List Price: $69.98 Our Price: $62.98YOU SAVE $7!
Buy it
DVD Andromeda - Season 1 Collection
Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry, Andromeda confidently wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best sci-fi of Roddenberry's heyday. The two-part premiere "Under the Night" and "An Affirming Flame" make for a terrific introduction to the lead character, Captain Dylan Hunt, played by Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo. He's a sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilization has meant that although she ought to be a relic she remains the zenith of technological advancement.
In the series opener we see Captain Hunt in battle against 10,000 enemy ships, winning a bout of fisticuffs with a close friend turned enemy traitor, wrestling with the shock of being frozen in time for 300 years and then diplomatically negotiating his way out of a salvage rights battle for his ship. The Andromeda Ascendant's emotionally driven, life-like computer is desired by the Eureka Maru salvage vessel, and feisty Captain Beka Valentine can barely stop her engineer Harper from drooling about tinkering with her. The Maru's shipmates are similarly driven: Rev Bem (from another sworn enemy race) has a spiritual calling, while cutesy-pie Trance Gemini's motivations are part of her winning mysteriousness. One final addition is the show's muscle, Tyr, the enemy with a conscience who would later get the spotlight in such episodes as "All Neptune's Great Oceans" and "Music of a Distant Drum."
"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. "Star-Crossed" is the first-season episode that caused more gossip than any other. Stargate regular Michael Shanks guest stars, falls in love with Rommie on screen (and with Lexa Doig off screen), and then suddenly quits SG-1. There's certainly a spark between them in the show to support the gossip. The secondary cause for talk was its broadcast rescheduling in sympathy with the events of September 11 since it opens with a terrorist attack. Criticized by some for its extreme violence, the season finale "Its Hour Come 'Round at Last" will stay with you one way or another. Maybe for the sight of an alternate Rommie turning uncharacteristically nasty to everyone and seriously kicking butt. Or maybe the mind-blowing Magog Worldship, made up of 20 planets and their sun. Or maybe just the seemingly impossible scenario each major character is faced with as the show ends. --Paul Tonks
Andromeda..... Folks, You Get So Much For Your Money Here. I Bought This Huge Collection At Best Buys For $44.00 And What A Deal That Was. You Get 10 Disc's On The First Season, With 22 Episodes And Tons Of Extra's. I'm A Huge Fan Of Star Trek, But Folks This Is (If I Must Say....) Better Than Star Trek. Some People Think Kevin Sorbo Is Still Hercules, But Since I Never Really Watched Hercules, I Must Say He Is Awesome As Commonwealth, Captain Dylan Hunt (Captain Of The Andromeda). If Some Of You Are Going To Argue That Star Trek Is Better (Sit Down And Relax Trekkies), Andromeda's 1st Season Is Probably More Advantanced Than Season 5 Or 6 Of Next Generation. I Mean This Is Still Gene Roddenberry's Work People. The Andromeda Itself Is Amazing (It's A Real Spaceship). Here Is A Break Down Of What You Get For $45 Compared To The $80 To $100 For A Star Trek Next Generation Series (I Love Star Trek, Don't Get Me Wrong, But The Trekkies, Need To Be More Open Minded And Enjoy Other Shows Like Andromeda).
It Is The Time Of The Commonwealth - A Diverse Alliance Of Planets (Spanning Six Galaxies). But All Is Not Well... The Commonwealth Is In Danger (From Within).... A Determined Captain, A Sentient Warship, And A Eclectic Crew Wage An Urgent Battle To Save The Universe On The Andromeda. Striving To Rebuild The Systems Commonwealth, Captain Dylan Hunt And His Crew Journey To Distant Worlds Aboard The Advanced Starship, Andromeda Ascendant. Enemies Abound At Every Turn, From The Treacherous Nietzscheans To Dreaded Magog. What Began As A Dream Has Now Become A Necessity. Will Courage Be Enough???? The Long Night Has Come The Systems Commonwealth, The Greatest Civilization In History, Has Fallen. But Now.... One Ship, One Crew Have Vowed To Drive Back The Night And Rekindle The Light Of Civilization. On The Starship Andromeda, Hope Lives Again!
