Summary of "The Complete Series - Nice spots!": I'm not sure if I ever watched this show when it was on, or the movie which preceded it, but I knew a bit about the series before I watched it. I say "a bit," because I had it pegged as a cheesy sci-fi series (forgive me, it was only on for one year, and the aliens are bald with doodles on their heads). It's far from cheesy, and I found myself enjoying the series more than I thought I would; a lot more. There are some obvious themes that run through the series, with racism being the most predominant. I thought this was handled well, and while it's obvious in a few episodes (well, most of them), it helps the viewer to understand the situation the newcomers are in.
This is a pretty plain DVD set, and I heard rumors that Johnson's involvement was done at the last minute and the extra material he could contribute to the set couldn't be included. His commentary track is great, and I hope that the remaining movies are released so he can contribute some of the material he has in his collection. The double-sided discs bother me (especially since one of mine was scratched, which caused an episode to skip). I plan on asking Fox why they opted to go with DVD-10s instead of DVD-9s for the set (and many others they're releasing now).
Let's hope the TV movies are on the slate for later this year. (read entire review)
Press Release for the Retail Edition of The Ultimate Movie Collection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE FUTURISTIC WORLD WHERE ALIENS AND HUMANS MUST COEXIST
ALIEN NATION:
ULTIMATE MOVIE COLLECTION
Invasion Of The Long-Awaited Sci-Fi Collection
Lands On DVD April 15... (read entire news item)
1/13/2008
Later Than Expected, The Ultimate Movie Collection Goes Wide This Spring
As we reported, this past September 11th saw Best Buy exclusively release Alien Nation - The Ultimate Movie Collection on DVD. At the time we were told by Fox Home Entertainment that the retailer had... (read entire news item)
8/11/2007
Pricing, Box Art for Alien Nation - The Ultimate Movie Collection
A few days ago we had an update for you about Alien Nation - The Ultimate Movie Collection (as we now know it is properly called). One of our readers, Mike Bennett, had sent us an e-mail showing that... (read entire news item)
8/08/2007
Movies exclusive to Best Buy in September
Kenny Johnson has updated his website with more information on the upcoming Alien Nation movies, and that prompted us to check in with our friends at Fox and get more information on the title. Best Buy... (read entire news item)
6/10/2007
Post-Series Telefilms Coming To DVD Soon, With Tons of Extras!
In 1988, James Caan and Mandy Patinkin starred in the theatrical release of Alien Nation, a wonderfully designed concept of alien "refugees" - former interplanetary slaves - who landed on Earth and were... (read entire news item)
10/07/2005
Artwork for complete series
Fox sent us artwork for Alien Nation: The Complete Series which is coming on January 3rd. You can read more about the set in our news item from earlier in the week. (read entire news item)
10/06/2005
Newcomer TV-DVD Set To Land In Early January!
In 1988, James Caan and Mandy Patinkin starred in the original big-screen version of Alien Nation, about how an enormous alien ship landed in the Mojave Desert, bearing 300,000 "Newcomers"...alien slaves... (read entire news item)
9/03/2005
Ken Johnson Recording Commentaries for DVDs
Anyone who's into science fiction television should know the name of Kenneth Johnson: after starting out as a director on the classic cop show Adam 12, he moved on to writing for The Six Million Dollar... (read entire news item)
8/03/2005
Set coming soon...
Big thanks to Theresa Bell for sending us scans of Fox's latest TV-DVD catalog, which includes lots of new release information. Here are the unannounced titles, building up to the big announcements for... (read entire news item)
