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List Price: $119.94 | | Label: United Paramount Network (UPN)
Salesrank: 26158
Released: April 29, 2008 |
| Our Price: $54.90 |
| Used Price: $52.88 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Opening with a Dido theme song and featuring character-driven, sweet-natured melodrama, Roswell was a show with a surprisingly dedicated fandom, who twice won it reprieve from cancellation. One of its main strengths was, of course, the extent to which its premise--alien teenagers trying to sort out their identities while emotionally involved with their human contemporaries--was a free-floating metaphor for race and sexuality issues. Another was the strong ensemble that its cast developed: you believed in the strangeness of the alien trio and the well-intentioned normality of their three human friends. Jason Behr gave the alien Max a quiet authority and Majendra Delfino took the sidekick role of Maria and gave it both intensity and fine comic timing. It was also a show in which you were never sure which adults you could trust--William Sadleir trod a fine line of ambiguity as the local sheriff and Julie Benz was silkily sinister as an FBI agent. Anyone who ever loved this show will want these DVDs--and many others may want to find out what the fuss was about.
Roswell is presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen. The special features include commentaries by writer Jason Katims, the directors, and various cast members as well as featurettes. The commentaries are unusually insightful on the casting process, and the discs also include the auditions for the part of Tess as well as deleted scenes and a music video. --Roz Kaveney
Roswell - Seasons 1-3 Reviews:
Great Show - Worth Seeing 
2009-12-01 - For any Sci-Fi fans, this is a great show to watch. The characters come together through the seasons, and you feel close to them by the shows end. A great set to pick up for some nice relaxing weekends in the house.
for young and old...
2009-11-27 - I hesitated buying this show because it stated that the actors were young(ish) and me being a mature male, I wasn't sure if I could related or not. WRONG --- succinctly put, this is an alien young love story ---- there were many episodes that I teared up which hardly ever happens. Not as much special effects as I would have liked, but the story line and the characters' depth made up for all of it --- this is a keeper...
Roswell still Rocks
2009-09-09 - The Roswell series was made several years ago with the older Teen in mind, but the plots that intertwine throughout the seasons are well thought out and help keep the expectancy levels at a all time high. Emotions get touched as we see mans inhumanity to those who are seen to be different and are subjected to painful body intrusions in the name of science. The sad thing is that this touches the raw emotion because we are only too well aware that this type of treatment is happening today and has happened in the past. Season three ends neatly and while it is open ended enough to start a fourth season, which would make all us older Roswellians very, very happy - it leaves no loose ends.
Worth the money for entertainment par excellence!
Fantastic series... but the three pack has flaws 
2009-05-11 - Admittedly, I wasn't a fan of "Roswell" until midway through the first season. The first few episodes were a bit too corny for my taste, but then the series really took off and became a must-purchase. I bought all three seasons without having seen the last two, and loved them.
This is a great deal -- but bear in mind that the packaging leaves something to be desired. In opening each individual case and checking the disks, I discovered that at least one side of each case was broken, leaving the disks sliding around without protection. None of them were scratched, but I'm not too happy. The slim cases need TLC.
Roswell
2009-04-30 - Just completed the series and loved it. Fell in love with the characters, of course we all know Jason Behr is a sweet hot guy, love his voice and everything else. Everyone on this show was great. They should pick up where they left off and write a few more seasons.
