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Babylon 5 - The Movie Collection
It keeps getting better and better!
THEY DID A BETTER JOB ON THIS SET OF DVDS.
Babylon5. The Movies. A must-have accompliment.
B5-Movie Collection

Babylon 5 - The Movie Collection
Starring: Michael O'Hare , Tamlyn Tomita , Jerry Doyle , Mira Furlan , and Blaire Baron
Director: Richard Compton , Michael Vejar , and Jesús Salvador Treviño
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First time on DVD! Initiate jump sequence for feature-length tales about key events in the B5 chronology.

ASIN: B0002B15UQ
Release Date: 2004-08-17

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The Babylon 5 pilot movie The Gathering was originally broadcast in 1993 a full year ahead of the regular show. A somewhat dull tale of an attempt to assassinate Koch, the Vorlon ambassador to B5, the feature served to introduce Commander Jeffery Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle) as well as familiarize the audience with the unique environment of a five-mile-long space station in the year 2257. Missing many of the main cast, and suffering from a leaden pace and mediocre music score, series creator J Michael Straczynski later improved The Gathering by tightening the cut for a special edition (the version released on DVD), adding some deleted character moments and commissioning a new score from series composer Christopher Franke.

Four new TV movies were part of the deal to syndicate Babylon 5. In the Beginning is a prelude set 10 years before Babylon 5, telling the story of the Earth-Minbari war. Told retrospectively, many of the mysteries revealed gradually in the main series are recounted, making the show a collection of spoilers for newcomers while adding little for established fans. It is effective to see events only previously talked about, and enjoyable to have most of the main cast playing younger versions of themselves. River of Souls is a self-contained adventure featuring a return of the Soul Hunters from Season One, while Thirdspace offers a spectacular Lovecraftian space opera which slots into the saga after the end of the Shadow War. A Call to Arms is the most important of the TV films, laying the ground for the future TV series Crusade. Set five years after the Shadow War, it tells the story of a Drahk revenge attack on Earth. A final showcase for Bruce Boxleitner as Sheridan, the story fits between fifth-season episodes "Objects at Rest" and "Sleeping in Light." The cliffhanger ending sets the scene for new starship Excalibur to boldly go on a five-year mission to explore strange new worlds and find a cure for the Shadow virus infecting the Earth. --Gary S. Dalkin

Product Description

First time on DVD! Initiate jump sequence for feature-length tales about key events in the B5 chronology.

Movie 1: The Gathering
Alien envoys come to the giant space station in the pilot that launched the five-year TV series.

Movie 2

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Babylon 5 - The Movie Collection.......2007-06-09
Two of the movies skip in a few places. The movies were good. Came in good time
It keeps getting better and better!.......2007-06-06
Babylon 5 - The Gathering: "And so it begins..."
A good pilot to an excellent series, Babylon 5 - The Gathering, brings to the screen the parallel stories of prominent people aboard a major station under Human control in neutral territory.
The setting is the Babylon 5 space station orbiting Epsilon 3. The year is 2257, nine years after the Earth-Minbari War (one year before the series begins), and representatives from the four major space-faring races, the Centauri, Humans, Minbari, Narns, as well as numerous minor races have all gathered at B5 in a last effort at maintaining galactic peace. The arrival, however, of the fifth major space-faring race's ambassador, the Vorlon Kosh, will result in quite a bit of turbulence...
Michael O'Hare, Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Jurasik, and the rest of the cast, carry out their performances well though one can tell that they are a bit uneasy, as is the case with most series in the beginning. 4 Stars

In the Beginning: Guaranteed to shed a tear
The year is 2278 and an elderly Emperor Mollari sensing his end is nearing narrates the story of the Earth-Minbari War and its heroes to a young Centauri boy, his sister and their nanny.
Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Jurasik, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least. All the actors' performances are highly commendable.
In the Beginning contains a lot of information found within the first four seasons of B5 and then more, therefore, it should be viewed at some point during season V, preferably right before Sleeping in Light, the last of the original episodes. 5 Stars

Thirdspace: "It's anti-life itself"
Though I haven't yet read the book (for which I've heard good things), Thirdspace the movie was quite a disappointment.
Set during Season IV, the crew of Babylon 5 recovers a huge ancient artifact, which when activated could bring more doom and destruction than the Shadows themselves...
1) To start with there is no Garibaldi, Gkar or Londo and their absence is definitely felt.
2) Everybody is too stiff. Performances seem forced and not natural, especially Dellen and Vir who are not their usual selves.
3) Sheridan scoots through an intense space battle in a space suit (!), dodging both friendly and hostile fire (!), plants a nuke manually (!), gets out avoiding the guardians (!), survives the nuclear blast and then jokes with Delenn... Hmmm... Am I missing something?
4) Finally the elevated level of horror served as a repellent more than anything else.
2.5 Stars

The River of Souls: "Life in Death... Immortality!"
The year is 2263, six months after President Sheridan's departure for Minbar, and the Soul Hunters return with an unexpected visit to Babylon 5... en mass.
Though most of the major characters are absent (similarly to Thirdspace), excluding Captain Lochley, Security Chief Zack Allen, Lt Corwin, and Michael Garibaldi, the River of Souls turns out to be excellent in every possible way; the setting, the plot, the dialogues, the special effects, and the music are all wonderful!
There is also the surprise, though not great, appearance by Martin Sheen, who probably should have stuck to the original plan and played the archeologist instead of the Soul Hunter. 4.5 Stars

