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Masters Of Science Fiction - Complete Series 1 [DVD]

Anne Heche , Terry O'Quinn    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Anne Heche, Terry O'Quinn, Sean Astin, John Hurt, Malcolm McDowell
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Starz Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 250 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0010LAZZ8
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,995 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Masters Of Science Fiction brings to the screen for the first time celebrated short stories from the world s most highly regarded science fiction writers, dealing with many of the most entertaining, powerful and relevant ideas and issues facing us all. Host Professor Stephen Hawking introduces the one hour films adapted from the works of Harlan Ellison, Howard Fast, Robert Heinlein, John Kessel, Walter Mosley and Robert Sheckley amongst other luminaries in the genre. A pre-eminent roster of writes and directors offer their interpretations of these legendary authors' bold and compelling stories. Participating directors include Harold Becker, Jonathan Frakes, Darnell Martin, Michael Petroni, Mark Rydell and Michael Tolkin. Petroni and Tolkin direct from their own scripts; Ellison and Mosley adapt their own short stories. Other screen writers include Sam Egan and Josh Olson. A Clean Escape A dying Dr. Deanna Evans refuses to believe that her patient, Robert Havelmann, cannot remember the last 25 years of his life. It remains unclear why she has been so obsessed with this particular patient until the final, shocking conclusion. Jerry Was A Man Mr and Mrs Bronson Van Vogel are the seventh-richest couple in the world. Pleasure is their only work; mundane or dangerous chores are done by anthropoids. All the anthropoids - a few strands of DNA, grown into a baby and fused with plastics - are named "Joe". Somehow, Mrs Van Vogel s dormant compassion is awakened by a Joe names Jerry. What traits would prove that Jerry is, indeed, a man. The Awakening In the middle of a ferocious firefight outside of Baghdad, US soldiers discover a mysterious body - one that they can't even identify as human. Swiftly, all over the earth, more such creatures appear and begin to communicate. With this contact, the world is forced to choose between peace and destruction. Little Brother In a future world where courtrooms exist without human judges or juries, automated justice is the law of the land. Sitting before a kiosk which is itself the judge, jury and executioner of the future, Frendon must find a way to convince the machine of his innocence - or find some other way to save himself before time runs out. Watchbird It seems the perfect solution to a ballooning crime rate - filling the skies with flying robotic droids that can prevent murder before it takes place. However, nobody told these "Watchbirds" that all life depends on a formula of carefully balanced killing. Robert Sheckley's renowned story examines one of the most important questions of out time - is it wise to sacrifice our liberty in the name of our security. The Discarded The ultimate story of despised minorities forever adrift in the darkness of outer space. As a last resort - born out of their loneliness and despair - they are forced to make an ominous pact with those responsible for their plight, in the hope that they will finally be offered refuge at home on Earth.


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Hit and Miss 19 Jan 2012
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Some of these epoisodes are good.
Some of them are horribly malformed from the original short stories.
Some of them are squashed and chopped, others stretched out into paper-thin plots.
I like a couple of them, so they were worth the cheap price.
Others were incredibly annoying at the way they'd been chewed up, but hey, worth flicking through....
However, no surprise there was no season 2....
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Masters of Science Fiction 19 Jan 2009
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A nice collection of "old Fashioned SF " stories-- A bit like the Twilight zone in the 60's..
The production values were significantly better the the Twilight Zone but perhaps not as good as the very best you get today
An enjoyable way to spend an evening
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars less is more 22 Mar 2009
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The idea of this collection is "back to basics" . The stories are more important than the form and though this is the essence of gold scifi the stories chosen do not have sufficient substance to make the episodes excel. I know I Am spoilt with all the good fx that are around but I was disappointed in more than one story. Still there is some good acting in the episode of the worker that escapes the factory and than faces judgement by a machine. I think this is reasonable but not super and if you can enjoy good moments and not let too simple endings spoil them then there is no objection to watching this.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Some good some not so
This was a christmas stocking present for a sci fi fan - some of the series is good some a bit strange with hanging there endings but for all you get and the price still a nice... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Autumn
3.0 out of 5 stars Trying to imitate “The Twilight Zone”
There is something that doesn’t work at all. Maybe the stories should have been a little shorter but they don’t really hook me.
Published 1 month ago by Adolf Navarro
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the price!
Not quite as good as classics such as the modern Outerlimts, and there are only 8 episodes
though enjoyable all the same!
Published 3 months ago by Kev
5.0 out of 5 stars masters is the word
this is a great dvd had alot of fun watching it another series in the collection is masters of horror. alot harder to obtain i found and more episodes.
Published 3 months ago by Robert Stiles
5.0 out of 5 stars Masters of Sci-Fi DVD
Marvelous DVD, the stories are great, wonderful mix of serious and comedic but all make you think. There are six hour long episodes over two discs, each episode is written by a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Shepo
3.0 out of 5 stars short lived sci fi series.
Ok, we all know the best anthology sci fi tv show in the last 20 years was the outer limits. It was excellent. This isn't as good as that one but it's still very similiar. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Dobey
5.0 out of 5 stars Sci-Fi
Not shown in UK but this was very enjoyable not high tech effects but good stories very reminisant of 60's science fcience fiction.
Published 17 months ago by P. A. Schofield
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and worth a second view
While not classic, the epsiodes are well scripted and acted with story lines that give food for thought. While they often lack warm fuzzy endings they are more credible for that. Read more
Published on 16 April 2010 by Scifi Fan
4.0 out of 5 stars Masters of Science Fiction, DVD
Very good DVD thoroughly enjoyed it.
Are there any more short story Science Fiction material
available?
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by Mr. Kenneth E. Dolton
2.0 out of 5 stars rather dull.
I havn't watched all the films in this DVD two-set. They are rather boring. 6 films in all.
Published on 5 Dec 2008 by Mr. R. J. Paul
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