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5.0 out of 5 stars
Nine discs! Wow!, January 14, 2004
This review is from: Xena Warrior Princess - Season Three (DVD)
I scouted around on Anchor Bay Entertainment's website to see what I could find out about this set. When I enlarge the photo of the Xena Warrior Princess - Season Three disc set, the box says: Deluxe Collector's Edition; Digitally Mastered * 5.1 Surround Sound * 9 Disc Set. Here are the scheduled extras: * Interviews with the Actresses/Actors, Producers, Editors, Writers, and Set Designers: Donald Duncan, Robert Gillies, Lucy Lawless, Hudson Leick, Renee O'Connor, Ted Raimi; Oley Sassone, Steven L. Sears, R.J. Stewart, Alexandra Tydings
* Featurette: Retrospective on "Sacrifice" Parts 1 & 2 (30 minutes)
* Photo Gallery
* Never before seen footage of deleted, alternate and recently discovered scenes
* Video & Audio Commentaries from: Elizabeth Friedman, Lucy Lawless, Hudson Leick, Renee O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Steven L. Sears, R.J. Stewart, and Robert Tapert
* Blooper Reel
* CD-ROM with Actor, Director & Writer Bios, Series Trivia, Xena Chronicles, Original Production Designs & Sketches, and Director's Notes & Storyboards As has already been said by several reviewers, Season Three was a great season. The last episode of the season was a real cliff-hanger. I couldn't believe which character was killed! Here's an episode guide, with a tiny description: The Furies: Xena is punished for not avenging her father's death.
Been There, Done That: Joxer is killed.
The Dirty Half Dozen: Ares and his army possess armor and weapons that mortal weapons can't harm.
The Deliverer: Gabrielle is tricked into taking the life of an innocent.
Gabrielle's Hope: Gabrielle gives birth to a baby girl.
The Debt (1): Xena is summoned to kill the Green Dragon.
The Debt (2): Xena is imprisoned by the Green Dragon.
The King of Assassins: Jett, Joxer's lookalike brother, plots to kill Queen Cleopatra.
Warrior... Priestess... Tramp: Xena and Gabrielle meet a Xena-lookalike.
The Quill Is Mightier: Aphrodite casts a spell on Gabrielle's scroll Maternal Instincts: Gabrielle's daughter tries to break up Gabrielle's and Xena's friendship.
The Bitter Suite: Xena and Gabrielle wake up in Illusia.
One Against An Army: Xena battles the Persian army alone.
Forgiven: A young girl wants to be Xena's partner.
King Con: Joxer is severely beaten.
When In Rome...: Xena gets involved with Roman politics
Forget Me Not: Gabrielle visits Mnemosyne's temple.
Fins, Femmes and Gems: Aphrodite casts spells on Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer Tsunami: A tsunami strikes a ship that Xena and Gabrielle are on.