A Call to Arms: Now this is a Babylon 5 Movie!
AMAZING from start to finish, A Call to Arms brings to the screen the long awaited conflict with the hated Drakh! The Year is 2267 and President Sheridan is contacted by the Techno-Mages who have been keeping tabs on the Shadows' former servants/allies and who inform him that the Drakh are on the warpath. Their target... Earth!
Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Jeff Conaway, Tracy Scoggins, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least. All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)!
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, and the special effects are simply incredible!
I wish I could give it 6 Stars!!! KEEP'EM COMING!!!
THEY DID A BETTER JOB ON THIS SET OF DVDS........2007-05-28
THIS SET OF DVDS HAS MORE COMMENTARY THAN THE SEASON 1-5 DVDS OF BABYLON 5. IT DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXTRAS, BUT THEY CERTAINLY PUT MORE TIME, THOUGHT, EFFORT, AND MONEY INTO THIS SET THAN THEY DID THE OTHERS. THE PACKAGING IS A LETTER BETTER TOO. IN THE END THE MOVIES ARE VERY GOOD. MY FAVORITES WERE "IN THE BEGINNING", AND THE CRUSADE PILOT "A CALL TO ARMS." "A CALL TO ARMS," IS AS MUCH A CRUSADE STORY AS A BABYLON 5 STORY. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY DID NOT PUT IT ON THE CRUSADE SET OF DVDS.
Babylon5. The Movies. A must-have accompliment........2007-05-27
Babylon 5, The Movies are the icing on the cake to the wonderful origional series. They enhanse the already powerful plot and give the viewers a fuller path where this great epic is headed. I found The Gathering to be entertaining, but some-what primitive in its alien portraits, especially where Delenn was concerned. However her appearance was quickly rectified in the movie, In The Beginning, and she became more delightful as the series progressed. The origional slightly stilted characterisations eased out after that first pilot and the cast came to live their parts. I personally believe that the movie, In The Beginning, should be viewed first as a kick in to anyone wanting to become involved with whole series. Anyone who owns, or enjoys Babylon 5, the series wouldn't want to be with-out this great set of Movies.
B5-Movie Collection.......2007-05-21
One of the movies - 'In the Beginning' got to me all scratched up. I tried playing it but it froze up on me toward the end of the movie. I gave Amazon 2 stars for this because at least they promptly refunded me my entire purchase back + the shipping. I don't know what happened but it's kind of wierd that only one of the DvDs was damaged. It was in the socket when I got it too so I don't think it was caused by shipping. Oh well, buyer beware I guess.

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A Wonderful Series

Great show, dissapointing presentation

Like Watching a 150 Hour-Long Trek Movie (The Good Kind)

Great But Get it Elsewhere

Whoa....is that price a typo or was someone smoking something?

Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Seasons 1-7
Starring: Rene Auberjonois , Michael Dorn , and Alexander Siddig
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ASIN: B00062RCC6
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Series.......2007-06-21
There are two innovations in the past few years that have made television viewing perhaps the best it's ever been: the ability through TiVo and other DVRs to watch programs as they are being recorded (eliminating the need to sit through commercials) and the establishment of complete season/complete series dvd sets of television programs.

I waited a while to purchase Deep Space Nine on dvd, waiting not only for a good price, but for a time when I would have a chance to spend some serious time with one of my all-time favorite shows. When the now-familiar amazon package arrived, it made my day, and I immediately put the first disc in. My emotional response was immediate, and quite intense: it felt like coming home after many years away. I hadn't quite realized until that moment just how much I'd missed coming to this place each week. The premiere was set up perfectly, introducing the major characters and conflicts that would play out over the course of the season, and, ultimately, the series.

The strength of DS9, as its fans will tell you, is in its depth. Setting the show in a stationary locale, the major plot-ines involved places and characters that would be back week after week, season after season. The regional conflict between Bajor and Cardassia, in particular, of necessity had to be complex enough to form the backbone of the overall story. The show couldn't introduce a story element and resolve everything tidily as the ship went on its merry way. The people stayed where they were, for the most part, and each plot added to the tapestry.

For this show to work, the characters had to be strong, as well, and boy are they ever. The strong Commander (later Captain). The Bajoran freedom-fighter torn between old loyalties and new. The young doctor. The trill. The shape-shifting constable. The weasely owner of the local watering hole/gambling establishment. The list goes on and on. There are bonds of friendship and love, but of conflicts and rivalries as well. Science fiction has always been about talking about humanity from a different perspective - and these characters are the most human (no matter their species) of any of the trek series.

For the depth of character and overarching plot lines, DS9 is my favorite star trek series. If you didn't think much of it while it was on the air, or if you missed it as much I did, I highly recommend revisiting this jewel of a series.
Great show, dissapointing presentation.......2007-04-12
This is not a critique of the show, easily the best of the four from 80's to 90's. The issue here is the DVD. Firstly, the shows are filmed in 35mm, that's Widescreen so why is the DVD in 4:3 only? Secondly, the images are mostly grainy and not the razor sharp image a DVD should offer. Granted, only my 42" 3LCD HDTV I don't expect the expanded picture to be perfect, that's what HDDVD is for, but on a 27" TV it should look spectaculer and it doesn't.

Finally, the menu is horrible. Where's the "play all" feature, you have to watch each episode seperately and with opening and closing credits. Makes you wish the folks who did DVD's like Friends or Deadwood would have done this. It cost $400 for the series? I expect more for my money.
Like Watching a 150 Hour-Long Trek Movie (The Good Kind).......2007-03-25
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the most unique, and in my opinion the best, of the five Star Trek series. Set on a space station and not a starship (though they get their own starship in the Defiant), Deep Space Nine gives you the chance to really live in the Star Trek universe for seven seasons. Since the crew can't just solve planet-wide problems in 45 minutes and move on to the next system, you end up with much deeper and long-lasting storylines. Just as one example, you first hear of the Dominion in season 2 before you ever meet them in the Season 2 finale, and they remain a major part of the series until the very last episode. Actions have consequences for every character. And there are as many fascinating recurring characters as there are in the main cast.

Due to its ongoing-story-line nature, this is also the best Trek series to own on DVD--catching an episode now and again on TV just doesn't cut it as well with Deep Space Nine. Season one starts out fairly slow (except for gems "Emissary," "Duet" and "In the Hands of the Prophets") but gets better and better withe very season right up until the end. Season 6 is, in my opinion, the best season of any Star Trek series.

