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Seaquest DSV - Season 2 - Complete [1994]


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A great series from my childhood
Review date: 2008-05-16 Rating: 8 out of 10

This was one of those TV series from my childhood that I worried about buying, things I remember though those rose coloured glassed of childish enthusiasm tend not to live up to the memory. This, however, did.

I remember that I liked the first series, I enjoyed the second better (except for the preaching at the end by Bob "the grave robber" Balard and his oceanographic institute) and the third rocked my world. Unfortunately, even though the third had the best viewing figures the tv network decided to cancel. I remember the 3rd series best (I was, and still am, a Michael Ironside fan).

The second series lost a lot of viewers because of it's 'preachy' views at the end (it was ahead of it's time in the promotion of ecology conservation) - and it wasn't necessarily the save the seal, whale, etc, that bothered the viewers but the condescending way it was put. This ecolgy section at the end was apparently the brain-child of lead actor and mechanical shark killer Roy Scheider, it was also his decision to dumb it down so much that viewers were left feeling insulted and switched off early. All this came on top of the whole submarine kidnapped by the space aliens story-line (another Scheider inspired story) and Scheider lost his lead role to Michael Ironside (season 3).

Season 3 is my preferred format, more action less preach, and we learn more about the sub and other members of the crew, and boy genius, Lucas was allowed to grow up and become a member of the crew.

The only thing that saddens me about this series is that Jonathan Brandis (who played the so-called "boy genius" Lucas) like many other child actors found that once he'd grown up he wasn't able to find work in the acting profession, and committed suicide in 2003. A sad footnote to a great family-friendly series.

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Great but...not as good as season 1
Review date: 2008-04-04 Rating: 8 out of 10

This is the second series out of three that follow the adventures of Seaquest DSV. A futuristic submarine under the command of Captain Nathan Bridger (played by Roy Scheider,) that among other things help to maintain peace in the inhabited world's oceans of the not-too-distant future. The eight disk boxed set includes all the episodes but sadly unlike the first series there are no special features included.

I enjoyed watching Seaquest when I was younger, but this time around I found that the episodes are a lot more 'unlikely' and not quite up to the same standards from the first series. Don't get me wrong as this is still a fantastic and very entertaining program it's just somewhat less believable and even a bit too far-fetched in places even for science fiction (man eating plants never did float my boat.) The two hour first episode is great and one of my favourite episodes from the series, also there are two gems "The Sincerest Form of Flattery," and "Splashdown." It becomes obvious when watching that the ante has been raised in terms of special effects and sets as this time around they are more impressive while not being over the top. Again the acting from all is brilliant. At the end of the first series Seaquest was destroyed in the final episode, but thankfully they build another one with a few new characters including a Forest Gump like `Dagger' called Dagwood.

We've waited a long time for Seaquest to be released on DVD and while I have my disappointments about the series and the packaging, I'm still very glad that I bought it and I'm sure you will be too.

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Actor(s):
Mark Hamill
Roy Scheider
Kent McCord
Jonathan Brandis
Dom DeLuise

Creators:
Roy Scheider (Primary Contributor)
Kent McCord (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582501841
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 8
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2008-03-31
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 972 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1994

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