Andromeda: Slipstream Collection

Title: Andromeda: Slipstream Collection

Year: 2000
Director:
Rating: TV-PG
Length: 4715 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio:
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Plot:
From an original concept found in the unpublished papers of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, comes the story of Dylan Hunt (Kevin Sorbo, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) courageous captain of the most glorious starship in the universe, the Andromeda Ascendant. After 300 years frozen in time at the event horizon of a black hole. Dylan Hunt wakes... to a universe in chaos. The Systems Commonwealth, the greatest civilization in history, has fallen. But together with an unlikely band of renegades and aliens who become his crew, Dylan begins his quest to rekindle the light of civilization and push back the evils that grip the universe!

A massive hit with TV audiences around the world, the Gemini Award-winning and Saturn Award-nominated Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda will thrill sci-fi and action fans of all ages with its inspiring stories of genuine heroism laced with humor, thundering action, and spectacular visual effects.

This historic collection brings together all 110 episodes from all five seasons-of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda in a pristine, widescreen presentation. With hours of fascinating and informative, special features, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, The SlipStream Collection is must-see, must-own entertainment!

Season 1
101: Under the Night Original Air Date: 2 October 2000
102: An Affirming Flame Original Air Date: 9 October 2000
103: To Loose the Fateful Lightning Original Air Date: 16 October 2000
104: D Minus Zero Original Air Date: 23 October 2000
105: Double Helix Original Air Date: 30 October 2000
106: Angel Dark, Demon Bright Original Air Date: 6 November 2000
107: The Ties That Blind Original Air Date: 13 November 2000
108: The Banks of the Lethe Original Air Date: 20 November 2000
109: A Rose in the Ashes Original Air Date: 27 November 2000
110: All Great Neptune's Ocean Original Air Date: 15 January 2001
111: The Pearls That Were His Eyes Original Air Date: 22 January 2001
112: The Mathematics of Tears Original Air Date: 29 January 2001
113: Music of a Distant Drum Original Air Date: 5 February 2001
114: Harper 2.0 Original Air Date: 12 February 2001
115: Forced Perspective Original Air Date: 19 February 2001
116: The Sum of Its Parts Original Air Date: 26 February 2001
117: Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way Original Air Date: 9 April 2001
118: The Devil Take the Hindmost Original Air Date: 16 April 2001
119: The Honey Offering Original Air Date: 23 April 2001
120: Star-Crossed Original Air Date: 30 April 2001
121: It Makes a Lovely Light Original Air Date: 7 May 2001
122: Its Hour Come 'Round at Last Original Air Date: 14 May 2001

Season 2
201: The Widening Gyre Original Air Date: 1 October 2001
202: Exit Strategies Original Air Date: 8 October 2001
203: A Heart for Falsehood Framed Original Air Date: 15 October 2001
204: Pitiless as the Sun Original Air Date: 22 October 2001
205: Last Call at the Broken Hammer Original Air Date: 29 October 2001
206: All Too Human Original Air Date: 5 November 2001
207: Una Salus Victus Original Air Date: 12 November 2001
208: Home Fires Original Air Date: 19 November 2001
209: Into the Labyrinth Original Air Date: 26 November 2001
210: The Prince Original Air Date: 14 January 2002
211: Bunker Hill Original Air Date: 21 January 2002
212: Ouroboros Original Air Date: 28 January 2002
213: Lava and Rockets Original Air Date: 4 February 2002
214: Be All My Sins Remembered Original Air Date: 11 February 2002
215: Dance of the Mayflies Original Air Date: 18 February 2002
216: In Heaven Now Are Three Original Air Date: 25 February 2002
217: The Things We Cannot Change Original Air Date: 8 April 2002
218: The Fair Unknown Original Air Date: 15 April 2002
219: Belly of the Beast Original Air Date: 27 April 2002
220: The Knight, Death and the Devil Original Air Date: 29 April 2002
221: Immaculate Perception Original Air Date: 6 May 2002
222: Tunnel at the End of the Light Original Air Date: 13 May 2002

Season 3
301: If the Wheel Is Fixed Original Air Date: 21 September 2002
302: The Shards of Rimini Original Air Date: 7 October 2002
303: Mad to Be Saved Original Air Date: 14 October 2002
304: Cui Bono Original Air Date: 21 October 2002
305: The Lone and Level Sands Original Air Date: 28 October 2002
306: Slipfighter the Dogs of War Original Air Date: 4 November 2002
307: The Leper's Kiss Original Air Date: 11 November 2002
308: For Whom the Bell Tolls Original Air Date: 18 November 2002
309: And Your Heart Will Fly Away Original Air Date: 25 November 2002
310: The Unconquerable Man Original Air Date: 20 January 2003
311: Delenda Est Original Air Date: 27 January 2003
312: The Dark Backward Original Air Date: 3 February 2003
313: The Risk-All Point Original Air Date: 10 February 2003
314: The Right Horse Original Air Date: 17 February 2003
315: What Happens to a Rev Deferred? Original Air Date: 24 February 2003
316: Point of the Spear Original Air Date: 31 March 2003
317: Vault of the Heavens Original Air Date: 7 April 2003
318: Deep Midnight's Voice Original Air Date: 14 April 2003
319: The Illusion of Majesty Original Air Date: 21 April 2003
320: Twilight of the Idols Original Air Date: 28 April 2003
321: Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath Original Air Date: 5 May 2003
322: Shadows Cast by a Final Salute Original Air Date: 12 May 2003