The special features are also a lot of fun, but the real joy here is getting to watch the entire epic story without a single commercial and at your own convenience. Buy it!
Great But Get it Elsewhere.......2007-03-22
Most of the reviews I have read have had the same issue and I am with them. I don't care how you break down the math you can't justify paying over $800.00 for this set when you can get them separatly for half the price. Usually buying something in the comeplete set is cheaper, but not in this case. I got my set from ebay and it wasn't even close to $400.00. So definatly get the series but please shop around. The first year is sort of slow and so is season 2 but it picks up rapidly. And if you haven't seen or kept up with DS9 wait till you see the Dominion War Those seasons will leave you at the edge of your seat. I have been crazy about Star Trek since I can remember and outside of the original series this one is my favorite because everything isn't always perfect and this series is darker than all the others which gives this series a special appeal. This series is well done and well worth having but please shop around and don't pay over $800.00 for this series.
Whoa....is that price a typo or was someone smoking something?.......2007-02-07
Having fulfilled some other TV series wants, I turned my sights to DS9. Someone somewhere sure mucked something up. Who in their right mind would pay over $800 when they can just buy each season individually for half that price?! Or even buy all 7 seasons from one of the marketplace sellers for a bit over $300. Yeesh.

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Exciting Entertainment

THE FINAL CURTAIN

Pretender Season 4

Still the best.

I'm happy and not happy

The Pretender - Season 4
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After eluding agents from the nefarious Centre for a good three years, Jarod (Michael T. Weiss) finds himself back at the shady research facility (that kidnapped him during his youth) in the opening episode of the fourth and final season of The Pretender. Held against his will, Jarod is caged and routinely tortured by Miss Parker's (Andrea Parker) calmly evil brother, Lyle (Jamie Denton, who would go on to bill himself as James Denton on Desperate Housewives). But, as the opening to each episode points out, Jarod is a pretender--a genius who can become whoever he wants to be. He can pass himself off as an FBI agent, surgeon, or drug addict. But what he wants more than anything else is to be free from the Centre and search for his family. By the end of the premier episode, Jarod has escaped the Center (again) and is helping those in need. In this final season, which ran on NBC in 1999-2000, Jarod finds love with a woman who has cancer, Miss Parker and Broots (Jon Gries) have an affair (albeit in a Raymond Chandleresque dream sequence where Miss Parker says of their unlikely tryst: "Do you hear that Broots? Pigs are flying."), and Raines (Richard Marcus)--carrying a bible as he drags around his oxygen tank on a squeaky cart--claims to have turned over a new leaf. Of course, nothing is as it seems.
This four-disc set includes all 19 episodes. (Look for Erika Christensen ( Traffic) in "Corn Man A Coming.") As much as it is a show about righting wrongs, The Pretender is also a drama about revenge. Jarod has no problems crossing the line and doses out an eye-for-an-eye method of justice. Carve up a soldier and try to pass his murder off as a suicide? Guess, what, buddy? Jarod's going to do the same to you. Of course, Jarod isn't a murderer and he never actually lets anyone die. But he does scare his victims into confessing. Never mind that the taped confessions wouldn't hold up in court. It still makes for good drama. As for the photogenic Jarod and Miss Parker, the writers have created an intriguing codependent relationship that's rooted in love, admiration, and just a touch of fear. Their lives are intertwined--especially after they discover a young man to whom they're both related. The final episode is a tad anti-climactic, leaving viewers wondering who survived a horrific explosion. Of course, the answer is to be found in the two made-for-TV movies released after the series ended. --Jae-Ha Kim
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The 4th and Final Season of this fan favorite! Jarod is a genius of exceptionally high I.Q. who was brought up at the Centre, a clandestine research facility where he was kept against his will until he managed to escape. Although constantly on the run from Miss Parker, one of the Centre's most deadly agents, Jarod uses the unique abilities he learned there to help innocent victims get the justice they deserve. He also continues to hold out hope of finding his missing family. But what he never expected to find is evidence of an old DNA experiment that connects his father and Miss Parker's murdered mother an experiment which creates an ironic link between hunter and prey
Customer Reviews:

Exciting Entertainment.......2007-05-29
This is such a cool series. It has great action, and although a continuing story on a whole, it has a new storyline each week with characters you grow to love, even the half bad ones. Highly recommend this to anyone who love a little comedy, drama, sadness, happiness and romance all rolled up into one series.
THE FINAL CURTAIN.......2007-04-19
SHAME ON NBC. The series' final season does not wrap up all the plotlines, leaving viewers in the air (although the two subsequent movies evidently accomplish this). At any rate, the show was losing its vitality and excitement in this overly contrived season. Jarod continues to seek out wrongs, and try to right them by staging similar fates for the bad guys. The show has too many bad guys and they only manage to get rid of two of them before the season ended. If you enjoyed the first three seasons, youll probably want to watch just to see how many more times Parker lets Jarod pull the wool over her eyes. A disappointing wrapup for a sometimes great show.
Pretender Season 4.......2007-03-09
Best TV show ever made, and season 4 was the best season. It should have been a crime to cancel the show. Perhaps a conspiracy by the Centre!!! I now have a complete set, and am looking forward to the Movie DVD coming out in a few days.
Still the best........2007-03-09
This use to be my favorite show.
Was terribly disappointed when it got cancelled.
Bought all 4 seasons and i hope that someday,they will actually give us an end.
I recommend it to anyone who wants to see something really different from what is on tv these days.

I'm happy and not happy.......2007-02-26
I'm french, I love this série and it's verry good because the pretender has got the french language in the dvd set, But I'm very not Happy because they are 18 episode in french and the last episode of the serie isn't in french why ???????????????????? In france this episode ( the 19th) was seen on tv in french however!!

otherwise it's a good work.

aurevoir Alexandre

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The pretender III

The Pretender - The Complete Third Season

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The next installment of this cult-fan favorite! Jarod's suspenseful journey continues as he uses his powers of reason and logic to right wrongs, while searching for his past and the family he lost.
Customer Reviews:

LOVE LOVE LOVE ME SOME JAOROD.......2007-06-15
I Love this series if you haven't already guessed! These writers need to get together and make more shows! Instead of all this "crap that's on the tube now!
the pretender third season.......2007-05-08
the series is great and I wish they would do a final show.

