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Beverly Hills, 90210 - The Third Season

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Ok, I don't want to be negative about this show...or a traitor to my generation... I love Bev Hills 90210! I was a sophmore in high school when they were, at the shows start, and we were the same age and we grew up together. I watched (and taped) every episode for the whole 10 years... but those VHS tapes wear out, so imagine my joy when the DVD set came out... or not...

As I said, I have taped every episode, and I watch it now on Soapnet... and as you know like watching your favorite movie over and over, you can "talk along with the movie"... well I am that way with this show. I now know (but didn't until after having bought the first 2 seasons) that the box says in fine print on the back of the box that "MUSIC HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR THIS HOME ENTERTAINMENT VERSION. SOME EPISODES MAY BE EDITED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL NETWORK VERSIONS.", but come on!!! I noticed a wierd edit in another season episode and a spot here and there, not to mention in season one when all the girls have a slumber party and are signing along to "Mony Mony" but now the music is different... but The Senior Prom episode was seriously butchered! There were major parts gone... not to mention Cathy Dennis sang 2 songs at the prom and they cut the whole second song out, along with shots of her and most of the actors lines that were said during that song. I am very disappointed in this. The prom episode was a great one, not to mention a pivital part of the season. Part of the greatness of 90210 was the fact that they used new, up to date music for every episode.

Come on FOX... how cheap are you? We are all paying $40 or more for a set that probably costs $5 to make... You couldn't shell out some cash to keep this amazingly cool show intact in it's original condition??? And what are you going to do in future seasons??? There were tons of episodes later on in the Peach Pit After Dark where a famous music group plays there... are those hour long episodes going to be edited down to a half hour show?

So, before you start sending me hate email, let me say this:
My review comes to this = Yes, I love the show and Yes, I have and probably will buy every season on DVD. But Yes, I am disappointed in the editing. So to all of you die hard fans like me... be aware of this before you buy and watch it, so you aren't completly disappointed like I was when I first bought and watched them. Maybe they will get this figured out and stop their "editing" or "ruining" our favorite show!!!

This is my favorite season of the whole series. And I am so happy to finally have it on DVD. But I can't stand that they changed the music! They removed "Losing my Religion," and cuts parts of the scene with Brenda. For us die hard 90210 fans, it's so obvious when things are cut, and a major disappointment.

Beverly Hills, 90210 - The Complete Third Season is the best and most fun of the 10 seasons of this groundbreaking show. I love the love triangle between Dylan, Brenda, and Kelly. Every character also comes into their own including David and Donna. You can really feel the magic and excitement in season 3. My favorite episode is when Kelly's addiction to diet pills goes to far and she passes out at The Peach Pit on the eve of her 18th birthday. I also love the episode where the gang spend senior ditch day at Magic Mountain. If you were to get just one season of this show, season 3 is the one to get, it is so good I could watch each episode 10 billion times and never get sick of it. So don't wait reserve your copy today, it's a great Christmas gift.

Reading other reviews and people's comments, I personaly don't care what they have to say. If you are a FAN of 90210 then you'll enjoy every single Episode and Season. What I love in each Season is that they have grown, changed, their problems are more problems of young adults, and I don't think there is worse season, cause ALL ARE AWESOME. I can't wait till I collect all 10 Seasons. Whatever Production releases them, can you please release them more frequently, the waiting period is killing not only me but I think other FANS too. Its a little bit too long!!!

Yes, this is the season when Brenda and Kelly duke it out for Dylan and it is something to watch!! Dylan and Kelly's secret relationship begins when Brenda and Donna go to Paris for the summer. After sometime and many episodes later Brenda finally discovers who the other woman was in Dylan's life that summer. It gets very interesting before Dylan finally chooses. The season finale is "The Graduation." It is something to watch itself. This season (3) and seasons 4 and 5 are my favorites.

I looooooooooooove Beverly Hills 90210 - I still watch it everyday on SoapNet. My question is, why is it taking so long for the seasons to be released???????? The show ended in 2000 and Gilmore Girls began a year or so after, and they're all on DVD..??!?!?!! What's the deal??

The third season of "Beverly Hills, 90210" is full of delicious drama, but in my opinion, it also marks a negative turning point in the series with the Brenda/Kelly/Dylan love triangle (Brenda and Dylan forever!!!). Despite the Kelly factor, this season contains some fantastic episodes. Donna and Brenda spend a hilarious summer in Paris, while the rest of the gang chills at the Beverly Hills Beach Club, and Dylan and Kelly get a little too close for comfort back home. When senior year kicks off in the fall, there's major tension between Dylan and the two women in his life. Also, Steve gets into some serious trouble at school, Andrea worries about how she'll afford Ivy-League college tuition, David and Donna contemplate taking their relationship to the next level, and Kelly and David watch their parents' marriage fall apart. The best episodes this season revolve around Dylan's relationship with his father, which has major highs and lows until tragedy strikes. Overall, it's a great season, and I'm thrilled to own it on DVD.

Overall, this season was a good season. The only thing I have against this DVD is that it altered some of the episodes. For example, when the Prom episode aired on TV, I remember some specific scenes that were not shown in the DVD episode. Other than that, I love this show and am glad I own this dvd.

