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DVD
Paramount
Publisher: Paramount
Format: Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Actors: John Forsythe
This hugely popular prime-time soap opera follows the exploits of the Carringtons and Colbys, both "oilrich" family dynasties in Denver, CO, as they accrue and manipulate power and wealth.
Say what you will about Alexis Carrington (the inimitable Joan Collins in her signature role), but not even she at her greedy, manipulative, and scheming worst would have sanctioned the splitting of Dynasty's third season into two volumes. And this, mind you, is the woman hell bent on ruining the lives of ex-husband Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and his "sweet" wife of two years, Krystle (Linda Evans), whom Alexis disdainfully calls, "the once and future secretary." To attain the money and power she needs to put her best laid plans into action, she compels a hospital bed wedding to her barely conscious fiancé, Cecil Colby (Lloyd Bochner), who has suffered a massive coronary ("We have to get back at Blake," she pleads). Later, she will uproot the life of Mark Jennings (Geoffrey Scott), Krystle's former husband, from whom—surprise, surprise—she is not legally divorced. Alexis is the straw that stirs this intoxicating cocktail, but Season Three of this era-defining prime time soap is its most intoxicating yet (and marked the show's emergence for the first time in the Nielsen ratings' Top Five). Dynasty distinguished itself from Dallas by putting business on the back burner, and turning up the heat on its characters' outrageous private lives. As the season begins, Jeff (John James) and Fallon's (Pamela Sue Martin) baby is still missing, leading to one of the series' all-time great OMG moments, as the undone Claudia (Pamela Bellwood) clutching what is apparently the baby, accidentally sends it plummeting off a rooftop. The biggest development this season is the introduction of Michael Torrence (Gordon Thomson), a Billings, Montana lawyer, who learns on his grandmother's deathbed that he is actually Blake and Alexis's first-born son, Adam Carrington, who was kidnapped as an infant. Turns out that as the tree is bent, so are the twigs. No sooner does Alexis set Adam up at ColbyCo then he pits himself against the good and decent Jeff and has his office redone with toxic paint. On the homefront, Fallon wants a divorce and, in a bid for self-actualization, takes over the "white elephant" La Miranda Hotel, where she meets and flirts with "Michael," not realizing he is her long lost sibling. Her discovery of his identity when Alexis introduces them is just another priceless moment that makes this season, and this set, essential for Dynasty fans. Too bad it tops out at 12 episodes, right about the time that Heather Locklear re-appears as Sammy Jo (that's Samantha to you), with the missing and presumed dead Steven's baby. Damn you, Paramount; just when things are really getting good. --Donald Liebenson
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| THe new Steven arrives |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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It is unfortunate that the decision was made to split the seasons. The only reason is to charge more for the DVD sets. However even with this annoying sales pitch Dynasty is still a winner. I was a fan from the begining because of Steven's character being gay, when he went off after season two to find himself and work on an oil rig (oh, really gay proffession? go figure) I kind of went off Dynasty and hence missed most of this season. I am very pleased to be able to catch up on how Adam turned up, how he poisoned Jeff, how Kirby came back home and where La Mirage came from.
There are quite a few set ups in the first part of this season and a few story arcs that are constanly referred to in later seasons. It is nice to understand the whole back story to these. Krystal and Alexis are as always resplendant in the clothes they wear. Krystle's hair was never practicle. Unlike Alexis' who changed her style often. I must admit I had to laugh at the whole wedding in the hospital thing, could Cecil be that dumb. You could nearly see Alexis salivating at the idea of controling a company big enough to beat Blake at his own game.
Sammy Jo comes out of the wood work with a baby she claims to be Steven's. Steven is seen in shadow working on an oil rig as he was destined to get blown up and as Al Corley bowed out of he role to be replaced with a very young Jack Coleman who turned up years later in Heroes as Noah Bennett.
And speaking of youth. It's interesting to see Heather Locklear prior to her Melrose Place days. It is obvious her acting talent improved and she lost that small town annoying voice of hers. So I can't wait till part two arives in a few days so I can see how the new Steven is revealed, how Adam gets away with trying to kill Jeff, who Kirby sleeps with first, Jeff or Adam, and whats in store for Blake and Krystle. Roll on season four
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| Very Disappointed in Splitting of Season |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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I watched Dallas and Falcon Crest every Friday night that they were on. I have collected all 9 released seasons of Dallas. While it was on, I never watched Dynasty on a regular basis because of timing. I had Dynasty "recommended" to me by Amazon because of my Dallas purchases and was seriously thinking of purchasing the series and watching it at my convenience. With the third season being split, I will NOT be buying any of the seasons. If Warner Bros decides to do that to any of the remaining seasons of Dallas, I'm not sure what I will do. But I will not BEGIN to buy a series that I know is having it's seasons split.
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| Buy it if you want HALF a season!!! |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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Anyone in his right mind would stop short of allowing the production company to ensnare him into buying a "series" DVD of a long-running television program and pay exorbitant prices for a partial Season. Forget it! (We stand together!)
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| Stop All the Whining and Think |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Clearly the rights owners felt if people were willing to pay $25 or so for the first season of 13 episodes then they were willing to pay twice that for twice as many episodes.
Yes, the studios and production companies made their money back on Dynasty long ago, but for a new DVD release there are often production costs (converting to DVD, cleaning up, duplicating the DVDs and designing and producing packaging for them and so on) and also marketing costs that have to be covered.
It's probably also easier for a lot of people to buy a half-season for $25 and the other half later rather than $50 all at once (and you sell a lot more at $25 than $50.
I'm not a fan of splitting the seasons either, but at least you have them, and the products so far have been of pretty good quality, which isn't always the case on old TV shows put on DVD.
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| THIS IS A RIPOFF |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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I AM SO ANGRY THAT I SPENT THE MONEY ON THIS DVD ITS ONLY 1/2 THE SEASON FOR THE SAME PRICE I PAID FOR THE FIRST 2 SEASONS I WILL REALLY CONSIDER NOT BUYING THIS SERIES IF THIS CONTINUES THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS DVD COLLECTION SHOULD REALLY RECONSIDER THE WAY THEY DO THE NEXT EDITION
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