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It's beneath Star Trek...and a lot of other shows....
Syndication TV production. Rather a big title with not much to it. The shows are genreally shot on alightly larger budgets then most regualer network shows are, put on the air at different days of the weeks and generally have no network to answer for. Not much difference in show quality. The stories are genreally not very good and the acting always seems medicore at best. Kevin Sorbo is actually not bad in this role, a now regular guest star at comic book conventions. He is not a bad actor and this show actually gives him a change to be a bit more three dimensional. But the fellow cast members have no such luck while the effects work looks so CGish for the small screen.

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Fun, but uneven
The third season had some problems. There were a few episodes, especially the first one "If the Wheel is Fixed", which simply failed the basics of story telling and were just plain confusing messes. Also, the Tyr-Dylan conflict lessened (until the last few episodes), and without that constant threat Dylan became less of a strategist and more of a go-for-broke hero and Jesus-figure which was less interesting. The only character that improved this season was Trance, whose powers and ultimate goal became a lot clearer. And I certainly agree with the other reviewer that Dylan bedded way too many space women. It had a dampening effect on the previously tension-filled relationships between Dylan and Andromeda and Dylan and Beka. <
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>However, that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of entertainment in this box. "The Unconquerable Man", an alternate history where Rhade killed Dylan, is probably the best episode - both dramatic and moving. "Deep Midnight's Voice" is probably the only other episode that gets the Nietzschean philosophy right, and is the start of restoring Tyr to his 2nd season glory. "Point of the Spear" is probably the best representation of large-scale fleet strategy in any TV sci-fi show (something that Deep Space Nine, for all its great effects, really blew). "The Risk All Point" is a great Beka episode. There were also great moments of comedy, especially "The Illusion of Majesty". <
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>The user interface of the disks is, again, streamlined and easy to use. Fewer bonuses than before, but still some interesting stuff. I don't know why episodes are only referred to by their numbers instead of their names. Front loaded with (skippable) ads for ADV anime.

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Did they change writers and realise the horrible mistake?
I bought season 3 practically foaming at the mouth, Season2 had blown me away, the character conflict, the personal agendas and all the other little "character flaws" that made the crew so much more likable when they did the right thing despite themselves. on top of this, it was a really great looking story arc, the magog worldship on its way, dylan wrestling the commonwealth into readiness, season 3 looked set to be a blast. Now i dont know what happened, but Season 3 bombed...badly in my eyes at least, right from the start the commonwealth seems to be up and running with no real worries.(huh?) No one even mentions the damn worldship until mid series, and thats all it is...a mention. Crew conflict and personal agendas went right out the damn window! Tyr is suddenly Dylan's loyal little lapdog, Trance is just a ditz, Becca is just a pilot with no (apparent) flash issues, Harper is Harper, (but he always has been, so that was ok.) The series had very little to offer in the way of story Arc, the two best episodes were the return of Rev Bem, and the last episode. I'm going to buy series 4 on the strength of it, it seems (as mentioned before) that they realised something wrong and tried to fix it. Worth having for collectors but not really anyone else, just wait for it on TV