Masters Of Science Fiction (2007) DVD

Starring	Anne Heche, Terry O'Quinn, Sean Astin, John Hurt
Director	Jonathan Frakes, Darnell Martin, Mark Rydell
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Masters Of Science Fiction

Taking the phenomenally-successful MASTERS OF HORROR as its cue, MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION unites some of the genre's most revered names, including John Kessel, Robert A. Heinlein, Howard Fast, Walter Mosley, Robert Sheckley and Harlen Ellison. Episodes include: 'A Clean Escape', Jerry Was A Man', 'The Awakening', 'Little Brother', Watchbird' and 'The Discarded'.

Starring	Anne Heche, Terry O'Quinn, Sean Astin, John Hurt, Malcolm McDowell, James Cromwell, Clifton Collins Jr., Sam Waterston, Brian Dennehy
Director	Jonathan Frakes, Darnell Martin, Mark Rydell
Studio	ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 4 hrs 10 mins
Certificate
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 25 Feb 2008 Production year: 2007
Format	DVD

Masters Of Science Fiction (2 discs) (2007)

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Featuring: 1.A Clean Escape 2.Jerry Was A Man 3.The Awakening...
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Thoughtful TV

I caught the tale end of the first part late night on Bravo and was fascinated by it, so watched the rest of the series (It only ran to 6 parts) The idea was to be like the Masters of Horror series, but was on ABC (I think) in the US and dropped like a bomb.

Why? Because you need to WATCH it all, you can not tune in part way and follow what is going on. In some ways it was a throw back to the B&W Outer Limits, Twilight Zone etc, where you had a series of acts, requiring you to watch them all.

I have only watched the first disc so far, but it opens with the most powerful story of the series (A Clean Escape) in which Sam Waterston (Law & Order) gives an impressive performance and also has 'The Awakening', starring CSM from the X-Files and Terri O'Quinn (X-Files, Lost etc).

Watch with an open mind and take the time to enjoy these tales.

One foot note of a problem. Starz Entertainment, seem to be doing their best to destroy the presentation of their material. Look for my review of their Blu Ray Release of Halloween for more details on that.

Here they seem to have a complete melt down on presentation. The series was shot in Hi-def 16x9 and in dolby 5.1 Starz present the disc in 4x3 letterbox & in stereo, with only the most basic of menus/ chapters and no subtitles.

Come on guys, I thought this degree of non attention to presentation went out over +10 years ago!!!

Would have been a five star rating, reduced because of the poor presentation.
- - TheJazzman from Aberdeen, Scotland
  - Posted 13 Mar 2008 22:10
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1/2 *=only 'cos couldn't delete the last 1/2

boring,bland.someone mentioned(in another review) outer limits and twilight zone. for God's sake watch them(THE ORIGINAL SERIES) 'cos these are awful. for people who like the obvious and don't want to think.
- - A customer from newcastle-under-lyme
  - Posted 25 Mar 2009 12:50
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