Farscape: The Complete Season Three [Blu-ray]

Farscape comes into its prime
The third season of "Farscape" captures the show in its prime; the various story arcs developed here are better than anything that came before. The writing and character development is, for the most part, top notch. Season three features the unusual episode "Revenging Angel" where the bulk of the episode occurs in a Looney Tunes Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote type of cartoon with Crichton and D'Argo. "Infinite Possibilities" another two parter features one of the Ancients appearing in the form of John's dad. They unlock the secrets of wormhole technology in Crichton's mind to prevent the Scarrans from escaping with a dangerous new weapon.

The stand out episodes in my mind that signify this development is the two part ""Into the Lion's Den" from the conclusion of the season. Crichton agrees in this episode to help Scorpious achieve his dream of wormhole technology. Scorpious plans on using it to develop a weapon of mass destruction that can be used against the Scarions. In...

As great a season as any in the history of television
Warning: Spoilers galore! Free roaming discussion of the season story arcs!

First, before proceeding to heap excessive amounts of praise on this extraordinary season, I have to express my extreme anger at the ongoing refusal of the owner's of the series copyright to make it available to the public at a reasonable or even affordable price. I do not own this set on DVD and do not plan on doing so as long as they continue pricing it as such absurd levels. I'll struggle along with my tapes for now. I'm not angry only because their price means I can't afford it; I am angry because the price keeps a host of would-be fans from discovering this remarkable series. There is simply no excuse for the way they have gone about the DVD releases for FARSCAPE. I thoroughly encourage anyone who loves Sci-fi or quality TV to explore this series-I promise you will be delighted with it-but I also encourage everyone to avoid purchasing this set at this price. As consumers we need to let...

Farscape achieves perfection
Since it's inception, the Sci-Fi Channel's Farscape was one of the most original and mind bending shows to hit the genre in years, and in it's third season, Farscape achieved perfection. With a much darker tone, and the major arc that would shape the series until it's end taking shape, it is clear that this is sci-fi TV at it's best. Crichton (Ben Browder) returns to his old self, while Aeryn's (Claudia Black) life hangs in the balance. Scorpius' (Wayne Pygram) obsession with wormhole technology is revealed in it's entirity, while Dargo (Anthony Simcoe) and Chiana's (Gigi Edgely) relationship takes a turn for the worst when Chiana begins an affair with Dargo's son Jothee. The third season of Farscape also the sacrifice of a character who has been here since the beginning, as well as the tragic losses of a few others while introducing new heroes and villains; culminating in a clone of Crichton and Aeryn consumating their relationship with tragic results. Like the above Amazon...

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Stories Behind Alabama Football Bundle

Great Gift For A Bama Fan
I really enjoyed watching Saban take over the role of Head Coach, and turning the Tide at Alabama. The other side of this package includes five of the defining moments at Alabama... Like The Takeaway, where an underdog Bama takes on an unbeatable Miami (according to all the press)and wins the National Championship... with all the interviews with coaches and players, its something every Bama fan will enjoy. Roll Tide Bama Fans





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Pond Hockey (Two-Disc Combo: DVD + Digital Copy)

Takes you back
Growing up in Buffalo, New York it wasn't hard to find something frozen to skate on between December and March. The movie makes me proud of the fact that I am of a generation that learned so much from the outdoor game. You learned to skate on the slightly rougher surfaces of a pond or backyard rink. You stayed outside hours upon hours, working on stickhandling or your wrist shot....when you got your skates sharpened and first went out, those first few strides were euphoric! You would watch the Sabres or Hockey Night in Canada the night before and the following morning YOU WERE Gilbert Perreault or Bernie Parent. The movie takes you into the cold....into the friendships, into the endless energy you find. It was cold outside but you never got cold. This movie, quite frankly, is incredibly warming. "PondHockey" is innocent and beautiful in it's own way. The father's who put much time into flooding their yards and maintaining a rink for the neighborhood is practically unheard of today. (I...

"Iced it"! Pond Hockety
I first saw the film "Pond Hockey" in Iowa City, Iowa this summer at the Landlocked Film Festival and loved it! Having lived in upstate New York, which is also "hockey country", I was fascinated to watch the story unfold. This film was not just about following the National Pond Hockey championships, it was addressing the concern about the disappearance of the culture of pond hockey. The minute I viewed this film, I knew that it was a great film to buy for my brother-in-law who constructs his own pond to play hockey on each winter. When he unwrapped his Christmas gift, he was delighted and my sister reported that he watched the whole movie immediately and shared it with other pond hockey lovers in the family. In 28 years, this was the first time ever that I "iced it" when selecting a gift for my brother-in-law. Our family highly recommends this film to everyone who loves hockey and those who want to "catch their passion"!

