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Moonlight - The Complete Series

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Moonlight is one of the best--if not the best--shows to come down the pike in a long while. The slow development of the relationship between Mick and Beth is heartbreakingly realistic. The show is perfectly cast, well-written, and every episode is worth multiple rewatchings; ideal for DVD. Especially notable in the supporting cast is Jason Dohring as Mick's friend Josef, whose boyish good looks conceal the wisdom of centuries. If you love vampires, you will love Moonlight.

I am absolutely addicted to this show, which recently won the People's Choice Award for Best New Drama, and deservedly so. This has got to be the sexiest and most original vampire story to come out in a long time, and I can tell you that I am a vampire lover from WAY back! Alex O'Loughlin is THE breakout star of the year, and he is perfectly cast as vampire detective Mick St. John, who struggles with accepting his fate as a self-proclaimed "monster" while acknowledging his very real, very human feelings for reporter Beth Turner.

If you love vampires and wonder what it would be like if vampires walked among us, undetected, in modern-day L.A., you should give Moonlight a try. This show has it all~ action/suspense, drama, romance and plenty of humor. The writing is impressive, and the cast is superb, from O'Loughlin in the lead role to Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon. Moonlight is a classic in the making....don't miss it!

Now that Moonlight has officially been voted the People's Choice Winner for Best New Drama of 2007, it looks like this tremendous new show has proven that it has real staying-power. Moonlight has got it all... High-powered action, exciting storylines, a fabulous casting ensemble, a richly woven romance, sizzling chemistry, and a seriously appealing male lead. Moonlight breathes real life back into the genre; and it's the best show on television you're not watching!

I am soooo excited that Moonlight will be coming out on DVD!!! I would watch Ghostwhisperer then this would come on after and Boy let me tell you , I'm loving this show more then Ghostwhisperer!!! I Love Mick and Beth! I Loved Sophia Miles(Beth) when she played a Vampire on Underworld so this was wonderful to see her in another Vampire like setting! This show is intoxicating. The Acting is great, the story lines great. I hope that this show continues on getting more fans and ratings!!! Love it!

Moonlight was an awesome show and a great twist on the tried and true Vamp Detective genre. The lead, Alex O'loughlin, managed to pull off funny, tortured, sweet and sexy with an ease that was pure 40's style gumshoe suaveness and the rest of the cast was equally impressive.

Jason Dohring practically dripped irresistible bad boy arrogance but still managed to soften it with a reluctant vulnerability (Especially in the episode Sleeping Beauty.)that only hightened his appeal, and Sophia Myles had a great spunkiness that woked to keep Beth from becoming just another damsel in distress. (Not to mention that she's ridiculously beautiful.)

The storyline was exciting, romantic, and angst-ridden.. but with enough light moments to keep it from going too dark. Direction and lighting managed to pull of an old school noir vibe while still looking slick and modern. And the sets... gorgeous! Mick's apartment was awesome... and I still want to steal that massive built-in black bookcase and his crystal fireplace.

So I'm not giving this DVD set 3-stars due to any fault of the actual show. (I loved the show and am still stubbornly boycotting the network for canceling it just because I dig the whole passive-aggressive rebellion thing.) No, this is a review of the DVD set.. and the dvd set is a major letdown due to the criminal lack of anything beyond a scene selection option.

I mean come on! There must have been 20 internet quick spots released, music montages, a great "An Interview With The Vampire" extension of the introduction scene from episode one, lots of cast interviews... even a walkthrough of Mick's apartment with all sorts of neat facts on the set design.

I know they existed.. I watched them on the network's site, caught them as teasers on TV, and I can still pull them up on Youtube. Hours of neat little Moonlight behind-the-scenes fun that SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON THE DVD.

I can understand if they couldn't get the cast together for episode commentaries or whatnot... but this offering is just pathetic, and since there were already tons of extras floating around what would it really have cost to just stiick them on the end of disc 4 and give the fans a reason to feel like they didn't get shafted considering what they're paying for only 16 episodes?

The whole thing just feels lazy and rushed, and a show as great as this one deserved better. I have a pretty decent collection of DVD sets for different shows, 58 at last count, and all of them managed to offer some degree of highlights and bonus footage.

(And no, the fact that it was only one shortened season shouldn't matter. The Dresden Files only had 12 episodes and the DVD set managed to include behind the scenes interviews and making-of snippets.)

I love the show, and I'm going to enjoy watching and rewatching my favorite episodes... but I have to admit I feel pretty cheated after pre-ordering this in anxious anticipation and recieving the most vanilla set I've ever purchased.

The tv series "Moonlight" is, without a doubt, the most addictive show I've ever seen. I am not one given to expounding the virtues of ANY show but, as soon as I got episode one under my belt, I was hooked. "Moonlight" has something for just about everyone; drama abounds, forbidden love hovers just out of reach, morphing from human to vamp lurks - just waiting to be unleashed, and the action is meted out in just the right doses.