Disc 1 -
Episodes
101 - Under The Night (Premiere Episode) - (The Andromeda Is Under Attack! Lured Into A Brutal Battle Near A Black Hole. Commonwealth Captain Dylan Hunt Orders His Crew To Abandon Ship. The Andromeda Becomes Frozen In Time At The Event Horizon Until A Salvage Mining Ship Tows It Free.. 300 Years Later, Dylan Must Come To Terms With The Loss Of His Crew, His Way Of Life... And The Strange Invaders Who Now Demand Control Of The Glorious Andromeda!)
102 - An Affirming Flame (Martial Arts Cyborgs And Nietzschean Mercenaries Are After Dylan. But Their Murderous Employer, Gerentex (Rat Face), Decides To Destroy What He Can't Steal. As He Pushes The Andromeda Back Into The Black Hole. Dylan And The Abandoned Crew Of The Salvage Ship Eureka Maru Must Join Forces To Save Themselves... And The Commonwealth.)
103 - To Loose The Fateful Lightning (When Dylan, Harper And Beka Board A Battle Worn Guard Station, They Are Confronted By A Society Of Savage Child Warriors. Descendants Of The Commonwealth, The Children Believe Dylan Is Their Messiah. Dylan Unknowingly Authorizes The Genocide Of An Entire Magog-Inhabited Solar System. The Day Of Lightning Is NOW!)
Special Features
* Commentary For "Under The Night" - Kevin Sorbo & Allan Eastman
* Character Profile - Dylan Hunt
* Alternate Takes
* Image Takes - Creation Of The Andromeda Ascendant
* Glossary Of The High Guard A-D
* All Systems University 101 - Fighting Ships Of The High Guard
* TV Spots & Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 2 -
Episodes
104 - D Minus Zero (Tensions Build, Outside... The Wreckage Of An Unarmed High Guard Medical Ship Draws Dylan And The Crew Of The Andromeda Straight Into A Violent Ambush. Inside... Dylan And Beka Have A Dramatic Disagreement Over Command - His Ship, Her Crew. Pursued By A Mysterious Enemy Ship That Won't Give Up. Dylan Orders The Andromeda To Hide In The Dangerous Radiation Of A Star Until The Inevitable Showdown.)
105 - Double Helix (Dylan's Hopes Of Rebuilding The Commonwealth Place Him On The Receiving End Of A Treacherous Nietzschean Assault. The Enemy Tries To Entice Fellow Nietzchean Tyr To Help Them Destroy The Ship. Awaiting Tyr If He Complies Is A Wife To Carry On His Proud DNA - The Double Helix That Is Central To Nietzchean Culture. But Doing So Will Mean The End Of The Andromeda And Death To Her Crew.)
Special Features
* Character Profile - Andromeda
* Behind The Scenes - The Andromeda Idea
* Production Biography - Co-Executive Producer / Writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe
* Alternate Takes
* Bloopers
* Timeline Of The Commonwealth - The Imperial Era
* Prop & Set Concept Drawings
* TV Spots
* ADV Previews
Disc 3 -
Episodes
106 - Angel Dark, Demon Bright ("Never Mess With Time Travel!" Captain Dylan Hunt Faces A Difficult Decision When A Rough Slipstream Ride Sends The Andromeda Almost 300 Years In Time - Just Days Before The Defeat Of The Commonwealth!)
107 - The Ties That Blind (Beka Can't Believe It When Her Con-Artist Brother Shows Up Claiming To Be A Wayist Monk. But When The Scams Begin To Make The Andromeda A Target For Terrorists, She Must Take Action.)
108 - The Banks Of The Lethe (Teleporting Back In Time Nearly 300 Years, Captain Dylan Hunt Is Reunited With His True Love, Sara. She And Her Ship, The Starry Wisdom, Plan To Rescue The Andromeda, Still At The Event Horizon. Will Love Make Dylan Change The Past And Risk The Future?)
Special Features
* Commentary For "The Banks Of The Lethe" Kevin Sorbo & Allan Eastman
* Character Profile - Beka Valentine
* Alternate Takes
* Image Gallery - The Eureka Maru
* Glossary Of The Guard E-J
* All Systems University 101 (Commonwealth Transportation)
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 4 -
Episodes
109 - A Rose In The Ashes (The Tribunal Council Refuses To Sign Dylan's New Constitution To Restore The Commonwealth. Worse, They Find Dylan Guilty Of Sedition And Place Him And Rommie On A Prison Planet. Cut Off From The Andromeda And Surrounded By Thugs, Dylan Must Befriend Fellow Inmates To Attempt An Escape.)
