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I got my R1 Lost Season Two DVD today (mini-review with spoilers inside!)
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I like Lost, and so this morning I was thrilled when I saw my post had come from the USA. Here's a mini-review that has spoilers:
The Show: Well it's certainly better than than year. It seemed like they had a fixed plot, and stuck by it. A bit pissed off that they killed three core cast off, and have got rid of two others, but shit happens, right? My favourite episodes are the last two, because it's pretty much why I watch this show. Mysteries are solved, like how they crashed, and new ones are formed, like what that white light was. It also opens up the story for more of a science fiction narrative, but I wished they had more happening this year - like more island tales. Also it seems like the entire season only covered 5 or 6 weeks, which is a bit of a waste of a year. Rating: 4/5
The Transfer: Like last year's set, the transfer is solid. Obviously a show like Lost will over ever get justice when it's released on HD-DVD, but for a standard DVD show, it has no flaws. The island is lush green, the ocean is murky blue, and the Others still look like tramps. The surround sound mix is also great, but I felt it lacked any dynamic range, probably because there was no big SFX scene this year. Rating: 5/5
Packaging and Extras: Disney have done a decent job this year. There are a lot of features on the mystery and logic behind Lost, and those who play the Hanso Foundation game will probably get a thrill out of it. They also have many extended flashbacks, and suprisingly the Channel 4 Lost promo feature too. They also have a complete guide to how they make an episode, something I felt was missing from last year's release. The packaging is great too, probably the best TV-DVD one ever. It's rusty-orange, and is themed like the Hatch or the Others (proof that I'm not BSing is the first disk has the Hatch timer on it, the second has the Other's teddy bear). The DVD booklet is also a black-and-white Dharma-style manual. My only problem is that I'd have liked commentaries and more of an explanation to why the killed off Ana, Libby and Shannon. Rating: 5/5
Overall score: 5/5
The Show: Well it's certainly better than than year. It seemed like they had a fixed plot, and stuck by it. A bit pissed off that they killed three core cast off, and have got rid of two others, but shit happens, right? My favourite episodes are the last two, because it's pretty much why I watch this show. Mysteries are solved, like how they crashed, and new ones are formed, like what that white light was. It also opens up the story for more of a science fiction narrative, but I wished they had more happening this year - like more island tales. Also it seems like the entire season only covered 5 or 6 weeks, which is a bit of a waste of a year. Rating: 4/5
The Transfer: Like last year's set, the transfer is solid. Obviously a show like Lost will over ever get justice when it's released on HD-DVD, but for a standard DVD show, it has no flaws. The island is lush green, the ocean is murky blue, and the Others still look like tramps. The surround sound mix is also great, but I felt it lacked any dynamic range, probably because there was no big SFX scene this year. Rating: 5/5
Packaging and Extras: Disney have done a decent job this year. There are a lot of features on the mystery and logic behind Lost, and those who play the Hanso Foundation game will probably get a thrill out of it. They also have many extended flashbacks, and suprisingly the Channel 4 Lost promo feature too. They also have a complete guide to how they make an episode, something I felt was missing from last year's release. The packaging is great too, probably the best TV-DVD one ever. It's rusty-orange, and is themed like the Hatch or the Others (proof that I'm not BSing is the first disk has the Hatch timer on it, the second has the Other's teddy bear). The DVD booklet is also a black-and-white Dharma-style manual. My only problem is that I'd have liked commentaries and more of an explanation to why the killed off Ana, Libby and Shannon. Rating: 5/5
Overall score: 5/5
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I thought there was commentaries?
Only asking as we just pre-ordered our copy on Monday from PlayUSA (I didn't realise the release date had changed, was October last time I looked) and would be over the moon if it arrived early and before E4 gets to the end.
No commentaries at all???
I would have thought the writers and producers would do some and what exactly are the likes of Maggie Grace doing its not like they are that busy not to do a commentary!
It is 5 September on Amazon.com as well.
There are 5 episodes with commentary.
Good solid boxset and exceptional value for money and always nice to get it early:)
Excellent boxset, and the Lost Connections special feature is quite cool.
Andy
And they also source their R1 discs from Canada.
IIRC Canadian Buena Vista releases are awful dual language covers messed with lots of French titling.
You should have ordered from Movietyme.
Its the same price as PLAYUSA but they are all US discs and don't arrive with nasty customs messages.
Let us know if your PLAYUSA order misses customs(some do)
They are listed in the white booklet (Extended Experience Guide) that comes in the boxset.
Episodes 1, 9, 10, 16 and 18.
Sorry for doubleposting, I can't edit my previous post
Pre-order, people have had their boxsets for over a week:)
Anyhow Movietyme more often than not have good prices and no customs or delivery issues.
Loaded also compares well and at times can undercut other R1 suppliers, no customs problems either.
There will be some more but I stick to the retailers who have performed reliably over the last few years:)
Movietyme are customs free and their prices match PLAYUSA who aren't.
USA boxsets are rarely worth preordering via Amazon as Amazon packaging attracts customs,and Marketplace sellers don't seem able to sell them until after release date
Movietyme can't guarantee no customs charge unless they lie on the parcel about the price or content of the parcel. And that can lead to even more trouble (for them, not you).
I order a lot from PlayUSA and if you're ordering something liable to a custom charge it really does seem to be purely luck, went through a streak of getting charged customs a while back, but recently they've been getting through, the latest South Park and Veronica Mars, £20 and £30 respectively, both got through fine.
And they don't seem to make dual language cases for box-sets, so you should be pretty safe if you order from a Canadian based site. (My copy of the Simpsons S5 came with a dual language case, but it was an extra box around the normal, English language one).
If £18+ items from PLAYUSA get through without charges,its potluck.
And they DO create dual language boxes for boxsets.
The 14 disc Planet of the Apes set is hideously dual language.
Dual language depends on which company the release is from.
I'm sure I've had dual language from Disney before,but then again I have Lost season 1 and thats not DL,so perhaps Buena Vista don't
Can't wait as I have tried not to read all spoilers so I have no idea how it ends.
However,unlike season 1 I am already finding the show a bit tiresome after only 5 episodes.
Since discovering what was in the hatch it seems to have lost its way and often you get to the end of an episode and find you are no further in knowing anything than you were at the start of the episode.
While the idea was appealing to begin with I think a lot of people are going to get fed up with the endlessly strung out storylines that no doubt when they are explained will fit on the back of a matchbox.
Piling confusion upon confusion is fine,but I would like at least some secrets given away.
If this carries on I may well not bothering to catch up until its completed and that at least means I should be able to get it on HDDVD by then