Product Details

• Actors: Denise Poirier, John Rafter Lee, Julia Fletcher, Steffan Chirazi, Alex Fernandez
• Writers: Peter Chung
• Format: PAL
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Music Television (MTV)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004CU06
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #692,054 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More about what's on each tape, June 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Aeon Flux [VHS] (VHS Tape)

None so far have really commented on exactly what episodes are on which tapes, so here's a rundown on what's where. These do indeed have all televised material from season 1, 2 and 3.

Tape 1, "Aeon Flux" (also on DVD) has four episodes from season 3, each preceded by a short from season 2, and concluding with a combined collection of the original 6 Liquid TV shorts as one 12min episode. Long shows: Thanatophobia, a Last Time for Everything, the Purge, Isthmus Crypticus. Shorts: Gravity, Leisure, Tide, War, and the combined LTV shorts.

Tape 2 "Mission Infinite" has three long episodes: Reraizure, Chronophasia, End Sinister.

Tape 3 "Operative Terminus" has the remaining three long episodes, and one season 2 short at the end. Long: Utopia or Deutoronopia, the Demiurge, Etherdrift Theory. Short: Night.

Those recalling the original broadcasts may note that these tapes do not have the episodes in the same order as originally televised.... as to whether this makes a difference to the experience is, of course, a mater of opinion. Look for fan sites with complete episode guides to get the original order, then see what you think.

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "That which does not kill us, makes us stranger.", November 11, 2003

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Brent A. Anthonisen "Johnny Sideburns" (Alpharetta, GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aeon Flux (DVD)

Ah, the weirdness found in snips and snaps from the old "MTV Liquid Television" days..."Aeon Flux" was easily the most inspired efforts from those brilliantly twisted pseudo-underground types back in the day...and thanks to Peter Chung's latter day successes with the "Matriculated" episode from "The Animatrix" and the "Reign: The Conqueror" series, maybe those who weren't on board during the era when grunge was king will give these earlier made-for-basic-cable exercises in sex (such as it was) and violence (as it always is) another look.

This was my informal introduction to anime, and although it lacks most of the essential elements of the genre, I still feel "Aeon Flux" better captures its finest qualities, so much so that more often than not I find myself drawn away from the round-faced, big watery-eyed (and dog-whistley high-pitched female voices) of most anime artists even now.

Most anime purists for some reason don't rate this at all (for what anyone else's opinions are worth), but I've never understood WHY...it's got the elements of every decent adult-oriented anime I've ever seen...scantily-clad women, gratuitous violence, and a detached sense of things which seemingly happen for no clearly defined reason (this is especially the case in the shorts taken from the "Liquid Television" series as opposed to the half-hour episodes selected from the "Aeon Flux" series...though even those don't seem to have begun from a specific point). This is a good collection of episodic animation that you won't need to buy an additional 5-10 DVD's to complete; the artwork does look a bit dated and possibly could have used better production values...but keep in mind that this was never supposed to be more than a warm-up act for "120 Minutes" on Sunday nights. I think all things considered, it holds up well and does serve notice that Peter Chung was definitely and up-and-comer in the animation world. Well-recommended (if you can find it, of course)...good luck!

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Peter Chung's creation warps your mind while expanding it., July 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Aeon Flux (DVD)

Aeon Flux, the animation, breaks down the boundaries not only of animation, but of cinematic experience as well. Non-linear, often dialogue-free, storytelling makes the viewer work very hard to derive meaning, but for the hard-working viewer the payoff is a big one.

The hardcore science fiction sensibility of Aeon Flux takes sado-masochistic imagery, Cronenbergian 'New Flesh' concepts and a Japanese-style adult approach and combines all these elements into a dreamlike narrative that at once enthralls and alienates you.

There is something simultaneously appealing and repugnant about the world and its characters, just as the viewer alternately identifies with, and then despises, the character of Aeon Flux - and similarly cannot bring themselves to hate her nemesis (and lover) Trevor Goodchild completely.

If light, escapist entertainment is what you're after, look elsewhere, but Aeon Flux will grab you by the seat of your cerebrum and keep you guessing and marveling right to the end.