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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Penned on behalf of the missus who has been a huge Dallas fan from when the series first aired on TV years ago.
While the stories and characterisations, wheeling and dealing are excellent the experience is ruined by what must be one of the worst video to DVD transfers ever. Even on a small screen the picture is grainy and blocky and almost unwatchable on a modern widescreen TV. This seems to be a direct result of Warners cramming 5 episodes on each disk, by comparison Season 3 which only has 3 episodes per side has perfectly watchable and clean picture. No-one expects an old TV show to be perfect, but this has nothing to do with cleaning up the source but everything to do with laziness and economy - would quite happily have paid extra to spread the show over another disc or two.
While the stories and characterisations, wheeling and dealing are excellent the experience is ruined by what must be one of the worst video to DVD transfers ever. Even on a small screen the picture is grainy and blocky and almost unwatchable on a modern widescreen TV. This seems to be a direct result of Warners cramming 5 episodes on each disk, by comparison Season 3 which only has 3 episodes per side has perfectly watchable and clean picture. No-one expects an old TV show to be perfect, but this has nothing to do with cleaning up the source but everything to do with laziness and economy - would quite happily have paid extra to spread the show over another disc or two.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Not long to go until the finale, I watched this series as a die-hard fan, right through to the anti-climatical end. What can I say? There is so much about this series that veers away from the tried and tested Dallas formula - not only do J.R. and Bobby become the best of friends, but J.R. becomes happily married to Cally, a young lady who sets back feminism by about, well, three hundred years. The Ewings become united in their war against their new neighbour, and us Dallas fans love a good war. However, new characters such as Tracy and Tommy don't really have any charisma. There was so much I missed about the Dallas of old, not least the fued between J.R. and Cliff. Cliff was hardly used in the last few series of Dallas which was a shame - his crackpot schemes and vulnerability made him a central character. The high points? Well the romance between Bobby and April rings true, and should have started sooner. And even though Don Lockwood (old Lovejoy himself) stands out a mile I love watching him onscreen. Lastly, this series was Swellin's swansong, and I shall miss seeing her in future episodes. All in all, this series is for Dallas addicts who remained loyal to the show right through to the final season.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Dallas: The Complete Twelfth Season" - really season eleven when you realize that the first was just a trial mini-series - might be described as the experimental one. It could be divided into four segments, tied together with enough major and minor developments to make it cohesive.
The segment which started the season is "Let's give J.R. a young bride." This storyline puts our hero (Larry Hagman again giving Emmy-worthy performances) in mortal peril by a pair of yokels (Cliff Potts and Sherman Howard) that he runs into after he has taken their young sister to bed. The eldest Ewing son finds himself a member of a chain gang, an escapee, and eventually the husband of the much younger Callie, wonderfully played by Cathy Podewell).
From that storyline the show moves to "Let's see how Sue Ellen gets her revenge." This the former Mrs. J.R. Ewing (Linda Gray) the opportunity to plan for the ultimate "payback," as the producer of a film that will reveal to the entire world how ruthless her former spouse is.
Then, the plot intertwines with "Let's see who will replace Bobby's beloved Pam." Bobby (Patrick Duffy) is involved with not one, not two, but three women during this season: an old flame from his past (Irena Ferris), a new one (Beth Toussaint), and one who is trying her best to get on his good side and his into his bed (Sheree J. Wilson). By the end of the year, Pam becomes a memory and the youngest Ewing son has found her replacement.
Finally, the season ends with "Let's show Dynasty how it's done and REALLY go to Europe." Like its chief competition, Dallas has a storyline where many of the principal characters go to Europe, but the cast and crew did go wherein "Dynasty's" European trip was on a Hollywood set. The trip allowed for some magnificent locations which made up for a rather lackluster ending to the season.
As the season progresses, the show will see the departure of several major characters which would leave the next two years spent seeking to continue this "experiment" with new players to interact with the one reason for the show's existence in the first place: J.R.
The segment which started the season is "Let's give J.R. a young bride." This storyline puts our hero (Larry Hagman again giving Emmy-worthy performances) in mortal peril by a pair of yokels (Cliff Potts and Sherman Howard) that he runs into after he has taken their young sister to bed. The eldest Ewing son finds himself a member of a chain gang, an escapee, and eventually the husband of the much younger Callie, wonderfully played by Cathy Podewell).
From that storyline the show moves to "Let's see how Sue Ellen gets her revenge." This the former Mrs. J.R. Ewing (Linda Gray) the opportunity to plan for the ultimate "payback," as the producer of a film that will reveal to the entire world how ruthless her former spouse is.
Then, the plot intertwines with "Let's see who will replace Bobby's beloved Pam." Bobby (Patrick Duffy) is involved with not one, not two, but three women during this season: an old flame from his past (Irena Ferris), a new one (Beth Toussaint), and one who is trying her best to get on his good side and his into his bed (Sheree J. Wilson). By the end of the year, Pam becomes a memory and the youngest Ewing son has found her replacement.
Finally, the season ends with "Let's show Dynasty how it's done and REALLY go to Europe." Like its chief competition, Dallas has a storyline where many of the principal characters go to Europe, but the cast and crew did go wherein "Dynasty's" European trip was on a Hollywood set. The trip allowed for some magnificent locations which made up for a rather lackluster ending to the season.
As the season progresses, the show will see the departure of several major characters which would leave the next two years spent seeking to continue this "experiment" with new players to interact with the one reason for the show's existence in the first place: J.R.
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