Product Details

• Actors: John Forsythe
• Format: Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2008
• Run Time: 540 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0015I2S7E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,400 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dynasty - Season Three, Vol. 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Say what you will about Alexis Carrington (the inimitable Joan Collins in her signature role), but not even she at her greedy, manipulative, and scheming worst would have sanctioned the splitting of Dynasty's third season into two volumes. And this, mind you, is the woman hell bent on ruining the lives of ex-husband Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and his "sweet" wife of two years, Krystle (Linda Evans), whom Alexis disdainfully calls, "the once and future secretary." To attain the money and power she needs to put her best laid plans into action, she compels a hospital bed wedding to her barely conscious fiancé, Cecil Colby (Lloyd Bochner), who has suffered a massive coronary ("We have to get back at Blake," she pleads). Later, she will uproot the life of Mark Jennings (Geoffrey Scott), Krystle's former husband, from whom—surprise, surprise—she is not legally divorced. Alexis is the straw that stirs this intoxicating cocktail, but Season Three of this era-defining prime time soap is its most intoxicating yet (and marked the show's emergence for the first time in the Nielsen ratings' Top Five). Dynasty distinguished itself from Dallas by putting business on the back burner, and turning up the heat on its characters' outrageous private lives. As the season begins, Jeff (John James) and Fallon's (Pamela Sue Martin) baby is still missing, leading to one of the series' all-time great OMG moments, as the undone Claudia (Pamela Bellwood) clutching what is apparently the baby, accidentally sends it plummeting off a rooftop. The biggest development this season is the introduction of Michael Torrence (Gordon Thomson), a Billings, Montana lawyer, who learns on his grandmother's deathbed that he is actually Blake and Alexis's first-born son, Adam Carrington, who was kidnapped as an infant. Turns out that as the tree is bent, so are the twigs. No sooner does Alexis set Adam up at ColbyCo then he pits himself against the good and decent Jeff and has his office redone with toxic paint. On the homefront, Fallon wants a divorce and, in a bid for self-actualization, takes over the "white elephant" La Miranda Hotel, where she meets and flirts with "Michael," not realizing he is her long lost sibling. Her discovery of his identity when Alexis introduces them is just another priceless moment that makes this season, and this set, essential for Dynasty fans. Too bad it tops out at 12 episodes, right about the time that Heather Locklear re-appears as Sammy Jo (that's Samantha to you), with the missing and presumed dead Steven's baby. Damn you, Paramount; just when things are really getting good. --Donald Liebenson

Product Description

DYNASTY:SEASON 3 VOL 1 - DVD Movie

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80 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy it used! Shame on you Paramount!!, April 6, 2008

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KS62 (Michigan, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynasty - Season Three, Vol. 1 (DVD)

I give this one star because we are rating not just the show but, the actual DVD product. The show would probably get four or five stars but, the DVD they are releasing would get a negative 5 if that were possible.

After releasing a full season for each of the first 2 seasons i find it sickening that the corporate company(Paramount) would do this now. I recently read a post where someone had mentioned the idea of buying used. That way they lose sales as they deserve to do for being so blatently greedy. That's what i had decided to do when manufacturers come out with split seasons.

You can find them used, a little while after the are released from a reputable seller on Amazon or ebay. Don't keep the greedy corporate big-wigs living in houses similar to the Carrington estate. You are shelling out extra money in hard times for a show you love while the "powers that be" are probably hiring more servants to wait on them in their mansions. Paramount is notorious for pulling this this stunt. There many other companies who do not do this and only release full seasons. If the other companies see Paramount getting away with this i'm afraid they will follow suit.

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does Anyone Know There is a Recession Going On?, April 9, 2008

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Daniel J. Seitler "shinybear" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynasty - Season Three, Vol. 1 (DVD)

You know I love Dynasty. I really do. But this is the limit. How on earth in today's economy do today's entertainment companies think they can suddenly get away with splitting TV series seasons and doubling their prices?

Sorry gang you'd better start thinking in the other direction.

How about a two seasons for the price of one sale?

I am no longer collecting TV show DVDs that split seasons in their raw bid to bleed our pockets dry. I can not afford it and there are millions just like me.

Sorry Alexis- I love you- but the truth is I just saw the whole Dynasty cycle on Soapnet and now I can sell my Season's 1 and 2 on eBay. At these prices it is simply not worth it.

Thanks but no thanks.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dynasty = 3 1/2 Stars. Evil Corporate Pigs = 0 Stars., April 14, 2008

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Baron Sardonicus (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynasty - Season Three, Vol. 1 (DVD)

What a yummy guilty pleasure this show was. When I was in high school, Wednesday nights was campy Dynasty night. It was the silliest, most glamorous escapsim you could imagine. Yes, utter nonsense most of the time, but really fun nonetheless. Dynasty was a colorful and over the top extravaganza that kept us coming back for more drama and fashion and fights.
I have enjoyed a lot of TV in my life, from Northern Exposure and Upstairs Downstairs to Seinfeld and Green Acres. Dynasty remains a pleasure no matter how ridiculous it seems. The plots were zany, to be honest. But the show is just a hoot, plain and simple.

That being said, I am outraged that Season 3 (and possibly future seasons) is going to be divided up into volumes instead of complete seasons. I can only guess that the studio wants to milk us of our cash. Studios have done this cheesy practice with other shows, such as Lost in Space, Spongebob, and so forth. What pigs these companies can be sometimes.
Like other reviewers here, I am furious and disgusted at the ugly amount of greed and at the severe lack of respect for the customer. I will not be buying this until the price is cut significantly for half a season. I love the program but not this much. I urge others to voice their displeasure and demand a reasonable price point, as well as complete season sets without these stupid "volume" editions. We definitely deserve better treatment than this.