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Alias - Complete Season 5 [2002]


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Special Features

AUDIO COMMENTARIES: *View "Prophet Five" with commentary by Director Ken Olin, Executive Producer Jeff Pinkner, & Co-Star Victor Garber *View "Bob" with commentary by the writing Team of Monica Breem and Alison Schapker, along with Co-Stars David Anders and Rachel Nichols *View "The Horizon" with commentary by Director Tucker Gates along with writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec *View "There’s Only One Sidney Bristow" with commentary by the ALIAS production assistance’s Staring Sparky Hawes, Brian Studler, Cliff Olin & Chris Hollier *Celebrating 100 Go behind the scenes for the final season’s landmark episode. TRT: 9:36 *The Legend Of Rambaldi This bonus piece shows the creation of the world and stories about Rambaldi. TRT: 7:31 *Heightening The Drama: The Music Of Alias Go behind the scenes with composer Michael Giacchino TRT: 8:51 *The New Recruit: On Set With Rachel Nichols Follow Rachel around from her dressing room to on set with other cast members TRT: 7:43 *The Bloopers Of Alias The final blooper reel that evolves around JJ Abrams and Jennifer G. having some fun on the phone TRT: 5:30 *Easter Eggs- 4

Editorial
Synopsis

The entire fifth season of the beloved hit show ALIAS is contained on this collection. Jennifer Garner once again stars as Sydney Bristow, a 26-year-old graduate student working for a secret division of the CIA. The mission of this arm of the CIA is to combat SD-6, a secret terrorist organization whose agents believe that they, in fact, work for a secret organization within the CIA that combats terrorism. Quite possibly the most entertaining network television show of the last decade, ALIAS is a fast-paced thrill ride buoyed by Garner's performance as well as her taste for some outrageously risqué disguises on her missions.

it tries very hard
Review date: 2008-07-22 Rating: 6 out of 10

season five unfortunately was the finale season of the show...and after the dissappointing 4th season of the show this season does struggle a lot...but it is a fair shot at getting back to how it was.
but shamefully it isnt as great as it was in season 2 and 3,but it is pretty decent.
and a lot more improved on when compared to season 4(ugh!).
prophet five-3/5
...1...-2/5
the shed-3/5
mickingbird-2/5
out og the box-3/5
solo-4/5
fait accompli-3/5
Bob-4/5
the horizon-4/5
s.o.s-4/5
maternal instinct-5/5
theres only one sydney bristow-5/5-the 100th episode:)
30 seconds-4/5
i see dead people-4/5
no hrd feelings-4/5
reprisal-5/5
all the time in the world-4/5-a decent final episode but not as astounding as i expected...feels rushed but it is very good.

buy to finish if not...then stick with the 1st three seasons:).

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Reviews


Big red balls
Review date: 2008-04-22 Rating: 6 out of 10

I've watched all 5 seasons back to back on DVD and that says something. Alias is solid entertainment that keeps you watching. That said, the series never lives up to the promise of Seasons One and Two, eventually succumbing to serious repetition (too many fight scenes, people who are meant to be dead not really being dead, people being doubled, people who are not really who they say they are, secret organisations, Sloan: is he really still a bad guy etc etc) and blatantly contrived plot devices to fit around the actors real life circumstances (JG's pregnancy, other players conflicting work schedules).

Most disappointingly, the Rambaldi theme drifts in and out of the episodes incoherently, when it should have been the backbone of the franchise. It's evident that the writers did not have a clear plan where to take the Rambaldi idea - excuses that the series was cut short and they had to rush wrapping it up don't wash since the rot had set in by series 3.

By the end of the (very weak) last episode, all we really know is that it's something to do with red balls materialised out of thin air that have various unexciting functions, like making people turn into mad zombies (oh dear) and giving eternal life (how original). The first time I saw the other worldly floating sphere atop a Rambaldi device all those episodes ago, I thought, interesting, I wonder what THAT does. Sadly, it looks like the writers did too.

I should be clear though, Alias is well worth a watch, it's just a shame it did not achieve its potential.


bye bye sydney
Review date: 2008-04-09 Rating: 8 out of 10

fifth and final season of alias, american tv drama about lady spy sydney bristow who works for the cia. This dvd contains the seventeen episodes of the season spread over five discs.

