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• Actors: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six
• Directors: Chuck Bowman, David Carson, Gwen Arner, Harry Longstreet, John McPherson
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006
• Run Time: 989 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BOH8Y6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,300 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

As Newcomers -- fugitive slaves from the planet Tencton -- Detective George Francisco and his family face prejudice and intolerance as they struggle to assimilate to life on their adopted planet. Together with his human partner, hard-edged Detective Matt Sikes, George walks the beat in Slagtown, Los Angeles, a Newcomer slum teeming with vice and corruption. More than just another cop show or science fiction show, Alien Nation utilizes a unique and exciting blend of action, suspense, humor, and social drama to explore the sociology of what it means to be an outsider striving to fit in.

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82 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cancelled Too Soon!, October 27, 2005

By	Sylvianne Simmons (Mill Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Kenneth Johnson attempted to do with Alien Nation what Joss Whedon did with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Take a mediocre movie and create a series that had heart, soul, and a mythology all it's own. If Alien Nation: The Series had been allowed to continue for a few more seasons, I have no doubt that it would have become one of those epic series that are now part of the American psyche. Unfortunately, the series was cancelled after just one season, but what a season it was! I am so glad that it is finally coming out on DVD! I just hope that the movies will eventually be released as well!

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No TV Movies & Picture Quality Could Be Better, December 29, 2005

By	Ian Mitchell "IM35461" (East Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It may be the "Complete Series" but does not include the four TV Movies made in later years.
Picture quality is okay but seems too colorful and a bit fuzzy.
Audio level also changes greatly from episode to episode so be very careful with your volume control.

Six double sided DVD box set with two episodes per side with no indication on packaging that DVD's are flippers.

Last DVD does feature a special on the making of Alien Nation.
This in places has a better picure quality than the episodes!
Please note however this special is five minutes in length - WOW!

So yes another great series let down by poor transfer to DVD with little or no quality control.

120 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT'S ABOUT TIME! NOW GIVE US THE MOVIES!, January 7, 2006

By	GRIZZLY "Grizzly" (Yuma, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews

I feel that this was another great foul-up on 20th Fox' part, right up on the level of the demise of Joss Whedon's "Firefly", especially Fox leaving A N fans hanging for five years for the resolution of the end-of season cliff-hanger. As "Firefly" has justified its' popularity with the release and massive success of "Serenity" (over a month in the Top Ten), Alien Nation proved itself through the production of FIVE (count 'em, 5) made-for-TV movies that followed.
1. "Dark Horizon"- 1994
2. "Body and Soul"-1995
3. "The Enemy Within"- 1996
4. "Millennium"-1996
5. "The Udara Legacy"-1997
With the industry wasting production resources on so much other second rate crapola as fills the store shelves these days, I hope SOMEONE in the front office at FOX will take notice and put forth a little effort so all the "Alien Nation" fans won't have to wait as long for the TV movies as we have for the series.
As with "Firefly", FOX is missing out on a sure thing by not putting both these great programs back into production, instead of wasting resources on so much of the second rate drivel they are so famous for!