Customer Reviews

SeaQuest DSV: Season Two

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

It's about time! seaQuest fans have been anxiously awaiting this release for over TWO YEARS! Why Universal took so long to get this season out is a mystery to me. I've been ready to buy it since before season 1 came out.

As you may recall, the first season of seaQuest ended with the destruction of the supersubmarine, to save the world from what can arguably be called catastrophic global warming. As the season begins, Captain Bridger is taking command of the new seaQuest. The bridge has been redesigned, as have several other parts of the boat, but the biggest difference in season 2 is the new crewmembers. Sadly, we lose the comical Krieg, the uptight Hitchcock, the country boy Crocker, and the cerebral but attractive Dr. Westphalen. However, their loss is not so badly felt with the arrival of new crewmen - Lt. Brody, combat veteran. Dagwood, a failed prototype for a naturally camouflaged supersoldier. Henderson the attractive and young new techie with no experience. Dr. Wendy Smith, a telepathic (this was hinted at in season 1's "Treasure of the Mind") medical doctor and scientist (though not quite in Westphalen's league). And rounding out the Rogue's Gallery is Tony Piccolo, a wise-cracking ex-con on work-release aboard seaQuest, with the gills of a fish in his torso ("I'm a surfer. I thought they might come in handy.").

The second season has a somewhat different feel to it than the first, which was fairly science-only. This season, the show takes on a bit more of a sci-fi feel to it, but this is not a bad thing.

After the 2-hour season premiere of the Dagger (others like Dagwood) Revolt, the aliens seen in season 1's "Such Great Patience" arrive to a mixed reception. Later episodes in the season depict the possible discovery of the location of long-lost Atlantis, a renegade robot submarine programmed with Capt. Bridger's personality, and Star Wars fans are treated to two guest appearances by Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill! Kent McCord also returns 3 times this season, reprising his role as Space Commander Scott Keller.

The ending of this season, I don't want to give away in case newer fans haven't seen it, but I will say that Universal BETTER release season 3!

seaQuest was a great sci-fi series, far ahead of its time in the early 1990's. I have no doubt that these days, it would be going popular. I plan to spend many hours enjoying this season! :)

Seaquest is a great show, and I'm not debating that. Other reviewers have pointed out the good points of the show and I heartily agree with them. My three star rating has less to do with the show and more to do with the actual production of the DVD. First of all, it took FOREVER to be released. That fact, while annoying, was not a factor in the lower star rating. Some good things take a while.

My complaint is that there are absolutely no extras in this set. The first season definitely had deleted scenes and it might have had some other stuff as well, but I don't remember exactly. I enjoyed those deleted scenes in the first season and was looking forward to seeing them in the second season, but there are none. This set has only the episodes and nothing else. Every movie or TV show that I have bought in the past has had at least SOMETHING extra on it. The price of this set needs something more than just the episodes.

My second complaint is the cheap packaging. The set I bought (not from Amazon) had prongs broken off in all the cases. In one case, all the prongs were broken off on both sides so the DVDs weren't held in place. I plan to take it back and exchange it, but I'm not optimistic about getting one with all of them in place. The ones that are still on are very small and just look like they want to pop off. One positive thing about the packaging is that each case opens up with one DVD on the left and one DVD on the right. Some sets of other shows/movies which I have purchased try to save space and put two DVDs on each side, on top of each other. This is irritating because you have to remove the 2nd disk to get to the first one. This set is not like this, thankfully.

My final complaint is this: Advertising on the packaging is one thing, but they put the www.great-tv-shows.com on the title menu of the DVD! That is totally unnecessary and ruins the menu, in my opinion.

So, great TV show, horrible packaging and content. For a set that took two years to be released and costs this much, I would have expected more.

Well.......it's about time, good on ya, Universal,I wanted the rest before I faded out, at least now I'm a series closer, I can only hope the last half series will follow. All jokes aside,this is a really great series, saddened by the passing of Johnothan Brandis, and bolstered by superlative acting performances from Roy Scheider, Michael Ironside,Don Franklyn, and a great array of series guest stars (let's face it, if you can get Charlton Heston, anything is possible) the special effects are, again, high above the mark, and the John Debney theme is the best fantasy TV theme since Goldsmith"s "Star Trek". Long Live Seaquest.

This series is just asking to be digitally remastered (maybe for its 20th Anniversary in 2013-14ish). I couldn't help but notice that in a lot of scenes the shadows seemed a little too dark. Some also seemed a little grainy...