If you haven't seen the show before then go and get season one instead. because the first episode of this season starts right where the cliffhanger ending to season four left off - sydney and her fiancee in peril just as he's revealing a few secrets to her - and the first episode of the season then changes the format of the show in the course of a speedy forty minutes. even as someone who'd seen all previous seasons I found it a bit much to take in, so I wouldn't think you could pick the show up from this if you're new to it.

However, after that episode, things do settle down. sydney and her colleagues are up against a mysterious group who are after something that's been lurking in the background of the show's mythos for a while. A well paced first twelve episodes follow, the villains being gradually investigated. but as a result of the network deciding to run the season short, to seventeen rather than twenty two episodes, the last five episodes rather compress the plot drastically.

This does move things on a great pace, but in the middle of this there's so much going on - including a double bluff and some villainy that will either surprise or annoy you - that some of the characters do get a bit lost, and certain plot elements don't come together.

But you've come this far with alias, so you might as well judge the finale for yourself. I shall make no comment as it's all a matter of opinion.

Character wise agent weiss is rather perfunctorily written out in episode two [as actor greg grunberg went to a role on another show that ended up not lasting. this was a year before heroes] and in come rachel nichols as inxperienced agent rachel gibson and balthazar getty as loner agent thomas grace. the former is very appealing as a character but gets less to do once she gets the hang of her job. and a subplot involving an attraction between the two is all the decent material they get in later episodes.

regular character dixon is underused in this season, which is a shame.

On the discs:

the first four contain four episodes each, with commentaries from a writer a producer and one of the cast on episode one, two of the cast and two writers on episode eight, and production staff on episodes nine and twelve.

the last disc contain four documentaries about the show, from it's one hundredth episode celebration to the writing of the music for the show. these all run no more than ten minutes but all are good and interesting. theres also the usual blooper reel which has it's moments but see one of these and you've pretty much seen them all. and some of the bloopers are obviously staged.

the discs offer subtitles and language tracks in engligh italian spain swiss finnish norwegian icelandic and danish.

Not a bad end for a great show. and a decent dvd package for it

The end of an era
Review date: 2007-10-01 Rating: 10 out of 10

Although this final series of the spectacular Alias was limited to only 17 episodes it didn't fall as foul of that decision by ABC as it could have done. It is obvious that it had plot planned out for 22 episodes and that a quite hasty re-write had to be done but the style and feel of Alias is kept up throughout and, as a complete Alias addict, I feel satisfied after watching all 5 series to conclusion.

As many other reviewers have mentioned the appearances of a number of guest stars in this series were fantastic. The acting was up to its usual standard (making me scream, cry, gasp at the screen) all bar Amy Acker in my opinion.

If you have watched the rest of the series you really do have to watch this one, to see how it ends, and in my opinion you won't be disappointed.

If you are new to Alias please, if only for sanity's sake, start at the beginning.

Sorry... I hated the ending!
Review date: 2007-09-26 Rating: 4 out of 10

No Spoilers.

From the moment I saw the first episode of series 1, I've loved Alias more than almost any other TV series. Over the various seasons, at times it flagged slightly, but always picked up the pace again. It really pains me to write a 2-star review of Alias.

But... Sorry, but am I the only person who thinks that something went drastically wrong with the final season? Did the writer have to cram about 6 episodes worth of story into one final episode, so he would be free to move on to his cinema work? Because that's how it felt to me.

You know how at the start of episodes you get a little 'Previously on Alias...', followed by a breakneck preview of the previous episode or two? Well, to me the whole final episode felt like one of those.

I really wish I knew what had been happening behind the scenes, because I can only assume that something went badly wrong somewhere. After being loyal to the series for 5 seasons, viewers really deserved something better than this over-hasty, shove-it-all-into-one-episode conclusion. Overall, it left a slightly bad taste, and (in my humble opinion) was nothing less than an insult to the fans.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Jennifer Garner
Ron Rifkin

Creators:
Jennifer Garner (Primary Contributor)
Ron Rifkin (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
EAN: 8717418094737
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2006-11-20
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 695 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2003-02-18
Language: English (Original Language)

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