Brenda and Donna spend the summer in France... Brenda pretends to be French when she gives Rick a tour of Paris... The gang all become seniors... Dylan & Kelly get together... Brenda becomes Sue's "senior buddy,"... Brenda blabs everyone's secrets during a Hard Copy-like Beverly Hills expose... ...Brenda arranges a school dance in support of the football team right after there's a shooting at a rival team's game. Brandon & Nicki make-up then break-up.... ...Brenda intervenes when she finds out that Sue is in serious trouble... ....Brenda meets up with Rick and goes on a couple dates with him. There's a horrible fight/love triagle between Brenda/Dylan/Kelly... The Walsh's host Thanksgiving, and as usual Andrea mooches an invite & arrives empty-handed... Samantha Sanders makes a rare visit to West Beverly to ensure that Steve is reinstated... David has a couple of problems igniting his budding "rap" career (who knew that no one would want to hear a rich white boy from Beverly Hills rap??)... ...Brenda & Kelly go on double-blind-dates with boys from "Princeton." The girls go to a very posh weekend retreat together & always-has-her-hand-out-Andrea mooches another freebie... ...Dylan's father is released from prison... Brenda feels the ultimate betrayal when Dylan chooses Kelly over her... Brenda receives a surprise visit from Iris who helps put everything in perspective. ...Jack is presumably blown to smithereens (at least until season 10)... The green eye of jealously rears it's ugly head (once again) when Kelly selfishly thinks that Dylan is paying a little too much attention to Brenda at his father's funeral... Kelly takes one too many TrimSpa's and OD's quicker than Anna Nicole's mother can say "I like money"... Steve hits it off with Celeste Lundy at a dating game show... Brenda invites Donna to a self-defense class for ladies... ...Mr Burt Reynolds has a cameo on the ditch day ep... Incredibly-Insecure Kelly has a temper tantrum (after Dylan lets Andrea read his memoirs) when she finds out that the only type of advice Dylan wants her from her is advice in the sack... Brenda decides at the last minutes to go to the prom with a boy that she has zero interest in... Donna drinks a little too much, makes a total fool out of herself at the prom and gets expelled... Brandon organizes the school walk-out in support of Donna Martin & the West Beverly Dress Code... Brenda decides to attend college back home in MN... The whole gang graduates... Everyone gets together for one last time b4 the summer for a special project to commemorate their graduation... ...Brenda tells everyone that she won't be around next year because she's going to school back home (at least until super-priss Darla ticks her off one too many times and she takes the red-eye back to Beverly Hills)... Brenda, Brenda, Brenda!!! All about Brenda!!! All Brenda, all the time. I want my Brenda-TV!!


Why is Shannen Doherty such a compelling and provocative superstar...?

More than fifteen years before Paris, Britney and trampy Lohan burst onto the Hollywood scene, Shannen was already a household name. Shannen became one of the hardest working women in Tinseltown because of her strong work ethic and sheer determination to excel at everything she stamped her good name on.

Today, Shannen has arguably become one of the most famed American actresses. But, in the late '70's and early '80s she was just an unknown child actor. Shannen got her big break on Father Murphy, playing Drusilla Shannon on Merlin Olsen's hit family-friendly series. A year later, Shannen again garnered critical-acclaim on another wholesome program; as Jenny Wilder in the modern-classic that is Little House on the Prairie . In fact, Michael Landon was so impressed with Shannen's acting and professional demeanor that he invited her to appear in the Little House TV movies even after the series was canceled!

In 1985 Shannen stared in the cult-classic, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. This was one of Shannen's first roles as a teen which also garnered her coast-to-coast exposure as a film actress. A couple of years later, Shannen was cast opposite two of the biggest teen stars (Christian Slater and Winona Ryder) of the '80s in one of the biggest teen movies of the '80s. Of course I'm talking about none other than Heathers !

In "Heathers" Shannen played Heather Duke, a stuck-up girl that was only interested in being as snobbish as possible. The same year that "Heathers" came out, Shannen also shot the pilot for a new TV series, originally titled Class Beverly Hills

A year later, Shannen's series was picked up and retooled. This time, the series was called 90210 . Shannen portrayed the star of the show, kind-hearted Brenda Walsh. Brenda was actually a lot like Shannen. She was sweet, beautiful and very intelligent. And, most of all, she (both Shannen and Brenda!) didn't take garbage from anyone!

Throughout four Seasons we all watched Shannen on "90210" as she grew up into a young woman. As anyone who was a child of the '90s knows, "90210" was a huge worldwide sensation. And this was all thanks to Shannen! After the first season of "90210" Shannen became a bona fide star!

Shannen also more than helped put the fledging Fox Network on the map. Prior to "90210," this network was simply known as an obscure TV station that more than 60% of the country did not receive! Once Shannen made "90210" a hit, Fox executives rolled out a "90210" spin-off in the summer of '92; Melrose Place ! And less than two years later, "90210" which begat "Melrose," begat "Models!" Although, Shannen refused to appear in any eps on either of those shows.

