Product Details

• Actors: Gene Galusha
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Timeless Media Group
• DVD Release Date: February 10, 2009
• Run Time: 960 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001MWUWS0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,272 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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NEW DETECTIVES SEASONS 1 & 2 - DVD Movie

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality!, April 27, 2009

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Scott Edward Calibraxis (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Seasons 1 & 2 (DVD)

This is a great series. The current trend in Discovery/History Channel shows is ridiculous: some bombastic narrator is walking briskly down the street, blabbering away, as jump-cuts and overblown sound effects drown out the content. Or the other kind: shaky-camera, Blair-Witch-Project style, as usually idiotic people try to sound incredibly excited or scared of the material they are trying to tell viewers about, trying to jack up the mood and tension level, obscuring the source material, whether that source material is actually interesting or not. In both of these approaches, crazed sound effects, an altogether inappropriate level of false excitement and frequent commercial interruptions touting other, similar, series are all key ingredients.

The New Detectives is the opposite: a mellow narrator, moody yet very light musical score, and a focused, methodical development of the subject matter. Episodes go in depth, showing forensic methods used to solve actual crimes, many of which are well known cases. There is lots of science, and plenty of interviews with serious professionals. That being said, there is a mood and tone set here- and it is a creepy one, as this series deals mostly with terrible crimes. The music, narration, and some reenactments add to the atmosphere of quiet dread.

The steady pace and lack of grating sound effects and other nonsense fits the grim and frequently gruesome subject matter. This series is not for the squeamish or easily frightened, as it goes into pretty serious details of murders, serial killings, abductions, rapes, etc.

I love this series- the serious treatment of the subject, the mellow, yet still moody style, and the very in-depth documentation of real cases in which forensic science was employed to solve crimes, plus the great price point, make this an excellent DVD set.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent show on the Discovery Channel, February 27, 2011

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Joker (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Seasons 1 & 2 (DVD)

I used to watch this show on the Discovery Channel all the time. I personally think it's the best forensic science/detective show ever on TV, even better than Forensic Files on Court TV (narrated by Peter Thomas). The New Detectives is narrated by the late Gene Galusha. His low key voice is perfect for the show. This show focuses on the techniques that are used by detectives and forensic scientists to solve murder cases. Crimes are reenacted. File footage is used occasionally. Interviews are conducted with detectives and forensic scientists. The acting is pretty good. The background music is pretty subtle and rather eerie.

If you're into solving mysteries and chasing down clues, then this show will give you your fix. Overall, a great show that I highly recommend. Not all nine seasons have been released on DVD yet, but any season will satisfy you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Utility and then some, February 5, 2011

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TastyBabySyndrome "Matthew Lewis, author of M... ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science - Seasons 1 & 2 (DVD)

The New Dectectives is a tool that teaches a person about the ways that inspire law enforcement. Whether that means something new, like DNZ (touch DNA as well as the older styles of DNA testing), blood spatter, insects and their impacts, things on fire and other forces that can be manmade or "acts of god, or old cases that teach lessons to be applied, this utilizes them. It reminds me of being in Science Class and learning lessons from the labs there, only these labs are not about the ways that butterflies morph. These are about people and the things that horrifically apply to some human conditions, and the things that apprehend them.

Instead of feeling forced or made for a quick buck, these lessons have a quality to them. I personally like the way it is filmed and the way the episodes flow, giving it a quality that you normally wouldn't find. Even if you see it on TV you don't SEE it either, because TV bleeps out the horrific stuff. Here you have case files come on, and some of those are really gruesome illustrations that teach you what they want you to see. It doesn't pull punches - it truly tells a story of life and death.

I boughtt his and I thought it would be good. I learned it was better, much better, and said a lot. It shows the way that people falla nd the way that technology can catch people and find a way to bring them in, even if the file seems really out-of-ddate. Its worth having, worth seeing, and worth revisiting.
5/5

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