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Tru Calling - The Complete Series
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Fantastic but cut short too soon
Review date: 2008-07-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
I absolutely loved every single episode of both seasons of Tru Calling. I've always liked Eliza Dushku from Buffy and felt she was a very likable lead as Tru, I also loved her on-screen brother, Harrison, who is a somewhat 'lovable rogue'.
With each episode of Tru calling, you feel you are there solving the mystery with Tru when her days rewind. Each episode is filling with suspense and twists and truns - many a time I felt myself shouting at the TV due to things that happened on Day 1 but not Day 2 that Tru never even discovered!
I liked the introduction of Jack Harper, the opposing force of 'Death' to Tru's 'Life'. He was cocky and cool and often frustrating but I still can't decide whether I love or hate him. A particular favourite episode of mine was on Season 2 - 'The Last Good Day' when a girl actually asks Jack for help as opposed to Tru - you get to see a bit more of a compassionate and human side to Jack, which is very nice.
The fact that Seaon 2 ends so abruptly is devastating. There are so many loose ends that need to be tied up and I felt the series had so much more going for it it seems a great pity as every epsiode hooked me I cannot understand why it was cancelled. What a shame that Tru's story will probably never be finished.
Great series - would definitely recommend, but a great tradegy about how it ends.
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Reviews
Great!
Review date: 2008-03-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
I bought this on a whim as I'm an Eliza Dushku fan and am really glad I did. It's a great show with good actors, stories and plotlines. It's such a shame that it got axed in it's prime without a chance to finish it properly. I'm sitting here wishing for more and knowing it won't happen is frustrating. I recommend this great value for money box set to anyone who likes drama/horror tv shows or is just an Eliza Dushku fan =D
100% pure Tru Eliza Dushku goodness!!!
Review date: 2008-01-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
I was sceptical as anyone would be when it comes to buying the DVD to a show that was AXED! My original and shallow reason was I love Eliza Dushku, but upon buying this and watching it I got to love the show and curse those FOX WANKERS! who axed this. The series starts out a bit slow echoing shows like Quantum Leap, First Edition and movies like Groundhog Day but after this feeling has gone you get to see how smart and clever the episode are. If nothing else this is really good value, the complete season one and the first and last episodes of the second season and series. Try out these shows that were unjustly axed:
FIREFLY, THE LONE GUNMEN, ANGEL, POINT PLEASANT.
They should have completed season two.
Review date: 2007-12-01 Rating: 8 out of 10
The first series was great. It had an original premise, a young woman working in a mortuary is asked by dead people to relive the previous day to save or help them. It had strong characters played by good actors, the right amount of tension, humour and pathos but even as a fan it was clear that simple idea could not have been sustained for too long. They threw in so many extra twists with Tru's parents, with Davis her boss at the mortuary knowing her mother and the last scene at the end of season one threw a real spanner in.
The second season expanded on the concept of a counter-force to Tru, someone who was there to ensure that the dead stayed dead. That character, Jack was not evil, he was just there as a balance.
Like the Surface DVD this could have done with a film where the execs responsible for the cancellation explained their reasons. As regards Tru Calling why cancel the second series of a show whilst it was in production even before it had aired? I would have liked to have seen the second series completed, as it was the last episode does aim to have a conclusion of sorts over a Christmas party.
On the whole I enjoyed the show. The extras are Ok but not earth shattering but I guess interviewing people about a cancelled show would have made the studio uncomfortable, although it might have been good viewing.
The show was cancelled in favour of another fantasy series Point Pleasant and spookily that relived the fate of Tru Calling by being cancelled early.
Shame about the loose ends....
Review date: 2007-11-26 Rating: 2 out of 10
I loved this series. Shame they pulled the plug on it. The box set contains the first and second only seasons, and because the second season was cancelled after a the 6th episode, lots of loose ends remain... just when the web was getting more and more inteaguing. So don't bother if you don't want to feel frustrated... because it is frustrating...
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Zach Galifianakis
A.J. Cook
Jason Priestley
Eliza Dushku
Shawn Reaves
Director(s):
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036020725
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 8
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-06-27
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 999 minutes
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)