Customer Reviews:
Andromeda just gets better & better.......2004-03-18
TV episodes from a sci-fi series collected onto DVD. Watch once and discard? That was true of Andromeda season 1 but then came improvements during the second series. As the characters became more clearly defined, so the emotional interaction fell sharply into focus even as the ambiguity of their intentions (hidden agendas?) made for murkier and more fascinating storylines. Andromeda was never going to be deep or intellectual, but it has become one of the fastest-moving and most consistently entertaining space operas on TV. Look out for season 3 on DVD soon, but meanwhile buy this set - "extras" on this DVD release include some short scenes that were never broadcast and revealing interviews with the cast. Recommended!
Sci-fi at its worst(?) or best(?).......2004-01-28
Depending on how you feel about Sci-Fi and what you expect from it this sereies as a whole and volume 4 of season 2 can be either walking on water or rotting in the pit.
It reminds sometimes of the old Star Trek with it's noble captain, and if you enjoy that kind of storytelling Andromeda is your piece of cake, however if you prefer the crazy vortex of Farscape you might find this a bit dull.
Sorbo is still very much the Hercules but the rest of the cast are either too pretentious or are not given the right scripts.
One thing that this show has going for it is a relatively (for it's budget) good set of special effects, although the blaster/ray/whatever guns a re still shooting the same shit they did back in TNG.
As in every show some episodes are more enjoyable than others and this package is especially not bad (I am more of a farscape fan so I would not call it good, but it works for more people than Farscape as I've just read that the contract for the fifth season has been signed)
Enjoy...
Customer Reviews:
Probably the Highlight of season 2.......2003-05-16
2 DVD set that includes probably two best episodes from the 2nd season. Most of it is standard Andromeda fare with plenty of CGI, most of the action taking place off camera and everything nicely done and dusted in a 45 minute slot. Lexa Doig is given an opportunity to flex her muscles and her acting talents in the matrix-esque first episode (which is also probably the best) and James Marsters of Buffy fame crops up later in a guest appearance.
Ok its good.......2003-04-23
the first DVD was a little tame but this is good. Lexa Doig gets to show off a little in all to human, good battles with neichians in una salus victus. Home fires gives us the chance to see what the commonwealth was like with a visit to a planet that survived the fall. DVD 2 picks up the pace. James masters joins the crew for the best episode of the set Into the labyrinth which brings together all the member worlds of the commonwealth for a "party" and treaty signing but an enemy lurks within. The prince gives a classic dylan vs Tyr arguments each with diffrent goals and another chance for the planetry warfare bots to get an outing.
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Andromeda Series 2 Part 5.......2004-01-27
I have collected Andromeda since it first came out on DVD and will continue to do so. Andromeda is a great series which is so refreshing. The actors espically Kevin are great as are the writers. The worlds they take us to are so believeable and for an hour you get so involved in their world and adventures, so therefore Andromeda is a must for any DVD collection and I am looking forward to seeing Season 3 which I have already pr-ordered.
Amazon.co.uk Review
The second series of Andromeda unveils a change in approach. A new traditionally heroic title theme, accompanied by rousing voice-over is one noticeable difference. Another is Kevin Sorbo's even shorter haircut. But it's back to the gore and violence that marked the cliffhanging finale of the first year with "The Widening Gyre", where many perils are resolved while others are revealed. An all-too-short deadline is also imposed on Dylan's Commonwealth dream (confirming the show's additional two-series renewal), when it's confirmed how long it will be before the travelling Magog arrive.
"Exit Strategies" is all about inner demons. Poor Harper is left with a very real internal problem that leads him to contemplate the unthinkable. Rommie is wrestling with an alternate physical self. Rev is battling his religious conscience against his very survival. With so much B-plot, you could almost overlook the main story that sees the Maru crash land on an ice world--if the dazzling FX would let you that is.
Beka gets an overdue share of romantic attention in "A Heart for Falsehood Framed". A sacred gem is the nub of a diplomatic dispute. In typically unpredictable fashion, the plot contrives to see all interested parties caught up in a multi-layered game of switching fakes.
Some new angles appear in "Pitiless as the Sun". In case anyone's forgotten, Trance is given opportunity to thicken the mystery surrounding exactly what she is. This occurs as we meet a brand-new adversary, the unsavoury Pyrians. Xenophobia, drug addiction and slavery are all scrutinised in this episode--enough plot for an X-File. This is funny since Cigarette-Smoking Man William B Davis guest stars.
