Battlestar Galactica: Razor was an oasis for BSG fanswhen the double-length episode aired in November 2007, it was the only new material broadcast during the 12-month gap between seasons 3 and 4. But although it sets up some events in season 4, chronologically Razor is a prequel taking place within season 2, when Galactica had unexpectedly met up with a fellow Battlestar, Pegasus. The central character is new, Kendra Shaw (Stephanie Jacobsen), who becomes the XO after Lee Adama (Jamie Bamber) takes command of the Pegasus. Shaw s promotion is controversial among Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) and others because Shaw learned the trade under the previous commander of the Pegasus, Admiral Cain (Michelle Forbes), who lived by her own wartime rules. The central conflict in Razor involves the Pegasus trying to rescue a Raptor crew from the Cylons. During the mission Shaw flashes back to 10 months earlier, and her experiences in the immediate aftermath of the Cylonswipeout of Caprica influence how she handles this mission and its implications of a new Cylon-human hybrid. Razor is a riveting adventure, full of the top writing, great acting, and dark end-of-humanity vision that makes Battlestar Galactica the best show on television (that is, when it s actually on). Fans will also enjoy the appearance of old-school Cylons, and the revelation that Gaius is not the only one who fell for the wiles of Number 6 (Tricia Helfer).
The unrated and extended DVD runs 103 minutes, about 16 minutes longer than the Sci-Fi Channel broadcast. There s a brief bit of extra gore from Admiral Cain, and young WilliamHuskerAdama s (Nico Cortez, nicely channeling Edward James Olmos) mission in the last days of the first Cylon war is now 10 minutes instead of 5, including a spectacular aerial battle. In another new sequence, at the moment when Cain tells ShawSometimes we have to leave people behind so that we can go on,there s a flashback to Cain s experiences in the first Cylon war. Among the bonus features is the complete 19-minute minisode version of Husker s Cylon encounter (previously viewable on Sci-Fi Channel s website) and two deleted scenes. Featurettes includeThe Look of Battlestar GalacticaandMy Favorite Episode So Far( 33gets a lot of mentions from the cast and crew), and there are a trailer and 2.5-minutesneak peekat season 4 (mostly interviewing people who don t know what s going to happen, though Tricia Helfer mentions a new version of herself). In a c
Format size: | Widescreen |
Languages: | English |
Country: | US |
Runtime: | 88 min. |
Number of discs: | 1 |
Subtitles: | English |