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Surface: The Complete Series (2005)

Lake Bell  |  NR |  DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lake Bell
  • Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: August 15, 2006
  • Run Time: 633 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000FJH5M2
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,253 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Surface: The Complete Series" on IMDb

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  • 15 episodes on 4 discs
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Sci-Fi and Special Effects

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Surface Season 1

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Surface lasted one season on NBC before cancellation, but Surface: The Complete Series on DVD will keep the show's exciting, Spielbergian suspense around for a long while. The primetime drama, involving several characters--in different parts of the world--all having similar brushes with fantastic creatures, instantly draws comparisons to Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Add a government conspiracy (complete with a cover story to force one community's evacuation) to prevent the public from learning of the existence of a previously unknown life form, and the parallels with Close Encounters grow thick. But it's not a problem: the many twists and turns in Surface's far-ranging storyline, and the nature of the species that slowly becomes a factor in the survival of the human race, are compelling on their own terms.

Created by twin brothers and television writers-producers-directors Josh and Jonas Pate (L.A. Dragnet), Surface stars rangy beauty Lake Bell as oceanographer and single mom Dr. Laura "Dee" Daughtery. While doing some research in a submersible at the bottom of the sea, Dee discovers a seemingly bottomless pit leading to astonishing depths in the Earth. But she also bumps into a sea monster that emanates electrical charges strong enough to wreak havoc with her vessel. Meanwhile, a Louisiana-based insurance salesman, Rich (Jay R. Ferguson), is traumatized when he sees his brother dragged away by a similar creature, and a 14-year-old boy, Miles (Carter Jenkins), raises one of the beasts after it hatches from an egg. Throughout all this, a scientist (Rade Sherbedgia) and a heavy-handed national security agent (Ian Anthony Dale) are trying to unlock the mystery of the species, which appears to be growing in number at the same time strange forces are affecting the oceans. Naturally, there's a story behind the story--government and corporate shenanigans and all that. That stuff gets a little tedious and, truth be told, a couple of the show's protagonists are among the most unlikable people seen in series television in a long while. But despite its premature end after a mere 15 episodes, Surface finally offers an original, unsettling, and even surreal vision of the world going through apocalyptic transformations. The final image of the final show lingers in the imagination a long time. --Tom Keogh

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Something new is lurking in the Earth’s oceans, and now you can be part of the mystery as all 15 Season One episodes of the spectacular series, Surface, emerge on to DVD for the first time ever! When young oceanographer Laura Daughtery (Lake Bell) discovers a massive underwater creature, her obsession to uncover the origins of this dangerous "unidentified species" will lead her and others on a mysterious adventure through the darkest, deepest parts of the sea and the most sinister and shady places on Earth. The fate of the world is in their hands - they just don’t know it. Including deleted scenes and phenomenal special effects, the amazing series that People magazine calls "a show with some Spielbergian tricks of suspense" is now the must-own DVD set for every fan

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137 of 148 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Spielberg, Very Fun! May 15, 2006
Format:DVD
I liked this show and I'm kind-of bummed that it isn't coming back. I liked the characters and while the SFX wasn't always the greatest, it was very X-Files first season. Limited budgets sometimes don't lead to the greatest effects! But the show had heart. And if you suspended your disbelief for a moment or two, it had a sense of wonderment too. Like you were seeing something grand, discovering new life right there with the characters.

That's what made this show, the characters. Rich and Laura were great - Rich in his undying faith and Laura in her pragmatism. They had great chemistry and made the show work. Miles was another great character. Even though some of his scenes with Nim didn't always look right, he made it work as best as he could.

Yes, this show had flaws. They all do. Lost wasn't perfect when it first began but ABC was willing to let it grow. I never got the feeling that NBC had faith in the show. If they had just given it a little TLC, this baby would have swam laps around other shows!

But what we are left with is still really good! I'm totally going to buy this when it comes out.
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51 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Sci-Fi That Stays On Target November 27, 2006
Format:DVD
The great advantage that Surface offered over The X-Files was that it stayed on its key story without interrupting one-shot adventures. A vast tapestry of characters that only finally all came together in the climactic 15th episode, Surface had a focus that the other great conspiracy/sci-fi giant lacked. The X-Files finally felt as though it were being made-up as the writers went along, with the big conspiracy being revealed in the end to be a recycled 1970s "ancient astronaut" idea that was already dated when the old Battlestar Galactica played with it in 1978. Surface, on the other hand, showed every sign of meticulous planning by the writers, teasing us along in one ongoing saga that rewarded our attention. The utter lack of faith NBC showed in such a well-crafted project with a broad demographic appeal was mirrored only by the CW's similarly inexplicable decision to kill the equally-exceptional Everwood. The spring of 2006 was apparently a hard time to be excellent television.

The DVD set will remain exceptional science-fiction/thriller viewing. Yet it will also have more than a hint of tragedy for the viewer in the "what might have been" of what the ongoing story could have become.
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68 of 74 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Sci-Fi June 30, 2006
Format:DVD
This was my favorite of the three new sci-fi shows included in the "new season" last year. I think it cruel to leave all the viewers hanging without proper closer to the series. At the very least a "made-for t-v" movie should be made to give us fans the ending of the story.

I gave this 4 stars instead of the 5 it derserves only because the network has not given us the story ending the show and the fans deserve.
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5.0 out of 5 stars cant believe they discontinued this show
I am so mad that they discontinued this show. I was a loyal fan and I now own the first season. This is one of those shows they should put on amazon pilots and continue. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Julie
3.0 out of 5 stars Great to WTF
Entertaining at first but as the series goes on it becomes more complex and confusing. As amusing as the elements of plot are I can understand why it was canceled.
Published 1 month ago by Ken
5.0 out of 5 stars At last Seen what I missed
I started to watch this on tv but was called away and could no longer watch it. So glad I got it.
Published 1 month ago by TFKidd
4.0 out of 5 stars I liked this series but.......
I liked this series but got the feeling that even the writers did not know where the storyline was going and then it was suddenly canceled leaving the viewers hanging. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jack A. Herring
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Series
This is a series my husband watched, and when I found it on DVD (along with it being the complete series) he loved it!
Published 1 month ago by Donna Dauenhauer
4.0 out of 5 stars great sci fi family show.
Sadly like "the river", "alcatraz" and other shows on tv this one never had a chance. So we get the complete filmed series. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Michael Dobey
4.0 out of 5 stars Nimrod lives
After we watched this about 2-3 years ago we noticed that a pathetic little street cat born out behind our house made the same weird noises as Nimrod the alien space lizard so we... Read more
Published 2 months ago by B. Koretz
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this
I saw this when it came on tv i hated when it was over.If you have not seen get it today.
Published 3 months ago by STEPHANIE YVETTE MARTIN
3.0 out of 5 stars Surface
Well, there wasn't much to it. It's no wonder the show didin't last. I'm not saying it was "bad", just light fluff. Also there weren't many episodes. JosieBear1951
Published 3 months ago by N. Jolae Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars i like
great deal only wish the series had lasted longer truly inovating storey linehith a little mistery to i like it
Published 3 months ago by robert s lytle
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nbc axed this before it had a chance. the networks ax sci fi very quickly because it's much more expensive to make.
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