An identical to having to leap away every time the Cylons current up, Battlestar Galactica has prolonged had somewhat little bit of a tricky time having a gradual residence on streaming—possibly all too thematically potent a reminder of the pitfalls of streaming’s dominance over bodily media in the previous couple of years. Nevertheless if you haven’t snagged an excellent Blu-ray copy however, then good news: Battlestar Galactica is taking barely time between jumps on Amazon Prime.
The streamer launched that it had acquired the rights to the 2004 Battlestar reboot this week, after BSG had vanished from Peacock barely beneath a 12 months up to now, bringing all 4 seasons of the hit current, the essential 2003 miniseries prequel, along with the 2009 TV movie The Plan—which used supplies from the current alongside new scenes to retell the events of the early ranges of the gathering from the attitude of the Cylons—to Prime Video.
The Ronald D. Moore-led reboot took all the hallmarks of the fundamental 1978 assortment to the modern age, with a tense, thriller vibe as a result of it transformed humanity’s battle with the Cylons from an all-out scrap proper right into a sport of cat-and-mouse, as almost-human Cylon infiltration agents hidden among the many many ultimate remnants of human civilization as a result of it had been acknowledged put collectively to wipe out their natural foes. From its distinctive, damn-near-impeccable beginning inside the 2003 miniseries, all one of the simplest ways to season four’s controversial ending, Battlestar Galactica had such an enormous impact on early-aughts sci-fi inside the age of peak TV’s ascension, a darkish, cerebral assortment that married unimaginable sci-fi movement (and among the many best-shot space battles in TV historic previous) with a heady, typically bonkers, nonetheless on a regular basis compelling coronary coronary heart in regards to the nature of existence and survival.
There’s on no account been a better time to rewatch, significantly as we await data from whatever the subsequent reboot of Battlestar seems like, as plans proceed to be underway on Peacock. Or, you already know, probably use the possibility to decide on up a bodily copy sooner than BSG has to leap away as soon as extra, correct? In any case, all this has occurred sooner than—and it’ll all happen as soon as extra.
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