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Smallville - The Complete First Six Seasons
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Smallville 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Product was in excellent condition. A little slow on shipping but was very pleased with the whole experience.
Smallville 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Shipped on time. The downfall was that season 3 didnt include a booklet like all other seasons.
Smallville The Complete Series Seasons 1-6 5 out of 5 stars.
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The first shipment had a defective DVD. On Contacting Amazon the complete product was re-shipped. I was able to mix and match, effectively eliminating any scratched discs before shipping the original back to Amazon.
Very slow start, but gets better by season three 4 out of 5 stars.
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I was about ready to set this series down when I first picked up seasons 1 and 2. It has this problem with being repedative. The Meteor rocks did this, the meteor rocks did that. Was starting to get pretty boring. Then around season three the over arching plot started and the actual story from the books that we all remember began to take hold. Then it got good. Suffer through the first couple of seasons for this great show.
Smallville - The Complete Fifth Season [HD DVD]
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Total reviews: 11
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
No Main Menu? 3 out of 5 stars.
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I'm not going to get into the plot/stories/arcs of Season 5 here, other than to say that as a huge fan of the show, in my opinion this is probably the weakest overall season in the series (it still has its share of good-to-great episodes of course, just not as many as other seasons). For Arrival (the first episode), you can watch a cool "picture in picture" commentary about the special effects of the episode, something unique to the HD-DVD. However, Arrival seems to be one of the poorest transfers on the set unfortunately, and I can't help but wonder if it has something to do with this "add on" attached to this episode, whether it's activated or not.
Issues with this HD-DVD set:
1. NO MAIN MENU. After the disc loads and you get past the usual screens (FBI warning, HD-DVD promos, etc) of whatever disc you put in, the first episode on it simply starts playing. There is NO main menu...a huge disappoint. If you're like me, you enjoy seeing the intros with its season-specific animations like DVD versions have. Why not include it? You can access a menu pop-up screen while an episode is playing or paused to get to options, other episodes, special features etc, which is a cool feature of HD-DVD, but without a cool main menu it doesn't really mean much, and you feel a bit cheated because you know that people with the DVD version have one. It couldn't have been that difficult to include the main menu, I have other HD-DVDs that do both -- the main menu AND the pop-up menu while the movie/show is playing (which is supposed to be a convenient feature because you don't have to leave the show). Most people like having the main menu and it's art/animation as an intro to the season/show, that's common sense so I'm not sure what the makers of this set were thinking. I feel pretty cheated not having it.
2. PICTURE QUALITY. While good, it is not as great a leap over Smallville DVD quality as I was expecting. As a reviewer below mentioned, it seems the earlier eps weren't transferred very well. There seemed to be minor grain noticeable sometimes, particularly in darker scenes. The bright scenes for the most part look fantastic. So again it is the darker scenes that seem to be the most problematic throughout the season (I've seen the first 8 eps so far). Since this is a 5 disc set, some discs (3 of the 5) have 5 eps on them instead of the usual 4 that we're used to with DVDs. I can't help but wonder if unneeded compression took place to fit 5 HD-sized eps on one disc and that any quality issues experienced on these discs are a result of this compression. Don't get me wrong, the picture is better than DVD, but it's not that much better, meaning either one of two things: Either they didn't do the best possible job with these HD transfers or they simply do an amazing job with their DVD transfers, compression and all.
3. LESS BOX ART. Not really major, however I'm sure important to many, including myself. If you're like me, part of the fun of collecting DVDs, especially TV DVDs, is having the box and its box art to look at. But with HD-DVD, the box is much smaller, and the inside is completely devoid of any art. DVD box sets have a lot more art. So while you gain in less space the box takes up, you lose out in something that makes collecting more fun -- the nifty artwork.
I truly hope the Season 6 HD release in an improvement over this one. Please, give us an animated main menu, and don't compress anything if you don't have to. Space out the eps on 6 discs instead of 5, I'm sure most people would prefer a better picture over saving a tiny bit of space (and it truly is tiny). I'm not sure what they can do about not sacrificing artwork, but I hope they try to figure something out -- because ultimately, why should people who are paying more for something (the HD version instead of DVD) be getting less.
****I recently purchased HEROES SEASON 1 on HD-DVD, and it is simply an amazing set. I would suggest Smallville follow their lead on how to produce a quality HD-DVD set. Lots of artwork, a complete main menu, basically all the bells and whistles you could ask for.
