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To clarify things - this is indeed the complete Third Season as it was seen internationally (i.e. everywhere but the USA). We in the US didn't get separate third and fourth seasons; we got a combined "third" season which was missing four episodes that were seen by everyone outside the US.
If this set had been the *incomplete* U.S. version of the "third" season, I for one would have been irate.
The four missing episodes, by the way, were Good for the Soul, Dead Men Don't Throw Rice, Say Amen, and Hunting Season. These four weren't seen in the US until cable channel TNT aired reruns.
I received my set recently, but haven't been able to watch it yet. I do see that Alliance is still using the badly-designed cases, which irk me no end. However, they have advanced to single-sided discs with disc artwork, so that's a (small) improvement. I was really hoping that the Pilot movie would be on a separate disc, and that Mountie on the Bounty would be in the original two-hour format (as it was on the VHS), but I guess we can't have everything.
As far as the more inexpensive USA releases from Platinum Disc Corporation, I understand that they do not include the French audio and subtitle options that the Canadian releases do. I'm not sure if they are captioned or subtitled in English; I do know that Platinum's release of Call of the Wild is not closed-captioned or subtitled in English. I also wonder if they might have image quality issues due to over-compression, as the Canadian releases are on twice the number of discs.
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I love Due South. I love Paul Gross. I love Callum Keith Rennie. I kind of hated these discs. First, they're ridiculously expensive, especially considering that this isn't even the full 3rd season, just the first half. They're packaged poorly, with one disc overlapping another, which is just a big scratch waiting to happen.
Apparently, Alliance Atlantis has recently issued a new version of these discs, which is the entire 3rd season, including the last two episodes, "Call of the Wild 1&2," which is available on its own for now. This new version not only has the entire season, but it costs around $20 instead of $80. However, Amazon doesn't carry it--people have only been able to find it in the Best Buy stores, not online. I don't know who I should be frustrated with this about--Alliance Atlantis or Amazon. I'm leaning towards being annoyed with Alliance Atlantis, since they have a history of not really caring whether or not fans of the show can have access to it on DVD.
So, for price and poor presentation, this lost two stars. The content, however, is fantastic. I love this show so much. It's nothing like the hardboiled cop or crime scene shows on TV now. It's much more innocent, delving occasionally into cheesy, but I can't help loving it because of the characters. Paul Gross is fantastic as the repressed Mountie with issues the size of the Northwest Territories. Callum Keith Rennie is one of my favorite actors, and when he came on to the show in the 3rd season as the tough-talking, tortured, romantic, Ray Kowalski, he introduced a dark edginess that had been lacking the first two seasons.
The alliteration in the last paragraph was completely accidental, by the way.
One day I'll find that $20 copy of season 3 with all the episodes on it, but until then, this will have to do. Although, I recommend clicking on the "used and new" link over on the right instead of buying straight from Amazon. I got a brand new copy for around $45, which is far better than $80.
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I'm a faithful amazon customer but they've messed up on this one. Check your local Best Buy store, ya gotta buy it in the store, not online. Found seasons I and II there recently, both approximately $20. Season 3 will show up at Best Buy, found out today, on 8/9/05, again at around $20, nice quality package, sounds better all around than what you get for the higher price. Good DVD quality put out by Platinum Disc, LLC. Love this show, by the way, and am thrilled to have it on disc to watch anytime.
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I have enjoyed watching the Due South Season 3 DVDs. Especially since I didn't catch all the episodes while on sindication and some of the them are new to me. I have no complaints about the quality. I do wish that each episode had its own menu and that they had included some extras such as outakes or something that would take us "behind the scenes". Other than that I have to say that I have truly enjoyed watching this unique show.
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I was excited to hear that I could purchase the Due South TV Series on DVD through Amazon since it was unavailable here in Australia (& since my VHS tapes were showing disintegration from the many times I was watching them!)
For Seasons 1-2, I was disappointed to find the packaging format was quite poor and there wasn't anything by way of DVD extras (not even out-takes). I also had problems with reading a couple of episodes even after attempting to clean the DVD disc surface.
When I purchased Season 3, I was also disappointed to find that it really only had half the number of episodes that make up a normal season, thereby forcing viewers to have to purchase the second half (and given the AUD$ exchange rate, does end up being quite expensive).
The only redeeming feature for the Season 3 release was that the episodes were not double sided this time around and they were properly labelled.
Overall, I'm just happy to have my own copies of the TV series that I enjoy immensely.
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