Vanishing Act: Xena, Gabrielle, Autolycus work to recover a statue
Sacrifice (1): Seraphin wants to sacrifice herself to bring back a goddess
Sacrifice (2): Xena and Gabrielle want to stop Gabrielle's evil daughter.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"you've been a dead woman a long time now, Xena...", June 28, 2002
This is my 2nd favorite season of the six; I couldn't love this show more...Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) completely outdo themselves this season; Everything is an emotional rollercoaster, the episodes are surging with tearjerking revelations, rolling on the floor humor, illuminating the bonds of love and the power of brutal consequences, the triumpths of conquest, the soul-grinding pain of loss and betrayl, the hope to overcome... You WILL NOT be disappointed! Not a chance!! 3rd SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
The Furies
Ares enlists the aid of the Furies, who declare that the Warrior Princess has committed a terrible crime. Gabrielle investigates, and discovers that Xena had failed to avenge the murder of her father. That's news to Xena: she didn't know that her father had been murdered, much less the identity of the killer. Been There, Done That
Xena realizes her day is repeating itself so she can break a cycle of death that hinges on two lovers' warring families. Gabrielle's Hope
Gabrielle and Xena learn about the upcoming birth of evil Dahak's "daughter of darkness" which hits VERY close to home. The Debt, Part I: Betrayal
As Xena and Gabrielle travel toward the Eastern kingdom of Chin, Xena recalls a kidnapping episode from her dark past involving two rival Chin clans. The Debt, Part II
Flashbacks recall Xena's transformaton from evil to good. But in the present, the Green Dragon has captured Xena thanks to an unlikely betrayer. The Bitter Suite
Xena and Gabrielle are bound by hatred in a dreamworld, where they must sing to be understood. Fans still go crazy for this episode... One Against an Army
Xena must hold off an entire Persian army single-handed-and also tend to Gabrielle, who's been struck by a poison arrow. A fine tearjerker! Forget Me Not
Gabrielle decides to lose her painful memories in the river of dreams but Joxer doesn't want her to do so because he thinks she will forget about him. (A clip show.) Sacrifice (part II)
Evil Hope takes the form of her mother and joins forces with Ares to create a race of superbeings; Xena is forced to team up with Callisto (the beautiful Hudson Leick)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oodles of DVD Extras!, June 14, 2004
This review is from: Xena Warrior Princess - Season Three (DVD)
[Summary: 5 stars for terrific content & GREAT extras] Note: This review contains NO SPOILERS; it's all about the DVD extras. Xena: Warrior Princess Season Three DVD collection summary:
- 8 DVDs, with 3 episodes each except 1 in disc 8; 22 total episodes.
- Video: Very good throughout; less compression than 4 episodes/disc.
- Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround throughout.
- DVD Extras: Stills, audio and video commentary on 8 episodes (1/disc), an "interview" (featurette) on every episode, bloopers, plus much extra on "Sacrifice", the season ender. Season Two included 3 commentaries only. MUCH better! Season Two was worth a bit over 4.5 stars; Season Three is nearly perfect (5 stars). Disc 1: Picture of Xena on label
- "The Furies"
o Interview with:
R.J. Stewart, Co-Executive Producer
Lucy Lawless ("Xena")
Robert Gillies, Production Designer
Liz Friedman, Producer
Steven L. Sears, Supervising Producer
Robert Tapert, Executive Producer & Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor ("Gabrielle")
o Audio Commentary by Liz Friedman & Robert Tapert
o Video Commentary by Liz Friedman & Robert Tapert and R.J. Stewart (shot separately)
- "Been There, Done That"
o Interview with:
Lucy Lawless
Andrew Merrifield, Director
Ted Raimi ("Joxer")
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Bernie Joyce, Post-Production Supervisor
- "The Dirty Half Dozen"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Robert Gillies
Disc Extras:
- Photo Gallery
- Weblink to www.xena.tv
- Credits Disc 2: Picture of Gabrielle on label
- "The Deliverer"
o Interview with:
Oley Sassone, Director
R.J. Stewart
Steven L. Sears
Liz Friedman
Renee O'Connor
- "Gabrielle's Hope"
o Interview with:
R.J. Stewart
Steven L. Sears
Andrew Merrifield
- "The Debt" (part I)
o Interview with:
Oley Sassone
R.J. Stewart
Eric Gruendemann, Producer
Robert Tapert
John Cavill, Cinematographer
Robert Gillies
Lucy Lawless
Renee O'Connor & Lucy Lawless
o Audio Commentary by Robert Tapert & Lucy Lawless
o Video Commentary by Robert Tapert & Lucy Lawless Disc 3: Picture of Autolycus on label
- "The Debt II"
o Interview with:
Robert Tapert
Eric Gruendemann
Oley Sassone
John Cavill
Robert Gillies
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
R.J. Stewart
- "The King of Assassins"
o Interview with:
Ted Raimi ("Joxer" & "Jett")
Robert Tapert & Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
John Cavill
Donald Duncan, Cinematographer
Kay Foster & Adam Armus, Writers
o Audio Commentary by Ted Raimi
o Video Commentary by Ted Raimi
- "Warrior... Priestess... Tramp"
o Interview with:
Kay Foster & Adam Armus
Liz Friedman
Ted Raimi Disc 4: Picture of Callisto on label
- "The Quill is Mightier..."
o Interview with:
Renee O'Connor
Ted Raimi
Andrew Merrifield
Alexandra Tydings ("Aphrodite")
- "Maternal Instincts"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Liz Friedman
Eric Gruendemann
Renee O'Connor
Hudson Leick ("Callisto")
Lucy Lawless
- "The Bitter Suite" (a musical!)
