Earth 2 - The Complete Series

Director: Janet Davidson, Frank De Palma, Joe Ann Fogle, Deborah Reinisch, Daniel Sackheim, Joe Napolitano, Scott Winant, Jim Charleston, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Sandy Smolan, Michael Grossman, John Harrison
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

Description

Embark on the quest to find a new home planet for humanity in the year 2192 as the complete sci-fi epic Earth 2 lands on DVD for the first time ever! From the producers of Miami Vice and ER comes the thrilling story of Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino), who is struggling to find a healthy environment for her deathly ill son, Ulysses. Disregarding government orders, she puts together an expedition to found a new civilization on an Earth-like planet 22 light years in the future. But after their ship crash-lands on the wrong side of planet G889, the "colonists" quickly discover that their new home already has some very strange and hostile inhabitants. Catch DVD-exclusive bonus features and join stellar guest stars including Tim Curry, Virginia Madsen, Terry O'Quinn and more on all 21 groundbreaking episodes of the Emmy-winning series that critics cheered "soars to new sci-fi heights."

Customer Reviews:

NOT THE COMPLEAT SEASON!!!.......2007-06-01

I love this show but they edited out way too much. Half the story is gone. I used to watch this when I was younger, never missed a show. Wish I had taped it. Good SciFi, wish it was still on the air. I cant belive they labled it the Complete Series! I am so disipointed.

How GREAT to have this Finally come out.......2007-05-13

We were fans of the show longggg ago. We are so glad it has finally come to DVD. The only problem is that it makes me remember there was no real resolution to the whole thing. Maybe they need a movie :-)

Brave New Pacifica!.......2007-02-22

It was about time! 13 years later I finally have a copy of every Earth2 episode to live with! It's a pity we'll never get a closure as Firefly fans did.

I loved this show: Great cast, strong environmental message, fabulous landscapes, an intringuing attempt of making scifi without (or mostly) technology, strong female characters (Debrah Farentino, who's now in Eureka, Jessica Steen, Rebecca Gayheart). Now I look at LOST and despite all the evident differences I think EARTH2 Could have been a great show, given the chance. What about Life before Eden Adance?, what about Devon's cure?. As I said there were endless opportunities never taken.

I wish there were more extras in it, comments, deleted scenes...I personally loved the Score, but I guess it's because the show was made before all the fancy DVDs we have now....but it's a fair good edition for a show which was never really forgotten.

Earth 2 - The Complete Series.......2007-02-20

A wonderful series is a shame that this series was cancelled.

Tessie Martinez

Left Me Wanting More.......2007-02-18

I ordered this DVD set, having never seen an entire episode. I only remembered seeing parts of two or three episodes when they were actually aired. I was recommended it by a friend, who'd watched every episode faithfully until the show was abruptly canceled. Bummer.

The series follows the Eden Advance team, a group of colonists headed by Devon Adair, who (following a secret govenment plot to destroy their ship) crash land on the planet, losing most of their gear and passengers. A small group survives, and has to make a cross-continental trek to reach the intended landing site, in order to meet the main body of colonists, who are scheduled to arrive shortly. The series was abandoned mid-season in season 1.

I would have rated this item 5 stars, but the quality of the DVD encoding took away at least 1 1/2 stars. Since you can't give 1/2 star ratings, I rounded up. There were several times where the disk would freeze, there were a few spots that were horribly pixelated, and the sound got choppy. This usually was short-lived, however. The exception being that my disk set came with two disk 2s and no disk 3. One of the two duplicates actually was defective, so after two or three weeks of emails, got the publisher to send me a pre-paid envelope to return on of them in exchange for a disk 3. Obviously, I sent the defective one.

I've read several reviews where the reviewer talked about bad acting in the series. Honestly, I never saw this. The only exception was some of the acting by the two children in the series. Obviously, I expect child actors, especially 8 year olds, to have some issues with heavy emotionally-charged scenes. As far as the rest of the cast is concerned, there are some of the finest actors in Hollywood represented, e.g. Jessica Steen (Armageddon, CSI and more TV shows than I can list), and Clancy Brown (best known as the Kurgan from Highlander, also in The Guardian (2006), Starship Troopers, etc.).

After sitting down and watching the series (keeping in mind that it was made 12 years ago so many of the props look dated) the one thing I'm left with is this sense of wondering what happened to the Eden Advance crew. Did they make it to New Pacifica? Did Danziger (Clancy Brown) ever get together with Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino)? Did anyone ever slap that annoying Morgan (John Gegenhuber)? I think it says alot that I came to care about these people, even after only 'getting to know them' for half a season of episodes. I think that several characters (Morgan) were played so well that I really felt like I knew that person - and in Morgan's case, wanted to see him slapped around a bit. I think that says alot about the acting, and the writing of the screenplays.

I've seen fan fiction online where people have continued the storyline, but it's not the same. I'm saddened to say that this show hasn't had the same cult following that Firefly had, so it's not likely that a feature film will be made from the story, giving us a glimpse of what ever became of these poor souls trapped on a distant planet.

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Release Date: 2007-04-03

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