that I may have missed some and will fix it right away.

erkq

02-23-10, 06:40 PM

I swore I updated them all because I remember being pointed that issue and going to fix it but feeling lazy about updating the preview pic. I'll check when I get home if all the RARs got updated or not. Thanks for letting me know that I may have missed some and will fix it right away.

You're fired! Oh... wait... this isn't your job.

Thank you so much for all your hard work! I can't believe the time you put into this!

paku

02-23-10, 07:26 PM

Here are a few pictures of the contents. Sorry for the bad quality (lighting was poor) and for the funky post formatting that will probably happen. As you can see, I lurk a lot, but haven't really posted before :rolleyes:

Edited: Tried putting pics directly in the post, but it wouldn't let me, so I "attached" them.
Thanks for taking the pictures, mine's on its way from Amazon UK. Although still mildly non-standard, it the most acceptable packaging so far, and the price was better than I'd get from Amazon US for the new set.

baily

02-23-10, 09:38 PM

Thanks for taking the pictures, mine's on its way from Amazon UK. Although still mildly non-standard, it the most acceptable packaging so far, and the price was better than I'd get from Amazon US for the new set.

You're welcome! Glad I could hold you over until you get your set. When mine came in the mail, I searched all over to see if anyone else had posted any photos or anything of the contents, and it looks like we're among the first to receive it, so I thought I'd share the news.

For Darknight: I've attached another quick photo of the back/front of one of the season 1 cases. That one is the most similar to the one you posted up above, but you can clearly see that the back has a lot less information on the "official" version. I think your replacement cover art versions are better :cool:

Vortex3D

02-24-10, 12:20 AM

baily

02-24-10, 12:47 AM

Does each season come on two Blu-ray cases?

Yes, they're each pretty much two cases each. The only technical exception is the fourth season, which is really one case for season 4 and one case for "the final season" aka 4.5.

total_overdose

02-24-10, 01:17 AM

Darknight

02-24-10, 02:09 AM

Darknight, thanks for making these! But just a correction, the miniseries is three hours, not four (it is incorrect on the custom box art for season 1).

Also, don't know if this is a typo, but on the custom box art for season 2, the back says "this continuation of the epic second season"...I feel like it doesn't sound right. I know that on tv the season was split into two parts, but i don't think it would make sense to mention the split on a box that houses the whole season. Maybe it just needs to be reworded a bit?

Most of the text is directly from the original box sets, so the four hour mini series is a direct quote from Universal. I'll keep that one as is for now, but I'll look into the second one that you mentioned. It was supposed to imply continuation of the series not just merging the two halves of the second season. Thanks for the input.

total_overdose

02-24-10, 02:25 AM

Most of the text is directly from the original box sets, so the four hour mini series is a direct quote from Universal. I'll keep that one as is for now, but I'll look into the second one that you mentioned. It was supposed to imply continuation of the series not just merging the two halves of the second season. Thanks for the input.

Oh...well I looked on IMDB and Amazon and it listed the miniseries as being 180 minutes.

Edit: looked on the universal store, it says the miniseries is 3 hours, 3 minutes.
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/detail.php?p=5854

Darknight

02-24-10, 02:50 AM

Oh...well I looked on IMDB and Amazon and it listed the miniseries as being 180 minutes.

Edit: looked on the universal store, it says the miniseries is 3 hours, 3 minutes.
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/detail.php?p=5854

I wasn't doubting you on the runtime. I'm just saying I'm remaining faithful to the original text.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b7/99/762eb220dca0337af71b7010.L.jpg

total_overdose

02-24-10, 10:36 AM

lajaro

02-24-10, 11:02 AM

huh...wow I was going to ask if the original box said it. I guess it does. But I wonder why the first season and miniseries list it with different runtimes...weird. But thanks for showing me. I love your covers so much :)

Just remember that marketing and accuracy are often mutually exclusive. Perhaps they intended to include television commercials and changed their minds at the last moment. Or perhaps they were including the Blu-Ray load times ;)

total_overdose

02-24-10, 03:15 PM

Just remember that marketing and accuracy are often mutually exclusive. Perhaps they intended to include television commercials and changed their minds at the last moment. Or perhaps they were including the Blu-Ray load times ;)

I didn't even think about that. I can see it now. Thanks :)

Vortex3D

02-24-10, 04:25 PM

Yes, they're each pretty much two cases each. The only technical exception is the fourth season, which is really one case for season 4 and one case for "the final season" aka 4.5.

