I loved the series and waited ever since it went off the air to buy the DVDs. They squeezed 7 episodes onto the DVD by using what looks like very high compression. When there is fast motion or a change of scenes there is a chance of it being blocky. The box doesn't have any inserts, the DVD label looks printed on with a poor ink jet. There are no director cuts, gag reels, interviews with the cast. This looks like it was put together to get something out for the fans just to keep them quit. That said, since this is the only thing out there, I guess this is as good as it gets. If you really liked the series you would like having this in your collection. Also, for the price you can't pass it up, all though for the quality I wouldn't pay more.
charming and fun
I discovered Starhunter season one recently on DVD and was very intrigued by it. The show was entertaining although it's too bad the episodes are mixed up on the DVDs! Also only a few episodes of season one are available on DVD. Why not put them all out and in the right order? The series itself really hooked me. It has it's own special magic. I liked the cast and characters. There are a lot great ideas and fun to be had.
Season one prompted me to try Starhunter 2300. Nice package! All the episodes are included and in order. Wonderful image and sound. Fun episodes! Great show! Can we get a sequel? Maybe a direct to DVD "Serenity"? A follow-up that unites father and son while introducing new fans to the previous two series? How about re-releasing season one in the same type of quality DVD package as season two?
Quirky low-budget space opera similar to Firefly
This Canadian-made space opera was broadcast but largely overlooked in the US. It features several interesting comparisons to Joss Whedon's "Firefly" - which it predates - and has one genuinely endearing character, Percy, played by Tanya Allen.
In this volume, bounty hunter Dante Montana's quest to find his lost son Travis nears its climax, while the nefarious Orchard makes lots of trouble for our crew in its own quest for the mysterious Divinity Cluster.
For further details on Starhunter, please see my review of volume 1.
The first and only spin-off of Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski's short-lived sci-fi series Crusade had its roots in the B5 television movie A Call to Arms, in which Earth was battling a Drakh invasion at the end of the Shadow Wars. When Crusade begins, the Drakh have released a deadly virus that threatens to wipe out all 10 billion humans living on Earth unless a cure can be found in five years. To take on this monumental task, Captain Matthew Gideon (Gary Cole) is assigned command of the state-of-the-art Destroyer-class ship Excalibur. His crew includes telepath John Matheson (Daniel Dae Kim); pompous but brilliant archaeologist-linguist Max Eilerson (David Allen Brooks); Dureena, a member of the Thieves' Guild and the last surviving member... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Tony Dow DVD Release Date: Released the 07 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I received the Starhunter Vol. 1 DVD and I enjoyed it, not
experiencing any video problems that others have mention.
Those problems are probably in their DVD players rather than
in the disks themselves. But I, too, was annoyed that the
shows were placed haphazzardly rather than in the order each
showed was aired in. I was also annoyed that one show, Family
Values, was missing from this disk as it was only the third
show aired and it should have been here.
But aside from that, I am pleased to have Starhunter on DVD
free and uncut since the local station that carried it on TV
had cut out so much just to allow for more commercials. The
DVD is great!
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Alright, to start with I have read all the reviews to date and decided I had to write my own. The lack of special features is the only valid complaint with the DVD set. As many others have already said it really would have been nice to have some input from the cast/crew. And the packaging is not the greatest out there. As with any series but scifi in particular, you have to take the good with the bad. If you are looking for comedy buy a comedy and if you are looking for Shakespearean dialogue look elsewhere. However if you consider yourself a TRUE scifi fan, then Earth 2 is a must. There are those that say the stories have been done and the aliens are not original. I can say the same for ANY scifi series out there. Earth 2 takes these so called "old" themes and puts an original... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Debrah Farentino DVD Release Date: Released the 19 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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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
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