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ALIEN NATION
THE COMPLETE SERIES
Released: January
20th, 2006
MSRP Price: $49.98
Amazon Price: $34.99
Costco Price: $35.99
Complete 22 Episode
Format: Full-Screen
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 989 miniutes
Number of Discs - 6 - double sided
Alien Nation, the
complete series DVD Rating:
C
Video: C
Audio: C
Content: B
Acting: A
Bonus Features: F
Overall: B
STARS: Gary
Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas, Lauren
Woodward, Sean Six, Jeff Marcus, Ron Fassler, and Lawrence-Hilton
Jacobs.
The actual fan base
for this series was large enough for Fox to do 5 telefilms based on
the one season series. Based on the feature film "Alien
Nation" which starred James Caan.
Alien Nation was a
typical cop drama which threw in a bit of the new alien among us
mixing typical storylines with an alien theme. I don't think any of
the writing staff went out on the edge to come up with something
different or new. But it was a good television series. The actors
made it worth tuning in each week and I did just that. I did not
miss and episode during the shows original run and I watch the
series on the Sci-Fi Channel.
It will never compare
to other one season series like "The Flash", "M.A.N.T.I.S.",
"Space Above & Beyon" and others. For what it was at
the time, the fan base was large. I had thought for sure Fox would
return the series for at least one more season but it just didn't
happen.
I enjoyed the
telefilms much more than most of the series storylines. Hopefully
fans will get a boxed set with all five films in it.
PACKAGING:
The outer slip pack uses some nice artwork and coloring to make for
a quality look. The boxed set uses the thin dual clear cases. The
insert artwork is the same as the cover on the front with two
pictures and episode titles and synopsis on the back. The inside of
the case uses no images, but has some green smear behind the disc to
add some coloring to the insert. The discs are double sided so
there are not images on the discs. It's a very nice set.
VIDEO:
The digital transfer looks
like VHS Quality at best. On the 32 in
television the quality is good. There's quite of a bit of dirt and
debris. The transfer was not cleaned up after the masters were used.
The colors are good with minimal fade and bleed. The blacks are
actually dark and help give the video some quality. On the 32 inch
digital the picture is horrible. Before you even get close to the
screen you can see pixelation and distortion in the picture. From a
distance the video is still is watchable.
AUDIO:
This
audio is Dolby Digital 2.0 and it
sounds OK. It doesn't work the system at all but the sound is clear
and crisp. It's the best you could hope for with the effort put into
the set.
BONUS FEATURES:
Let's just hope you didn't really want or expect any. For me its
fine. Just having the series on DVD is a great thing.
SUMMARY:
20th Century Fox didn't put much effort into the production of the
Boxed Set. At least they released it onto the DVD format for the
fans to get their hands on.
If you're a fan of the
series you'll purchase it. It's definitely worth having for the
Science Fiction Mogul out there. For a new fan it might be a steep
purchase and I doubt the boxed set will be a huge seller simply
based on the quality and effort put into this product by the
studio.
Alien Nation
"Complete Series" Rating: A
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