 | Director: John Lafia Michael Shapiro (III) James A. Contner Jon Cassar Rachel Talalay Format: Box set Closed-captioned Colour DVD-Video NTSC Released: 07 Jun 2005 Average Rating:  |
My anticipation of this 'Dead Zone' Third Season was pretty much off the scale & when it finallly appeared on Amazon I was both relieved & elated that yet another 'Dead Zone' DVD Box-set would soon be in my possession & I'd be able to enjoy & treasure another (*fingers crossed)...stylish, unpredictable & engrossing year of this unique television experience charting the on-going adventures of Jonny Smith & the latest aberrations of his by-now legendary supernatural ability.
With this third season it's back to the 12-episode format, so I was definitely disappointed to get fewer stories than the 19 of the second season, but my real disappointment came when I realised that by reducing the number of episodes the producers hadn't increased the quality of the season...
My criticism of the second season was that the Armageddon plotline was unsatisfactorily concluded & my criticism of the double-episode that begins this third season is concerning that same plotline. We're offered yet more visions of the destructive wave sweeping across Washington destroying everything in its path, but the events in the present that will lead to this calamity continue to move at a snails pace, so to some extent it's hard work maintaining an interest in this potentiallly awesome, but by now too-drawn-out storyline. But very quickly the Armageddon plotline is once again placed on the backburner & the smalll, self-contained stories are brought back to entertain us in quick, visceral bursts. Unfortunately the mundane & uninspired episodes out-weigh those that pack-the-punch we're used to. But despite this disappointing fact the episodes that do thrill & inspire are reallly great examples of the continued quality of this series that has no rivals when it comes to action & emotion alll rolled into 40 minutes of helplessly-compelling television...
The DVD packaging of the first two seasons were exceptional quality- way beyond that of most sets- both snazzy & durable, but the packaging for the three discs in the third season is considerably inferior quality & looks as though it was put together rather hastily. Thankfully though a great deal of care & inventiveness has once more gone into the design for the DVD menus, which again reflect the ingenuity of this show. The extras are also consistent with the tradition of 'Dead Zone' DVD's- mini-documentaries that shed light on almost every detail of each episode, deleted scenes, a gag reel & best of alll a commentary for every episode! All I can say is that this third season of 'The Dead Zone' (despite being less captivating & original than the first & second seasons) is still a television event in a league alll of its own & to realise its worth...you reallly need to see it for yourself to believe it...
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