Andromeda Season 1 Collection 3 (Episode 111-114)

Director: Peter DeLuise, Philip David Segal, David Winning
Studio: A.D. Vision
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry, Andromeda wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best SF of Roddenberry's heyday. Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo plays Captain Dylan Hunt, the sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4-kilometer-long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilization has meant that although it ought to be a relic, it remains the zenith of technological advancement.

Episodes on this collection: "The Pearls That Were His Eyes," "The Mathematics of Tears," "Music of a Distant Drum," and "Harper 2.0."

"The Pearls That Were His Eyes" was one of the first conceived episode ideas but was delayed until the availability of a Star Trek regular. That eventually turned out to be John (Q) de Lancie, who gives a brilliant turn as Beka's long-lost Uncle Sid. She really ought to have learned by now that no one is out for completely altruistic goals. An indication of how rotten the galaxy has become is that it can now take three years for junk mail to reach you.

Finding another High Guard ship with a crew looking as it did 300 years ago seems like an awful big coincidence. In "The Mathematics of Tears," Dylan works to stay focused on the enigma at hand. Unfortunately, high-ranking officer Jill Pierce keeps distracting him with red herrings and all manner of feminine wiles. Did they really stay young from the aftereffects of an experimental weapon? Or is there a far more tragic secret to be revealed?

When the show focuses purely on Tyr, we can always be sure of certain eventualities. There will be glistening displays of muscle, questioned loyalties, and some sort of humbled reconciliation with Dylan. In "Music of a Distant Drum," his erratic behavior is influenced by a sounds that take him to the planet Midden and a family of fishmongers. The episode gets to look at the character from the inside out due to a complete memory loss.

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Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry, Andromeda wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best SF of Roddenberry's heyday. Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo plays Captain Dylan Hunt, the sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4-kilometer-long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilization has meant that although it ought to be a relic, it remains the zenith of technological advancement.

Episodes on this collection: "The Pearls That Were His Eyes," "The Mathematics of Tears," "Music of a Distant Drum," and "Harper 2.0."

"The Pearls That Were His Eyes" was one of the first conceived episode ideas but was delayed until the availability of a Star Trek regular. That eventually turned out to be John (Q) de Lancie, who gives a brilliant turn as Beka's long-lost Uncle Sid. She really ought to have learned by now that no one is out for completely altruistic goals. An indication of how rotten the galaxy has become is that it can now take three years for junk mail to reach you.

Customer Reviews:

Andromeda is one boring Sci-Fi show!!!!.......2005-07-26

This dvd collection is not only boring but also overpriced for just 4 episodes that could have fit on 1 dvd. This should be titled "space, the boring frontier". Buy these mediocre episodes at your own risk! Look for it in all dump bins across the galaxy!

Hey.......2005-06-20

I know that everybody complains about how there is only four episodes on this vol., but if you get the first season box set, you'll find that they had to do that because there are only 22 episodes in a season! If they put all of the episodes on three DVD's, they would need an extra one for the rest of the special features. And I agree, the episodes Harper 2.0 and The Mathimatics of Tears were great episodes.
PS. I am the proud owner of seasons 1 through 3, all box sets!

Andromeda give it a chance.......2002-12-15

I have a lot of friends into Scifi but for some reason they don't like Andromeda. I tell them give it a chance as even though its can be really campy at times, it can be real good television as well.

Andromeda 1.3 we start to see the crew really starting to work together on the screen. What makes this show work is how comfortable all the actors are with each other.

Each TV series has some shows that are not great. Seinfeld might be expection, but "Music Of a Distant Drum" the first show on the second disc was plain boring. Tyr character didn't get much development in this episode. The lady who takes him in is just plain awful, and her son is no better.

This disc does have 2 GREAT [5] star shows. One "The Mathmatics Of Tears" has simply one of the best action scenes of any Scifi TV show I have seen in awhile. What I love about series TV is the little hints here and there. We all know Becca Valentine has the hots for Dylan and when Dylan is being courted so to speak by a HOT Highguard from the past Becca gives those jealous looks.

Haper 2.0 is simply one termendous. Its was nice to see Harper get a chance to shine. The moment when he goes off on Rev Bem (My personal favorite character) is very emotional. Here they lay the foundation of a main heavy of sorts which the series needed. What Andromeda needs is one anti force that is always causing them trouble every other episode.

I highly recommend this series. The pilot is not great, but once you get passed that it really starts to come into its own as a series and you will start to truly care about these characters. I am already into the Trance-Harper love storyline. Hopefully a bone with be thrown in there later in the series.

More Please.......2002-12-10

I really like Andromeda and the series is great. The contents are good, but for 2 discs worth of material they only had 4 episodes on them. They need to put at least 6 episodes to a volume if they aren't going to put that much extra material on them. Either that or lower the price of the vol.

Whoo-Eee!.......2002-11-25

I love this show. I love the campy bits, I love the character conflicts, I love the obvious bits and the ocasional subtle humor. As a show it never takes itself seriously, but the actors are pros and do it right. It's got lots of sci-fi cliches, and it pokes constant fun at trek and hercules. The costumes are awful (motorcycle helmet anyone?) ... but the CGI is intense, the design is beautiful, and the whole thing is seamless. There are lots of extras on these DVD's (bloopers, etc) and the quality is terrific.

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