That's what the Battlestar Galactica complete series looks like, dvd or Blu-Ray. The only difference would be a) the number of discs, and b) that little blue stripe around the paper sleeve, which is what the bottom is.

The top part opens up to reveal the disc holders, which are cool looking but are kind of impractical. Rather than plastic holders, the Cylon cases are just cardboard sleeves. Since Blu-Rays are scratch resistant, this shouldn't be an issue, but I'm betting dvd owners won't be too pleased about that.

Each seasons gets its own side, and is broken up accordingly: 4 discs for Season One (including mini-series), 5 for seasons 2 and 3, and 6 discs (including Razor) for season 4, coming to an even twenty BD's. I have no idea how many are in the dvd version.

On top is a Cylon action-figure thing (it's articulated and not posed), housed in a coffin-like clear plastic doohickey. Don't you love that technical jargon?

I can't give you a review of the show itself just yet, for obvious reasons if you've been keeping up, but if you have a Blu-Ray player and were considering Galactica, they've certainly gone out of their way to make it a centerpiece on your shelf.

And, because you likely noticed them in the first picture, here are the rest of today's purchases...
Torchwood season 2, Torchwood: Children of Earth, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead, and 12 Monkeys. Forgive the "shaky"-ness of the enlarged version. I tried, but cellphone pictures are not my strong suit.

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Because the Cap'n is such a great person, here's a pretty groovy long-form trailer for AMC's Prisoner update/remake/redux series. Normally I'd be very worried to hear something like The Prisoner was being mucked with, but Ian McKellan as 2 and Jim Caveziel as 6 seem appropriate, and the design of the Village and surrounding area is very interesting. Gotta love how and why the white balloon comes back...



The relationship between 2 and 6 seems a little less contentious this time, but I'm curious to see how this reboot mini-series works.