Xena - Warrior Princess - Series 5 on DVD (1995)

A customer from not where i wanna be , 27/02/2005

another set of great xena episodes all woman all fighting all there all right

  8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

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gavin jones from west wales , 30/09/2006

many appologies but only got this for the chicks (which is sort of a compliment to the series, i think, dont you!? no. ok then.)

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Erebus from Portsmouth [Highly rated reviewer] , 04/04/2007

Season Five contains a huge and ambitious story arc. Whatever limitations placed on the show by Lawless' real life pregnancy, who can fail to be thrilled by Xena's simmering rivalry with the Greek pantheon moving into overdrive as our heroines seek to protect Xena's unborn child from the self-serving cruelty of the Gods.

This also prompted the exploration of other clever 'villian' concepts. Athena's own vainglorious champion was very much a reflection of Xena's former role as Ares' chosen one.

Xena jumps all over history - but here we explore the twilight of the Gods and the theosophical movement from the worship of many Gods to the idea of the one God. Speaking objectively it could be argued that ideas about spirituality have moved over time from many Gods, to one God, to the idea of the God/Spirituality within. In Xena we explore that early transition, and because the God's in Xena are actual personifications we are treated to an imaginative take on their conflict with Eli - who no doubt represents the advent of Christianity.

The squabbling, selfish character of the ancient Gods is well in keeping with the spirit of The Iliad - never more desperate than here, when facing their own demise.

Not content to stop there we are thrown into the future where a very-much-her-mother's-daughter is now the weapon of the Roman Empire. In Livia we see another take on Xena as she might have been. The archetypal warrior-heroine is very much a victim of circumstance, and the type is presented here like a shadowy Jeanne d'Arc; the combination of female charisma and strength-at-arms being exploited for political ends.

There were many times when I wished Xena had a much higher budget. Xena's confrontation with her own daughter in the Circus Maximus was one of many highly dramatic ideas that you just have to meet halfway given the constraints of a modest TV budget.

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Tony#147 from KIDDERMINSTER , 06/07/2004

This one is as cheesy as it gets but i found it to be amusing and watchable, maybe i can be just easily pleased. I could easily watch it for its amusement.

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A customer from Billericay, Essex , 25/03/2005

All the stories are strong & the characters well and truely fleshed out by now in the 5th series. A must for sword & Sorcory fans

  0 out of 6 people found this review helpful

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Erebus from Portsmouth [Highly rated reviewer] , 04/04/2007

Season Five contains a huge and ambitious story arc. Whatever limitations placed on the show by Lawless' real life pregnancy, who can fail to be thrilled by Xena's simmering rivalry with the Greek pantheon moving into overdrive as our heroines seek to protect Xena's unborn child from the self-serving cruelty of the Gods.

This also prompted the exploration of other clever 'villian' concepts. Athena's own vainglorious champion was very much a reflection of Xena's former role as Ares' chosen one.

Xena jumps all over history - but here we explore the twilight of the Gods and the theosophical movement from the worship of many Gods to the idea of the one God. Speaking objectively it could be argued that ideas about spirituality have moved over time from many Gods, to one God, to the idea of the God/Spirituality within. In Xena we explore that early transition, and because the God's in Xena are actual personifications we are treated to an imaginative take on their conflict with Eli - who no doubt represents the advent of Christianity.

The squabbling, selfish character of the ancient Gods is well in keeping with the spirit of The Iliad - never more desperate than here, when facing their own demise.

Not content to stop there we are thrown into the future where a very-much-her-mother's-daughter is now the weapon of the Roman Empire. In Livia we see another take on Xena as she might have been. The archetypal warrior-heroine is very much a victim of circumstance, and the type is presented here like a shadowy Jeanne d'Arc; the combination of female charisma and strength-at-arms being exploited for political ends.

There were many times when I wished Xena had a much higher budget. Xena's confrontation with her own daughter in the Circus Maximus was one of many highly dramatic ideas that you just have to meet halfway given the constraints of a modest TV budget.

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