Customer Reviews:
Bright Lights and Big Fights.......2008-02-14
This season is Dallas at its glitzy best. The sets get better, the lighting turns up a notch and the action moves to more upmarket joints, like the Oil Barons Club. J.R. is at his dastardly best, Swellin makes eyes at gorgeous young student Peter, and poor old Lucy is unlucky in love yet again. Pam and Bobby are still apart, and this series see the return of Jenna Wade, played by the gorgeous Priscilla Presley. John Ross Junior steals every scene he is in, due to his great acting, as does baby Christopher, but only because he never stops crying. The fashions are a delight as is the hair : the shoulder pads and backcombing get wider as the series progresses. Cliff is in the money for once but fool that he is, it's not long until he's back to making useless deals. And lovely Miss Ellie finds romance with Clayton Farlow. The dilemmmas are still there: how much food do these people eat and never put on weight? Why do they drink bourbon all day and then drive home? And why do so many rich people all have to share a house? A classic Dallas series: watch out for Katherine Wentworth, too. Pure soap villainy at its best.
Sensational 7!.......2008-01-01
A brilliant season of the classic texas drama from 1983/84. The production team appear to have raised the bar with this particular season with some great storylines to boot!
There are also some new additions to the series in the form of 'Blue Lagoon' star, Christopher Atkins and Elvis' ex-wife, Priscilla Beaulieu. Season 7 is nicely filmed with a great quality transfer to this DVD boxed set - the cover is fabulous too!
The character of Katharine Wentworth played by Morgan Brittany certainly comes into her own during this season, as she teams up with 'oil slime-king', Mr. J.R. Ewing in a big attempt to keep her sister and his brother apart for good. The scene between Bobby and Pam in 'Thanksgiving Square' is heartwrenchingly fabulous and is worth the price of the set alone!
Season 7 is an emotional roller-coaster in more ways than one, and the final episode cliff-hanger was a big shocker when first screened nearly twenty-five years ago. Don't be afraid to add this set to your collection - it's a definite must-have with some great writing, directing and acting. Plus, you are treated to another nice little DVD extra too!
It's gripping drama all the way in this award-winning television series.
Carry On Dallas !.......2007-10-27
It is true that after Jim Davis died Dallas got more & more over the top and downright implausible . It was good that Howard Keel turned up as Clayton Farlow and met Miss Ellie . JR needed to be kept in check as letting him run wild is not an enchanting prospect . The Mark Graison storyline is played out in a touching & sensitive manner while in the true Dallas tradition all the little sub-plots bubble a way nicely so that as with Season Three things build up a nice cresecendo and of course a cliff hanger to be resolved when season 8 comes out on DVD . Dallas proves that money does not buy happiness as the Ewings for all their money are not a happy crowd . Dallas captures the 1980's - both the greed and the opptimism alike . Larry Hagman did a great job as JR . But as it went on Dallas got dafter and season 7 starts the process of it sliding into comic self parody rather than being a seris drama . There was no need for Carry On Dallas to be filmed in Pinewood studios in 1987 as the actual programme to be spoofed was a comic parody already . The plot lines around JR , Sue Ellen , Miss Ellie and Bobby were daft enough by the mid 1980's without Kenneth Williams , Suzanne Dannielle , Joan Sims or Jim Dale doing an unecessary comic version in Carry On Dallas . Dallas Season Seven is to be watched I think as a tongue in cheek view of the 1980's - not as a serious piece of drama . A good way to relax as it is easy and at times funny to watch . Hence the view that JR is the one we love to hate !
The Ewing's Are Back.......2007-10-22
When I watched the first epsisode of Dallas when it first came out on DVD in 2004 at the age 13 I was hoooked. The life of the Ewings grasped me and ever since I've kept a close eye on when the boxsets came out. But for this series I was extremely excited as I was aware that many new characters were being introduced; the gorgeous Priscilla Beaulieu Presley as Bobby's first love with a baby that might possibly be Bobby's, Morgan Brittany as the evil Katherine Wentworth who worked with J.R. to split up her half sister Pam and Bobby, John Beck returns as Mark Graison the man trying to win over Pam;s heart and unfortunately does when her and Bobby's divorce is finalised, Sue Ellen continues her marriage with J.R. with a deal that allows both can sleep with whoever they please and she chooses her very own son's young counciler Peter Richards who is dating youn Licy Ewing, Audrey Landers also returns as Afton Cooper (Cliff's girlfriend) who is continuing her singing carrer and finally Howard Keel returns as Clayton Farlow but this time engaged to our very own Miss.Ellie.
And as always the resolution of the previous series cliffhanger, the Southfork fire in which no Ewings were hurt but Southfork was gutted. And as always family arguments, the sex, the money, the old relationships, the new relarionships, the crooked buisness deals, the lies and betrayl. Oh and not forgetting of course the tradition of the Barnes Ewing fued being fought out by J.R. with the resources of Ewing Oil and Cliff Barnes using his new resources as the head of Barnes/Wentworth. All in my opinion contributing to the 7th and in my opinion best season of Dallas so far.
All of tis leading up to the one of the most shocking cliffhangers ever, where 3 bullets are fired into J.R.'s chair at Ewing oil and the body of no other than Bobby Ewing slumping to the floor!!!!!
More glitz, glamour and blackmailing.............2007-10-09
This was one of the last great seasons of Dallas, before it all started getting too silly and repetitive.
New additions to the cast include the beautiful Priscilla Presley and villain Morgan Brittany becomes a kind of female JR, trying everything she can to keep Bobby and Pam apart.
This show has such great re-watch value, with multiple cliffhangers and plenty of memorable scenes. There are some great battles this season between Sue-Ellen and JR as Sue-Ellen moves back to Southfork, but in a seperate bedroom. 'Seperate rooms, seperate lives.' she informs her husband. Peter is her new love interest, and you have to feel sorry for poor Lucy. The writers seem to have forgotten to give her any storylines this season, and she just lingers about in the background at Southfork most of the time.
It has to be said that despite the intricate plotting, the storylines get increasingly silly towards the end of the season. Would Cliff really be that stupid not to realise Sly is double crossing him? Bobby and Pam not realising what Katherine is up to... And JR blackmailing the government representive who attemps suicide is just a repeat of a storyline from last season.
But despite this the show is still hugely entertaining, with JR's antics at his worst, and another great cliffhanger ending (a kind of Whot Shot Jr 2, but with a twist.) Make the most of this season however, as Dallas reached its pinnacle around the mid 80s, and the show went rapidly downhill after this: Miss Ellie replaced by another actress and Bobby departing, leading to the absurd Dream season...
This was the height of 80s excess and escapism - they don't make television like this anymore.
UK DVD:
- Dallas: The Complete Season 1 and 2 (5 Disc Box Set) [1978]
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Limited Edition Sleeve and Free Bookmark (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) [2007]
- Empire Of The Sun - Special Edition [1987]
- Entourage: Complete HBO Seasons 1&2 Box Set
- ER: Complete Season 2 [1995]
- ER: Complete Season 5
- ER: Complete Season 6
- ER: Complete Season 7
- Evening [2007]
- Ever After: A Cinderella Story [1998]
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