The 3-disc DVD set and 2-disc Blu-ray includes the first 10 hours of the series, which premiered in October on Syfy Channel in the U.S. and SPACE in Canada. Look especially for a never-before-seen extended version of “Air,” the 3-part series premiere.
Bonus material for the DVD edition includes:
On top of this, the Blu-ray edition also adds a ton of behind-the-scenes featurettes:
Video is in widescreen 1.78:1, with subtitles in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. Audio is in English 5.1 Dolby Surround (5.1 DTS HD Master for the Blu-ray), and Spanish and Portuguese Dolby Surround.
Stargate Universe stars Robert Carlyle as Dr. Nicholas Rush, a brilliant scientist with a hidden agenda who is responsible for trapping more than 80 people on board the Destiny — a previously unmanned Ancient vessel in the far reaches of the universe. Believed to be millions of years old, Destiny is on an automated course from one galaxy to another, following other ships sent ahead to seed those galaxies with Stargates.
Also starring is Louis Ferriera, David Blue, Brian J. Smith, Ming-Na, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, and Lou Diamond Phillips.
The “Season 1.5” DVD release is expected shortly after the season finale in June. There is no word on whether MGM and Fox will also release a single, complete season set.
In the United Kingdom, however, the studio is releasing a full season in July, rather than this mid-season release of the first half. Look for it on July 5, and pre-order it now
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And why do you guys neglect to report the region 4 DVD release of the SGU extended pilot that came out a few days ago here in Australia?
@darkglasses
Probably for the same reason that they're not reporting that TV6 Sweden has bought the rights to air SGU (on March 5th).
It's just not big news in their eyes.
Or it could be that they know nothing about it.
Pick your favorite.
"In the United Kingdom, however, the studio is releasing a full season in July, rather than this mid-season release of the first half. Look for it on July 5"
Completely fine with me, don't see the point in half season boxsets tbh.
@Tanith
The thing is, we don't know if there's gonna be a blu-ray version of the full season release. I want those damn bonus features!
SGU Season 1.0? No thank you!
Half a season of SGU for a SRP of $50? Who’s the marketing genius who thought of this?! Even at $30 for half the season it is too much!
I’m a huge SG fan, but I won’t buy this. It is just too much money for too little.
I should be able to buy the entire season for this much money. Besides... you know the price will go down eventually or they’ll release a complete season set for the same amount…
How many of us bought the GIANT brick-sized SG-1 season sets for $50 when they came out; only to see them re-released in the slim cases and for much less money. (I see them in Wal-Mart for $15.)
Sorry if it sounds like it is all about the money (I think the lousy economy is rubbing off on me.) - it isn't. I don't like the fact that it is only half the season. I could have waited for the rest of season one to air for a complete set! All the other seasons of SG-1 and Atlantis are complete seasons – why not SGU?
I'd love to see the extended Air, but I’ll have to pass.
@EvilSpaceAlien COOL - thanks thanks for this update. We here in Pegasus galaxy finally gets SGU! Yaj! (TV6 keeps running SG1 and SGA so that's great). And btw Darren, of course you should be interested in Pegasus galaxy :D
I always like the commentaries and special features but $50 is just a little too much for this one...
"learn more about the back half of the season — which producers promise will meet many of fans’ expectations". Lets certainty hope so. It would be a shame for the stargate to never be activated again because of this one season disaster.
@66skylark- There was a dual pack of season one, I think it is, and season something of another show for under $15 at my local wal-mart. I always wait to buy the complete seasons because the prices always drop dramatically.
I am not paying 10% more for half a season that I show little interest. Like one of the podcast says. They didn't buy season 7 of SG1 because they wanted to voice that they didn't like that season, I guess its my turn to voice mine