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List Price: $59.98 | | Label: Fox Network
Salesrank: 20020
Released: March 25, 2008 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Slide into an out-of-this-world adventure as all 22 thrilling Season 4 episodes of Sliders land on DVD for the first time ever! Reunite with genius Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) and his fellow Sliders Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) Captain Maggie Beckett (Kari Wuhrer) and Quinn's brother Colin (Charlie O'Connell) as they jump in and out of alternate Earthly realms battle the ruthless Kromaggs deal with their tricky doubles search for their mysterious birth parents and try to land on the elusive Earth Prime. Accompanying them on various leaps through time and space are spectacular guest stars including Adrienne Barbeau (Escape from New York) Shane West (ER) and Malcolm Jamal-Warner (Jeremiah). It's an absolute must-have for every sci-fi fan!System Requirements:Running Time: 182 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025195021142 Manufacturer No: 61102662
Sliders: The Fourth Season Reviews:
why??? 
2008-08-23 - why so expensive its a good series but not worth 35 bucks get real lower that price and we can talk........
Disintegration 
2008-07-28 - Season 4 was the year when half of the original ensemble had been deleted... and it was also the yeat when the Sliders began the Kromagg arc (which lasted almost the entire season if my memory is correct.)
It's difficult to discern which of these elements did the most damage to Sliders: lower production budgets; weak scripts; loss of two strong cast members. Since I have not ever watched "Babylon 5" my knowledge of their season long story arcs is nil, but ST Enterprise had a great one with the season 4 "Xindi" arc. Unfortunately, while the concept of the Kromaggs was solid, the endingly similar sets and plots killed any potential that might have existed. Budgets could have limited the sets and constrained the scripts.
About half the acting talent was gone - or rendered mute - in this season. Jerry O'Connell was and is a powerful acting talent... probably near the same level as the younger Val Kilmer (before he became too much of a 'star' to get the better roles.)
It became a struggle to watch this season and when JOC left, impossible.
But, by then, Sabrina Lloyd was on "Sports Night" so there were compensations.
Gateway to Season 5 
2008-06-21 - What if Universal found a portal to Sliders Season Five (1999-2000)? Same planet, 18 Episodes, fans of Sliders should find the gateway during the Holidays of 2008! Please Universal, release Sliders Season Five on DVD for the Holiday rush!
Faulty but fairly entertaining 
2008-05-09 - Um... while this season had major changes in cast, it did do something most shows won't: remove lead characters by death or other means. In real life, people die, leave, reject others and so forth. Apart from the fact that the actors wearied of the show or protested and left, the idea within the world of the characters is that people die, people get captured, people leave (for whatever reason). It is one of the things I liked about Babylon 5, that lead characters died or left as would happen in reality.
The stories were up and down. Some very good, some not so much, but the "standard" of story telling was pretty consistent. The Kromagg sub-plot kept things moving forward in the story arc, as well as the desire to find their real "home". That I like. I wish more shows would develop a full story arc and then populate the episodes to move through the arc, again, like B5. All stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Regardless of the "hit" status of a show, better to stop it on top, when the story is done than keep it going (Stargate ended...but then didn't).
I guess I liked the season overall. Having not seen it since airing on Sci-Fi low those many years back, it was fresh again. I never actually saw any of Season 5, in which I am given to understand even more changes occurred. Hopefully, the release of Season 4 means that Season 5 will eventually come out, being the final season.
Great TV show!
2008-05-05 - What more is there to say Sliders is one of the best series of all time
