Battlestar Galactica: The Plan [Blu-ray]

Jul 19, 2010 00:36:56

Brand : Universal

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The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors, the Cylons have to improvise. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan [Blu-ray] Reviews By Customers

It seems each successive incarnation of Battlestar Galactica becomes more adult-themed and less suitable for children. This is probably for the best, the show matures as the audience matures. The original BSG circa 1980 was like a comic-book sci-fi story adapted for the big screen; questionable special effects mixed with simple dialogue. Then came the re-do by the Scifi channel with its overt themes of religious conflict, social justice, family breakups, divorce, etc... Now we have BSG: The Plan. This movie clocks in at just under 2 hours, and is a recap of seasons 1 and 2 of SciFi's BSG as told from the point of view of the cylons. Featuring almost all of the known cylon models, this show emphasizes personal drama more than anything else. It features nudity, sex, swearing, suicide, murder, and betrayal all up close. There is almost no humor so the show's tones are quite dark. The central message of the movie is love, and how the effects of love can screw up the best laid plans. Specifically, the various cylon sleeper agents embedded in the colonies have fallen in love with humans and hence foil their own plans to wipe out mankind. All told, a good movie that completes the BSG saga.

A disgrace to BSG - Gregory Bartz - San Jose, CA
Sometime toward the end of Season 3, the showrunners of the new BSG had started to lose track of what they were doing; season 4 saw the series painfully collapse under the weight of its own mythology, with the writers unable to come up with a more satisfying conclusion to the story than "God did it and the characters are angels". "The Plan" is the recycled vomit of that mythology, explaining things that were better left unexplained while failing to explain the things that really needed to be clarified. And, as can be expected from a group of people who had completely lost track of what they were doing, it contradicts previous canon. If the Cyclons' "Plan" was little more than "exterminate humanity", then why did the phrase "And they have a plan" continue to appear during the opening for season 3, during which the Cylons wanted to peacefully coexist with humanity and find Earth? All of this, plus a total lack of emotional depth, make "The Plan" a disgrace to the new BSG.

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Best of the Battlestar movies - D. Porter - Coeur d'Alene, ID
For me this movie was more engaging than either Razor or Caprica. The plot line and acting had more depth. Like all the movies, one has to be familiar with the series to fully comprehend what is going on, but as an adjunct to the series I think it added better understanding to the evolution of the Cylons as the war progressed.

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As a director, Olmos is a fine actor. - Richard Walden - Portland, OR
If you're a BSG fan, you're going to watch this, regardless of what anyone says. If you're NOT a BSG fan, steer clear of this, go watch season 1. Battlestar Galactica - Season One

There is actually an interesting story in here, that if you're a fan, you have to watch. (that's right, have to...it's an order)

Be warned though, that there is way too much recycled footage, the pacing feels wooden and pedantic, and in his directorial debut, Edward James Olmos proves which side of the camera he belongs on.

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