A Must See!
Its hard to do a sports movie right, but these guys nailed it.This is one of those great rare finds. It's a must have for hockey fans, but also anyone who likes a great movie.

Pond Hockey captures the essence of what really matters most when playing a sport with friends. Movies like these get me excited to have my own children someday, and share this movie with them.

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Back at the Barnyard: Season 2

Brilliant show, but no on-demand dvds for me!
First, decide which media device you want to watch these episodes on. If you want to watch them on your computer, you get the view-on-demand option that lets you watch on your computer -- but not your TV of course (unless you can run a cable from your computer to your TV) -- or you can get the "burn on demand" option here that lets you watch on your consumer electronic DVD player but NOT on your computer. Seems like a scheme the gophers would come up with.

My kids love this show, and do their "screen time" on the computer, so there's really no need for this. If you are a dedicated consumer electronic DVD player person, then these work, but it looks like there are no special features. Just be sure of what you're buying before you click "buy".

Barely worth watching if you're a prime member
This season was not as good as the first season. This season is OK at best, and definitely something I would not pay to see.

I don't know why this show is so funny
But it is. I watch it with my nephew and find myself laughing out loud at plenty of the jokes and gags. I liked the movie, and this series is clearly more lighthearted and humorous than the movie and not really meant to be taken too seriously. And I like that. I like that it's focused entirely on being entertaining, because that is what a kids' show is supposed to do.

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The Gospel Guitar of Mississippi John Hurt

5 Star Teaching
Although not familiar with the instructor, I found his teaching to be straight forward, easy to follow, and clear. Being a gifted musician does not necessarily mean a gifted teacher, yet here we have both, the player and the teacher. He breaks down the parts of the song carefully and slowly, and his performance to open the song is inspiring to the student. Although this is a Level two to Level three teaching, (meaning advanced beginner to intermediate level) advanced intermediates will also enjoy making the beautiful and recognizable Mississippi John Hurt thumb style polished completions. Excellent teacher, well chosen songs (my favorites include "Mary, Don't You Weep" and "Blessed Be the Name"), solid camera work all come together for a must DVD for fans of fingerpicking, Mississippi John Hurt, and country gospel music. I look forward to future teaching DVDs from Tom Feldman. His low key approach is helpful and enjoyable.

Awesome!
I love thumb-picking, so I naturally love these songs. They are soulful and super fun to play and I am so happy I purchased this DVD. Many of the songs are just the chorus and verse repeated over again for instrumental breaks, meaning there is less to memorize and therefore quicker to learn. Beginning fingerstyle and thumb-picking guitarists will find these pieces perfect challenges for them, while the intermediate fingerstyle and thumb-picking guitarists will feel right at home and at relative ease. The advanced fingerstyle and thumb-picking guitarists will enjoy the simplicity as these tunes provide awesome melodies without the intricate fingerwork needed for a variety of advanced arrangements. Overall, this DVD is good for all levels (though primarily intermediate I would think, but still good for all) and I can't stress how fun these songs are to play! The best instructional guitar DVD I've probably ever purchased. If you're on the fence, jump to the "buy it" side, because you...

husband loves it
Bought this as a gift for DH who is into gospel and blues. He loves it. Says the instructional part is very good.

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Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection (Bombshell / The Girl from Missouri / Reckless / Riffraff / Suzy / Personal Property / Saratoga)

Dumped into the Warner Archives
With so many of Jean Harlow's films - even gems such as "Bombshell" - still missing on DVD, fans have been hoping the long-promised boxed set would finally arrive this year. A boxed set of her own on pressed DVD to celebrate her one hundredth birthday. Instead, what we get are a few overpriced DVD-Rs in the Warner Archive series and this boxset - on DVD-R as well. Surely this is very bad taste. Shame on you, Warner! A few of these films ("Reckless", for example) have been available on DVD in Europe for a while - but not in the United States. Isn't it strange how the American cultural heritage is neglected by that company? Whoever is responsible for releasing this on DVD-R, must have written "unprecedented ignorance" as their main qualification on their application form. I don't like this product => only two stars. Jean Harlow deserves better than that.

