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Dallas: The Complete First and Second Seasons is an American equivalent to those British mini-series about historical chapters in that country's royal monarchy. Full of family in-fighting, political intrigue crossed with personal triumph or disappointment, and plenty of sensational infidelities and betrayals, Dallas is a captivating story of a wealthy oil family's power and travails. It is also uniquely fun and daringly absurd, albeit with a straight face; this hugely successful, primetime soap opera began in the late 1970s and ran 14 seasons in all, built on a handful of primary relationships that stretch credulity but never descend into self-parody.
Not unexpectedly, Dallas begins with a Romeo and Juliet tale that instantly exposes an old feud between two families and strips the civilized veneer from several major characters. Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest of three sons of independent oilman Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), arrives at the Ewing clan's Southfork ranch just outside Dallas, Texas, with a new wife, Pam Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal). Pam is the daughter of Digger Barnes (David Wayne), an old business rival of Jock's and one-time suitor of the Ewing matriarch, Eleanor (or "Miss Ellie", played by Barbara Bel Geddes). Pam's also the sister of a state senator, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), whose vendetta against the Ewings is played out in the legislature, imposing costly regulations on their business and holding committee investigations into questionable practices of company president J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). Pam's status as the newest Ewing causes an uproar in the family (besides being a Barnes, she also dated the Ewings' genial but lonely foreman, Ray Krebbs, played by Steve Kanaly) and prompts Dallas' charming villain, J.R., to make many Iago-like attempts, over the first two seasons, to drive her from Bobby's arms. Pam has a different set of problems with the other, jealous Ewing women, including J.R.'s possibly barren and alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), and teenage Lucy (Charlene Tilton), daughter of exiled Ewing son Gary (Ted Shackleford). With new and old resentments flying and everyone deeply suspicious of everyone else's motives (even the ailing Jock doesn't trust J.R.), there's plenty of drama to chew on. Still, storylines are often larger than the sum of these parts, with lots of kidnappings, marital affairs, plane crashes, and shootings ratcheting up suspense. Dallas is pure pleasure, a little guilty, perhaps, but not a sin. --Tom Keogh
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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DALLAS is one of the best dramas ever from the 80s, which is why it was number 1 in the USA and UK TV ratings during its first seven seasons, and had airings in over 130 countries. DALLAS is exciting and has ingenious plots and storylines and is better quality drama in my opinion, than shows such as Desperate Houswives, The O.C., EastEnders, etc.
This classic and timeless show is well written and has some fine actors and Larry Hagman is excellent in his portrayal as the dastardly J. R. Ewing, who is usually up to no good and has many secrets! Once you enter the home of the Southfork Ewings, you'll want to "visit" them in every episode on this DVD set!
The video of most episodes is sharp and of high quality. The DVD commentary of a couple of episodes is rather uninteresting and slow at times.
DALLAS has 14 seasons so I hope Warner Home Video speed up the releases with at least two or three seasons a year to DVD. Seasons 3, 6 and 7 (DALLAS fans refer to them as seasons 2, 5 and 6) are indeed the BEST seasons of the entire series with such gripping, clever and solid storylines. The first two seasons in this DVD box set are very good and well worth watching with classic and entertaining episodes.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Great set once i worked out that the cds are double sided !! never seen this before great for keeping packaging to a minimum but should say so on the box somewhere. Quality exellent hours an hours of vintage telly
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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What a blessing! This DVD transported me to the golden age of the late 70s and the 80s, less complicated times filled with happy memories. Dallas made a huge contribution to popular entertainment in this era before mobile phones and other irritating gadgets. Talking of phones, JR always answered it with a curt "Yello" and hung up without saying goodbye.
This set opens with newly-wed Bobby and Pam on their way to Southfork Ranch, blisfully happy with only the wise Pamela expressing concern over the fact that she's the daughter of Digger Barnes, great enemy and rival of patriarch Jock Ewing. And it gets better and better with exquisitely complex intrigues! The Ewing family, who became family to millions way back then, never disappoints.
For those who watched the complete series, it is interesting to see the character development from the very beginning. For example, Ray Krebbs is a highly unprincipled scoundrel who later became decent and honest. Sue Ellen (Swellen to JR), still a vapid beauty queen here, evolved into a graceful, mature womanhood after a long struggle with demon drink. In between, many times when discovering JR's infedilities, she slapped his face, her lower lip quivered and she said "bestid!"
The devious little Lucy, very much the delinquent, eventually chilled and unfortunately disappeared too soon from the series. Pam is the one who impresses most with her can-do attitude and sound moral principles. Others never changed much: the long-suffering Miss Ellie is good and remained so to the end, whilst the charmingly evil JR never gave up his tricks. He in fact got worse. Others include Cliff Barnes, Gary and Valene Ewing, Jenna Wade, Kristin Shepard and Donna Culver.
These 29 episides includes Swellen's descent into alcoholism because of JR's neglect, Cliff's vendetta against Ewing Oil and run for political office, Swellen's affair with Cliff Barnes and many, many more nail biting situations. There are also the notorious and dramatic Ewing parties around the pool and the dubious oil dealings. The plots unravel fast, nothing is drawn out too long, the acting is great and the cinematography is superb. It is like seeing old friends again and revisiting fondly remembered places. Dallas still remains the very best soap opera series after all these years, although Dynasty and Falcon Crest were also most entertaining.
This set opens with newly-wed Bobby and Pam on their way to Southfork Ranch, blisfully happy with only the wise Pamela expressing concern over the fact that she's the daughter of Digger Barnes, great enemy and rival of patriarch Jock Ewing. And it gets better and better with exquisitely complex intrigues! The Ewing family, who became family to millions way back then, never disappoints.
For those who watched the complete series, it is interesting to see the character development from the very beginning. For example, Ray Krebbs is a highly unprincipled scoundrel who later became decent and honest. Sue Ellen (Swellen to JR), still a vapid beauty queen here, evolved into a graceful, mature womanhood after a long struggle with demon drink. In between, many times when discovering JR's infedilities, she slapped his face, her lower lip quivered and she said "bestid!"
The devious little Lucy, very much the delinquent, eventually chilled and unfortunately disappeared too soon from the series. Pam is the one who impresses most with her can-do attitude and sound moral principles. Others never changed much: the long-suffering Miss Ellie is good and remained so to the end, whilst the charmingly evil JR never gave up his tricks. He in fact got worse. Others include Cliff Barnes, Gary and Valene Ewing, Jenna Wade, Kristin Shepard and Donna Culver.
These 29 episides includes Swellen's descent into alcoholism because of JR's neglect, Cliff's vendetta against Ewing Oil and run for political office, Swellen's affair with Cliff Barnes and many, many more nail biting situations. There are also the notorious and dramatic Ewing parties around the pool and the dubious oil dealings. The plots unravel fast, nothing is drawn out too long, the acting is great and the cinematography is superb. It is like seeing old friends again and revisiting fondly remembered places. Dallas still remains the very best soap opera series after all these years, although Dynasty and Falcon Crest were also most entertaining.
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Dallas season 1 & 2
The items reached within 2-3 days and the quality of DVDs is very good . so giving it a 5 star
Published 4 months ago by Abhishek
As good now as it was then!
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Vintage Quality Primetime US Soap
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Blu-ray player
Anyone had any problems playing these on a blu-ray player? I couldn't get any sound to play. Tried in on a regular dvd player and also on my computer and it worked fine. Read more
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An old favourite at a very good price.
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Great!
Since I'm only 21 it's kinda weird for many people that I know that I'm watching Dallas. But you know what? I don't care. Read more
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