While the 'vampire detective' theme, along with many other vampire concepts, has been done before, none have been done with such a twist as this. "Moonlight" has taken the vampire theme to another level in its story line by resetting the vamp rules .. stake in the heart only paralyzes them, they can tolerate sunlight for a short time, they don't sleep in coffins - they sleep in freezers, holy water doesn't turn them into a sputtering heap of ash. At the beginning of episode one, our hero Mick StJohn does a similated 'interview with a vampire' that gives a basic explanation of the premise of this show's basic vamp do's and don't's which 'sets the stage' quite nicely.

Beyond that, the charisma of the main characters, Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles and Jason Dohring, gives the show an appeal that is unmatched anywhwere. The chemestry between Alex and Sophia on screen is beautiful to watch and keeps one wanting more and more. The lighting, sets, special effects and music are exceptional. All of these elements bring together a mesmerizing saga that keeps one glued to the television for every minute of each episode and leaves one wanting the next episode NOW!

Many have tried to compare "Moonlight" to other vamp shows, but there IS no comparison. This one is unique in its concept and delivery, and should be viewed with an open mind, leaving behind the old concepts to embrace this new and exciting way of seeing, hearing and feeling the New Vamp In Town.

To be honest, I settled for watching episodes of Moonlight (originally titled Twilight, but no doubt retitled due to the upcoming Twilight movie based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)) online because I don't have a TV, and I was bored. I'm a huge fan of vampire mythology and loved Forever Knight - The Trilogy, Part 1 (1992 - 1993) and Interview with the Vampire, and more recently Blood Ties. As I read about the show's inauspicious beginnings (the presentation pilot was universally panned, the cast recast, and two showrunners have jumped ship), I approached the pilot with apprehension.

Mick St. John is a private investigator who happens to be a vampire. Mick's friend Josef Kostantin (Jason Dohring, Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season) is a much older vamp with a taste for the finest that money can buy, but he's hiding several skeletons in his deep freezer, so to speak. Mick's ex-wife Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon) is the one who unwillingly turned him into a vampire on their wedding night in 1952, and she makes several appearances throughout the season. Guillermo works in the morgue and procures blood for Mick, and other vamps such as the Cleaners take care of messy vamp deaths that threaten to otherwise expose the vamp community.

Beth Turner (Sophia Myles) is a reporter for the internet tabloid BuzzWire, and makes a living reporting on sensational cases involving grisly murders. Beth has the strangest sensation of déjà vu about Mick, which turns out to be a pivotal point in later episodes. Mick meets Beth while the two are researching the same murder case, and they eventually team up. In the tradition of Anne Rice's Louis, Mick loathes being a vampire, mainly because he wasn't given a choice in the matter.

Frankly, at first Moonlight left me unimpressed, beginning with the vampire clichés that Mick deadpans, and the cheesy special effects in the first couple of episodes (along with forgettable villains). However, Moonlight oozes style from every pore, with eyecatching set design (Mick's crystal-burning fireplace is eye-popping) and decent vamp effects (eerie ice-blue contacts, the ability to move quickly and jump great heights). The prerequisite angsty alternative soundtrack includes Evanescence's "My Immortal" (Fallen), Mazzy Star's "Into Dust"(So Tonight That I Might See), Nine Inch Nails "Mr. Self Destruct" (The Downward Spiral), Maroon Five's "Can't Stop" (It Won't Be Soon Before Long) and Alice Cooper's "School's Out" (School's Out) are prominently featured, suiting the gorgeous aerial shots of LA (a vast improvement over the nighttime ultralight panoramas of Toronto featured in Forever Knight).

And Moonlight turns some vamp conventions on their head; Mick's able to walk about during the day for limited amounts of time, for one, and instead of coffins, vamps sleep in deep freezers (I pity the houseguest who goes looking for frozen peas in *that* deep freezer!). Also, the flashbacks are generally well done, particularly the vintage music such as Louis Jordan's "Ain't that Just Like A Woman").

The show improved and changed my opinion of it, and it's a pity that it was cancelled. I look forward to owning Moonlight on DVD. If you're a fan of Moonlight, you'll also want to check out the excellent Canadian series Blood Ties (2006 TVseries), which features a human PI paired with a vampire as the two explore paranormal cases.

I love this show! It's smart, exciting, sexy, sweet! The cast is fantastic, wonderful chemistry! The episodes are better and better each week. As Mick would say, "It's a giant thrill ride that never ends!" I have downloaded all the episodes from itunes and will buy the DVD the day it is released! Cannot get enough of Moonlight!Oyster FarmerFeedThe Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

Everytime it comes on it surprises me. The writing has been excellent. You never know where its going each week. The relationship between MickBeth is fascinating to say the least. As well as agonizing. I can't wait for it to come out on DVD.

I only discovered this show after several episodes and am anxious to catch up on the history of the characters and the plot. Since CBS seems to only provide one episode online in video and NO reruns on TV, I am looking forward to the DVD to fill in the gaps. This show is smart, witty, and provocative; a welcome and very entertaining alternative to what is out there on TV today. I can hardly wait!