Product Details

• Actors: Carla Gugino, Brian Van Holt, Brent Spiner, Rob Benedict, Peter Dinklage
• Writers: Bragi F. Schut
• Producers: Karen Moore
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), 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: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006
• Run Time: 540 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FIHN8O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,344 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Threshold - The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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129 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent series cancelled too soon, August 27, 2006

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This review is from: Threshold - The Complete Series (DVD)

"Threshold" reminded me of something Norm from Cheers said in an episode; "It's a dog-eat-dog world and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear". The networks put Milkbone underwear on a lot of their TV shows metaphorically speaking and if they can't get a large audience they get thrown to the dogs. CBS cancelled the show far too soon as the show only aired 8 of its 12 episodes (the pilot was a double length episode). The good news for fans is that when the producers found out the show was being cancelled they were in the middle of shooting the last episode ("Alienville")and this allowed them to rewrite the ending to provide a conclusion (of sorts)to the series.

**Caution some minor spoilers ahead for those who haven't seen the show*** Skip the next three short paragraphs.



For those that haven't seen the show the premise is very powerful allowing for suspense and very effective; an alien probe with 4 or 5 dimensional properties shows up. It's signal effects the crew altering their DNA from our normal double helix rewriting the DNA of the crew into a triple helix. It's an alien invasion done by making US the aliens.

Dr. Molly Caffrey (Carla Gugino best known from "Spy Kids" and "Sin City")created a protocol for first contact including hostile first contact. She assembles a team of top notch scientists in their field including Dr. Nigel Fenwya (Brent Spiner of "Star Trek:The Next Generation"); Lucas Pegg (Robert Patrick Benedict from "Felicity") a brilliant physicists and designer for NASA; Arthur Ramsey (Peter Dinklage "Elf" and from the film "Find Me Guilty")a brilliant mathematician and linguist and covert ops agent Sean Vavennaugh (Brian Van Holt from "S.W.A.T." and "Black Hawk Down"). They form the basis with Assistant Secretary of Defense J.T. Baylock (Charles S. Dutton)of "Red Team" whose job is to identify the threat, find out the aliens agenda and neutralize them.

The USS Big Horn's crew is infected with many of them dying while others develop superhuman strength, rapid healing abilities and all share a dream of the alien world and race that wants to "Bioform" humanity and terraform our planet for their own purposes. Suddenly Red Team has an outbreak on their hands and they must capture the sailors before they can infect others. The fact that the sailors choose multiple paths of infection make their job that much more difficult. When various members of their team accidently experience some level of infection it gives them a link to the aliens but also could potential pose a danger to the team.

**End of potential spoilers***

Well written, with top notch acting, writing and direction the show may have suffered from an inconsistent tone as the show was looking to establish its identity but towards the end of the run the show truly did find its voice. Unfortunately the best episodes of the series (the last four) never aired at all and fans of the series are in for a real treat. It's a pity this show wasn't given a chance (the producers had a three year story arc planned out)but what we do get provides for a marvelous and entertaining "mini-series".

The DVD comes with some very nice extras for such a short lived series. We get a four part documentary on the making of the show from the origin of the concept, through casting, the planned story arc and other elements. We also get a good featurette on the visual effects of the show. There's also an Easter Egg. Finally we get a very good featurette with science advisor/producer/writer Andre Bormanis ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") discussing the fractal geometry of the alien "message" that coverted people over and its real scientifici basis. He also discusses real efforts to work on adding a third strand of DNA to the double-helix in labs to modify food, etc. We also get a commentary track on the pilot by producer/director/writer David Goyer ("Blade")and Brannon Braga ("Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Enterprise"). The fact that the show was able to attract some top notch film directors/TV directors (Peter Hyams, Bill L. Norton, David S. Goyer among others) and writers is a pretty good sign of the high quality of the show.

An excellent series "Threshold" was the best of the science fiction shows that appeared in 2005 and one of the best (by its end) of the new crop of shows on the air. It's a pity it was cut short. The show is spread out over four discs and housed in individual slimline cases with two discs in each set.

I'd highly recommend this underrated show that was cancelled far too soon.

127 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Threshold..., May 29, 2006

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This review is from: Threshold - The Complete Series (DVD)

It's really too bad this show had to be cancelled so soon. It was a simple formula, but it worked very well. The storylines were engaging, the cast was outstanding and every episode had you on the edge of your seat. Not only can you see the episodes that aired during the show's brief run on CBS, but you can also see the ones that never made it to the air on this set. Not to mention that the box art is insanely cool. So pick up these DVDs and discover this awesome show

124 of 137 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the crop of alien invasion series, May 25, 2006

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W. Dorsett "Bill Dorsett" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Threshold - The Complete Series (DVD)

Well, now that I have written it down, that does look odd, but there were so many series last year where the premise was that aliens were among us, messing with us somehow. And this, the first casualty of the season, was the best of the bunch. Well written, great acting, thoughtful, intelligent, creepy and above all realistic. My first heartbreak of the 05 season was when this show was cancelled