Xena season 6 is one of the top seasons of all. Effects, colors, action, suspense,..... everything!!!! Very sad to see it go when it did, but it seemed to cover all ground and end appropriately.In other words it ran a beautiful course.
The manner of ending the series was without a doubt, the best avenue of the times they were portraying and it was great to see an illustrated (yet fictional) view of how things may have went on back then. To be honest, this season started my path in Spirituality and the Paranormal.
As far as other negative reviews in regard to Christianty,... I feel it is probably very close to what really happened. Christianity wasnt always the top religion and scenes dipicting that seem to be in line with that. As a very spiritual person I found it more interesting than insulting and just shows how this religion has endured over the centuries.
This series if definately for most people across the board and is perfect for individuals with different viewing tastes to come together via a show like this.
People into: Action/Martial Arts, Different Cultures,Mythology, Paranormal, Religion/Spirituality, Suspense and simply,..... beautiful people, can come together for a season/show like this.
This has been another Dragonfly Kingdom review. Enjoy!!
Battle on, Xena!
Well, I must say, that as a borderline obsessive fan, I'm biased to say this is a great must have. As usual, some episodes were flops, but most of them are absolutely great. I've seen people say the color is off and all but I haven't noticed. I guess I don't pay much attention to that. I was disappointed in the bloopers, and some of the commentaries, cause yes, it did seem that the actors just weren't into it, especially Lucy. But hey, I'd probably be bored the same way if someone forced me to watch something i did a few years ago and wanted me to comment on it. This is actually one of my favorite seasons of Xena. I must warn people who are only watching it for the first time, that this season really doesn't have lesbian 'subtext' like the previous 5 seasons. Oh no, it's all maintext now. Xena and Gabrielle are obviously sexually attracted to each other in some eps., there are other obvious lesbians, and there is a definate kiss between Xena and Gab in the series finale (they only pretend it's a 5 minute long mouth to mouth 'water transfer'). So, if you have issues with this kinda stuff, prepare yourself. Other than that, it's worth every penny!
The best and the worst episodes...
Undoubtedly people will be upset with this review, but I want to warn (the very few) people who have never seen season six about some of the content. While I would dearly love to get about half of season six on DVD, I morally feel like I can not spend my money to 'vote' for the things promoted in the other episodes.
In previous seasons, they kind of played the whole 'are Xena and Gabrielle lovers instead of just best friends?' thing, but it was generally subtle enough I could just roll my eyes at the supposed subtext. In this season, we not only have Xena and Gabrielle blatantly sexually attracted to each other at times, but they had Aphrodite try to give Gabrielle a kiss. The finale clearly had a kiss between Xena and Gabrielle. It left me feeling like someone had hijacked my friends of old for a few cheap thrills.
(Just so you know, Xena's frequent sexual encounters with men she's not married to also bother me.)
However, the main reason I can't spend my money on this season set is because they treat Christianity like some mythos no one really believes, like it's totally okay to change and warp to fit whatever they want in the scene. They were sensitive to 'The Way' controversy, but had no compunction against degrading and warping the message of a major religion repeatedly...and the sad part is very few Christians complained. To have Xena trick a good (though proud) angel into becoming the devil, then to have a good angel portrayed in such a negative fashion...to have the Christian God just one of many gods and set on destroying all the other ones...to have a few of the old Gods (and the devil) as needed for a balanced universe (i.e. God isn't powerful enough and evil is necessary, not a perversion of good)...to have Christianity played as a cult only idiots would follow... Well, it was insulting and offensive to me. So I'm using my consumer's right to not spend money on it and my freedom of speech to tell other Christians that they might want to think twice about buying this set.
Xena is sexy, funny, dramatic, tragic, and fun. Season five gets more intense, with a powerful story line that's interspersed with one-off episodes. If you're a fan, you don't need to read this. Just buy it. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Lucy Lawless DVD Release Date: Released the 19 October 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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As per the previous volumes in this series, number five carries on the tradition of providing fans of the series with another range of excellent shows from the latter TV series. Cannot wait for volume six. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kevin Sorbo DVD Release Date: Released the 11 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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At the end of Season Three, Gabrielle had jumped into an abyss to kill her evil child, Hope. Season Four opens with Xena undertaking a spiritual journey to recover her friend. I don't want to spoil anything major, so I'll just mention that the pair travels to India in search of Gabrielle's Way (path through life) and in the process Xena discovers her own Way. They bump into Pompey, Caesar, and Brutus repeatedly, and are instrumental in setting up the famous Ides of March incident at the Roman Forum. This sets up a big dramatic ending for the season, and there's a modern episode (about past life regression) in the final episode.
Season Four has important consequences for the Amazons, shows how Xena played a pivotal role in Roman history, dabbles in FOUR different spiritual... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Lucy Lawless DVD Release Date: Released the 15 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The entire Hercules series was a slapstick, wacky and wonderfully serious (at times) portrayal of one of the world's greatest legends. This show is just super for all ages and while the fight scenes get a little old, they're still fun to watch because they put a lot of subtle comedy into each and every episode. Hercules offers us insights and layers of relevant issues in any time, plus a whole lot of fun. Good beats evil. Right beats wrong. Any questions? More Info about this DVD Director(s): T.J. Scott - George Mendeluk - Robert Radler - Timothy Bond - Kevin Sorbo DVD Release Date: Released the 12 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This season of xena things tend to get darker with three characters of the show Xena gabrielle and callisto in the episode maternal instincts their is more drama in the show that I can't tell you about but just me you will be very satisfy of what you see. BUY THIS NOW. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Lucy Lawless DVD Release Date: Released the 10 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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