Hunting for a once-glorious leader who would benefit Dylan's cause, the Maru and crew make a "Last Call at the Broken Hammer", a run-down bar in the middle of a wasteland. There are lots of twists in a mystery of hidden identities and agendas amongst the bar's patrons. Watch out for Gordon Woolvett's real-life wife among them. Another welcome sight in this episode is a change of wardrobe for the regulars, who have been sweating it out in the same gear for far too long. --Paul Tonks
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WOW! Great start to the second season.......2003-03-23
I am speechless. Having watched the Borg attacks on Star Trek the Next Generation, I did not think a worse enemy could be found. But the MAGOG are something else.
The first season took a while to get into. But it is worth it. Every one of the 5 episodes on this box set was great. We are now starting to see the personality behind the characters, and the special effects just keep coming! If you are a STAR TREK/Gene Roddenberry Fan you will love the Andromeda series.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry Andromeda wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best sci-fi of Roddenberry's heyday. Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo, plays Captain Dylan Hunt, the sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4km long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilisation has meant that although she ought to be a relic she remains the zenith of technological advancement.
Episodes on this DVD:Angel Dark, Demon Bright; The Ties That Blind; Banks of the Lethe; A Rose in the Ashes; All Great Neptune's Ocean.
"Angel Dark, Demon Bright". Time travel is always a sci-fi series staple, but Andromeda needs it more than any of them. Any method (excuse!) to re-visit Dylan's own time is explored, and "Angel Dark, Demon Bright" is therefore an important episode for two reasons. We see just how badly the Commonwealth had it coming in an enormous space battle; and we also perceive how potentially dangerous Trance is. Pruning the branches of time as easily as her plants, she's clearly a conundrum waiting to explode.
"The Ties That Blind". A dual reference to aspects of faith, on the one hand there's Rev's devout following of The Way, which unwittingly obscures certain truths from him; on the other hand there's the belief that blood is thicker than water which severely confuses the relationship Beka has with her long-lost con-artist brother Rafe (Cameron Daddo). There's a lot of art imitating life in this episode, with The Restorian's tactics clearly mirroring contemporary religious conflicts.
"The Banks of the Lethe". Proving that all's fair in love and war this episode demonstrates the familial possibilities of syndicated TV. Firstly, Sorbo's real-life wife plays Dylan's fiancée Sara. Secondly, the story was originally touted to Star Trek: Voyager. It's another time travel quickie (told you they were important), in which a touching reunion for the Sorbos is made possible thanks to a botched experiment in Harper's lab. This instalment is also distinguished for featuring some of the most surreal humour in dealing with time travel since Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
"A Rose in the Ashes". Sometimes diplomacy just doesn't work. "A Rose in the Ashes" is sought on planet Arazia where Dylan is imploring their Government to join his Commonwealth. Deemed traitors for suggesting it, he and Rommie's "living doll" incarnation are sent to a harsh prison planet. This was the first show to utilise exterior locations, which makes for a welcome change. The same is also true about seeing Lexa Doig in a leather-studded bikini top and disco pants.
"All Neptune's Great Oceans". Paraphrasing Macbeth, this is another spotlight show for Tyr. The endlessly surly muscle man is accused of assassinating a visiting President. The crew sleuth out clues and red herrings, making this a watered-down whodunnit in the now well-established sci-fi tradition.--Paul Tonks
Customer Reviews:
Great Sci-fi.......2005-08-27
If you like the first two or three Star Trek generations, you'll probably like Andromeda. The DVDs contain the episodes and very little else, but if you've seen a couple of the episodes you'll know whether you like the style - if you do, the DVD's may be for you!
Action Adventure and Humor a real treat for any SciFi fan.......2002-07-22
This new series really stands out with its setting, storyline and characters, which are all equally appealing.
Andromeda delivers a nice mix of serious storyline with the occasional touch of humor and loads of action.
Done in the tradition of Roddenberry but definitely not Star Trek.
Highly recommended.
excellent series excellent box set.......2002-06-30
are you a tricky?
Do science-fiction?
Then there this is the series for you!!!
The lead character Dylan Hunter (Hercules) has been frozen in time for 300 years. Everyone he loved his dead his beloved Commonwealth has fallen and it is up to him and his crew to reform will form Commonwealth.
This is excellent series and it is well worth look
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