A++ Great Product No Complaints Just As Described.......2007-01-29
A++ Great Product No Complaints Just As Described
The pretender III.......2007-01-21
Excelente calidad, muy buen producto no se consigue en ninguna otra parte, es la mejor coleccion que poseeo.
The Pretender - The Complete Third Season.......2006-11-11
Great DVD, well packaged, great seller, highly recommend

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Release Date: 2005-09-20

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According to his sleek nemesis Miss Parker (Andrea Parker), Jarod (Michael T. Weiss) is "a genius who can become anyone that he wants to be." As the second season begins, he's still on the run and her father, Mr. Parker (Harve Presnell, Fargo), is still missing. In his place, the Centre has installed the smooth Mr. Lyle (Jamie Denton, Desperate Housewives) and his associate Brigitte (Pamela Gidley, whose British accent will soon disappear). In the premiere episode ("Back From the Dead Again"), it will also be revealed that Mr. Raines (Richard Marcus, 24) survived last season's assassination attempt. A few episodes later ("Exposed"), Mr. Parker will return, but by then Miss Parker won't be so sure he's really her father. Then again, nothing on The Pretender is ever what it seems...
Throughout the 22-episode season, Jarod's "pretends" will range from firefighter ("Over the Edge") to FBI Agent ("A Stand Up Guy")--even male escort ("Gigolo Jarod"). Along the way, he'll catch up on some of the childhood staples he missed, like Jell-O and Twinkies (both of which he'll use against the bad guys). Meanwhile, Sydney (Patrick Bauchau) will reunite with his twin brother, only to lose him again ("Indy Show," featuring a cameo from Mario Andretti). Other pivotal episodes include "Bulletproof," in which Sydney meets up with another figure from his past, "Crash," in which Mr. Lyle's true identity is revealed, and double-length season finale "Bloodlines" (featuring Haley Joel Osment as a potential pretender), in which Miss Parker finds out she has a brother. Alas, it's either the psychotic Mr. Lyle or Angelo (Paul Dillon), the Centre's idiot savant or, as she calls him, "Cousin It." The second season ends with a cliffhanger as a bomb goes off in the Centre--just as Jarod is trying to make his escape. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Jarod is a Pretender—a genius whose exceptionally high I.Q. allows him to master virtually any profession. Since escaping from the Centre, the secret research facility where he was brought up after being taken from his parents, Jarod has managed to stay one step ahead of his ex-captors, Miss Parker and Sydney. Although still reeling from the death of his brother, Jarod also continues to make sure that justice is done by helping innocent victims wronged by society. In the second season we are also introduced to the mysterious Mr. Lyle, played by James Denton of Desperate Housewives fame.
Customer Reviews:

Great Entertainment.......2007-05-29
This is such a cool series. It has great action, and although a continuing story on a whole, it has a new storyline each week with characters you grow to love, even the half bad ones. Highly recommend this to anyone who love a little comedy, drama, sadness, happiness and romance all rolled up into one series.
GREAT.......2007-03-14
This proves why Amazon is the best company to buy from- I brought the Pretender season 2 and it didn't come and after I checked the shpping status and saw that it said delivered I contacted Amazon right away and told them of the situtation and they sent me another copy UPS so I would get it. They were completely understanding and took action with no hassles or problems. This is why Amazon is the best and proof that they care about their customers. This is why I buy all my internet purchases from Amazon. Keep Up the great work and THANKS!!!!!

Jim Werner
SOPHOMORE SLUMP.......2007-02-27
In its second season, THE PRETENDER suffered from an overabundance of all the things that were fresh in the first season that became redundant and tedious the second time around. Jarod's predilection to obsess on new things, like chocolate milk, twinkies, etc. didn't seem as fun as before; Miss Parker's attempts to be sympathetic died when she returned to her former cool demeanor, although she has some great lines; Broots' nerdiness is now annoying; Mr. Raines the Nosferatu like villain and newcomers Mr. Lyle and Brigitte cartoonish villains; and the show just doesn't want to get rid of them, even though they've worn out their welcome. Jarod's angelic stature is also getting monotonous. But in spite of all this, the show still remains kind of addictive; we want to know where Jarod's family is and who killed Miss Parker's mother, and it does end with an explosive cliffhanger. Just wish they'd try to branch out a little more.
Great series, great DVD.......2007-01-22
Including this purchase I have 2 of the 4 seasons on DVD. I think it's sad it only got picked up for four seasons, but life goes on. Thank goodness for the DVD series. I thought it was a great series, really original idea. Much better than the "reality" tv they have today.
The pretender II.......2007-01-21
Excelente calidad, muy buen producto no se consigue en ninguna otra parte, es la mejor coleccion que poseeo.

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al capp's full of crap

Posthumous rip-off

Perfect

Imagine (Deluxe Edition) is Wonderful!!

