Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Four

This Companion book for Season Four is an excellent resource for much information on BSG, Season Four. If you have a short memory, this quality paperback will bring back all the enjoyment of the video series as well as reveal some things that you might have missed during your original viewing. I use this and other BSG Companion books to go back and watch several of the more complicated episodes over again and get an increased appreciation for the entire BSG arc.I highly recommend this book for BSG enthusiasts, short memory or long.

I was late to the BSG party, but once I arrived, I was all in. This book is similar to the volumes published to accompany the various Star Trek series. It's an insider's view of things, and it's almost as enjoyable as the series itself. The book reviews the series episode by episode, and the little tidbits of backstory are enormously entertaining. The price was eminently reasonable and worth every penny.

This fourth in the series of "Official Companion" books is well worth the modest investment. It provides a synopsis of each Season 4 episode followed by behind the scenes information of the episodes.

The first three Official Companions to BSG were among the best "official" guides to shows that I have ever seen. Most such publications are pure puff pieces with no helpful info and nothing that helps fans gain any additional insight into the show. They reproduce stuff that is pretty much universally available. In other words, they are a waste of paper. The BSG companions, however, provide a lot of information that cant' be found elsewhere, even if you hit all the fan sites, the discussion boards, and listen to Ron Moore's podcasts. How do they manage this? Access to writers, actors, producers, and creative staff. And their input seems to be pretty uncensored. Everyone offers info that provides insights into the show that hasn't been available elsewhere.The one complaint I have with this volume compared with the previous three - and perhaps it is due to the change in the writer (David Bassom wrote the first three, Sharon Gosling this one) - is that there doesn't seem to be as much about individual episodes when they don't work. For instance, in the companion to Season Two, everyone was upfront about "Black Market" blowing. Not everything in Season Four worked and there were some moments that flat out failed. There simply wasn't the honesty about this season that I found in previous ones. Perhaps this was defensiveness; because a substantial number of fans of BSG found Season Four to be a disappointment (let me be clear that I was not one of those who were disappointed). That one complaint aside, this was another excellent volume.For those who have a degree of patience, I would like to point out that most likely the companions for Seasons Three and Four will most likely be combined with color photos to form a new volume. This is what happened with Volumes 1 and 2. So, if you would rather wait a while, in a year or two you should see a final volume with a title something like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA COLOR COMPANION, Vol. 2, authored by David Bassom and Sharon Gosling. But if you are like me, undergoing withdrawal pains from BSG, you are looking for whatever you can get in the way of a BSG fix. In that case, it should get you through a couple of days.

The first three Official Companions to BSG were among the best "official" guides to shows that I have ever seen. Most such publications are pure puff pieces with no helpful info and nothing that helps fans gain any additional insight into the show. They reproduce stuff that is pretty much universally available. In other words, they are a waste of paper. The BSG companions, however, provide a lot of information that cant' be found elsewhere, even if you hit all the fan sites, the discussion boards, and listen to Ron Moore's podcasts. How do they manage this? Access to writers, actors, producers, and creative staff. And their input seems to be pretty uncensored. Everyone offers info that provides insights into the show that hasn't been available elsewhere.The one complaint I have with this volume compared with the previous three - and perhaps it is due to the change in the writer (David Bassom wrote the first three, Sharon Gosling this one) - is that there doesn't seem to be as much about individual episodes when they don't work. For instance, in the companion to Season Two, everyone was upfront about "Black Market" blowing. Not everything in Season Four worked and there were some moments that flat out failed. There simply wasn't the honesty about this season that I found in previous ones. Perhaps this was defensiveness; because a substantial number of fans of BSG found Season Four to be a disappointment (let me be clear that I was not one of those who were disappointed). That one complaint aside, this was another excellent volume.For those who have a degree of patience, I would like to point out that most likely the companions for Seasons Three and Four will most likely be combined with color photos to form a new volume. This is what happened with Volumes 1 and 2. So, if you would rather wait a while, in a year or two you should see a final volume with a title something like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA COLOR COMPANION, Vol. 2, authored by David Bassom and Sharon Gosling. But if you are like me, undergoing withdrawal pains from BSG, you are looking for whatever you can get in the way of a BSG fix. In that case, it should get you through a couple of days.

One of my best Movies.

Another excellent behind-the-scenes guide on the production of Battlestar Galactica. Contains some great interviews with the cast and crew and beautiful snippets of information on each episode in the season. A continuation of the high quality BSG companion book series.

It is comprehensive and gives many details of the production proces.I recommend it to any fan of Battlestar Galactica.

un très bon complément d' infos sur la série, sur sa conception sa réalisation et ses acteurs .comment faire du neuf avec du vieux tout en étant moderne, actuel. la société moderne concentré dans une flotte de survivants avec ses bons et ses mauvais côtés ......"so say we all..."

Un ouvrage qui permet d'aller plus loin dans la série.Contient:- une préface par Edward James Olmos- présentation du film Razor- un résumé des épisodes de la saison 4- une présentation des personnages principaux (William Adama, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, Gaius Baltar, Numéro Six, Saul et Ellen Tigh, Athena/Boomer, Karl Helo Agathon, Samuel T. Anders) et des personnages secondaires (Felix Gaeta, le chef Tyrol, Tory Foster).De nombreuses images provenant des épisodes, mais en noir et blanc.Quelques photos couleur sur papier glacé : Tory/Gaius Baltar/Numéro Six, B. Adama, L. Roslin, Athena/Helo, Lee/Kara, Kendra du Pegasus (Razor), ... les vêtements de la Présidente, le transmetteur audio dont la Présidente se sert pour s'adresser à la flotte lors de la mutinerie, les rouleaux de la Pythie....Un ouvrage pas essentiel mais à recommander pour les fans; personnellement, ce genre de résumé des épisodes me plaît bien.

j'adore les companion . On apprend toujours plein de choses sur la série, les acteurs, les petits bonus sur les épisodes et de très jolies photos comme d'habitude !