110 - All Great Neptune's Ocean (The President Of Castalia Seems Ready To Help Re-Establish The Commonwealth, But Shortly After He Boards Andromeda To Begin Talks, He Is Assassinated. Dylan's Investigation Is Complicated When Two Of His Crew Are Framed For The Murder - Tyr And Rommie!)
Special Features
* Behind The Scenes Video - E! Celebrity Profile: Kevin Sorbo
* Production Biography - Executive Producer Allan Eastman
* Alternate Takes
* Bloopers
* Timeline Of The Commonwealth - The Age Of Reform
* Prop & Set Concept Drawings
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 5 -
Episodes
111 - The Pearls That Were His Eyes (After Beka Receives An Urgent Message From Her Beloved Uncle Sid, She And Trance Go To Diphda Five To Help. But Sid, Once Her Father's Former Business Partner, Is Now Known As Sam Profit, A Big Business Tycoon With A Demand... The Data Beka's Father Entrusted Only To Her.)
112 - The Mathematics Of Tears (When Andromeda Encounters Her Damaged Sister Ship, The Pax Magellanic, Dylan And The Crew Believe They Have Found Others Frozen In Time. But A Damaged AI System And A Crew Of Androids Are Only A Cover Up... Of A Truth More Mysterious Than The Lie.)
Special Features
* Character Profile - Tyr Anasazi
* Alternate Takes
* Image Gallery - Cast Shots
* Glossary Of The High Guard K-O
* All Systems University 101 - Life Forms
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 6 -
Episodes
113 - Music Of A Distant Drum (Humans On The Planet Midden See A Ship Crash Land. It Is The Eureka Maru, And Inside Is A Bewildered Tyr, Suffering A Complete Loss Of Memory - Even Of His Name. On Board Is A Metal Crate Containing Something The Brutal Nietzscheans Who Rule The Planet Want Very Badly.)
114 - Harper 2.0 (Harper Tries To Save An Injured Perseid, But The Patient Suddenly Bites Him On The Neck And Dies. Soon, Harper's Brain Is On Overload, Filled With Downloaded Information. He Loves It Until The Nightmares Begin And A Bounty Hunter Arrives... Searching For The Stolen Data Now In Harper's Brain!)
Special Features
* Behind The Scenes Video - Visual Effects
* Production Biography - Executive Producer Majel Barrett Roddenberry
* Bloopers
* Timeline Of The Commonwealth - Growth And Peace
* Prop & Set Concept Drawings
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 7 -
Episodes
115 - Forced Perspective (Dylan Is On Trial! Captured By Commandos And Taken To Mobius, He Is Interrogated For His Involement In The Killing Of The Mobius Leader More Than 300 Years In The Past. Subjected To Torture And Forced To Face What Really Happened. Dylan Must Right A Wrong Done Long Ago.)
116 - The Sum Of It's Parts (Dylan And The Crew Are Alarmed When A Humanoid Robot Boards The Andromeda Without Permission. As The Robot Learns What It Means To Be A Living Being, He Begs To Become Part Of Andromeda And Escape An Oppressive Culture Of Organized Machines - The Consensus Of Parts.)
Special Features
* Character Profile - Rev Bem
* Alternate Takes
* Image Gallery - Costumes
* Glossary Of The High Guard P-R
* All Systems University 101 - The Goverernment Of The Systems Commonwealth
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 8 -
Episodes
117 - Fear & Loathing In The Milky Way (Still Searching For A "Big Score", Gerentex (Rat Face) Hijacks The Eureka Maru, Taking Harper And Trance Hostage. The Lost Diary Of Hasturi Is His Goal - A Find That Will Bring Great Fortune And Power. But With A Gruesome And Vicious Bounty Hunter Named Reaper On Their Trail, It's Going To Be A Perilous Ride!)
118 - The Devil Take The Hindmost (The Hajira, A Primitive Race Descended From Humans, Are Threatened By Brutal Slave Traders Who Want To Destroy Their Peaceful Settlement, Serendipity. When Rev Bem Gets A Call From A Wayist Friend In Serendipity, He And Dylan Come To Their Aid And Must Face A Moral Dilemma.)
