![]() ![]() “The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. Unfortunately, there's no Jessica Alba screen test here so what's the point? Finally, the disc includes a short blooper reel and the trailer for the videogame. Following those is a unique approach to showing audition tests where they show the screen test and then the actual filmed scene. "Creating an X5" runs for just over six minutes and features a more detailed look at the X5 characters and their place in the story. "Seattle Ain't What It Used To Be" runs a couple minutes and takes a look at the creation of the future Seattle as well as the special effects of the series. From the bleak future of Seattle, to the casting of the show, the featurette covers everything. "Dark Angel Genesis" pretty much is exactly what it sounds like as it's a twenty-minute documentary on how the series came about and features some new interviews as well as older footage (including some of James Cameron) where those involved with the show explain the origin of the characters, the setting, and the show itself. On disc six there are a couple of featurettes. ![]() "Pilot", "Rising", "I And I Am A Camera", and "…And Jesus Brought a Casserole" all feature commentary tracks. Oh, as if he had any trouble turning down the part. Hot and pissed The Extras As with the Buffy, Angel, and X-Files box sets, the extras on the box set are spread across the discs with the majority of the video features residing on the sixth disc. In general they sound about the same as when they originally aired, but just a little bit crisper due to the added clarity that DVD provides over regular broadcast signals. The Audio No Dolby 5.1 remix here, but all 21 episodes feature Dolby Surround tracks. Compression issues are very minimal, while colors and detail are very good. As such, the transfers handle the darkness quite well with a very smooth appearance for all of the episodes. In a way, it's easy to compare it to the recent Angel box set as both series feature adventures at night. Hot The Video Presented in full frame video, Dark Angel looks very solid for a TV DVD. Hardcore fans will definitely want to grab it, admirers of Jessica Alba will naturally want it, and if you're a Cameron fanatic (such as myself) it's something to complete your collection with. This six-disc set collects all twenty-one of the series' first episodes. Sure, Jessica Alba is drool worthy, but aside from the goddess slinking around in tight outfits there isn't too much to draw you back to the series as the story just stops being interesting about halfway through this first season. There's a good premise there, but the episodes sort of ended up being like "X-Files Light". Is the series any good? Well, it's nothing to get too excited about. Dark Angel is the story of a genetically engineered girl named Max (Jessica Alba) as she hunts for her siblings, all of which were part of a government program to create a super soldier. You see in 2009 a group of terrorists detonated an EMP device sending the entire country back into medieval times. The series is set in a post apocalyptic Seattle where the future is basically a new dark ages where nothing electronic works. I simply didn't see all of the episodes beforehand, unlike the TNG and DS9 sets where I've seen those episodes several times in the past. ![]() The Show To be honest with you, I only occasionally saw Dark Angel during its original run, which is why it took me a while to get through this set of the complete first season. ![]() The show only lasted a couple of seasons, but due to its cult status (and the fact that you can slap Jessica Alba in tight clothing on Glitter and it'll sell) Fox has decided to release the series on DVD giving it the same type of treatment that Buffy and Angel has been seeing on the format. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |