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Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
THE COMPLETE SERIES
Warner Bros. Home Video
PRESENTS
Release Date: July
4th, 2006
MSRP Price: $99.98
Amazon Price: $69.99
Best Buy: $72.99
Wallmart: $69.99
Complete Series - 13 Episodes
Format: 1.78:1 Full-Screen
Studio: Warner Bros. Home Video
Run Time: 545 minutes
Number of Discs - 5
Sound - Dolby Digital 5.1
Dr. Who First
Season Rating: ?
Video: A
Audio: C
Content: A
Acting: A
Special Effects: B
Bonus Material: B
Overall: B
STARS: Chris
Eccleston, Billie Piper, Christopher Eccleston, Camille Coduri, Noel
Clarke
What a surprise when I
watched this series on the Sci-Fi Channel after they had originally
passed on the series earlier in the year. After success in Canada
and overseas the SFC jumped on the bandwagon well aware they
couldn't lose out on the series.
I found the new take
on Dr. Who most excellent and the acting of David Tennant &
Billie Pipper superb. Tennant leaves at the end of the first season
and now Billie Piper is killed off in the season 2 finale. It's
amazing how many actors today are afraid of type-casting
(Christopher Reeves as Superman; William Shatner as James T. Kirk
for most of his career.)
During the show first
season I really enjoyed the writing on the show as well as the
unique special effects. The light-hearted Dr. himself is a royal joy
to watch and Ms. Billie Piper is a bombshell worth watching for
alone. The English accents (it's a British show) are quaint and
enjoyable. The overall product presented to the fans is
refreshing.
The quality and sound
of the series has to be excellent since the product is less than a
year old. Fans should expect the best quality.
The BBC Warner series
is a bright flash for television and fans will enjoy it. At $99.99
US sales will be minimal. That's a hefty hit in the wallet for a 13
episode first season of anything and Dr. Who has never been a
mainstream character in the US.
PACKAGING
Warner Bothers
put together an excellent image for
the boxed set art. It's entertaining and the interior of the
packaging is a little weird with the 70's style artwork but it looks
very good.
VIDEO:
Well, the video looks as good as expected. The video is clear
without debris or dirty. There's no pixelation and the colors are
sharp and crisp. This runs through to the entire set of 13
episodes.
AUDIO:
The audio is good, but not to impressive for a modern television
series. The voices are clear and the music sounds average through
the speaker system. It won't win any awards but it gets the job
done.
BONUS FEATURES:
Warner Bros. put together a nice package of extras for the first
heavily anticipated series. Dr. Who's first season is loaded.
- Available Subtitles: English
- Commentary on all episodes by
combinations of writer Russell T. Davies, producer Phil
Collinson, actors Simon Callow, Billie Piper, and John
Barrowman, and other cast and crew
- Interview with Christopher
Eccleston on BBC Breakfast
- Destroying the Lair
- Making Doctor Who with Russell
T. Davies
- Waking the Dead: Mark Gatiss
video diary
- Laying Ghosts: the origin of the
unquiet dead
- Deconstructing Big Ben
- On set with Billie Piper
- Mike Tucker's Mocks of Balloons
- Designing Doctor Who
- The Adventures of Captain Jack
- "Doctor Who
Confidential" - 165-minute collection of featurettes on the
new series narrated by Simon Pegg
- Backstage at Christmas: an
exclusive look behind the scenes of Doctor Who Christmas
Invasion
- Storyboard of opening trailer
- Launch trailers
SUMMARY:
Dr. Who actually kicks some butt. I remember Dr. Who from my days as
a child. The effects and acting were so cheesey it was hard for me
to watch. I was never a fan, but the effort, writing acting and
everything else put into the new series is worth the watch.
The price however puts
the new series way outside the purchase envelope. $100 for 13
episodes? Yeah, give me a break. I could never spend that much cash
for any series with 13 episodes. Rent it or borrow it from that die
hard fan who will fork out the funds to have Dr. Who on their
shelf.
Dr. Who the Complete
First Season Rating: ??
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