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Robert Tapert
R.J. Stewart
Liz Friedman
Eric Gruendemann
Donald Duncan
Bernie Joyce
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Robert Gillies
Hudson Leick
o Audio Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
o Video Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor Disc 5: Picture of Xena on label
- "One Against an Army"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Renee O'Connor
Eric Gruendemann
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
R.J. Stewart
o Audio Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
o Video Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
- "Forgiven"
o Interview with:
R.J. Stewart
Renee O'Connor
Liz Friedman
- "King Con"
o Interview with:
Donald Duncan
Ted Raimi
Liz Friedman Disc 6: Picture of Joxer on label
- "When in Rome..."
o Interview with:
John Laing, Director
R.J. Stewart
Renee O'Connor
o Audio Commentary by Steven L. Sears, the writer
o Video Commentary by Steven L. Sears, the writer
- "Forget Me Not"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Renee O'Connor
Ted Raimi
- "Fins, Femmes & Gems"
o Interview with:
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Robert Tapert
Kay Foster & Adam Armus
Liz Friedman
Alexandra Tydings Disc 7: Picture of Xena on label
- "Tsunami"
o Interview with:
Donald Duncan
Robert Gillies
John Laing
Renee O'Connor & Lucy Lawless
- "Vanishing Act"
o Interview with:
Robert Tapert
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Andrew Merrifield
- "Sacrifice" (part I)
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Liz Friedman
Hudson Leick
Lucy Lawless
o Audio Commentary by Hudson Leick (only on some scenes; watch the video commentary instead)
o Video Commentary by Hudson Leick Disc 8: Picture of Gabrielle on label
- "Sacrifice II"
o Interview with:
Liz Friedman
Steven L. Sears
Renee O'Connor
Ted Raimi
Robert Tapert
Hudson Leick
Lucy Lawless
o Audio Commentary by Hudson Leick (some scenes only)
o Video Commentary by Hudson Leick
Disc Extras:
- "Sacrifice II" Alternate Cuts
- "Sacrifice I & II: A Retrospective" featuring
Steven L. Sears
Paul Robert Coyle, Writer
Kym Taburn, Retrospective Producer/Interviewer
Rick Jacobson, Director
Hudson Leick
Rod Field, Editor
Jason Schmid, Sound Designer
- Bloopers
- Credits Each video commentary contains a subset (about 40% typically) of the audio commentary, with shots of the commentator(s) watching the episode. The typical "interview" segment is around seven minutes long, isn't actually an interview because there are no questions posed, and includes an intro from the episode plus bits of the video commentary where present. The "Retrospective" is an actual interview. X:WP Season Three contains performances by the following recurring characters from the Hercules/Xena world:
- Ted Raimi as Joxer, bumbling would-be warrior; also as brother Jett
- Hudson Leick as Callisto, nemesis extraordinaire
- Kevin Smith as Ares, God of War
- Bruce Campbell as Autolycus, King of Thieves
- Alexandra Tydings as Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
- Karl Urban as Julius Caesar
- Danielle Cormack as Ephiny, Amazon warrior
- Marton Csokas as Borias, warlord; also as Khrafstar, acolyte of Dahak Notable one-shot guest stars from Season Three included:
- Shiri Appleby as Tara, wannabe sidekick
- Jacqueline Kim as Lao Ma, creator of Taoism
- Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Boadicea
- The first pairing of Angela Dotchin and Bruce Campbell (in "Tsunami"), before they co-starred in "Jack of All Trades" A great Xena collection, with truly outstanding extras. Get your copy now!
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