Informative and Insightful View Into John's Life

Imagine (Deluxe Edition)
Starring: John Lennon , Yoko Ono , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr
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ASIN: B000AYELY2
Release Date: 2005-12-06

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It can hardly be a coincidence that this "deluxe edition" of John Lennon - Imagine should be issued in late 2005, a couple of months after what would have been the former Beatle's 65th birthday and mere days before the 25th anniversary of his death. Whether that's cynical, poignant, or just good marketing is moot; what matters is that Lennon's impact, not just as a musician but as a public figure, remains largely undiminished. The film, released theatrically in 1988, will already be familiar to many fans. "Narrated" by Lennon himself and culled from hundreds of hours of footage, much of it home movies shot by John and Yoko Ono, Imagine is a substantial, reasonably illuminating portrait of the man, warts and all, from childhood through the Beatle years, his solo career, and his life with Yoko straight up to his fatal encounter with Mark David Chapman. It's the new bonus features that are the principal draw here; but whether or not they qualify as "deluxe" is arguable. The Lennons' radio interview with a BBC reporter is notable mostly for John's patience in the face of idiotic questions like "Is love very important to young people today?" The ten or so minutes spent with Lennon's school headmaster, William Ernest Pobjoy (love the name), yield little insight, especially considering that the two were at the school at the same time for just one year, half a century ago; likewise, a new "making of" documentary with Ono, writer-director Andrew Solt, producer David Wolper, and others isn't exactly ground-breaking. However, a previously unreleased performance of "Imagine," with Lennon and some unknown accompanists on acoustic guitar, is nice, as is some heretofore unseen footage of the Lennons at home on their Tittenhurst Estate. Add to that a fine transfer and Dolby digital sound, and you have another addition to the filmed legacy of the Beatles--a subject that, for many of us, will never be old news. --Sam Graham
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Imagine John Lennon comes from a treasure trove: the legendary musician's own collection of more than 240 hours of film and videotape, much of it never seen by the public. With cooperation from Yoko Ono in its creation, producers David L. Wolper and Andrew Solt (partners on This Is Elvis) transform the archival footage - and a monumental 36-tune soundtrack - into a spellbinding account of a complex, fascinating man. Lennon's own voice narrates "a classic film biography" (Roy Leonard, WGN-TV/Chicago).
DVD Features:
Additional Scenes:Never Before Seen Footage of the Island House (Lake House at home of John and Yoko, Tittenhurst Estate in Ascot, England)
Audio Commentary:John Lennon Trivia Track (subtitled, not audio)
DVD ROM Features:John Lennon Music Guide
Featurette:Tribute to John Lennon: The Man, The Music, The Memories (w/ the Filmmakers David L. Wolper, Andrew Solt, Sam Egan, Editors Bert Lovitt and Bud Friedgen)
Interviews:John & Yoko: Truth Be Told (BBC Radio Interview with John and Yoko) William Ernest Pobjoy Interview (Headmaster Quarry Bank High School - John Lennon's Grammar School)
Other:Acoustic IMAGINE - never before released performance at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, Dec. 17, 1971
Theatrical Trailer:James Dean Trailer

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al capp's full of crap.......2007-06-30
One thing that stuck in my craw was the 'interview' with Al Capp. I always wonder, how can anyone criticise someone for seeking peace. What sick mind wants to parody an individual using his fame and fortune to try better the world? I usually believe such people have some serious and hidden ill-will towards mankind. With this in mind I did a few minutes Google search on Mr Capp and it didn't take long to find he was shortly after hounded out of his career by numerous allegations of sexual misconduct conducted at the time he was interviewing Lennon. A reprobate like that should not be given the time of day, let alone foul a film of one of the greatest artistic influences of the second half of the last century.

Posthumous rip-off.......2007-05-26
This 2-DVD edition could have easily fitted on 1 DVD. THe material is o.k. albeit a little self-congratulary with the director and producer of the DVD being interviewd on their own DVD. But it is little less than deceit to offer this as a 'double' DVD. Imagine John Lennon ripping you off.
Perfect.......2007-05-18
If anyone is a true Beatles/John Lennon fan, this is a must have. Music is terrific, film clips are amazing!
Imagine (Deluxe Edition) is Wonderful!!.......2007-01-22
I had been looking for this DVD because I had it on an old VHS tape and the sound and picture qualities were very poor. I love all the extras that are on this DVD! I can watch it over and over again and never get bored. I would definitely recommend this DVD to anyone!
Informative and Insightful View Into John's Life.......2007-01-07
This DVD is an informative and insightful look at the life and music of John Lennon after the Beatles break-up in 1970. Starting with a clip of John recording "Jealous Guy" in the studio, the 'Imagine' DVD explores the different worlds of John Lennon. The music included on this DVD is the essential greatest of Lennon solo. "Watching the Wheels" and "Woman" are two favorites, but it's just packed with great Lennon solo material. We get insight into John's relationship with Yoko, with Sean, and with his fans.

Lennon is portrayed as the caring and insightful man he was. A laid-back look at his life, this DVD reveals the good man in Lennon, the talented artist, and paints a portrait of one of the greatest 20th century musicians. Lennon simply entertains by being himself and sharing his music.

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bad dvd burn for Un Chien Andalou

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Un Chien Andalou

What the...?

Ten Years Later...

Un Chien Andalou
Starring: Pierre Batcheff , Salvador Dalí , Robert Hommet , Simone Mareuil , and Marval
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ASIN: B0006IUE9I
Release Date: 2004-12-26

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Un Chien Andalou remains a startling artifact suggesting ways in which film can express the subconscious. The result of Luis Bunuel's collaboration with Salvador Dali, the 17-minute, 1929 film was designed expressly to shock and provoke. Opening with the canonical eyeball-slashing sequence and divided into baffling "chapters", this is a work of art obsessed with religion, lust, decay, violence, and death. Un Chien Andalou isn't simply one of the great works of the surrealist movement, but a segment of cinematic DNA that irrevocably altered the aesthetics of film. In its tangled corridors you find the seeds to the disappearing-mouth bit in The Matrix, the carcasses strewn through Peter Greenaway's A Zed and Two Noughts and pretty much the entire oeuvre of David Lynch. --Ryan Boudinot
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Filmed in Paris in 1929, UN CHIEN ANDALOU is regarded as the first film produced purely from within the Surrealist movement and is a landmark in the history of cinema. Loving treatment to DVD includes, as bonus material, an interview/documentary with Juan Luis Bunuel (Luis' son), commentary by Surrealism expert Stephen Barber, excerpts from Luis Bunuel's 1953 address "Mystery of Cinema", and beautiful illustrations by UK artist Dave Mckean. NTSC, region 0.
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bad dvd burn for Un Chien Andalou.......2007-05-06
Un Chien Andalou is a work of Art, BUT the dvd that I got from Amazon was not a of a very good quality. I have seen the film in dvd format several times in the past and this dvd version has way too much contrast and digital glitches in two or three occassions.
Open Doors To The Irrational.......2007-04-04

While visiting in 2005 the Salvador Dali's exhibitions in Philadelphia Museum of Art, I was able to see two films that Dali was a big part of. In the video Gallery of the museum, two intriguing projects had been running together in the continuous loop, the early "Un Chien Andalou" (17 minutes) and the recently released, animated "Destino" (6 minutes). This was the first time I saw both films and I kept coming back to the gallery over and over again. They both are unforgettable.

