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Battlestar Galactica Available for Download

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the free-starbucks dept.

blankgm writes "The SciFi channel has made Episode '33' (Season 1 Episode 1) of Battlestar Galactica available for free, uncut and commercial free, online at SciFi.com. Also available are deleted scenes from the series. Is this a ploy by the SciFi channel to grow a viewer base as well as loyalty, or an extremely bold move since the series isn't even out on DVD yet? Hopefully it's both. In either case, I believe this is unprecedented, especially since season 1 hasn't even concluded here in the states. Bravo SciFi. Keep 'em coming!"

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  1. Re:A shame by Avyakata · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait...that's a shame..?

  2. Geez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kinda takes the fun out of pirating when you can download stuff legitimately. Way to go, SciFi. Thanks a lot.

  3. Re:For download? by sgant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could have sworn that this was posted here at Slashdot a few days ago.

    Nah, couldn't have been. Must have read that somewhere else. The crack squad of editors here at Slashdot wouldn't let something slip through the cracks and be posted twice...right?

    Guys?

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  4. More an negative than a plus by 3vi1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...or an extremely bold move since the series isn't even out on DVD yet?

    Then WTF did I buy last week at Suncoast?

    Would this not be the "first" (+ others) episode? : 2003 Miniseries

  5. Re:Not so good if you're completely new... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because there's a Blockbuster in every town of the world...

  6. Re:Not so good if you're completely new... by akshunj · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hello! Netflix! Rent it and keep sitting on your lazy ass. --Akshun J

  7. Re:For download? by joNDoty · · Score: 2, Funny

    dipping babies in vats of liquid mercury isn't specifically illegal either

    Liquid mercury as opposed to... gaseous mercury? That would be at least 675F at standard pressure. My skin is burning just imagining it! Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at STP.

    And let's not even get into how one would dip a baby into a solid.