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Summary: Not Complete without the Closed Captioning or Subtitles
Review: I am a huge fan of Xena and was very disappointed that this DVD series haven't been encoded with Closed Captioning nor offered English subtitles. The majority of new media releases contain these features and the television even aired it with Closed Captioning as well as the finale DVD, so why would they exclude that in the season series? The pictures are great, but since I'm hard of hearing I need the story line to go with the pictures in order to fully experience Xena/Gabrielle, their adventures and spiritual growth. I will be holding off from buying any future Xena Season DVDs until someone produces them with CC or Subtitle features.
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Summary: Grainy
Review: Each episode of Xena: Warrior Princess is presented in its original 4:3 broadcast aspect ratio, and the source material is shockingly grainy.Every once in a while (mostly during bright outdoor shots) the film grain rears its ugly head in a major way. Maybe it's an aesthetic decision, or just poor film stock, but regardless its annoying. Aside from the grain, the source material is in good shape with little real defects or other anomalies. Colors are fairly well-saturated if not particularly impressive, but black levels fluctuate too much for a show that is still relatively recent, with indoor scenes looking good but much of the outdoor sequences suffering from a washed-out look. Detail is thus only is fair and shadow delineation wanting. There are no examples of compression artifacting to speak of, but this is still not a set of transfers worthy of a warrior princess. The show is great but the video on this dvd that was remastered by Anchor bay is why I gave this set 3 stars
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Summary: Xena Returns
Review: WOW! this is something that can't be passed up. 24 episodes over 1,000 minutes of xena footage and a bonus disc featuring things you didn't know about xena, and a collectors coin!. these early episodes are timeless. any fan of army of darkness, sam raimi and mythology with sword fighting, awesome characters,will not regret this purchase. There is even an episode about the Trojan war with a very convincing Helen with a twist on Homer's epic. It's nice to see something out there other than the same old comedy clones.
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Summary: Good for TV, not great for laptop
Review: I just received my DVD yesterday. All in all, it's great to finally have Xena on DVD, and I can't wait for the rest of the seasons to come out on DVD.The sound and video are great when I watch the episodes through my regular television set, putting the disc in my DVD player. But I'm a big fan of watching DVDs on my laptop. It has a high definition plasma screen, and I guess I've just been spoiled by the Fellowship of the Ring. But the Xena DVDs end up looking distractingly pixelated when I watch them on my laptop. But that's the only drawback I've found. It's been two years since Xena went off the air, and each season just gets better. So lets get the rest of these Xena seasons out on DVD!
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Summary: What happened to the Closed Caption???
Review: It's a shame that the first Season of Xena on DVD was not closed caption. Me and my friends love Xena and we all are hearing impaired. Why would they not Caption the DVD version when they Captioned the VHS version. I've been waiting for the DVD forever and unfortunately it's not captioned. I noticed that the first Season of Hercules coming out in June will be Captioned. I think if it was a mistake that they should redo all of the DVD's for Season One and caption them and send everyone who bought the ones not captioned a replacement Season at no charge. Doesn't that just seem fair.
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Summary: Outstanding Set
Review: Others have spoken about the show and the season, and they're all correct. I have nothing more to add on that front, but let me be the first to write about the actual set of DVDs, as my copy arrived today. The video and sound are outstanding, and the packaging is very attractive. The 24 episodes are on 6 DVDs and there is a 7th CD-ROM with a screensaver and an encyplopedia of info about Season 1: Episodes (dates & people and synopses), Mortals, Gods, Creatures, etc. There is a picture gallery of each of the characters, a trivia game, and bios of the directors and actors. A pleasant surprise for me was that this all worked perfectly on my Macintosh: I have had other DVDs with the extra material available only for Windows machines. But not this. Whew! I've been waiting a long time for this and I could not possibly be more delighted. The wait was worth it. Bring on the rest of the seasons!
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Summary: Let's hope this one is better than the other set released...
Review: Okay,let's keep our fingers crossed for this one.We jumped the gun and purchased Xena Season 1 and were very disappointed with the picture quality(grainy on dark scenes,slightly blurry on others)AND the audio quality is not that great.We've seen and heard better on VHS!
The packaging is crummy and shipped in a very poor mailer.(jewel case was cracked on ours.)
