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Summary: Why Not?
Review: I really never liked the show when it was on the WB and UPN, that's cause i didn't give it a real chance. After being stuck home for days, because of surgery, with noting on the tv I decide it looked interesting. So i sat and watch a Marathon that lasted from 8am to like 5pm and I really enjoyed it. I didn't want it to end. So Now i watch it on scifi every day at four pm. It the perfect show for people who beleive in fiction storys. And i am one of those many people. I enjoy Roswell, Charmed, Smallville, and some more great shows. But i am sitting her thinking, Why didn't i watch it when it was on the WB or UPN? Maybe my tastes in shows developed as i got older or something. But if you are reading this to decide if you want the dvd, think to yourself do i like sci-fi? If the answer is yes then this is the dvd for you.
Sam
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Summary: You're from Up North??!?!
Review: Why did I not watch this show until the DVD? I was afraid it would be BUFFY meets DAWSONS CREEK -- BUFFY's CREEK or DAWSON THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Teen shows were hot at the time, and it was hard to keep track! ROSWELL came along quietly with its Sci Fi metaphor - the alienation you feel as a teenager expressed by three aliens...the space kind. It was a totally new way to revel in the timeless drama of ROMEO AND JULIET - impossible first love. Nowhere NEAR as violent or dark as BUFFY, and also more mystical than DAWSON's CREEK - ROSWELL stands on its own quite well in this DVD set covering the first season. The story is about alien teenagers who live as humans in Roswell, and the impact they have when their secret is outed when a random act of violence forces one of them to save the life of a girl he has loved from afar. Secrets fester, and love rears its head as the whole town begins to suspect something is up ... especially when the FBI comes in under everyone's radar. I gauge good Sci Fi by how much it explores what it means to be "human", and this series does that EXTREMELY well. The DVDs are in widescreen, and have commentaries scattered throughout. 23 episodes, and a couple of featurettes -- one on the making of the series, and another about the BOOK SERIES this show was based on. A GREAT CAST, a wonderful pilot and set-up, beautiful music (Dido's "HERE WITH ME" in the opening fits so well!), and solid stories make this definitely a DVD to check out.
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Summary: My wife and really like watching this show together
Review: 1) Nice intro season to what I feel gets stronger by the 2nd season
2) If you like Smallville you'll probably like this show
3) Some great dialoge and writing, especially the comic relief we have in the characters of Maria and Kyle
4) You care about each character and each is interesting in their own way
5) This is a sci-fi TV show...so you must suspend belief at times, which we are able to forgive because the soap opera of the characters lives is actually engaging
6) Special effects are ok, not superb but adequate
Overall, we really like this show and as we are currently mid-way through watching the 2nd season it has only gotten better. I hear the third and final season gets really crazy but I'll have to see for myself when it is released on DVD in October.
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Summary: Drama, aliens, high school: what more could you want?
Review: Do I believe in aliens? I dunno. Do I believe in conspiracy? Absolutely! This show is so great, and sadly short-lived. I just can't wait for season three to come out. If you like science fiction, aliens, or just a good government cover-up, give this show a shot.
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Summary: beautiful show
Review: this show tells the story of how 3 aliens living in roswell's life's are forever changed one day when one of them save's a waitress life. from this episode on, the story tells of budding romances, local authorities trying to find the truth about the aliens, every day teen issues from alchol to parenting problems.
along the way the 3 aliens find out more and more about their mysterious background which leads up to a sensational season finale, which is to me second only to the second season finale. any true roswell fan will definitley want to add this to their collection.
it was a real shame that this show was cancelled after only 3 seasons.
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Summary: Great series!
Review: Fantastic DVD set. I miss the orginal music, but i give this set 5 stars anyway. Well crafted, well executed first season. Highly addictive show. Buy it and enjoy!
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Summary: Romance
Review: I did not follow this series and decided to take a chance and bought the first and second seasons on DVD and I just finished viewing both seasons. It is pure magic... Romance... Romeo and Juliet of modern times. It is not often that you find a series that captivate you like Roswell. I recommend it to anyone that would love a mix of romance and sci-fi. It is very unique! I can't wait for the third season now, but at the same time it is sad that they only made three seasons.
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Summary: Humble Pie !!!!
Review: Liz: "Max, i wish you had never saved me, from the first day i was shot your life just ended"
Max: " No.... my life just begun"
ROSWELL: I have to admit that it has taken me sometime too visit this series as i completely missed it when orginally shown on tv show time back. Unfortunely for me, at the time, i was into X-files (though my interest in that show was slowly slipping) and the teen-supernatural monster hit that was Buffy.
A show about aliens that look like teens didn't interest me and i really thought the show would be a mix between X-files and 90210. I remember watching about 5 min of one epsiode of Roswell while it was on tv and switched over pretty quickly as i jsut didn't get it nor allowed myself too.