With each season packed onto two separate cases, using regular 2 or 3 discs Blu-ray case will stay with the Complete Series packaging only. I much prefer the regular Blu-ray case over the digicase.

This means anyone who prefer the regular Blu-ray case have to buy the re-issued Complete Series.

The question now is the US re-issued Complete Series be using the same regular 2 or 3 discs case like the UK edition?

Deviation

02-24-10, 04:53 PM

With each season packed onto two separate
The question now is the US re-issued Complete Series be using the same regular 2 or 3 discs case like the UK edition?
That question has already been answered several times here. The US reissue of BSG on Blu-ray will be in a set of digipaks, similar to the packaging used for Universal's other TV show on Blu-ray - Heroes.

Darknight

02-27-10, 12:32 AM

I finally decided to stop being lazy and actually print out my own set only to discover some minor issues. I've printed prototypes before but this was supposed to be my final set and I've noticed some things that are bothering me so I'm actually going back and tweaking it a bit.

Here's what I'm planning on tweaking:

1) Smoothing out the background to the main quote bar on the back. It has always looked a bit rough to me the way I photoshop'd the bar and you can kinda see the clone tool at work. So I plan to smooth that background out so it'll be less grainy and less obvious I used the clone stamp tool. The quirks really seem to stand out much more in print than it does on the screen to me.

2) For some reason when I finally print out a final print, the images are way dark for the small thumbnail pics and the cover pic. I've tried messing with the print settings and I just can't get it right. Someone suggested I set the print options so that Photoshop manages the colors but that made everything worse and still kept the picture dark. So I'm going to lighten those images just for myself unless other people are having the same problem to which I'll just make it a global change for everyone. It looks fine on my monitor but just darker when printed.

3) The height is an issue for some so I'm debating on just trimming off a mm on top and a mm on bottom, doing a simple scale in vertical height, or actually trying to realign some stuff while reducing the canvas size. I'll figure out what's easiest while still looking good without compromising quality.

Those are the tweaks I had in mind. Quite minor, but hell I'm already well invested into this project, I might as well go all the way. Not sure if I'll end up releasing everything publically unless there is large demand for it by people who also are annoyed with my little quirks :D

Here's an example of the quote bar that I'm talking about. The bottom is the before and the top is what I'm thinking of making it.

http://i46.tinypic.com/15ofon7.jpg

Rl3058

02-27-10, 10:53 AM

Looks good to me, great work Darknight.:)

Rl3058

03-19-10, 11:12 AM

Finally a look at the new inside packaging

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#031810

looks like they may have included an episode guide.

lajaro

03-19-10, 11:15 AM

Some good news today (I think). Universal Canada wrote to me today to advise that they have the replacement packaging now and will be shipping to me shortly.

But after putting together custom slim boxes (Viva elites + Art work from our friend Dark), I'm not sure I'll want to use digipacks.

Hmmm... :)

joeags

03-19-10, 11:51 AM

Did you message Universal Canada asking about receiving the packaging back when it was updated that the US was receiving them? Good news if that's the case for Canadians! It's always nice having options!

Some good news today (I think). Universal Canada wrote to me today to advise that they have the replacement packaging now and will be shipping to me shortly.

But after putting together custom slim boxes (Viva elites + Art work from our friend Dark), I'm not sure I'll want to use digipacks.

Hmmm... :)

Vortex3D

03-19-10, 01:22 PM

Finally a look at the new inside packaging

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#031810

looks like they may have included an episode guide.