Xena is a timeless story and has something everyone can relate to:adventure,drama,comedy,morality,romance and plenty of action.The concept of seeking redemption for a past less-than-savory life lived,by helping others is something that each of us can apply to our own lives in some aspect or another.
The formula of "hip"dialogue combined with the centuries-past setting and martial art action,gave this and it's "parent"show Hercules the Legendary Journeys a unique combination that had never been seen on television before.I,for one, enjoyed both shows.This is a must-have series (along with Hercules TLJ)to own.
Battle On Xena!!
Addendum:I have received my new Xena set from Anchor Bay and found it vastly improved as far as sound goes and the picture quality is a little better than the Xena Webstore's version.But not much.Thank you to the reviewer who checked with Anchor Bay and questioned the picture quality and found that with the source material they had to work with,this is probably about it as far as quality goes.I also rate this set 4 stars instead of 5 due to the fact that the set is not Close-Captioned.(C'mon Anchor Bay and give EVERYONE a chance to enjoy this great series on dvd.)I, for one,will give Anchor Bay the benefit of the doubt and will continue to purchase subsequent releases of this milestone series.I also have Hercules TLJ on pre-order from them and eagerly await it's arrival.
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Summary: 2nd best show ever
Review: next to buffy this is the best show this is the amazing show its sow dark and imporing its a very violint series i love gore and this broke the rules fully amazing and graphic show
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Summary: Long way to go to catch up
Review: I'm not sure why the US release is so far behind the UK version - we already have all 6 seasons of Xena on DVD, and season 1 on DVD has been on my shelf for a couple of years now! Well worth the wait, but it could be a while before you have the complete set! Do US viewers not have multi-region players? If so, you can get every episode on DVD right now.
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Summary: THIS is how a legend rightfully begins...
Review: The 1st Season of Xena was addictive, mindblowing and, like all beginnings, had some kinks to be worked out. The casting of Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor was phenomenal from day one; Lawless (as most of you probably know) plays a profound, regretful, blue eyed, powerful former warlord who, thanks to help from Hercules, sets out to thoughtfully atone for her past reign of terror. "Nothing you can do can erase the shame you've brought onto your kinsmen," Xena's mother exclaims with sorrow. "Probably not," Xena admits sadly, eyes dropping, "but I'm going to spend the right of my life trying." And does she ever! In one of her first attempts at being "good", the warrior princess lays eyes on Gabrielle, a spirited and selfless village girl who, after seeing Xena's heroics, wants to "join up with" up her and "wants to be a warrior like her." As all fans know, Gabrielle is instrumental in reforming Xena by sharing her unconditional love & showing her how much good there is to be done. Xena, in return, has a renewed purpose & reason to live while gladly ready to die for Gabrielle. Like most 1st seasons, the characters are a little shaky, the acting is new & unsual, & the plots are somewhat undefined & experimental & therefore not as soul pinching, action packed and heartpounding as the seasons that so bravely followed. Also, while X & G's relationship grew dramatically over the years, it was only "friendly" at this stage of the game. At least they wised up a tiny bit in the 2nd season. Still, it holds a special place in the hearts of all Xena fans as the noble beginning of a timeless legend of pursuing the things that matter: love, sacrifice, the greater good, nobility, triumpth, loss, life. There are 24 great episodes but HIGHLIGHTS include:
"Sins Of The Past" -pilot episode
Xena journeys homeward determined to atone for the sins of her past, but her efforts to begin a new life are challenged by the vengeful warlord Draco. A betrothed village girl, Gabrielle, takes to the warrior princess immediately. "Dreamworker"
Xena must enter the magical realm of the Dreamscape to rescue Gabrielle after she is kidnapped by an unlikely god. "Altared States"
Xena & Gab intervene to save young boy from being sacrificed to a "one God" by his own father "The Greater Good"
When Xena is hit with a poisoned dart, Gab must disguise herself as the warrior princess in a plan to save Salmoneous and a town from an evil warlord "Callisto"
Xena must battle the fierce woman warrior Callisto, who is bent on revenge for the burning death of her family by evil Xena years ago. One of my top ten faves of all times... "Is There A Doctor In The House?"
Xena attempts to end the Mitoan-Thessalian War while trying to use her medical knowledge to save the lives of numerous casualties, including the critically wounded Gabrielle
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