‘Battlestar’ Goes Boldly Into the DVD Universe

From the New York Times:

Forget the robot killers with machine guns built into their arms. The DVDs are taking over.
Fans of the television series “Battlestar Galactica” are familiar with the frightening chrome mechanical monsters known as Cylons, seemingly bent on the destruction of humanity. But the force behind a two-hour episode on the Sci Fi Channel this Saturday night is the DVD, the equally shiny
disc.
The episode, “Razor,” marks yet another step in the complex, fast-changing relationship between DVD sales and cable broadcast. The episode would not exist except for the promise of selling it on DVD just days after it is shown on television.
The move is part of a trend. Already there have been instances of DVD sales reviving canceled television series, like Fox’s “Family Guy,” which sold so well that it was put back on the air. And “24,” also on Fox, began selling DVDs of its four-episode season premiere earlier this year, the day after it concluded.
But such tactics are still rare.

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Catching Up on Old News

Sorry for the lack of updates. Change in job means that I have more computer time, but it's been busy lately. Thus, a bit of a roundup is called for:

Dynamite Comics will be releasing a one-shot Pegasus comic, due out in October: Here

Universal has listed Razor on it's DVD website: Here

New Trailer for Pegasus:

2.0 and 2.5 Packaged Together!

This in from TV Shows on DVD:

Battlestar Galactica - Season 2, and 2.5 packaged together

Some fans of Battlestar Galactica believed Universial would release a 'Complete Season 2' set that would combine the 2.0 and 2.5 sets into one box. Unversal has said thtey had no plans to do that, but fans who didn't purchase the existing sets will save a bit of money thanks to the announcement of the 'Value Pack' coming May 8. The "Value Pack" includes Season 2.0 and Season 2.5 shrinkwrapped together, with a list price of 69.98. You may recall Universal did a similar thing with the first two seasons of Miami Vice. The content of the sets will be identical: same discs, same episodes, and same packaging, you just get a piece of plastic to hold the two sets together. Information from Universal indicates that this value pack will be available for a limited time.

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