The inspiration for "Un Chien Andalou" began with the dreams of two men, two artists, and two friends. Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali exchanged the dreams they both had, Bunuel - about a slender cloud slicing the moon in half "like a razor blade slicing through an eye", and Dali - about a dream involving a hand enveloped by ants. Both artists soon began working on a film script based on these ideas.

Made in 1929, the film has not aged at all. The film's disconnected but haunting scenes and images are as shocking today (at least, for me they were) as I am sure they were 75 years ago. The reason the film is so powerful today may be in the themes of love, sex, death, and decay that are eternal and will always attract the artists and audiences alike. It is also could be in the establishing and following by both artists the certain rules, "No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind will be accepted...We had to open all doors to the irrational and keep only those images that surprised us without trying to explain why." Perhaps, Dali and Bunuel intended their film to be experienced directly and not analyzed by the viewers.

Un Chien Andalou.......2007-01-19
Very interesting movie, from a very interesting artist.

I bought this for my boyfriend (he is a huge Dali fan and collector) and he loved it. its a great addition to any home collection, if you are into surrealism or the abstract.

the movie isnt very long and jumps around with many interesting and disturbing images. its done in black and white and if i recall correctly, it was a silent film with a music soundtrack dubbed over it.

Overall i was pleased with this product, and the "extras" were fun. i would say you would have to be a fan of dali or art to appreciate it however, as it doesnt follow much of a "plot" and due to the abstract images (such as the ladys eye being cut by a razor and the dead mules on the piano).
What the...?.......2006-03-06
It is difficult to review such a strange film, but one needs a preface before seeing it. Un Chien Andalou is a surrealist film worked on by Salvador Dali. There is no real plot and the occurances in the film are impossible and hard to follow since none of them seem to be connected. There is an underlying message though, fear. Most of the events reflect the fears of many people from one's eye being cut with a straight razor, being shot, being raped, etc.

This film is experimental and strange, not the type of movie you would be able to laugh about with friends or use in a movie night on Friday, but it is certainly a curiosity and a great representative of surrealism.
Ten Years Later..........2005-10-26
WOW! Where do I start with this one? Here is an absolutely brilliantly realized film that doesn't even try to follow a coherent plot. It's the most insane film I've ever seen, and I loved every second of it. It's tough not to look past the images for what they are, though, because your mind tries to fill in the blanks and write its own story. Scenes will change their mood suddenly and without reason, creating an utterly shocking experience. I was surprised to see such sophisticated technique in such an unstructured film. Un Chien Andalou is a masterpiece of the absurd, and I strongly suggest anyone with a taste for the weird see it.

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Moving mountains

Outstanding Cinematography

The genius of Herzog is here in this film...

Beautiful Obsessions...

visual poetry

Fitzcarraldo
Starring: Klaus Kinski , José Lewgoy , Miguel Ángel Fuentes , Paul Hittscher , and Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Director: Werner Herzog
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ASIN: B00001ODHV
Release Date: 1999-11-16

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Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski), known as Fitzcarraldo to the native Peruvians, is an avid opera lover and rubber baron who dreams of building an opera house in the Peruvian jungle. To accomplish this, he plans to reach an isolated patch of rubber trees and make his fortune. But these trees are not directly accessible by river because of dangerous rapids, so Fitzcarraldo runs his ship as close as possible via an alternate river and then enlists the aid of the native Peruvians to drag his ship over a mountain to the desired area. However, the natives seem to have their own agenda in so mysteriously acceding to Fitzcarraldo's wishes. The results manage to both mock and affirm the dreams of determined figures like Fitzcarraldo, making absurdity out of the stuff of human endeavor without negating the beauty of that effort. There is hardly a more awe-inspiring or arresting image than that of Fitzcarraldo's ship pulling itself up the mountain with cables and pulleys, or of the ship resting in mid-ascent as seen through the thick morning fog of the jungle.
The tortured production history of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (ably recorded in Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams) tends to take the spotlight away from this deeply mesmerizing film. And that's unfortunate, because the film itself is even more fascinating than the trials and tribulations, amazing though they might be, that led to its being made. Part of the problem is the film's deliberate, some might say ponderous, pace, which invites the viewer to experience the slow immersion into the jungle that Fitzcarraldo and company experience. Herzog did something similar in Aguirre, the Wrath of God, sometimes aiming his camera at the river rapids for extended periods of time, with hypnotic results. This could never happen in a Hollywood film, and it should be treasured. --Jim Gay
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Moving mountains.......2007-06-08
A quarter of a century on, Fitzcarraldo has lost none of its impact. One thing which makes it still stand out so much today is its reality - not the plot, which takes a small incident from forgotten history and exaggerates it into a grandiose epic on the reality of dreams, but the fact that, with the exception of what appears to be one superior model shot in the rapids sequence, everything you see is done for real. A real ship dragged over a real mountain by real extras in a real location. In the CGi era, it's almost like watching a documentary, with Herzog literally BECOMING Fitzcarraldo as he acts out his dreams for real.

For all the fireworks between Kinski and Herzog, they bring the best out of each other: Kinski is every inch the obsessed dreamer and you really believe he HAS to bring opera to the jungle in a way that you simply can't imagine Jason Robards pulling off (Robards left the film after falling ill: from the brief extracts of his scenes with Mick Jagger to appear in the documentary Burden of Dreams - notincluded here - it was a blessing in disguise for the film). What's more, by the end of the movie, you really feel that Fitzcarraldo has earned his small triumph, and the wondrous smiles on the faces of Kinski and Claudia Cardinale prove that cinema's greatest weapon is the human face.

