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Xena Warrior Princess - Season Six by Charles Siebert, Charlie Haskell, Chris Martin-Jones, Garth Maxwell, John Fawcett
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DVD detailsActor: Carly Binding, Lucy Briant, Lucy Lawless, Martyn Clist, Renée O'Connor Director: Charles Siebert, Charlie Haskell, Chris Martin-Jones, Garth Maxwell, John Fawcett DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 1040 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
DVD Reviews of Xena Warrior Princess - Season SixDVD Review: Xena: Season Six - 4 Stars + Season Six DVD: 5 stars Summary: 5 Stars
Xena has always been my favorite television series (among many others) when it was on. Though I had my disappointments with Season Five, the season finale "Motherhood" was a nice compensation for the let downs in that. Season six, however gave me more disappointments in what they tried to do with Xena and Gabrielle's obvious "platonic" relationship by riddling season six with "crowd pleaser" episodes for the large Lesbian cult following Xena had gathered since season two's "Here She Comes Miss Amphipolis." That aside, I thought season six was a pretty good way to end the long running series: The Story Arcs concerning more of Xena's past were completed with much explanation behind them.
The Comedic episodes were actually funny this time around, especially "Many Happy Returns," -- that a was a side splitter majorly. The drama of Season six delivered in ways other TV series usually fail at with overbearing drama that you ultimately cannot stomach any more than a few minutes. Xena's drama was balanced out by the comedic episodes, the overall writing of each episode and the delivery of the actors in each scene. Many characters from previous seasons such as Alti, Joxer, The God of War, Ares (the late Kevin Tod Smith), and The Goddess of Love Aphrodite, all make their final appearances as the episodes near the finale. Gabrielle takes more an initiative, but not so much like she did in season five, behaving more like a warrior in the sense of the word while still retaining most the innocence and quirkiness Gabrielle had at the beginning series. Xena is a lot more kinder, as opposed to her character in the last five seasons. Although it can never be denied that the actor and actresses looked pretty bored playing their roles in the series (even Claire Standsfield - who hadn't been seen in Xena since "Them Bone, Them Bones," looked bored in her role as the witch doctor type character. Xena and Gabrielle's chemistry in the more serious episodes seemed forced in a way to make you believe that they were at odds on a subject, especially in the Amazon oriented episodes. Kevin Smith managed to hide whatever scrap of boredom he had with his character and pulled of convincingly as always.
The DVD extras are plentiful, including bloopers which turned out not to be funny at all unless your merit a short lived giggled and frown afterward. I expected laugh my head off. The Cast interviews coulda been better executed in ways of editing and actor atmosphere: Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor looked completely beside themselves in boredom and uncomfortable silences broken my forced laughs in the cast interview for "Many Happy Returns." There are also season one promotional and a behind the scenes look at the "A Friend In Need." There are TEN DISC inside this box sets, which are also almost impossible to get out without the fear of snapping the DVD in two lingering in the back of your head. The final Disc contains the second part of the FIN and the director's cut of FIN (If I remember correctly), which is another positive point for this DVD BOX SET.
[EPISODE LISTING]
1. Coming Home 5/5
2. The Haunting of Amphipolis 4/5
3. Heart of Darkness 2/5
4. Who's Gurkhan? 4/5
5. Legacy 4/5
6. The Abyss 5/5
7. The Rheingold 3/5
8. The Ring 3/5
9. Return of the Valkyrie 3/5
10. Old Ares Had A Farm 4/5
11. Dangerous Prey - (Directed by Renee O'Connor!) 5/5
12. The God You Know 2/5
13. You Are There 1/5
14. Path of Vengeance 4/5
15. To Helicon and Back 5/5
16. Send In the Clones 4/5
17. The Last of the Centaurs 4/5
18. When Fates Collide 2/5
19. Many Happy Returns 5/5
20. Soul Possession 1/5
21. A Friend In Need Part 1 5/5
22. A Friend In Need Part 2 4/5
[*]: A FRIEND IN NEED DIRECTORS CUT - 5/5
All in all, this Final DVD set gives Xena the props she deserves and brings back nostalgic memories of the past. Battle on in memory warrior princess --- [a 4 out of 5]
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Description of Xena Warrior Princess - Season SixThis classic series-ending collection highlights the show?s mastery at mixing mythic gods and ghastly beasts. These wildly imaginative storylines are brought to vivid life through the dynamic performances of Lucy Lawless as the indomitable Xena and Renee O?Connor as her loveably irrepressible companion. For fans of the Warrior Princess, Xena?s sixth and final season is an unforgettable curtain call.
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