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Actor: Carter Jenkins, Ian Anthony Dale, Jay R. Ferguson, Lake Bell, Leighton MeesterBrand: NBC Universal
Writer: Jonas Pate
Writer: Josh Pate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 634 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Product features:
- Actors: Lake Bell, Jay R. Ferguson, Carter Jenkins, Leighton Meester, Ian Anthony Dale.
- Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC.
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1).
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
- Not Rated. Run Time: 634 minutes.
DVD Reviews of Surface: The Complete Series
DVD Review: "Something is down there" and it has 15 episodes to come to the "Surface"
Summary: 4 Stars
"Lost" was a mega-hit during the 2004-2005 television season and imitation is not only the sincerest form of flattery, it is the highest level of cognitive reasoning of which most network executives are capable. Consequently, we were not surprised that three networks came up with alien invasion television series (apparently they could not figure out how to rip-off "Lost," so they decided just to go back and rip-off "The X-Files"). ABC had "Invasion," CBS had "Threshold," and NBC had "Surface." I watched all three of the series and it turned out that the more I liked a series, the quicker it went off the air. "Invasion" got through an entire series of 22 episodes, "Surface" got to air 15 episodes before its season ending cliffhanger became the final episode, and "Threshold" only aired nine of 14 episodes. That might it the one of the three shows available as a "complete series" DVD (Say it now and say it loud, we got cancelled and we want you to keep watching!), but all things considered it is "Surface" that best bears watching again.
Created by Josh and Jonas Pate, the premise of "Surface" is that what appears to be a mysterious new form of sea life starts popping up all over the earth with significant consequences for the show's main characters. Dr. Laura Daughtery (Lake Bell, who left being a minor player on "Boston Legal" to helm this ship), a young oceanographer who is the first person to discover the new life forms at the bottom of the sea. Then there is Richard Connelly (Jay R. Ferguson), an insurance salesman from Louisiana who loses his brother to one of the creatures while scuba diving. Of course nobody believes either of these people, so it is a good thing they link up fairly early in the series. Meanwhile, young Miles Bennett (Carter Jenkins), finds a strange looking egg and brings it home, where it hatches and gives the boy a secret pet he names Nimrod. There is also Dr. Aleksander Cirko (Rade Sherbedgia), the government scientist who apparently knows about the sea creatures, and who gets in the way of Laura and Rich from finding out more about the creatures.
It takes "The Complete Series" for the three main characters to finally get together, where we see that being left high and dry is not necessarily a bad thing (Episode 15; apparently there was no money in the budget for episode titles), so for most of the season we have the major plot threads of Laura and Rich on the one hand, and Miles and Nimrod on the other, with the efforts of the government to contain the situation weaving in and out. Overall, the Miles part of the story was more interesting, not only because it has the whole boy and his alien resonance of "E.T.," but because I liked the developing relationship between Miles and his older sister Savannah (Leighton Meester). It starts off as you standard older sister who cannot stand her baby brother bit, especially when Nimrod escapes at her party (Episode 2), but she ends up being the one family member that stands by him and his obsession (Episode 10). Plus Miles has his friend Phil (Eddie Hassell), who stands by him even while warning him how dangerous everything is gong to be.
Ironically, the Dr. Laura part of the story is the least interesting element, even though she is clearly supposed to be the show's star. This could simply be because she is in the familiar role of the person trying to prove "there is something out there," while Rich has the advantage of being a guy in way over his head. But a brother being killed in front of him makes him the haunted figure in the series, which is more compelling that Laura having the government out to get here. Plus she has the job of having to explain everything every time Rich wants to know what the hell they are seeing, what the hell is going on, what the hell should they do next, so on and so forth. Watching this guy try to keep up with everything that is happening is clearly the position that most viewers can identify with, and Laura is handicapped by the fact that she cannot be smarter than the people out to get her or the premise of the series goes out the window.
There was a major fatal flaw to "Surface," namely the idea that the government is going to be able to cover up giant sea monsters attacking all over the world. After all, we live in a world where CNN usually manages to get to everything before the federal government, so keep sea monsters off the news is going to be impossible, especially since the big beasties have minds of their own. So every time Dr. Cirko and his head henchman Davis Lee (Ian Anthony Dale) try to control the situation I just have to roll my eyes. This becomes a major problem for the series, because once word gets out, then it does not get to be about just these three characters, and since the sea beasties are a lot more active than the aliens on "The X-Files" the basic premise becomes rather untenable. So I am not at all sure about where they were going to go with a second season given where the show ends (or even if the cliffhanger was what they always intended or a desperate ploy to get the show renewed). But this problematic element is another reason that the Miles-Nimrod plotline was the best part of the show, because it was the part of the story least affected by the big picture.
Description of Surface: The Complete Series
Something new is lurking in the Earth?s oceans, and now you can be part of the mystery as all 15 Season One episodes of the spectacular series, Surface, emerge on to DVD for the first time ever! When young oceanographer Laura Daughtery (Lake Bell) discovers a massive underwater creature, her obsession to uncover the origins of this dangerous "unidentified species" will lead her and others on a mysterious adventure through the darkest, deepest parts of the sea and the most sinister and shady places on Earth. The fate of the world is in their hands - they just don?t know it. Including deleted scenes and phenomenal special effects, the amazing series that People magazine calls "a show with some Spielbergian tricks of suspense" is now the must-own DVD set for every fanBestsellers in DVD
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