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Seaquest DSV: Season Two

Adventure resurfaces with the return of the spectacular Primetime Emmy® Award-winning SeaQuest DSV. Rejoin Captain Nathan Bridger (Roy Scheider) and his dedicated crew as they serve as guardians to Earth's undersea colonies and protect world peace from all threats both above and below the water. This must-own 8-disc set is packed with all 21 thrilling Season Two episodes and features amazing guest stars Mark Hamill Dom DeLuise Kent McCord and others. Season Two of SeaQuest DSV continues the incredible imaginative epic journey into the Earth's last frontier!System Requirements:Running Time: 136 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025195008518 Manufacturer No: 61101020

Seaquest DSV - Season One

An enormously ambitious television series from executive producer Steven Spielberg and series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon (Farscape, Alien Nation), seaQuest DSV made a valiant attempt to present a thoughtful and socially conscious science-fiction series on par with Star Trek to a '90s audience (which had already latched onto Star Trek: The Next Generation), but struggled with mediocre scripts and special effects for most of its three seasons (1993-96). The first season, however, embodies much of the ambition and scope its producers envisioned, starting with the two-hour television movie to introduces retired officer Cmdr. Nathan Bridger (a grim-faced Roy Scheider) to the crew of the underwater vessel seaQuest DSV. The pilot feature is well helmed by Scheider, and offers an agreeable mix of fiction and fact (oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard served as technical advisor for the series), as well as considerable action and excitement for an expensive network series. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the cast (which included Stephanie Beacham as the ship's fetching doctor and the late Jonathan Brandis as a teen science whiz), the show's momentum faltered under the weight of corny embellishments such as its talking dolphin, Darwin (a genetically engineered human with gills would join the fray in the show's second season) and episodes like "Knight of Shadows," which offered a hoary possession storyline, or "Photon Bullet," which hinges on underwater computer hackers. The series would alternate between intriguing stories (like the suspenseful "Games") and ill-advised ones for much of its remaining seasons, which also saw cast changes (most notably, the departure of Scheider) in an attempt to revive audiences' flagging interest. All 23 episodes of the first season are included on this four-disc set, as well as a decent selection of deleted scenes from nine episodes, including the pilot. -- Paul Gaita

Travel to the spectacular undersea world of seaQuest DSV as all 23 groundbreaking episodes from the epic first season surface on DVD. The amazing adventure begins in the mid-21st century, as humankind expands its undersea colonization efforts and a tenuous world peace is enforced by the United Earth Oceans (UEO). In order to protect the fledgling underwater colonies from unknown dangers and hostile invaders lurking in the depths of Earth's last frontier, the UEO recruits Captain Nathan Bridger (Roy Scheider) to command the high-tech battle submarine seaQuest and its diverse and eclectic crew. Along for the ride are a roster of stellar guest stars, including Charlton Heston, William Shatner, Seth Green, Kellie Martin and Kent McCord. Now on DVD for the first time ever, with exclusive never-before-seen footage, the Emmy® Award-winning seaQuest DSV is sure to make waves with thrill-seekers everywhere!

James Cameron's Dark Angel: The Complete Second Season

The second and last season of Dark Angel, the inventive James Cameron show about mutants during a future Depression, has some real strengths as well as one or two bad ideas that partly explain its much-regretted cancellation. Among the strengths are Alex (Jensen Ackles), the thoroughly unreliable mutant charmer whose flirtations with heroine Max (Jessica Alba) complicate her doomed love for Logan (Michael Weatherly), the crippled newshound whom she cannot now even touch--she has been infected with a deadly virus tailored specifically to kill him. The distrust this sows between the doomed couple does not always avoid soap-opera clichés, but often produces fine performances from all three, especially Alba.

On the deficit side, John Savage's memorably ambiguous villain Lydeker from season 1 (who is alternately the mutants' nemesis and their protector) disappears to be replaced by the melodramatically sinister Agent White (Martin Cummins). White appears to be just a shoot-to-kill operative of the state and turns out to be another sort of superhuman, a product of an occultist breeding program going back to the dawn of history. After White's first ruthless killing, Max's reluctance to use deadly force is tested to near-implausible limits. The show ends with a rousing and moving finale, "Freak Nation", in which a theme often neglected in this final year--Max's relationship with her fellow couriers at Jam Pony--reaches a powerful climax. --Roz Kaveney

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Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Seasons 1-7