In 1993 Shannen shocked everyone when she eloped at the last minute with Ashley Hamilton. Everyone was shocked, but mostly, the Material Girl was seething, when she complained to MTV about being pushed off the cover of People Magazine so that they can make room for Shannen Doherty! A week later, newlywed Shannen went on Saturday Night Live, which received some of the highest ratings, ever!

Unbeknownst to Shannen, in the Winter of '94 nude photos of Shannen for an Aids awareness-campaign were published in a men's magazine, without her approval. When a reporter asked Shannen what Mr. Spelling would say about this, Shannen simply said, "ask me if I care!"

Shannen also stared in the blockbuster thriller, aptly titled "Blindfold." In this feature film, Shannen played sexy Madeleine Dalton in one of her most diverse and talked-about movie roles ever! This film also helped cement Shannen's role as a true actress with completely unique talent. Because the role she was cast in was the total opposite of Brenda Walsh!

In early '94 there was another controversy when E! News broke the story! Shannen was leaving "90210!" She specifically asked her producers to let her out of her contract. Shannen gave cryptic hints as to why she was leaving the series that she helped build.

Industry-insiders intimated that Shannen wanted out of the series for a two-fold reason. First, she couldn't relate to any of the other performers because most of them were all much older than her; by now, most of them were all in their twenties or thirties! And, Shannen also wanted to leave the series because, unlike the rest of the cast, she was an actual actress!

Never one to be typecast, Shannen portrayed the famed novalist, Margaret Mitchell, airing a few months after her lest ep of "90210" aired, in the Fall of '94. The movie, "A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story" became an instant hit! It was also around this time that Shannen yet again made headlines when she proclaimed that she was just a "misunderstood, sweet, Southern Baptist girl!"

The following year, Shannen stared in the major motion picture, "Mallrats," opposite Ben Affleck. Shannen played Rene Mosier in this cult-classic comedy. And, Ben Affleck's character's name was a homage to Shannen!

Over the next few years, from '95 to '98, Shannen appeared in a variety of movies, such as: "Gone in the Night," "Friends 'Til the End," "Ticket" and "Nowhere." These films all afforded Shannen some of the best reviews of her entire career! It was also around this time that Shannen caught the attention of a very unlikely individual.

Mr. Aaron Spelling invited Shannen to consider the role of Prue Halliwell in the then-untitled series. Of course by now, we all know this was the hugely successful drama, "Charmed." The producers of this show lucked out when Shannen chose to sign on!

Unlike "90210," "Charmed" was science fiction, which was a totally new genre for Shannen. But Shannen totally fell in love with her new role and in fact stayed with the series for three years! Shannen even purchased a portion of the show! In 2001 Shannen experienced deja vu when the MSM reported that she was quiting another hit Spelling-series. This time Shannen kept mum as to why she was leaving, only saying that it was time to leave!

The producers of "90210" tried their hardest to get Shannen to come back for the series finale, but Shannen was much too busy to even consider such a fruitless project. She did consider letting the producers use images of herself from prior clips in their retrospective show, but then decided against it when no one could come to terms. (FYI: That's why Shannen doesn't appear as Brenda Walsh in any of the clips that are shown in the "90210" retrospective, this ep aired prior to the series finale!)

After leaving "Charmed," Shannen hosted the much-anticipated hidden camera series, "Scare Tactics." It also goes without saying that Shannen also appeared in a variety of other first-rate movies, such as: "View of Terror," "Another Day" and "Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay."

In 2006 Shannen got her own series on the Oxygen Network, "Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty." In this reality program, Shannen joined forces with people in relationship peril who wanted to have a little fun! In the summer of '06, Shannen appeared on Babs' "View" as a guest co-host. During the second segment (while interviewing Kristin Davis,) Elizabeth said to everyone, "this is such a surreal moment for someone my age, I'm sitting next to Brenda and Brooke!" EH, I can imagine just what you mean!!!

What's next for Shannen? She will be staring in the upcoming movie, "Defuct." Look for this movie in March of this year! And, Shannen just wrapped "Kiss Me Deadly;" a suspense-drama that will be out later this year!

Hate her...? ...Love her? Or, do you just love to hate her? Whatever you feel about Shannen, you can't deny that for nearly thirty years she has been a pop-culture phenomenon! And, unlike today's panjandrums Shannen never went kooky and has true talent!

Despite the music changes on the DVDs (which is yes, very disappointing) I am still very happy to own 90210 on DVD, especially season three. While I love all three first seasons (Shannen Doherty!) along with seasons nine and ten, (Vanessa Marcil!) I would have to say that season three has to be right there on the top. While it sucks seeing Dylan and Kelly together (yuck), seeing as how I'm a total Dylan and Brenda fan (one of the cutest couples ever in television history) I love the drama of the Brenda-Dylan-Kelly love triangle! All in all, great season, great episodes, and is also the second to last season that stars Shannen Doherty. So like another reviewer said, if you are going to buy any of the 90210 seasons on DVD, this season is an excellent choice (I also recommend seasons 1, 2, 9, and 10!)