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Roswell

5 star:		(246)
4 star:		(37)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

My name is Chris, and I am currently serving the Marine Corps in Al Fallujah, Iraq. I work the front-lines of 2nd Battalion 1st Marines. And here, life kinda sucks. But the one thing that I found peace and calm was watching whenever I could the incredible development of characters and events in the first season of Rosewell. Immediately I fell in love with Liz,Max and the rest of the gang. No other television series has portrayed the realities of what it like to be a teenager with secrets and those who share the same. Roswell captures the heart of being in love, the struggles a couple must face; heartbreak, betrayal, hope, and breath-taking 180's that leave you winded. yet wanting more. I strongly recommend anyone to become a Roswell fan. Because you will definitely see yourself in one or more of the characters, and then you will relate in ways you would never have imagined.

I won't even try to persuade people to purchase this dvd set because I personally believe that if you watch the first episode of the show (try Sci-Fi channel) you'll most likely either become a life-long "Roswellian" or pass it off as boring television.

In my opinion, Season 1 is the "premier" season in Roswell's three year run on television. The sci-fi audience that is enamored with Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Angel (both decent shows) should look more to Season 2 & Season 3 when they are released. Season 1 has often been characterized as "slow and boring" by this particular segment of the Roswellian population.

Be aware that there are some dramatic music changes that were made to make the dvd affordable. And yes (as a previous reviewer mentioned), it does have a negative impact on a couple of very important scenes. It was a tough compromise that will probably anger quite a few fans.

BUT, it is still Roswell and to give it a one star rating merely for that is just petty.

5 STARS (even with serious music tampering done) - Watch & understand why this show has a fanatical fan base that spans across age, sex, race, and class.

So I was over at a friend's house last night, telling her all about the brilliant and woefully underrated show "Roswell", when she suddenly says: "Roswell. I think that's out on DVD." I nearly fell off my chair, recovering long enough to check. Yes, it's true! One of the all-time greatest teen shows, and a magnificent sci-fi show to boot, is finally out on DVD.

Based on the terrific book series, "Roswell" chronicles the lives of a group of teens living in Roswell, New Mexico. Some of them are human, some of them are not. You see, it turns out that a spaceship really did crash-land in the New Mexico desert in the 1950's, and after a period of incubation, three kids popped out: Beautiful, head-strong Isabel (Katherine Heigel), proud, rebellious Michael (Brendan Fehr) and quiet, gentle Max (hopelessly gorgeous Jason Behr). One day Max saves the life of Liz Parker (the radiant Shiri Appleby), setting off a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Rounding out the cast is Liz's best friend Maria (Majandra Delfino, providing much of the comedy relief) and geeky Alex (Colin Hanks, son of Tom Hanks). There is also a semi-evil Sheriff and assorted parents and schoolmates.

The strength of this show is two-fold: Excellent, heart-felt writing and spectacular chemistry between the leads. The first season is easily the best; later seasons became painful to watch as the characters we had come to care about were tossed about in all the wrong ways. The show always stayed compulsively watchable, though, never losing its poignancy. The first season's the only one I'll be buying, but if you're a newcomer you'll probably be totally hooked and want to see the whole thing through to its satisfying conclusion. Favorite episodes this season include "Blind Date", where Max sets impossible-to-match standards for boyfriends everywhere, and "Independence Day", which has a wonderful scene of intimacy between a teenage boy and girl that for once isn't all about sex. The rest of the episodes are equally grand, making the set worth every penny, and yes, worth the wait. If you've already seen the show, you've probably got this on order already, but if you're a newbie, take a deep breath and buy the whole first season. You won't regret it.

GRADE: A+

This is a phenomenal show and the first season was incredible. I was hooked after the very first episode and I'm not a huge Sci-Fi fan. The characters are so great and the story was captivating! I just had to watch every single episode! This series died way too young. I am so happy the episodes are available on DVD.

To think it all started with Jason Behr's guest appearances on Dawson's Creek. Viewers of "The Creek" will remember him as Chris, the "rico suave" who acted in one of Dawson's movies. Apparently, "the powers that be" saw potential in Behr, thus Jason Katim's sci-fi teen drama was developed and formed around him. More recently, The Creek did the same thing for Chad Michael Murray, currently of One Tree Hill.

