THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL EDITION DVD 26/3/06

This month's Special Edition DVD is the Complete DVD Collection Seasons 1-3 of "Millennium". This was Chris Carter's far superior series to the "The X-Files" in an 18 Disc Boxset currently only available in the UK on Region 2. The Special Features listed were exactly the same as the individual Series release with the only change being the cover to Series 2 in the Boxset. Both available in the UK and the USA as stand alone Series releases 1-3. So why feature this Boxset? Because quite simply it is one of the finest TV Series ever made that again was cut short by a mindless Fox TV Exec who had no idea what to do with it?? No only does the series plumb the dark depths of humanity it also reaches for it's highest points. Demons and Angels clash while man fight's against his basest desires in a struggle to preserve good against evil. Lance Henriksen in what can only be described as his finest moment as an actor strive's to keep his family safe from the many ills of the world around him and pursues evil down to it's very core while all the time trying to hold back the avalanche of despair building against him. I'm writing this with tears in my eyes - This series hooked me from the start and each episode revealed to me something about the world and the squalor that man can bring to it while also showing me the true beauty of love and a higher purpose. This has always been a dark series and amongst the darkness there is light........Frank with his love for his wife Catherine (Megan Gallagher) and his daughter Jordan (Brittany Tiplady) struggle's with loss and desperation as he come's to terms with his psychic gift through three seasons of serial killers, psychopaths, rapists, government plots and shadowy occult organisations in probably some of the most graphic horror to hit TV screens. Forget the mass appeal of Chris Carter's other work - This is the TV Series that will stand the test of time. Season 1 cover's more of the serial killer/sociopath elements as most of our characters are introduced - Season 2 take's a diversion into the realms of mystery with the Millennium Group and Frank get's a partner for the first time - Season 3 expands on the first 2 series with elements of both and a new partner for Frank. I won't go into depth on the individual series or episodes suffice to say this is the only TV series that ever frightened me and it was worth watching for that alone.

SEASON 1: The Special Features on this opening season have two commentaries for the "Pilot" with Chris Carter and "Gehenna" with David Nutter. A documentary "Order In Chaos: Making Millennium Season One" and two featurettes"Chasing The Dragon: A Conversation With The Academy Group" and "Creating The Logo And Title Sequences". Plus eight TV Spots.

SEASON 2: Special Features on this set feature the commentaries for "The Hand Of Saint Sebastian" with Tom Wright and "The Mikado" with Michael R. Perry. Plus the two featurettes "The Turn Of The Tide: The Making Of Season 2" and the "Academy Group: Victimology".

SEASON 3: Special Features comprise the commentaries for "The Innocents" with Lance Henriksen and Klea Scott and "Collateral Damage" with Tom Wright. Two featurettes - "Endgame: The Making Of Millennium Season 3" and "Between The Lines". Plus an added bonus is the "Millennium" Episode from Season 7 of "The X-Files".