Cut to 2005 and me bored senseless, flipping the cable networks and coming across the pilot episode for Roswell. I was on the computer chatting to friends and just put it on for back ground.
I'm a hardcore Buffy fan and really didn't think anything could compete with this obsession.
Anyho, i missed the first 5 min of the pilot and came into it just as Max and Co were getting ready to leave Roswell as they had been exposed somehow ( i didn't know why at the time).
I was glued!!!!!! I mean glueddddddddddddddd to the show. All else around me faded and i became, in no less than 30 min, a Roswell fan. The show was not 90210 or the X-files. My god, it had drama, intrigue and characters that i immedtially attached too (primarily Max and Liz).
So, the pilot show ended and so did my net chatting for the day as i got in my car and rented the entire Season One and returned home. I watched the pilot again, this time seeing the shooting that begins this whole drama and the envolvement of the characters.
Then over the course of a week I proceeded to watch the whole season ( i would have easily watched the whole lot in one sitting but unfortunely having to live my real life interferred).
As i watched - what started as a keen interest became a obsession and now i just can't stop thinking about Roswell. After each absorbing episode i thought to myself ....why, WHY didn't i give this a go when it was on televison and could actually have added to the ratings with the slight hope that my 00000000000.00000.1 percent rating would keep the show alive, (well one can hope).
Thankgod now days for DVD releases that allow one to watch these sort of series at yah own pace.
So, what makes this show stand out to me !!!!
First of the show is not just for teens but for many age groups that have or are waiting to experience their first love. Furthermore, the show is dramatic with an excellent sci-fi flair/story. Sure the kids are aliens and sure they are teenagers but this is just represention of the emotions and identity confusion that occurs for all of us at this stage of life and for some way into adulthood.
Yes they are aliens but the thing is they are also half human and it is these emotions that the first half of season one explores with great script writing and character development.
However, it does have a sci-fi element to it (of course) and this really kicks in about half way through season one with a greater emphasis on the alien mystery element of the series.
Thus, because the series has invested alot of time in character development and serious emotional drama the sci-fi is complimented in a way that makes you sit clued to every episode regardless of whehter sci-fi interest you or not. Meaning you are not only attached to the character but also the envolving mystery and story.
ANDDDDDDDDD... the mystery actually MEANS something to the viewer because of the way all the characters interact. A good example of this is the Sheriff characters (who aint a teen) who goes through a transformation during the series. Never was i as emotional as i was when he declared to Max that he would do anything for him and this only occurred due to what preceeded it.
Furthermore, the series has an on-going story arc that you want with series televison. Infact two. A love story (and not a sappy one that doesn't work but one that really hits the notes) and the discovery of where, who and why there are 3 aliens living in Roswell (actully make that 4 but i won't spoil anything).
Both story arc's compliment each other and make the series both compelling and completely addictive.
I'm not gunna do a huge comprasion to this show with Buffy but will say that Roswell is FAR more dramatic than Buffy which tended to have lighter episodes with drama than just drama , drama and drama (though BUFFY ROCKS). And i won't even compare Roswell to Smallville (which is childish, monster of the week type fair with none of the emotional reasonce that Roswell has).
Honestly, i cried, yelled, covered my eyes and shook my hands at the screen while watching this series. I was just that much emotionally connected with the series.
In regards to the casting of the show......brillant (yeah Tess can be a bit meh but so far i like her). By far for me the stand out was Jason Behr as Max.
So , here i am eating some humble pie. The show that i though would be eck is actually great and i should have given this a better chance when it first aired commerically.
Roswell is perfect viewing and will hit (if not already) cult status. I highly recommended this series to anyone and promise it is not 90210 mixed with X-files. It a compelling drama with characters you will like and a story arc that will keep you interested. Furthermore, you might find you reality becoming more and more faded as you continue to excape into the world of Roswell.
Simply Brillant - BUY IT NOW !!!!!
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Summary: Awesome Show!
Review: I never watched an episode of Roswell back when it was on television, but I can tell you that I'm glad I didn't. Being able to watch the DVDs is so exciting...they're like a drug. I highly reccommend this show to anyone that likes sci fi and a bit of soap. This show goes great with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but don't expect it to be the same. Its very different, but still very good.
So buy this DVD set and have fun. I got S1 for Xmas and am already finished it. And about 1/3 the way done S2. I can't wait for the summer when S3 is released!
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Summary: Guilty Pleasure
Review: Though this series was not a cinematic masterpiece, I have to admit to have been drawn into the teen drama fused with scifi plot standards. The series is worth investigating, and even if you consider yourself a detractor of fox teen dramas, you may find yourself drawn into the show like a jedi mind trick secretly yearning for an alien death ray to zap tess (a desire expressed ad nausium by most roswell fans on the web). In short, check it out you might like it, plus the show was directed/produced by Jonathan Frakes of star trek TNG fame. Though this series plots did not go boldly where no one has went before, who cares... Its cool!
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