And, whats with the no extra's at all? I would like to see extras like behind the scenes and interviews with the cast/creators/directors/producers and whoever was CEO at NBC that decided to cancel this great show. :(

Anyway, I gave this season a 3/5 stars. I would like to have seen extras and a better transition to DVD. If you're an original fan, you might consider checking it out. Even if you're not and you like sci-fi adventure you may want to pick it up.

Overall, its not too bad but it definitely needs some work b4 I'll be giving it any higher scores.

I don't remember watching this season while it was on the air. Although I did see the first season. They yanked it around so much you never knew when it was going to air.

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Its nice to be able to see it again.

The first season was a bit more realistic but this season was fun. I've always been a fan of Roy Scheider. As well as a fan of Jonathan Brandis ever since I saw NESII.

I can not wait for the release of season three because I haven't seen any of those episodes at all. I just hope it doesn't take Universal another two years to release it.

For me its a better show than what's on T.V. now. So I've been trying to collect things that I remember and liked from my childhood.

As an avid sci-fi fan, I very much liked this season. As a rabid seaQuest fan, I didn't.

Hard to explain to someone who has never seen the series. But I'll try.

I really loved the characters in season one, and their relationships with one another. But many didn't come back for a second season.

So instead of the in-your-face, powerful-when-needed screen presence of Dr. Kristin Westphalen, a believable love interest for the Captain, believable surrogate mother for Lucas, we get some mind-reading, less than steller character called Dr. Wendy Smith. I didn't like that the writers tried to involve her with Bridger - thankfully, it didn't work. And I didn't like that Westphalen's departure wasn't mentioned at all. (and neither were any of the other characters who departed) With the season one finale, and the character's growing releationship with Bridger, I expected to hear at least a small mention of her.

Also departing were Engineer Katie Hitchcock, Ben Krieg, and Chief Crocker. The studio wanted younger actors . . . . These characters and their histories were so well developed, I think this was a bad move on the studio's part.

They were replaced by talented actors, but, after caring about what happened to the characters from season 1, I was less interested in caring about a new set who may very well disappear in season 3. (which did happen . . . )

This season had far more of a sci-fi feel to it, which I would have loved (being a fan of ST:TNG, Star Wars, Earth 2 and so many others) had the first season not so fully hooked me into the believability of what could actually happen if man colonized the sea.

A fully telepathic doctor, a character with gills (not so believable, though I did like the character), a genetically engineered character, took the series in a complete other direction from the first season. It was so dramatic, I, like so many others, were turned off it during its first run.

The acting was still very good, but the direction of the stories to complete science fiction, did put me off a lot since I so very much enjoyed the first season.

And there were no extra features on season 2. At least season 1 had deleted scenes!

Now, I want it to round out my collection, same with season 3 if its ever released. Not my favorite, but still enjoyable to watch, nonetheless.

This is in my opinion the last great Sci-Fi show to try and make some good powerful statements. Mostly environmental but there was alot of heart and commentary in the series, which is what sci-fi was supposed to be about. And even more so the first season was indeed, fiction about science, hence the term Science Fiction! Not the mindless eye candy we get now. Yes there is some mindless eye candy episodes in this second season but they are still a joy to watch. Only downbeat thing is that Roy and Brandis are no longer with us. Steven Spielberg certainly did try and pour his best resources into it and really how often do we get a tv show spawned by Spielberg!

The show was obviously inspired by Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and following that trend Spielberg put a top notch Hollywood actor Roy Scheider in the role, here the great one is in a TV show of all things! Really unique television indeed. This obstensibly ended the era of great producers, great leading cast, guest roles(Charleton Heston!) and very thought provoking stories. So long Roy and Johnathan, thanks for a great blast!

I have waited a long time for the second season of this series. i was away when it came out on telly so never saw what happened and missed it between this and the seaquest 2087 or something like that. hope they are bringing out the next season anyway. because this was great

I have been a SeaQuest fan since it hit TV, the one and only underwater scifi series. I wish that all the seasons were out on DVD, cause I'd buy them all!! I had hopes for Stargate Atlantis to lean toward their undersea world with exploration of the sea floors on alien planets, with alien creatures. Hey, SeaQuestDSV in the second season managed to go into outer space, why not Atlantis characters probing the depths of the planet they happen to be on? In any event, this is great scifi, well written and preformed, with superb sets and interesting characters. So release the rest of the series Amazon, I can't wait!!!!

Brings me back to the good old dyas of TV shows when they were not just about nothing or teen drama.