Editorial Review:
An astonishing season of destiny! Clark Kent now carries a full load of classes at Central Kansas U. but that's not all he carries. He carries the full weight of his - perhaps the world's - destiny. "We call this season Superman in Training" series co-creator Alfred Gough says. "Clark is going to accept his destiny." During this exciting pivotal season: The Fortress of Solitude rises. A spaceship mystery unfolds. A dark tragedy - one even Clark's powers can't prevent - strikes. These and more key elements of Superman lore fall into place.Running Time: 925 min.Format: DVD HD Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 012569839038 Manufacturer No: 83903
Smallville - The Complete First Five Seasons
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Total reviews: 17
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Editorial Review:
Before the Legend...Before the Icon...He was a teenager growing up in Smallville. Season 1 chronicles the life of the boy who would be Superman in a 6-disc collector's set with super bonus features. Season 2 includes all 23 second-season episodes plus bonus materials worthy of a hero. Among the episode highlights: Clark grapples with his true calling. Is he on Earth to serve humanity or perhaps destroy it? Season 3 is marked by Clark's inability to overpower destiny and its pressing call for his return home. Clark who has left Smallville for Metropolis returns to Smallville to help his parents and is happily surprised to find that Lex Luthor has survived a deadly jet crash. Season 4 is Clark Kent's senior year! The 22 episodes include the quest for 3 Kryptonian crystals and Clark's bold attempt to keep those mysterious stones from destroying Earth. Lois Lane smart opinionated and entirely annoying to Clark comes to Smallville. Season 5 - An astonishing season of destiny! "We call this season Superman in Training" series co-creator Alfred Gough says. "Clark is going to accept his destiny." During this exciting pivotal season: The Fortress of Solitude rises. A spaceship mystery unfolds. A dark tragedy - one even Clark's powers can't prevent - strikes.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 012569835733 Manufacturer No: 83573
Smallville Sixth Season Disc 6
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- Superman
Editorial Review:
This disc includes the following episodes: "Nemesis," "Noir," "Prototype" and "Phantom."
Smallville - The Complete First Four Seasons
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 24
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Editorial Review:
Before the Legend...Before the Icon...He was a teenager growing up in Smallville. Season 1 chronicles the life of the boy who would be Superman in a 6-disc collector's set with super bonus features. Season 2 includes all 23 second-season episodes plus bonus materials worthy of a hero. Among the episode highlights: Clark grapples with his true calling. Is he on Earth to serve humanity or perhaps destroy it? Season 3 is marked by Clark's inability to overpower destiny and its pressing call for his return home. Clark who has left Smallville for Metropolis returns to Smallville to help his parents and is happily surprised to find that Lex Luthor has survived a deadly jet crash. Season 4 is Clark Kent's senior year! The 22 episodes include the quest for 3 Kryptonian crystals and Clark's bold attempt to keep those mysterious stones from destroying Earth. Lois Lane smart opinionated and entirely annoying to Clark comes to Smallville. The calling awaits Clark an awakening to a destiny that only he can accept and fulfill.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 012569713437 Manufacturer No: 71343
Smallville - The Complete First Two Seasons (2-Pack)
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Total reviews: 13
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
An Intelligent series for any Superman Fan 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Actually, Superman in this series is really Clark Kent,not the
opposite. Superman is a title given to him by the People and the
Daily Planet,The newspaper of Metropolis. Clark Kent was Kal-El
and now is a progeny of his step parents, The Kents. Clark Kent
had to create an alter ego in able to fit into society which as
we all know wouldn't accept an outworlder. I'm speaking in reference to the world of Smallville which is closer to the movies than the comic books.
If your stuck on the comic books then this series won't suffice
in my opinion unless you treat it with an open mind.
I love this series and I embrace it for what it really is, relating to those who are afraid sometimes to be who they really
are in society in fear of persecution. Growing pains are represented here as well which is why I think it is relatable
to the younger viewers. Give this series a try after watching
the Original Superman movie...I think it will prove itself to all
viewers with its intelligence.
Editorial Review:
After a meteor shower bursts from the heavens, raining destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, years pass, and the healing process leaves the town's inhabitants with scars and secrets. From the ashes of tragedy, a popular yet awkward teen attempts to decipher the meaning of his life and his clouded past. As he struggles with the transition from boyhood to adulthood, Clark finds that his strength and strange abilities set him uncomfortably apart from his peers.
Smallville: The Complete Fifth Season
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Smallville - The Complete Seasons 1-7
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Smallville Sixth Season Disc 2
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This disc includes the following episodes: "Arrow," "Reunion" and "Fallout."
Smallville Sixth Season Disc 3
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This disc includes the following episodes: "Rage," "Static," "Subterranean" and "Hydro."