I received my BSG re-issued complete series cases this morning from Universal by FedEx Ground.

It has everything as shown in thedigitalbits pictures including an empty standard Blu-ray case and The Plan art cover.

I have to say this new re-issue cases are very nicely design and good looking. Inside behind where the discs sit, have high quality cast photos. Each season case have info about the episodes in a fold out sleeve. Season 1 episode info is at the back of the case because there are fewer discs.

Each season case has barcode at the back of the case which looks like what individual season set will look like for Season 2-4. Season 4 is in one single case which probably mean when season 4 comes out on retail, it will be in one set. Maybe there will be half Season 4.0 for retail for those who bought Season 4.5 on Blu-ray?

My thanks to Universal for taking care of their early customers who bought the original BSG complete series set. Can't complain having two BSG Complete Series packaging for collection.

mjmbond

03-19-10, 03:54 PM

I received my BSG re-issued complete series cases this morning from Universal by FedEx Ground.

It has everything as shown in thedigitalbits pictures including an empty standard Blu-ray case and The Plan art cover.

I have to say this new re-issue cases are very nicely design and good looking. Inside behind where the discs sit, have high quality cast photos. Each season case have info about the episodes in a fold out sleeve. Season 1 episode info is at the back of the case because there are fewer discs.

Each season case has barcode at the back of the case which looks like what individual season set will look like for Season 2-4. Season 4 is in one single case which probably mean when season 4 comes out on retail, it will be in one set. Maybe there will be half Season 4.0 for retail for those who bought Season 4.5 on Blu-ray?

My thanks to Universal for taking care of their early customers who bought the original BSG complete series set. Can't complain having two BSG Complete Series packaging for collection.

Nice! I hope I receive mine soon. How was it packaged for shipping?

lajaro

03-19-10, 04:10 PM

Did you message Universal Canada asking about receiving the packaging back when it was updated that the US was receiving them? Good news if that's the case for Canadians! It's always nice having options!

Long version:
- I wrote to the original Universal address located in the US.
- They advised me to contact the Canadian office.
- Canadian office told me that they didn't have them.
- Wrote back to the US office and told them that Canada wouldn't help. Never heard back.
- Out of the blue, the Canadian office wrote to let me know that they had been received. (+1 for customer service and follow-up).

Short Version:
Here's the email address: UniversalCanadaHomeVideo@nbcuni.com

(I don't know if I'm permitted to post the email directly but seeing that it is in the following thread from 2005, I figured it would be ok).

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=5462954#post5462954

Vortex3D

03-19-10, 07:30 PM

Nice! I hope I receive mine soon. How was it packaged for shipping?

The reissued BSG was shipped in a box with bubble bag. Arrived in perfect condition.

The Plan empty case doesn't have the external paper sleeve like the retail. So, the disc case is slightly smaller than the rest of the BSG seasons when inside the Complete Series box. Can't really complain because it's minor.

Vortex3D

03-19-10, 07:49 PM

Here's a photo of the re-issued BSG Complete Series. The episode info for Season 2-4 are like Season 1 is on the back.

darkedgex

03-20-10, 01:42 AM

Vortex3D

03-20-10, 02:46 AM

Still the whole retarded disc-over-disc crap. Wonderful.. why not just use slim-pak cases? They'd probably cost about the same, if not less, than the digi-paks. So frustrating, because I'd love to buy this set.

You can always order the re-issued Complete Series from UK that uses standard multi discs Blu-ray cases. But you don't get The Plan as part of the Complete Series.

joeags

03-20-10, 05:30 PM

Thanks for the info with the e-mail address - I couldn't find that on their website. I'll hit them up today.

Long version:
- I wrote to the original Universal address located in the US.
- They advised me to contact the Canadian office.
- Canadian office told me that they didn't have them.
- Wrote back to the US office and told them that Canada wouldn't help. Never heard back.
- Out of the blue, the Canadian office wrote to let me know that they had been received. (+1 for customer service and follow-up).

