Beauty and the Beast - The Complete First Season
by Beth Hillshafer, Victor Lobl, Gabrielle Beaumont, Alan Cooke, Daniel Attias
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Actor: Cory Danziger, Jason Allen, Linda Hamilton, Ren Woods, Ron PerlmanDirector: Alan Cooke, Beth Hillshafer, Daniel Attias, Gabrielle Beaumont, Victor Lobl
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Color, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1066 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
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DVD Review: The Complete First Season of Beauty and the Beast
Summary: 5 Stars
The Complete First Season of Beauty and the Beast has arrived on DVD from Paramount Video. This 1987 fantasy/action/romance/drama series has been one of the most anticipated TV on DVD releases for many fans. The story takes place in current day (1980's) New York City, where attorney Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton) lives a life that has become shallow and meaningless; but her life is about to change. On a dark and dreary night Catherine leaves her New York High Rise Office, only to be kidnapped, beaten, and left for dead in Central Park (oddly enough they did not seem to want anything from her?). Suddenly, Catherine is rescued by a mysterious stranger and taken below New York City to a hidden, elaborate, tunnel system below the City.
Under the City, Catherine is nursed back to health by this mysterious savior. The mysterious man turns out to hold many secrets, having an extremely abnormal, lion-like appearance but a heart of a lion to match. This beast of a man is named Vincent (Ron Pearlman of Hellboy and Alien Resurrection) and quickly develops an emotional bond to the beautiful woman he rescued. Vincent's adoptive father worries that Catherine may reveal the secrets of the tunnel that the underworld people have worked so hard to hide; but with a strong promise and deep emotion Catherine is allowed to go back to the surface. Once back on the surface Catherine turns her life around, and becomes a member of the New York D.A. Office as a trial lawyer and investigator.
Throughout the First Season, a deeper connection develops between Catherine and Vincent that is emotional, as well as having an odd sexual tension. Vincent is often saving Catherine from danger and spending the nights with her on her apartment's terrace. This action coupled with romantic tension is what gave the series such an epic appeal for audiences, and has not lost its luster. Season 1 of Beauty and the Beast is wonderful, and will hold the audiences interest until the end. This reviewer can not wait for Season 2, which is even better than Season 1.
The episodes of the 1987-1988 Season 1 include:
Once Upon a Time in New York
Terrible Savior
Siege
No Way Down
Masques
Beast Within
Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Song of Orpheus
Dark Spirit
A Children's Story
An Impossible Silence
Shades of Grey
China Moon
The Alchemist
Temptation
Promises of Someday
Down to a Sunless Sea
Fever
Everything Is Everything
To Reign in Hell
Ozymandias
A Happy Life
Beauty and the Beast- The First Season is a 6 disc 22 Episode set with amazing episodes, but whose features dissatisfy throughout in the areas of picture, sound, and extras. The 1.33 X 1 picture is presented in an unsettlingly bad Dolby Digital Full Screen that views like an analog VHS. The picture quality is highly distorted, with the colors also being badly off set having an orange twinge throughout. In the end, the picture is sadly disappointing for such a great series. The sound is presented in an inadequate Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono. The sound is highly compressed; giving it a stuffy quality as if a pillow is resting on the speakers, making it difficult to achieve the full experience. Beauty and the Beast is a wonderfully written series with great visuals that even remain strong after 20 years. Disappointingly, this Season One release holds no extras for fans to enjoy. With Ron Pearlman (Beast/Vincent) and Linda Hamilton (Beauty/Catherine) still doing work in the business, it would not have been hard to gain commentaries and interviews to raise this set to the next level.
For fans that have been waiting years for this Season One release, don't hesitate to buy. For newcomers to the series, this is a great time to jump on into the fantastic world of Beauty and the Beast. Where the technicals of this DVD set may dishearten many (including this reviewer), the greatness that each episode brings makes up for the less than adequate nature of the picture and sound.
Description of Beauty and the Beast - The Complete First Season
ALL 22 EXCITING EPISODES FROM THE 1ST SEASON"Once upon a time... in the city of New York." So begins this unique fantasy-crime series. Catherine (Emmy nominee Linda Hamilton, The Terminator) is an assistant DA who's attacked one night by strangers. When she wakes up, her face is covered in bandages. Someone named Vincent (Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman) has been taking care of her in his home beneath the subway. When she removes the dressing, she finds that he's a man-beast, but fear turns to trust when she becomes convinced he has her best interests at heart. As she states in the introduction, "We have a bond stronger than friendship or love." As the season unfolds, Vincent frequently comes to Catherine's assistance. As an empath, he knows instinctively when she's in trouble. When he needs help, Vincent turns to Father (Roy Dotrice), the doctor who raised him after he was abandoned at the hospital after he was born. His origins are unknown. Together, Catherine and Vincent are like the detectives of Remington Steele, except no one knows she's part of a team, since they're only able to meet in secret. Vincent's underground companions, however, get to know Catherine well. Just as Vincent comes to her aid as needed, she does the same for his community.
Although Beauty and the Beast has little in common with the Jean Cocteau film or Disney animated picture, the appeal is similar. Cynics may find these do-gooders sentimental, especially when Catherine utters lines like, "And although we cannot be together, we will never, ever be apart." But romantics made the CBS drama successful--at least until Hamilton left in the second year--and launched the Emmy-nominated Perlman into cult favorites like The City of Lost Children. Oscar winner Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London) also deserves credit for his convincing make-up effects. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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