Season 4
401: Answers Given to Questions Never Asked Original Air Date: 29 September 2003
402: Pieces of Eight Original Air Date: 6 October 2003
403: Waking the Tyrant's Device Original Air Date: 13 October 2003
404: Double or Nothingness Original Air Date: 20 October 2003
405: Harper/Delete Original Air Date: 27 October 2003
406: Soon the Nearing Vortex Original Air Date: 3 November 2003
407: The World Turns All Around Her Original Air Date: 10 November 2003
408: Conduit to Destiny Original Air Date: 17 November 2003
409: Machinery of the Mind Original Air Date: 12 January 2004
410: Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter Original Air Date: 19 January 2004
411: The Torment, the Release Original Air Date: 26 January 2004
412: The Spider's Stratagem Original Air Date: 2 February 2004
413: The Warmth of an Invisible Light Original Air Date: 9 February 2004
414: The Others Original Air Date: 16 February 2004
415: Fear Burns Down to Ashes Original Air Date: 23 February 2004
416: Lost in a Space That Isn't There Original Air Date: 5 April 2004
417: Abridging the Devil's Divide Original Air Date: 12 April 2004
418: Trusting the Gordian Maze Original Air Date: 19 April 2004
419: A Symmetry of Imperfection Original Air Date: 26 April 2004
420: Time Out of Mind Original Air Date: 3 May 2004
421: The Dissonant Interval: Part 1 Original Air Date: 10 May 2004
422: The Dissonant Interval: Part 2 Original Air Date: 17 May 2004

Season 5
501: The Weight: Part 1 Original Air Date: 24 September 2004
502: The Weight: Part 2 Original Air Date: 1 October 2004
503: Phear Phactor Phenom Original Air Date: 8 October 2004
504: Decay of the Angel Original Air Date: 15 October 2004
505: The Eschatology of Our Present Original Air Date: 22 October 2004
506: When Goes Around... Original Air Date: 29 October 2004
507: Attempting Screed Original Air Date: 5 November 2004
508: So Burn the Untamed Lands Original Air Date: 12 November 2004
509: What Will Be Was Not Original Air Date: 19 November 2004
510: The Test Original Air Date: 7 January 2005
511: Through a Glass, Darkly Original Air Date: 14 January 2005
512: Pride Before the Fall Original Air Date: 21 January 2005
513: Moonlight Becomes You Original Air Date: 28 January 2005
514: Past Is Prolix Original Air Date: 8 February 2005
515: The Opposites of Attraction Original Air Date: 11 February 2005
516: Saving Light from a Black Sun Original Air Date: 18 February 2005
517: Totaled Recall Original Air Date: 8 April 2005
518: Quantum Tractate Delirium Original Air Date: 15 April 2005
519: One More Day's Light Original Air Date: 22 April 2005
520: Chaos and the Stillness of It Original Air Date: 29 April 2005
521: The Heart of the Journey: Part 1 Original Air Date: 6 May 2005
522: The Heart of the Journey: Part 2 Original Air Date: 13 May 2005

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Interviews
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:

I just finished watching this entire series. It took me over two months because I simply could not get fully engaged in this show, even though I really wanted to and fully expected to given that it is based on a concept from Gene Roddenberry. It was a real struggle to get through it.

It was evident throughout the series that they were on a tight budget. I got really tired of seeing the same "cave" scenes over and over in episode after episode "dressed up" a little differently. Too many of the story lines were obscure and hard to follow. Several of the characters disappeared (Rev Bem and Tyr Anasazi) and others changed significantly (Trance & Gaheris/Telemachus Rhade). Apparently, Brent Stait just couldn't deal with the hours in the make-up chair and the burden of the costume which I can see must have been stifling.

I guess they thought the series was going to end after Season 4 which made Season 5 something completely different from the first four seasons and just hard to swallow. The final episode(s) also left too many unanswered questions.

Everyone raves about Kevin Sorbo's acting, but I just didn't see it. He was OK, but I actually thought Beka was the most interesting character...very real.

The crew never really seemed to gel for me. There were always conflicts and questionable loyalties through the entire series, that just left me feeling like nobody could be trusted except to look out for themselves.

The special effects and CG got progressively better year after year and is really the only bright spot of the series for me.

I'm glad I watched it, but I don't think it will ever get a second viewing.

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