Customer Reviews

Regenesis: the Complete First Season

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is really frustrating. It's in boxed sets in PAL television format in the UK, but I haven't seen evidence that it's been released in North America.


Given that it originates in Canada, all I can figure is that they don't want to erode syndication revenue by releasing it on this side of the pond. Then again, I've only heard of Six Million Dollar Man DVDs in the UK as well.

Oh, the vagaries of content licensing.

Being a scientist in a molecular medicine lab myself, I enjoy the great realism of the show - as well as the sophisticated storytelling. I have so far only watched the first season, and I am getting the second one on DVD from Amazon.de. Weirdly enough, you can get the DVD in England and Germany but neither in Canada nor the United States, and my colleagues here in the US have not even heard of this TV Series at all!
Anyhow, as I said, you can get the DVD from Amazon in Germany, where it costs 44 Euros incl. shipping and taxes, or about $65 at the current exchange rate. This may seem steep, on the other hand, you get 4 DVDs. Since they are region code 2, you need a DVD player that you can unlock, so it will be able to play DVDs from regions other than 1 (in the US), e.g. a Philips DVP642, which can be unlocked by typing in the right code on the remote (the actual code can be found on the internet).
With this series, it's well worth the effort!

Fantastic Canadian series which I have be unable to get my hands on. I ordered it from the UK but was unable to play it on my DVD due to region restrictions.\
Based on scientific research going on today the stories to illustrate pandemics and stem cell work by the medical research community.
The characters are believable.

seeing that amazon doesn't offer this series either as a dvd or a download
you can go to www.hulu.com and watch all of the episodes for free, you just have to sign up. And if you want to watch region two (europe and
Austraila) amazon has multi-region players aviable. I bought an Akai from
them and it automatically plays whatever region the dvd is.

Fantastic show-- smart plots, great characters - it's like CSI meets 24 meets House meets the Center for Disease Control (although I'd argue that Regenesis is far better than the first two in that list)

Please release this on DVD! I've told everyone about it and they're all heartbroken they can't get it!

Introducing the Canadian version of the procedural drama, the first season did an excellent job of covering the science as well as the story. The first season arc drops subtle pieces throughout that you appreciate even more when you see how the story wraps up in the end.

The show had a web component when originally aired - a novelty at the time which many shows do now. The science behind the story is provided as an extra in the DVD set, but the other web content is not - my sole reason for not giving a five star review.

The characters are well developed, and the series avoids the simple approach of defining each character with a simple trait. Everyone has good days and bad days, capable of being dedicated and selfish depending on the small things that happen.

The second through fourth seasons have their moments, but were disappointing when compared to the solid first season - which stands perfectly on its own.

This guy they have playing the lead is just a complete failure in my book. They portray him right off the bat as some sort of ladies man, but seriously, take a look at him. There is no way that would be likely in real life. The guy would just barely come in as "average" in looks. Certainly no higher. Another thing I hated was him constantly rubbing and scratching and cracking his neck. By the second time he did this I could tell it was intentional and from thereafter looked fake and became annoying as heck.
Lastly, if you're not one of those people out there that likes watching the History channel, where you get to learn about mysterious things, such as the human body, then you most likely won't like this series. This show is alot like House, so if you liked that series then you're going to like this one, most likely.

This is by far my favorite tv show ever. If you are interested in science, you will enjoy this.

Loved watching ReGenesis on CBC. Unfortunately, still not available in USA format. Thought I could reformat my old DVD player. Could not. Still in original package.

I just finished watching all 4 seasons...the first 3 on Hulu and the last one on [...] The series is unquestionably one of the best I've seen. I would buy all the seasons in a heartbeat if they were available for US customers on Amazon. I was really happy the last season didn't end with a cliffhanger....but wrapped up the series. I hope it becomes available someday so I can add it to my collection.