Special Features
* Behind The Scenes Video - Alien Make-Up
* Production Biography - Executive Producer Jay Firestone
* Alternate Takes
* Bloopers
* Timeline Of The Commonwealth - Conflict And Renewal
* Prop & Set Concept Drawings
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 9 -
Episodes
119 - The Honey Offering (Dylan Agrees To Transport A Beautiful And Conceited Nietzschean, Elssbett Mossadim, To Her Wedding. When The Andromeda Becomes Surrounded By Warships Of An Enemy Nietzchean Pride. Elssbett Reveals Her Violent Plan Of Assassination And Destruction.)
120 - Star-Crossed (A Passenger Ship Is Destroyed By Terrorists, Leaving A Sole Survivor - An Android Named Gabriel. Rommie Is Immediately Attracted When He's Brought On Board, And She Falls In Love. But Soon, Gabriel's True Identity Is Uncovered - Not A Friend, Not A Survivor, Instead.... The Ultimate Enemy.)
Special Features
* Character Profile - Seamus Harper
* Alternate Profile
* Image Gallery - Technology
* Glossary Of The High Guard S-Z
* All Systems University 101 - Engineering, Science & Technology
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Disc 10 -
Episodes
121 - It Makes A Lovely Light (Beka Puts The Crew And The Andromeda In Danger By Taking The Mind-Altering Drug "Flash" During An Exhausting Mission To Tarn Vedra (Dylan's Lost Home). She's An Addict, And Dylan Must Decide How To Handle The Situation, Which Grows More Desperate By The Minute.)
122 - It's Hour Come 'Round At Last (During Routine Repairs, Andromeda's Memory Is Wiped Out And Replaced By An Older, Backup AI Who Believes The Current Crew Are Intruders. Dylan And The Crew Can No Longer Control Their Ship - It Now Controls Them. Suddenly, An Attack Begins - Thousands Of Blood-Thirsty Magog Have Boarded The Ship! Is There Any Way To Escape?)
Special Features
* Character Profile - Trance Gemini
* Behind The Scenes Video - On The Set Of Andromeda
* Production Biography - Executive Producer Adam Haight
* Alternate Takes
* Bloopers
* Timeline Of The Commonwealth - The Long Night
* Prop & Set Concept Drawings
* TV Teasers
* ADV Previews
Can One Man's Dream Of Peace And Order Win Over A Universe Of Chaos? On The Starship Andromeda, 'HOPE LIVES AGAIN!' Folks This Is Another Legendary Sci-Fiction Journey, (Like Star Trek) This Show Is The Beginning Of Another Legacy, That Will Last Forever (Hopefully). This Extensive Collection Brings Together All 22 Episodes From The Premiere Season Of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda In A Pristine, Widescreen Presentation. With Loads Of Special Features (See Above, There's Tons Of Them!) Sure To Delight Sci-Fi Fans And Collectors Alike. Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, The Complete First Season Is Definately A MUST SEE! Folks It's Approximately 1100+ Minutes Of Sci-Fiction That Everyone Should See!
Now After All That (My Fingers Are About To Fall Off, From All That Keying), Click On The 'Purchase ASAP Button'. This Is Amazing, And I'm Sorry Trekkies (But It Is Better Than Star Trek). Star Trek Is Amazing, But Andromeda Is Extrodinary! Look At Some Of My Other Reviews Folks And Please Purchase This 1st Season Of Andromeda, You Can Thank Me Later!
Fantastic
Andromeda is a hugley underated sci-fi show, and a personal favorite of mine. Ok, the later seasons (4 and 5) are downhill, but season 1-3, for the most part, are absolutly great.
Andromedas best feature? Its fantastic characters.
Andromeda has some of the best characters in sci-fi, and each character is very interesting, with deep pasts and brilliant personalities. Be it the gorgeous and very mysterious trance gemini, or Dylans heroic character, you just have to like them all. Andromeda certainly has a brilliant cast. Ontop of this, the sci-fi elements, such as there take on slip-stream, are great, and the ship looks fantastic.
Season 1 also has some of the best written episodes, such as
"06 : Angel Dark, Demon Bright" and
"03 : The day of lighting".
