TV: Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0 now on DVD

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 4.0 lands on DVD! »

The epic phenomenon returns with over 5 hours of explosive bonus features, including deleted scenes, featurettes, podcasts and more! Plus, see the unrated, extended version of "Battlestar Galactica: RAZOR" that didn't air on TV!

On Tuesday, January 6th, Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases a 4-Disc DVD Special Edition set of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4.0, featuring the first ten episodes of the popular 4th season. The set arrives just in time for fans excited to watch the season's remaining ten episodes (known as Season 4.5) that will be broadcast beginning January 16, 2009 on The SCI-FI Network.

The Season 4.0 four-disc DVD Set (SRP $49.98) features a total running time of 526 minutes, which includes over 5 hours of bonus features. Unique to this set is the "Battlestar Galactica: RAZOR" movie presented in both the original 88-minute version, and 101-minute extended, unrated version never aird on TV. Executive producer Ronald D. Moore and writer Michael Taylor provide complete commentary for the "Razor" movie on the extended version.

Production Note (Wikipedia)
Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning serial drama television program created by Ronald D. Moore that first aired in a three-hour miniseries in December 2003, on SCI-FI. The series features Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated Edward James Olmos and Oscar-nominated Mary McDonnell and has garnered a wide range of critical acclaim, including Emmy nominations for its writing and directing.

Brief Synopsis: Battlestar Galactica continues from the 2003 mini-series to chronicle the journey of the last surviving humans from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol after their nuclear annihilation by the Cylons. The survivors are led by President Laura Roslin and Commander William Adama in a ragtag fleet of ships with the Battlestar Galactica, an old but powerful warship, as its command ship. Pursued by Cylons intent on wiping out the remnants of the human race, the survivors travel across the galaxy looking for the fabled and long-lost thirteenth colony: Earth.

Though the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA of the 1970s is primarily known as a kitschy cult favorite, this darker incarnation is beloved by critics and fans alike. The series follows the last surviving humans who are at war with their own robotic creation, the Cylons. The man-versus-machine concept may be a genre cliché, but the show brings intelligence and a healthy dose of social commentary to the table. After the season three finale revealed four of the "Final Five" Cylons, the fourth season finds the return of a friend they thought they'd lost: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackoff). But will she lead the humans home to Earth or will she fulfill the Hybrid's doomsday prophecy?

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 4.0 also features the TV movie RAZOR, which bridges the third and fourth seasons of the series. The film follows Lee Adama's (Jamie Bamber) first experiences leading the battlestar Pegasus, but RAZOR also takes viewers back to the Pegasus commanded by Admiral Helena Cain (Michelle Forbes, Star Trek: The Next Generation).

Details + BONUS FEATURES
Presented on four single-sided discs
(10 episodes - with Seasons 4's remaining episodes not yet released on DVD)
Disc One:
• Includes "Razor" movie-episode in both the original 88-minute version, and 101-minute extended version
• Commentary to the Unrated Extended Edition with executive producer Ronald D. Moore and writer Michael Taylor
• Deleted Scenes
• The Look of Battlestar Galactica
• My Favorite Episode So Far
• Season 4 Sneak Peek
• Season 4 Trailer
• Minisodes (x7)
Disc Two:
• Deleted Scenes
• Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc Three:
• Deleted Scenes
• David Eick's Video Blogs
• Faith Commentary with executive producer Ronald. D. Moore and supervising producers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle
• Guess What's Coming to Dinner Commentary with executive producer Ronald D. Moore and writer Michael Angeli
• Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc Four:
• Deleted Scenes
• The Journey
• Cylons: The Twelve
• Season 4.5: The Untold Story - Untold
• The Music of Battlestar Galactica
• Sine Qua Non Commentary with executive producer Ronald D. Moore and writer Michael Taylor
• Ronald Moore's Podcast Commentaries

Full Synopsis:
The world is over. The fight has just begun.
Forty years after the Cylon Wars, humanity's deadliest enemies have reemerged with a vengeance. In a sudden, devastating nuclear attack, the Cylon robots - who have now taken human form - wipe out billions of people. Only a handful of Colonial forces are left to shepherd the few survivors to safety. Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos), the highest-ranking military officer left alive, reactivates the Battlestar Galactica top once again face humanity's greatest nemesis.

Outnumbered and outarmed, Adama reluctantly concedes that the newly sworn-in President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is correct - this battle was lost before it had begun. With no choice but to flee, the ragtag fleet of survivors and humanity's only hope set out in search of the mythic 13th Colony of Kobol... a legendary planet known as Earth.

RAZOR movie-episode
"Battlestar Galactica: Razor" takes you on an edge-of-your-seat adventure with an epic untold story of Lieutenant Kendra Shaw and the other Battlestar, Pegasus. Battlestar Galactica: Razor will tell the story of Lee Adama's (Jamie Bamber) first mission as commander of the Battlestar Pegasus and will reveal the story of how Admiral Cain (Michelle Forbes) served her ship during the original Cylon attack on the Colonies. With clues to the fate of the entire Battlestar Galactica universe, this explosive, extended unrated Director's Cut DVD is a must own for fans before the final season of Battlestar Galactica airs on the SciFi Channel.