Melrose Place: The Complete Series DVD Review

Sep 272022
 

Melrose Place: The Complete Series was a drama show that ran from 1992 to 1999 and this set puts together the same discs from the individual releases and includes episode commentaries and featurettes.

 

 

Melrose Place: The Complete Series
(1992-1999)

Genre(s): Drama
Paramount| NR – 9819 min. – $111.99 | October 4, 2022

Date Published: 09/27/2022 | Author: The Movieman

SERIES INFO:
Writer(s): Darren Star (created by)
Cast: Josie Bissett, Thomas Calabro, Marcia Cross, Rob Estes, Brooke Langton, Laura Leighton, Heather Locklear, Alyssa Milano, Lisa Rinna, Kelly Rutherford, Doug Savant, Grant Show, Andrew Shue, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga
DISC INFO:
Features: Episode Commentaries, Featurettes
Slip Cover: No
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: DVD
Number of Discs: 54
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Video: Full Frame 1.33
Subtitles: English
Region(s): 1

 

THE SERIES
This sudsy drama from Aaron Spelling focuses on the lives and loves of young adults in an apartment complex in Los Angeles. From the complicated scheming of scandals to the murderous plots of lovers, the residents at Melrose Place are more messed up than average folk.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 3¾/5
This 54-disc set comes housed in similar packaging from other CBS/Paramount complete series releases, like Star Trek: The Next Generation and Beverly Hills 90210. There are two extra-wide keep cases with seasons 1-3 being in one, and seasons 4-7 in the other. The discs are exactly the same from the individual releases so this includes all of the bonus material.

Episode Commentaries:

  • Darren Star on “Collision Course” and “The Bitch is Back”

Featurettes
Season One:

  • Beginnings
  • Friends & Neighbors
  • Neighbors & Friends
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Season One Episode Guide
  • Amanda
  • New Style Profile

Season Two:

  • Meet the Neighbors
  • The Best of the Worst Part 1
  • The Best of the Worst Part 2
  • Complex Relationships: Billy and Alison
  • Complex Relationships: Amanda, Jake, Jo and Reed
  • Complex Relationships: Michael, Jane, Kimberly, Sydney and Matt

Season Three:

  • According to Jake
  • Seven Minutes in Hell
  • Everything You Need to Know About Season 3

 

VIDEO – 3½/5, AUDIO – 4/5
Paramount releases Melrose Place: The Complete Series onto DVD presented with a 4×3 full frame aspect ratio as originally aired between 1992-1999. As these are the original discs the transfers are also the same and for the most part the picture looks decent, if not a bit washed out on the earlier seasons. That said, still more than acceptable.

Each episode comes with a standard but effective Dolby Digital 2.0 track outputting clear dialogue levels and the music comes through with good clarity.

 09/27/2022  DVD Reviews, DVD Rundown, Quick Hit Reviews Tagged with: , , , , , ,

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