Andromeda does have some cheesy make-up effects, and some even cheesier fight scenes, but to be honest you wouldent have it any other way. The corney one liners and the over-the-top effects are all part of andromedas charm.
The episodes are full of clever writing and little hints to future seasons, for example
*BIG SPOILER*
Trance being an avatar of a sun is hinted all the way throughout season 1.
*END SPOILER*
Any true Sci-Fi fan owes it to themselves to check out Season 1 of Drommie, it truly is a gem, Hugly underated...
A waste of a good premise
This show has really bad acting, hilarious special effects and dialogue so bad that you think it was written by a fourteen-year-old. The premise for the show is not bad, but it is completely wasted here.
Syndication TV production. Rather a big title with not much to it. The shows are genreally shot on alightly larger budgets then most regualer network shows are, put on the air at different days of the weeks and generally have no network to answer for. Not much difference in show quality. The stories are genreally not very good and the acting always seems medicore at best. Kevin Sorbo is actually not bad in this role, a now regular guest star at comic book conventions. He is not a bad actor and this show actually gives him a change to be a bit more three dimensional. But the fellow cast members have no such luck while the effects work looks so CGish for the small screen. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Roddenberry DVD Release Date: Released the 01 February 2005 Special Order
List Price: $69.98 Your Price: $62.98YOU SAVE $7!
Buy it
Like season 3, season 4 also had a few bad episodes that were very confusing. There was an overuse of clips of previous episodes as a storytelling device, and some shows, like the first episode, had deus-ex-machina endings that came out of nowhere. The season gets better as it goes, with many of the finest episodes ("Trusting the Gordian Maze", "Time out of Mind") on the last disk. The final episode is very touching, and would have been a fine ending to the series if there was no season 5.
In the first two years Tyr served as the realist/anarchist foil to Dylan's idealism/community building. In season 4 Dylan was more the Hercules-style adventurer and moralist. To serve as a partner, Telemachus Rhade was added as a regular. While a Nietzschean, he was multi-faceted and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Roddenberry DVD Release Date: Released the 19 July 2005 Special Order
List Price: $69.98 Your Price: $55.98YOU SAVE $14!
Buy it
I have read a lot of negetive reviews about the shorter version of the episode "Threads" being on this set rather than the longer more boring version. I just picked up the set and have only watched the episode "Threads" (I watched the season when it aired). I thought the shorter version was better and quicker to get to the point, there was a lot of padding in the longer version. Although I don't agree with MGM's Decision to not to put the broadcast version on the DVD, I'm glad they didn't. I don't think I will trade in my set to get the longer version. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Dean Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 04 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
List Price: $55.95 Your Price: $39.17YOU SAVE $16.78!
Buy it
Created at least in part due to popular demand, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars will provide some closure to fans who were dismayed by the demise of the popular science fiction television show in 2003 and campaigned mightily to bring it back. Indeed, this miniseries (originally broadcast over two nights on the Sci-Fi Channel) will likely appeal primarily to the Farscape faithful, as the somewhat convoluted storyline may prove baffling to the uninitiated.
A brief bit of backstory explains how John Crichton, an astronaut from Earth, went through a wormhole and ended up on Moya, a living spaceship, with a motley group of aliens, including D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe), Chiana (Gigi Edgley), various puppet characters (designed by the Jim Henson Company), and Aeryn... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Brian Henson DVD Release Date: Released the 18 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
List Price: $19.98 Your Price: $14.99YOU SAVE $4.99!
Buy it
Despite voluminous protest and nitpicking criticism from loyal fans of the original 1978-80 TV series, the 2003 version of Battlestar Galactica turned out surprisingly well for viewers with a tolerance for change. Originally broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in December 2003 and conceived by Star Trek: The Next Generation alumnus Ronald D. Moore as the pilot episode for a "reimagined" TV series, this four-hour "miniseries" reprises the basic premise of the original show while giving a major overhaul (including some changes in gender) to several characters and plot elements. Gone are the flowing robes, disco-era hairstyles, and mock-Egyptian fighter helmets, and thankfully there's not a fluffy "daggit" in sight... at least, not yet. Also missing are the "chrome toaster" Cylons,... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Michael Rymer DVD Release Date: Released the 28 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
List Price: $27.98 Your Price: $20.49YOU SAVE $7.49!
Buy it