Weird Science - The Complete Seasons 1 & 2

Wyatt Donnelly and Gary Wallace are two regular high school nerds struggling with unpopularity a serious dating drought and the endless torment of Wyatt s older brother Chett. They use their computer skills to create their dream girl Lisa whose supermodel good looks and super-genius brain are overshadowed only by her extraordinary power to grant the boys whatever they desire. But Lisa often takes the boys wishes a bit too literally and things don t always turn out quite as planned.From the first bolt of inspiration through their high-tech attempts at wish fulfillment in dating sports and popularity WEIRD SCIENCE is a comical look at Wyatt and Gary s uproarious misadventures and at what happens when high school gets reinvented.Based on the classic John Hughes film of the same name every episode of the first two seasons of this hilarious hit science-fiction series is collected here for the first time on DVD.DVD Features: Audio Commentary on She s Alive and The Bazooka Boys with Cast Members Vanessa Angel John Mallory Asher Audio Commentary on She s Alive: and The Most Dangerous Wish by Michael Manasseri; Trivia Quiz; Cast BiographiesDVD Features:Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)26 episodes on four discsCommentary by cast members on three episodesTrivia quizCast biographiesSystem Requirements:Run Time: 598 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 733961105414 Manufacturer No: AAAE105410

Based on John Hughes' popular teen science-fiction comedy of the same name, the Weird Science series took the film's premise--two socially inept high schoolers use technology to create their own fantasy woman--and took it to outlandish ends over the course of its four-year run. The show toned down the original feature's raunchier aspects--though ravishing in her wardrobe, dream girl Lisa (played by Vanessa Angel) hewed closer to Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie than vampish Kelly LeBrock)--and the boys (John Mallory Asher and Michael Manaserri in the Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith roles, respectively) play more as good-natured goofs than hormonally charged nerds. Much of the show's humor came from Lisa's ability to grant the guys' wishes, which invariably went awry (spots on the basketball team in "Airball Kings" lead to a disastrous season; Manaserri accidentally becomes the Commander-in-Chief in "Mr. President"; Lisa's clones of the boys--made from bubble gum--want to replace them permanently in "The Bazooka Boys"), though Lee Tergesen (later of Oz) earned plenty as Wyatt's thick-skulled brother Chett. Though the fashion and music scream early '90s, the show's breezy, silly gags have largely remained fresh, which should please its longtime fans. All 23 episodes of the first two seasons are retained in this four-disc box set; Asher and Angel are also on hand to lend commentary to three episodes, including the pilot, "She's Alive," "Bazooka Boys," and "The Most Dangerous Wish" (Lisa brings a video game villain to life). A trivia quiz and cast biographies round out the extras. --Paul Gaita

Dark Angel: The Complete Second Season

Max (Jessica Alba) is back - kicking butt and taking names in the second and final season of James Cameron's Dark Angel. After the destruction of Manticore the military organization responsible for creating Max and her fellow genetically enhanced human prototypes Max is still forced to live furtively among the underground street life of 21st century Seattle. But the day is rapidly approaching when all transgenics will have to band together if they want a chance at staking their claim in this new Freak Nation.Includes All 21 Season Two Episodes!Runtime: 943 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543377580 Manufacturer No: 2237758

Dark Angel: The Complete First Season

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Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Two Seasons (12pc)

Lois & Clark: The Complete First Season: Casting a fresh look on a timeless legend this exciting action-packed update of the DC Comics Superman captures the daring exploits of the mysterious visitor from another planet and brings the city of Metropolis to life. Originally aired in the 90's on ABC this humorously romantic action/adventure hour-long series puts a modern twist on the time-honored legendary superhero bringing to life the comic book characters Clark Kent (Dean Cain); his superhuman alter-ego Superman; and Lois Lane (Teri Hatcher) fiction's first lady of the press in the most unrequited romance of all time.Lois & Clark: The Complete Second Season : Building on the Superman myth this television series from the 1990s centers on the young adult life of Clark Kent (Dean Cain) in the modern-day city of Metropolis. While struggling to balance his Superman duties with his job working for the Daily Planet Kent meets and falls in love with fellow reporter Lois Lane. When news breaks of Superman's existence however Lane becomes smitten with the elusive superhero and unaware that Kent and Superman are the same person wards off Kent's romantic advances. Driven by this odd romantic triangle of sorts the show also focuses on life around the Daily Planet office and Superman's battles with a whole host of villains making it part-romance part-action/adventure. Every episode from the first season of the show is included here. System Requirements:Running Time: 2086 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 012569730779 Manufacturer No: 73077

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James Cameron's Dark Angel [Region 2]