It's just a shame that Anchor Bay's DVD misses several key lines in the subtitles from the superior German version, which meant skipping back the DVD to play it with the inferior English dub to catch the missing lines before switching back to German again, a sad blemish on an otherwise excellent disc.

Outstanding Cinematography.......2007-04-01
I watched "Fitzcaraldo" last night and came away more impressed with the music, sets, costume design, and the magnificent cinematography than the plot itself. This is, I understand, based on a true story so I guess I'll give the plot a bit of leeway. It isn't all that bad; rather eccentric man of the world has a dream to bring the opera to his remote Amazon city, figures out a way to get rich quick in order to finance such a move, buys (with girlfriend's money) a suitable boat, restores boat and hires crew, sets off into remote Peruvian Amazon backwaters, finds a way to haul the ship over a sizable hill and stretch of land, and, well, I won't give away how the film ends up.

The costume design, the opera that we're treated to (in just the right doses so as to appeal to the afficionado without boring the uninterested), and the beautiful rain forest setting give "Fitzcaraldo" a visual and audio quality that makes the 157 minutes pass pleasantly. I thought that the acting, for the most part, was of good quality. I am not that familiar with Klaus Kinski but I recognized Claudia Cardinale in a role that didn't make a lot of sense. There was a bearded priest at a remote mission that I recognized as a character actor from countless movies but I couldn't remember a one of them. Otherwise, it was a new cast of characters for me. The version I saw was VHS and the movie was, I believe, dubbed in English. At times I paid close attention to the movements of the lips in conjunction with the voices and I came away with the conclusion that this was either an excellent job of dubbing or else some of the characters spoke in English while others in whatever other language they spoke. I have this theory that there are 5 people in the world that dub voices for a living. I base that on the common voices I hear in all English-dubbed movies. I heard one of those voices in the voice of the mayor of the town which was my first clue that his lines were dubbed. Whatever, I didn't let that distract me too much.

There is a major part of the film devoted to the transporting of the boat across that stretch of land. I'm no engineer but I found that part of the movie very interesting especially with the involvement of the rather primitive Peruvian tribesmen. I understand that Werner Herzog specializes in remote locations. I caught some idea that there were many problems in the filming of this movie. I can certainly understand that it must have been a challenge although I don't know what the specifics were. I just enjoyed going along on the journey
The genius of Herzog is here in this film..........2007-03-16
This is arguably Herzog's greatest film. The fact that he not only finished the film under the most trying circumstances ever faced by a film director (only Apocalypse Now comes close), but the film is a true spectacle, amazing to watch and awe inspiring. Kinski is perfect as Fitzcarraldo, the madman who wants to build an opera house in Inquitos for the natives. He wasn't even supposed to be in the film, but Jason Robards got sick during production, and had to leave the film. Herzog carried on with Kinski, a notoriously difficult (but brilliant with the right director) actor that gives the role the right amount of passion and surprising grace (especially at the end of the film). The location shooting is superb, but when you see the ship actually moving up the mountain, you are completely awestruck. Even though you only see it move a few inches, those inches feel like miles. This film should be seen in tangent with Burden of Dreams, because it makes you appreciate the scope of Herzog's achievement. This is a grand example of Herzog's filmmaking, and one of the most imaginative, daring films ever made....
Beautiful Obsessions..........2007-02-07
Full of magnificent and inspiring sequences, the bizarre epic "Fitzcarraldo" won Werner Herzog the best director award at Cannes Festival in 1982. This is the film that keeps reminding us the words of Oscar Wilde, "We are all in the gutter but some of us look at the stars". Even fewer try to reach the stars and Werner Herzog and his longtime collaborator, frequent adversary, and best fiend Klaus Kinski were certainly the men who have reached them. Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (or Fitzcaralado - the local Indians' name for Fitzgerald) was a visionary, a man with a beautiful obsession who dreamed of a building an opera house in the Peruvian rain forests and bringing the great singer Enrico Caruso there. Fitzcaralado's plan involved dragging a huge steamship over a small mountain to avoid traveling upstream through rapids. This plan was duplicated by Herzog during the production and involved the real Indians actually hauling the boat over the mountain. The image of the boat floating in the clouds and the small figure of Fitzcarraldo dressed in the white suit looking with his crazy wild eyes at the boat is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking visions at the screen ever. This film is not as perfect as Herzog's and Kinski's previous project, the stunning "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" but it is a magnificent and fascinating tale that could only be told by its matchless team of creators.

4.5/5

visual poetry.......2007-01-18
Werner Herzog sure has a soft spot for obsessive idealists engaged in hopelessly enormous tasks (Aguirre: Wrath of God, Invincible, Heart of Glass, and so on...). One need not be a head-shrinker to see why the director identifies with the protagonist of Fitzcarraldo, a man who endows himself with the Herculean undertaking of dragging a steamboat up and over mountain to deliver opera to the savages.

The picture stars Herzog Best Friend Forever (and presumed crazy person) Klaus Kinski as the titular Irish émigré. An aspiring rubber baron and music enthusiast, Fitzcarraldo plots a way to combine his two interests into one profitable endeavor. The scheme: access an untapped forest of rubber trees, farm them, and build an opera house with the profit. Seems reasonable enough except for those perilous rapids that have prevented previous missions from getting there.

His solution is inspired: take the steamboat not over water, but over land. Enlisting the help of the Natives, Fitzcarraldo tasks himself with the impossible. On more than one occasion, we have to ask ourselves - why does the Indian tribe, who know nothing of the white man's goal, assist him in his strange quest? We are never given a direct answer, only left to assume that it is for the same reason so many great things are done - simply to see if we can.

Herzog's film has a wonderful visual poetry to it, something so few directors even attempt any more (let alone accomplish). Despite duplicating many of the same themes (and setting, star, etc...) of his earlier Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo is probably the better of the two despite being a tad on the lengthy side. One can't come away unimpressed by the fact that CGI and model-work are notably absent from this picture - that is a steamboat, that is a South American mountain, and they are actually dragging the former up the latter.

A nice corollary to Fitzcarraldo is the documentary Burden of Dreams, which chronicles the problematic production of the film and Herzog's own genius/madness.

Interesting footnote: Forty percent of the film was originally shot with Jason Robards in the lead with Mick Jagger playing the part of Fitzcarraldo's mentally-challenged sidekick. Robards took ill and was advised by doctors not to return to work. The ensuing production delays caused Jagger to drop out as well due to scheduling conflicts with the recording (and subsequent touring) of the Stones' album Tattoo You. Herzog was forced to reshoot everything (with old standby Klaus Kinski as Fitzcarraldo) and cut Jagger's (presumable substantial) character entirely from the picture.

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Customer Reviews:

The Pretender seasons 1-4.......2007-05-15
The Pretender is a blast from the past, a great buy in my opinion. So far I'm 1/2 way through season 3. Like Jarod when he escapes from the Centre the show follows a simple story formula that very pleasing to watch. Getting to see Jarod discover all the things in life that we take for granted is an up lifting experience. As the second season gets going strong and you learn more and more of all the characters pasts the stories get more complex and the writers throw you a few curve balls that are a pleasant surprise. All and all a great purchase
Pretender Series.......2007-05-12
Excellent service. I received my package within a couple of weeks, although i was told 4-6 weeks. Very happy with the service!
Love the show on TV get it on DVD.......2007-05-12
Just finished watching all 4 seasons - was even better the 2nd time around - there was a small fault on 1 disc in season 4 but I am not going to bother about it. If you loved the show when it was on TV get the DVDs
Great Show.......2007-05-11
This show was original in that the character growth was not the typical. Since he had been denied a real childhood he was constantly discovering new things that are common to all of us. It added a nice element because we got to see them with new ideas and enjoy them all over again in addition with the more serious storylines of the show.

Physical quality VS content.......2007-02-13
Several of the disks had physical defects which ruined the experience. I requested a replacement and received a refund. Who's stearing the ship??

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I had forgotten how great the series is!

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Jarod (Michael T. Weiss) is a Pretender. As a five-year-old in 1963, he was taken from his home and "adopted" by The Centre, a mysterious Delaware-based think tank. Why Jarod? His superior intellect--Jarod can "pretend" to be anything he wants: doctor, lawyer, engineer, astronaut and, as he quips in episode five ("The Paper Clock"), "I'm working on Indian chief."

Thirty years later, once he realized his efforts were not being used for good, Jarod escaped from the Centre. Psychiatrist and surrogate father Sydney (Carnivàle's velvet-voiced Patrick Bauchau) and sociopathic sidekick and Emma Peel lookalike Miss Parker (ER's Andrea Parker) have been trying to track him down ever since. They're assisted by the technically proficient, if socially inept Broots (Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Gries). Each and every time, Jarod eludes their grasp, but not before helping some stranger who's been dealt an injustice (just as he once was). Along the way, he hopes to figure out who he is and where he came from.

Each of these 21 episodes moves deftly from Jarod's lonely past to his more satisfying, if precarious present (the human "science project" was constantly videotaped as a boy, hence the abundance of footage from his childhood). It's a worthy successor to paranoid thrillers like The Fugitive and the unjustly obscure Nowhere Man (from X-Files creator Chris Carter), and the droll performance of Weiss (Jeffrey) adds a dose of levity to a concept usually painted with a darker palette. The Pretender ran on NBC for four seasons and was followed by two TV movies, The Pretender 2001 and Isle of the Haunted. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Jarod is a Pretender-a genius whose exceptional intelligence allows him to assume various identities at will, be it doctor, test pilot or lawyer. Taken from his parents at an early age, Jarod was brought up in the Centre, a think-tank facility where he believed his computer-like mind was being used to benefit mankind. But when he learned the simulations he solved were being sold to the highest-bidder no matter what their intent, Jarod escaped. Now on the run, Jarod embarks on a search for his true identity while also attempting to balance out any wrong his simulations have caused by helping people who are as powerless as he once was.
Customer Reviews:

I had forgotten how great the series is!.......2007-06-27
I had rented disc 1 from an on-line rental place, just to refresh my memory. By the end of the first episode, I was thrilled to be watching the adventures of Jarod, Sydney and Miss Parker. I went on-line and ordered the first season. I've now watched it twice and am awaiting the arrival of season 2.

If you're a Pretender fan, then I'd recommend purchasing the DVD's.
Great Television Series.......2007-05-29
This is such a cool series. It has great action, and although a continuing story on a whole, it has a new storyline each week with characters you grow to love, even the half bad ones. Highly recommend this to anyone who love a little comedy, drama, sadness, happiness and romance all rolled up into one series.
Love at first sight.......2007-05-13
I love this series, i have all the series plus the telimovies. You dont want to stop wathcing all the different characters he becomes and the chase between the Center and Jarod is always right behind him. Well worth buying if your a fan.
Still love this one!.......2007-03-30
What a hottie!

Loved this series when it first ran and still love it. Not an every day desire to watch but when the mood strikes I am so glad to have it at hand.

My 5 year old is getting hooked on series as well. She likes how Jarod has a different job each episode. PRETENDING is something an imaginative kid can relate to.
THE GREAT PRETENDER.......2007-03-09
I FORGOT WHAT A GREAT SHOW THIS WAS SURE THE ACTING IS A LITTLE BIT ON THE HAMMY SIDE BUT I THINK ITS PART OF THE CHARM OF THE SHOW IT GIVES IT A RETRO FEEL ANYWAY I'M GOING TO GET THE NEXT SERIES WOO HOO CANT WAIT
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