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Dark Skies is one of the most imaginative TV series of the 1990s - an unusual and often scary blend of fact, informed speculation and high drama. It is an alternative, dark look at history as seen through the prism of an insidious and hostile alien invasion. On the one side: the secret and powerful covert government Majestic-12, which has discovered that alien life had indeed visited earth, and is determined to keep the invasion a secret. On the other side is Dark Skies, the resistance movement that is mankind's only hope, and it's heroes John Leongard and Kimberly Sayers, two young people on the run from Majestic-12. Enjoy for the first time ever all 18 episodes plus the original Feature length Pilot Episode of this highly acclaimed series.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
WARNING!
if like me you watched bits and bobs of the show on tv and you only half remember it and buy the DVD, make sure you watch the pilot episode first which is hidden away on disk five as an extra.
If you don't you will be thrown into a confusing world with almost no character development or interest whatsoever. All of the backstory and exposition is explained in the pilot called 'awakening' so without it, the plot makes little sense.
if like me you watched bits and bobs of the show on tv and you only half remember it and buy the DVD, make sure you watch the pilot episode first which is hidden away on disk five as an extra.
If you don't you will be thrown into a confusing world with almost no character development or interest whatsoever. All of the backstory and exposition is explained in the pilot called 'awakening' so without it, the plot makes little sense.
46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of the most exceptional sci-fi offerings from the nineties. It sets an alien invasion story against real historical events, starting in the 1960's, even being brave enough to mix archive footage with new material. It is like a historical X-Files - only much better. It had the balls to show us much more of the aliens and their technology than X-Files, and advanced the mythology much faster. It also makes successful use of contemporary music which really adds to the atmosphere.
The series starts out quite breathtakingly, boldy and sure-footed. It lost it's way for a while in the middle of the season and by the time the writers raised their game again, the show was tragically axed. The season finale is jaw-dropping and it is a crying shame that the second series was never made.. The show was intended to run until December 1999 and the story was supposed to cover the seventies, eighties and nineties and tie into the millennium celebrations with an apocalyptic alien conquest of Earth!
If you've never seen this, you absolutely won't be disappointed. The sound, the visual style, the bold storylines. I LOVE DARK SKIES. I thought this would never see a DVD release and am so happy! It's truely unique - buy it now..
The series starts out quite breathtakingly, boldy and sure-footed. It lost it's way for a while in the middle of the season and by the time the writers raised their game again, the show was tragically axed. The season finale is jaw-dropping and it is a crying shame that the second series was never made.. The show was intended to run until December 1999 and the story was supposed to cover the seventies, eighties and nineties and tie into the millennium celebrations with an apocalyptic alien conquest of Earth!
If you've never seen this, you absolutely won't be disappointed. The sound, the visual style, the bold storylines. I LOVE DARK SKIES. I thought this would never see a DVD release and am so happy! It's truely unique - buy it now..
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
BEWARE - do not make the mistake of assuming that you should start watching with disc 1, episode 1. That is obviously far too straight forward for the people who made this DVD. To watch the pilot episode (which sets up the whole story & which you must watch first) you have to go to the final disc & look in the bonus materials section. What the logic behind that was I don't know.
The series however is just as good as I remember it. Whilst it may not be a work of art it's great fun and very entertaining. Much better than other series which got longer runs.
The series however is just as good as I remember it. Whilst it may not be a work of art it's great fun and very entertaining. Much better than other series which got longer runs.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Bor - ing
Dull, dull and weird. There are many great box sets out there. But this isn't one of them. My advice is don't bother to buy it or to watch it.
Published 3 months ago by Amanda
Too clever
There was talk of making a further series but the executives decided that the American public, or at least some parts of it would not watch it because their grasp of 20th century... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. P. L. Spearink
Fantastic series, terrible shame
I've heard of other shows creating a massive cliffhanger season ending to generate fan protests against any threat of cancellation, so such a shame it didn't work with the great... Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. P. Wattam
Dark Skies Rules!!!
This series is fantastic! It was great when it was first aired but now I'm in my apple cart now that I own this on dvd. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Nyarlathotep
Great DVD set, which uses an 'alternate' version of the pilot
I echo all the other positive reviews about this series and about the appearance (finally!) of the DVD box set. Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. Liffen
Faulty case problem
I was really looking forward to watching this series, but I have had to return 2 copies of this (the original and a replacement) because 2 of the discs were so badly scratched... Read more
Published 15 months ago by CJL
Magic TV !!!!
Great show shame it was cancelled but have the DVD box set at last !. This was a 90s Tv show and came out just after Space above and Beyond (Another great 90s Sci-Fi show) really... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. T. E. Harney
Best Sci-Fi
When I saw you could get this series on DVD, I was well pleased. If you watched it at the time you know what I mean, if not, this is in my opinion the best UFO conspiracy series... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Shenks
a tv classic
i have been waiting for this series to get released for almost a decade.
What a classic show although only one series was made they left a cliffhanger
at the very last... Read more
What a classic show although only one series was made they left a cliffhanger
at the very last... Read more
Published 17 months ago by markb
No Subtitles
I very much enjoyed this series on TV and have been hoping it would be released on DVD for many years. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Paul
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