JEAN HARLOW'S BELATED 100TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT
About a year ago, Warner Home Video released one of their "TMC Classic Film Collections" in honor of Jean Harlow and I reviewed that(as did many others) as a poor representation of this great star from Hollywood's Golden Era(1930's)considering that 2011 was her Centential year and she deserved much better treatment. I wasn't alone. Many Jean Harlow fans felt the same and voiced their opinions that her work at MGM(she made 16 films for that studio between 1931 and 1937) deserved at least a box set or even two. Well, the people at Warner must have been listening, because they have now released that box set titled: "Jean Harlow: 100th Anniversary Collection" thru their Warner Archive Collection. And that's the problem. While one could be thankful that the seven films in this collection cover her most important films, I have mixed feelings about this set after spending days watching these films(in the order that they were made). I suppose Warner Home Video considers this to be a companion...

About Time!!!
Seeing so many so-called "Platinum Editions", it was deplorable that among them, there wasn't any good "Platinum Girl Edition" - until now!!! It was about time to honor Jean Harlow's Work which is now done with a 100th Anniversary Collection. This Collection features seven Harlow Classics formerly difficult to get in good quality: Bombshell (1933), The Girl From Missouri (1934), Reckless, Riff Raff (1935), Suzy (1936), Personal Property, Saratoga (1937). Some of them are rather weak movies, but even in those, Harlow is not only of a radiant and unique beauty, but offers a remarkably elaborated and distinguished performance which is worth watching. In other words, even a bad Harlow movie gives us the opportunity to see Harlow as a real actress and not only as a sex bomb. Every Harlow movie has some magic moments, and the magician is one of the most underrated actresses ever. And at least two movies ("The Girl From Missouri" and "Bombshell") are real Harlow Classics and much more than...

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Lon Chaney: The Warner Archive Classics Collection (He Who Gets Slapped / Mockery / The Monster / Mr. Wu / The Unholy Three / The Unholy 3)

DVDs meant as Bern Act rebuke/not for Chaney fans.
Shame on you Warner Brothers for releasing these DVDs simply to keep Lon Chaney fans from trading copies over the internet. A little background:
The now infamous fan DVD compilation, The "Lost" Films of Lon Chaney, was sold online by a person who spent untold years gathering the best possible reels of Chaney's films and making this compilation of Lon's movies, which were not previously available for sale. Citing the Bern Act (which allows for the trade of personal copies in lieu of official product for sale by the copyright owner), this person sold The "Lost" Films of Lon Chaney, an 11 DVD set featuring all of LC's unreleased films, for $50. If you only figure cost of materials, shipping, and labor (in making the actual copies), this person probably made only a few bucks. But if you figure the cost he incurred acquiring the prints and time spent editing various prints of the same film to attain the best possible transfer, he LOST money on this endeavor.
Warner Brothers,...

hold your horses, don't expect restorations here
Let me state that I owned the laserdiscs of both Unholy 3's, He Who Gets Slapped, The Unknown, West of Zanzibar (in fact, I sold them to Crispin Glover after I burned DVDs for my collection). For those movies, what you are getting are the exact same masters that MGM used back in the 1990s. For Tell It to the Marines, Mockery and The Monster, which I burned off of TCM back in the 1990s, again these DVDs are from those masters. Realizing that the market for these Chaney films is a limited one, I cannot fault WB for using the existing video masters (in the case of The Unknown, they used the only known surviving print of the movie). My guess is that the nitrate negs were trashed long ago with no safety copies made (after all, these ARE silent films, and no studio head was going to allow the use of good funds to copy these on safety film when there was no obvious market for silent films after sound pictures took over).

So as a realist, I accept that these movies are 90 years...

A Great Collection of Lon Chaney!
I purchased all of these discs separately from the Warner Archive section at the WBshop Website. The discs were made to order in DVD-R format. I've had the discs for at least three years now. These are the same discs but in a set, which makes it that much better...and cheaper!

Well, I don't expect any more or any less from DVD-Rs as long as the quality is the same that I saw on Turner Classic Movies. It is exactly the same quality. All six of these movies are classics that I will cherish for a lifetime. I've watched each one several times. "Mockery" and "He Who Gets Slapped" are my two favorites of the set. If they ever release these in Blu-ray format, I will be buying them again.

I've read the other reviews. All I'm going to say is if you are OK with the quality on TCM, you'll love this set. I highly advise any Lon Chaney Sr. enthusiasts to take advantage of this low price for these six beautifully restored movies. No, they are not perfect, but what do...

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