Short Version:
Here's the email address: UniversalCanadaHomeVideo@nbcuni.com

(I don't know if I'm permitted to post the email directly but seeing that it is in the following thread from 2005, I figured it would be ok).

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=5462954#post5462954

Rebellion

03-21-10, 04:38 PM

chillspace

03-22-10, 06:09 PM

Vortex3D

03-22-10, 06:17 PM

I emailed Universal Canada and they replied that they have the new packaging. All I had to do is send them my address and what type of packaging I needed (BD or Standard) and they said it'll be shipped out. Now I just have to wait.

Eric

That's better than US re-issued replacement. The extra efforts Canadian have to gone though to get the re-issued replacement is worth it.

I wish I didn't have to cut out the Season 1 flat cover to get the US re-issued replacement because I keep the original Complete Series box as Collector's Edition. The metalic cover is hard to reproduce using scanner and printer because anything shiny becomes black when scanned by the scanner. I could correct it using Photoshop but I can't print the metalic shiny cover. I put the Season 1 box on the back of the Complete Series box.

There are still stores that have the Limited Edition Complete Series. Maybe they will discount it when the re-issued Complete Series come out?

mjmbond

03-22-10, 06:22 PM

My new packaging came today. :D

dargo

03-23-10, 10:29 AM

Yep just got mine :-) nice job Universal

geekyglassesgirl

03-23-10, 10:56 AM

Long version:
- I wrote to the original Universal address located in the US.
- They advised me to contact the Canadian office.
- Canadian office told me that they didn't have them.
- Wrote back to the US office and told them that Canada wouldn't help. Never heard back.
- Out of the blue, the Canadian office wrote to let me know that they had been received. (+1 for customer service and follow-up).

Short Version:
Here's the email address: UniversalCanadaHomeVideo@nbcuni.com

(I don't know if I'm permitted to post the email directly but seeing that it is in the following thread from 2005, I figured it would be ok).

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=5462954#post5462954

Thank you as well for this information! While I did purchase 6-disc cases, I've now sent in an email regarding this to see what they have to say. I haven't printed off Darknight's covers yet since he mentioned he was doing more tweaks. :)

For those of you who've got their replacement packaging in -- did it come with a booklet?

joeags

03-23-10, 11:03 AM

No booklet from what I've read, but disc info is printed on each season's case, so it works just about as well. I still will use my printed version from here for general viewing, but like having quick access on the case when I'm pulling out a disc.

Thank you as well for this information! While I did purchase 6-disc cases, I've now sent in an email regarding this to see what they have to say. I haven't printed off Darknight's covers yet since he mentioned he was doing more tweaks. :)

For those of you who've got their replacement packaging in -- did it come with a booklet?

geekyglassesgirl

03-23-10, 11:29 AM

No booklet from what I've read, but disc info is printed on each season's case, so it works just about as well. I still will use my printed version from here for general viewing, but like having quick access on the case when I'm pulling out a disc.

Thanks for your reply! I plan on printing out the one that had been posted here as well.

And... that was quick! Within an hour of emailing the Canadian address, I received this:

Hello and thank you for your email.
We have received the package replacements. Please indicate if you need the Blu-Ray or Standard DVD packaging. Also, send us an e-mail with your name and address so that we can send you your replacement.

:)

mcmaz

03-23-10, 11:32 AM

Massiso

03-23-10, 04:08 PM

Thank you for the Canadian email addy, just email them and I'm hoping that I too get my new cases :)

rr6966

03-23-10, 05:53 PM

To request the new packaging for the complete set, "remove the top and triangular flap of Season Ones case." Is this essentially the the card board Cylon face? I'm trying to mail in my proof of purchase. Thanks!

dvdguru

03-23-10, 08:16 PM

Correct, the front season 1 flap with the BD label on top as well. Just received mine today and it is much better than the first boxset :)

rr6966

03-23-10, 09:13 PM

Correct, the front season 1 flap with the BD label on top as well. Just received mine today and it is much better than the first boxset :)

Thanks!!!:)

matchesmalone

03-23-10, 09:29 PM

For what it's worth, I didn't send in the top part (the part that has the blu ray logo). I only sent in the front, triangular/trapezoidal flap. I was a little worried about it since I sent it before I saw others on here saying that the top part needed to be sent in, but it worked out anyway.

For anyone that hasn't done it yet, it's probably best to be on the safe side and send the top in, since a close read of the instructions did seem to indicate that they wanted both. However, if like me you already sent in the front and were worried, you can probably rest easy.

I think they just want proof that you purchased the set. I specified that I needed the Blu-ray version, per the instructions that I received in the email and everything worked fine.

Also just fyi, I mailed my materials in on February 22, and received my new box yesterday morning. It took 4 weeks on the dot, although it might be faster now since the packaging may not have even been available right away.

rr6966

03-24-10, 07:51 AM

Good to know. I mailed my stuff this morning, so now I can't wait.

deltasun

03-24-10, 01:33 PM

Vortex3D

03-24-10, 02:10 PM

Thanks for the confirmation, guys. I'm a bit hesitant to take scissors to flap, but here goes... :D

If you want to rebuild the Season 1 flap by reprinting it, I left a little part of the "Blu-ray" top back flap when I cut it. I used a harder photo paper to reprint the top and front Cylon face. Then I glued the top flap to the leftover part of the top flap. Since the cut is at the back part of the top flap, it's not as visible when I put the Season 1 box back inside the big Complete Series box.

The only difference is the reprinted Cylon face flap isn't metalic shiny like the original but it's decent enough without having the Season 1 box front missing with Cylon face.

I already have a scan of the top and front Cylon face if anyone wants to rebuild the front flap.

deltasun

03-24-10, 02:37 PM

That's a good idea...do you have a link?

chillspace

03-24-10, 03:16 PM

Looks like us Canadians don't have to butcher our original packaging to get the new packaging :)

Vortex3D

03-24-10, 03:51 PM

That's a good idea...do you have a link?

Certain parts of the scanned image became inverted/black because of the original shiny metalic surface. You can touch it up in photo editing software.

I have the original scan in 2400 dpi resolution if the posted scan isn't good enough quality.

deltasun

03-24-10, 04:38 PM

I can work with that. Thanks!

lajaro

03-25-10, 04:16 PM

joeags

03-25-10, 04:32 PM

Just out of curiosity, shipping method was...?

Got my replacement packaging yesterday from Universal Canada (wow-that was quick). Came in a bubble envelope but all was in good condition.

Opened up one of the boxes. Digipack as others have reported and suffers from the typical problems (e.g. plastic separating from cardboard).

To be honest, I prefer the custom cases / art work. But for a freebie, cannot / will not complain.

Smitty2k1

03-25-10, 11:14 PM

Don't know if this has been posted our not. But the reissue on Amazon.ca is on preorder for $149.99 CDN!

http://www.amazon.ca/Battlestar-Galactica-Complete-Blu-ray/dp/B0036EH3U2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1269203834&sr=8-1

AHHHHHHHHHH The American version is $210! Can I as an American order from the Canadian website??

lvthunder

03-25-10, 11:23 PM

AHHHHHHHHHH The American version is $210! Can I as an American order from the Canadian website??

I'm sure you can. I bought Monsters Inc from Amazon in the UK. My account worked and everything.

Deviation

03-26-10, 12:08 AM

Got my replacement packaging yesterday from Universal Canada (wow-that was quick). Came in a bubble envelope but all was in good condition.

Opened up one of the boxes. Digipack as others have reported and suffers from the typical problems (e.g. plastic separating from cardboard).

To be honest, I prefer the custom cases / art work. But for a freebie, cannot / will not complain.
Does everything match what's shown at The Digital Bits (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa178.html#031810)? Or is the packaging compromised to show French as well?

With international shipping, ordering the set from Canada comes out to just under $160 USD, which is $50 cheaper than buying it domestic.