Immediately engaging and involving, Roswell raised the bar somewhat for teen dramas with an incredible cast, original storylines, and a near-perfect balance of sci-fi elements and teen angst. There's no wonder why so many have so much to express about the phenomenon that is Roswell. Life was good for Roswell until it started losing support during it's 2nd season due to what TV Guide Couch Critic Matt Roush called "convoluted storylines." "Too much stuff going on," he said. Yeah, right. In any case, WB dropped Roswell (along with Buffy) from it's schedule. Luckily, UPN picked up Roswell (along with Buffy) for the show's 3rd and final season. For its worth, Roswell went out fighting like a champ (along with my other canceled favorite of that year, ABC's Once & Again) with one of television's better series finales. Treat yourself to arguably the most anticipated DVD you'll buy this year.

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Roswell Season Two available October 5th!

If I could give Roswell more than 5 stars, I would. It was such a wonderful show; it's sad that it only lasted 3 seasons. The show was about 6 (later on more) teens at Roswell high. Three are aliens; three are not. Every episode was filled with action, drama, and romance. The great thing about this show was that it had more drama and made you feel for the characters more than most movies do. I have been waiting so long for this to come out on dvd, and now it is finally here. This show really deserves its release onto dvd. If you don't believe me though, just go to tvshowsondvd.com and see how many people have voted for it. It has received over 3,000 votes and is the number one voted for show on that site.

Roswell's first season was extraordinary. The story of 3 alien teenagers living in the small New Mexican town of Roswell. They landed here on July 4, 1947. Not until 40 years later did they emerge from pods as 6 year olds. They were found by two caring people and adopted into a loving family.

Now as 16 year olds Max and Isabel Evans and there friend Michael Guerin are constantly hiding who they are. They are afraid to be discovered. The plan to stay out of sight was working, until one horrible day Max heals the gun shot wound of a waitress at the local cafe. During a armed robbery she was shot and would have died if he didn't save her life. The girls name was Liz Parker and Max had been in love with her his whole life. After that life could never be the same.

Max and Liz had seen into each others souls and Liz saw the truth about Max's feelings. From there they lied to the local sheriff Jim Valenti who is suspious of Liz's amazing recovery. And it doesn't help that Kyle, Liz's boyfriend, is his son. And now that Liz is spending a lot of time with Max he is jealous. Besides Valenti the FBI is investigating what happened at The Crashdown Cafe.

As the season nears it's end The 3 aliens find out more and more about who they are and where they came from. But not only are they constantly on the run from the special unit, but another race of Aliens from there home planet. The trios protector shows up to keep them safe and he brings a girl named Tess. Max finds out he was the King of a planet named Antar in a past life and that Tess was his queen in that world. So in the final minutes of the last episode they are again confused about who they are and what they will become.

This all might sound a little too far fetched, but stay with me. I don't like science fiction and will probably never again. Roswell had a special quality about it. The story was a metaphor for not liking who you are and there is nothing you can do about it. That is something all young people go through. Trying to discover yourself and finding out who they want to be. Although sometimes that is different from who you are destined to be.

Asides from that is was a story of true love and that fate brings people together. And if you are meant to be you will find your way to each other. A Romeo and Juliet tale with a alien twist, Max and Liz are the ultimate star-crossed lovers. And the things they do to be together shows the strength of their connection. I can only hope to have half the love and passion in my life time.

This DVD set is great. It comes with many behind the scenes features and interviews/commentaries with the cast and crew. I can't wait till the second season comes out in October. Roswell ran for 3 seasons and was taken away from all of us far too soon. There will never be another show as special and can't be replaced by anything. The show was written and created by Jason Katims who is the genious behind another heart-felt drama gone too soon, My So Called Life. Many first season episodes including the life changing Pilot were directed by veteran tv director David Nutter. And if that wasn't enough it is produced by Star Trek star Johnathan Franks.

This show was the little engine that could and I wish it never ran out of gas. The show had the perfect mix of adventure and relationships. It showcased amazing friendships that could get throw anything. Still not convinced? I bought this even though I have every episode on tape already. It was worth the $50 to have this precious show preserved for future generations to enjoy as much as I did.

I'd like to be the one to tell you that "Roswell: Season One" isn't as nearly good as everyone is saying it is, but the truth of the matter is, its better.

I watched "Roswell" every week, no matter what the situation, since 1999. The trailers themselves moved me to want to watch this series, and I'm glad I caught them. Otherwise, this show may have been easily dismissed. And therefore, my life would have been dramaticaly different. This may sound incredibly dramatic, but "Roswell" influenced me in a way no other entertainment form has. Yes, there are silly subplots, yes there are a few moments you have to suspend your belief, and yes, if you watch anything past S1, this show will ruin you...demoralize you, make you cynical and leave you cold. That is my warning, so look out.

What really made this show different was its slow paced order in which character development triumphed. The sci fi aspects were also incredibly well done in the latter half of this season (where its more prevalent). But the motivating force behind the series, was always its innocent look at teenage romance...amplified. It encompasses teenage alienation and makes the metaphor according to true alienation.

An A+ series, I only hope that the music will remain consistent. Because the options were amazing in its original context (thank goodness I have the tapes!)

BUY THIS

I heard from many people along with the many fans of the show that Roswell was a show worth watching. At first I was skeptical watching a TV show about Aliens in high School. After reading the many reviews here on Amazon I figured it had to be a good show with all the positive reviews it had received. I finally ended up buying this ROSWELL Season 1 DVD box set without ever even seeing a single episode. Now after almost 1 week of watching the entire first season I can now say this is now one of my favorite TV shows. What I really like about Roswell is that even though it is somewhat of a love story it has so many other elements to it. The show takes you on a journey, and as you go through each episode you find yourself growing more and more attached to the characters as they go on their own emotional journey and self discovery. Max (Jason Behr) and Liz (Shiri Appleby) just light up the screen with the great chemistry they share. Maria and Michael also have a chemistry that just works perfect even though they seem to always be fighting. I have discovered one of the best shows with Roswell, and I can not wait till season 2 and season 3 are released on DVD. This show has some great acting and is so much more than a show about aliens, or kids in high school.

I actually went to Wal-Mart at midnight on its release date to officialy be 'first in line' to get my copy.

The transfer is incredible! The widescreen format gives the series a cinematic feel, something that "Roswell" definitley benefits from. If you have the 5.1 Surround Sound set-up, and even if you don't, the audio is fantastic. I couldn't believe how active the rear speakers were throughout.

I read in one review, that if you are a true Roswell fan, you would reconsider purchasing the set due to the music alterations. I STRESS EVER SO IMPORTANTLY THAT YOU BUY THIS, anyhow. It really is spectacular, aside from the widescreen format (which was worth the purchase, in muy opinion) we get SIX very very well done commentaries that are both fun and informative. The two featurettes are amazing and made me feel appriciated for being a Roswell fan. In short, this box set is everything I could of hoped for...

The new music is distracting. But it won't be to newer fans or even those who have only seen the episodes a few times. (I myself have probably viewed them all at least 30 times each). I skimmed through a few episodes as soon as I bought the set, and was compltley dissapointed by the music selections. A lot of the great songs that gave "Roswell" that exhilerating, magical tone have been omitted. Most of the time, these are replaced with other songs, and a lot of them are not half bad. But there are a few instances that even moreso irritated me...instances where the song was entirley taken out and replaced with only the instrumental score. This makes the editing seem somewhat sloppy and some of the delivered dialouge sound corny.

In short, I for one will be holding onto my tapes. But if you ARE a Roswell fan you will purchase the set despite the changes. There are MANY MANY great and wonderful things included in the DVDs, well worth the price. The good certainly outweighs the past, and BTW, if you pay attn to the back of the cover or even the label on the front, it declares, "New Music Selected by The Original Roswell Music Team"...there is also a nice note from Jason Katims (which is sort of B.S.) explaining the music changes.

GREAT SET! WONDERFUL SHOW! Don't hesitate!