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Roswell - The Complete First Season
Actor: Roswell
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $39.98
Release Date: 2004-02-17
Theatrical Release Date: 1999-10-06
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 968 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Discs: 6


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Opening with a Dido theme song and featuring character-driven, sweet-natured melodrama, Roswell was a show with a surprisingly dedicated fandom, who twice won it reprieve from cancellation. One of its main strengths was, of course, the extent to which its premise--alien teenagers trying to sort out their identities while emotionally involved with their human contemporaries--was a free-floating metaphor for race and sexuality issues. Another was the strong ensemble that its cast developed: you believed in the strangeness of the alien trio and the well-intentioned normality of their three human friends. Jason Behr gave the alien Max a quiet authority and Majendra Delfino took the sidekick role of Maria and gave it both intensity and fine comic timing. It was also a show in which you were never sure which adults you could trust--William Sadleir trod a fine line of ambiguity as the local sheriff and Julie Benz was silkily sinister as an FBI agent. Anyone who ever loved this show will want these DVDs--and many others may want to find out what the fuss was about. Roswell is presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen. The special features include commentaries on six episodes by writer Jason Katims, the directors, and various cast members as well as a featurette on the making of the show and another on its adaptation from the original Roswell High series of young adult novels. The commentaries are unusually insightful on the casting process, and the discs also include the auditions for the part of Tess as well as a deleted scene and a music video. --Roz Kaveney

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Best money I've ever spent!!!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I had caught Roswell a few times on the Sci-fi Network and fell in love with it. After checking around I found it was avaliable on DVD. I immediatley ordered all the seasons. I thought I was going to go crazy waiting to get it. Once I did, it was all I watched for the next week and a half. It was completely addictive. I loved it. I then loaned it to my mom and my brother who loved it equally. This show may star teenagers but if you love sci-fi, it doesn't matter. I'm 31 and my mom is 60, we are far from teenagers. What else can I say, if you love sci-fi, buy this, you will not be disappointed, that is until you have none left to watch, that does suck.

2) X-Files meets local high school   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Roswell is delightful and refreshing! It is absent the violence and sex of so many series and delves into the moral dilemas of being human (or alien) as the case may be, as well as reminding those of us who are older of some of the difficulties in being a teenager. Of course, these teens are more mature than most. It takes a couple episodes to get into it, but once you're in, you're hooked! I highly recommend it.

3) Teen Science Fiction at it's best   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
If you are older than 25 this series is probably not for you. But for those under 25, or those who just like watching teen angst--this show is for you.

4) Houston, we dont have a problem!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Ahh, Season 1 of Roswell.... before it got REALLY sci-fi, and when the love story of Max and Liz was the core subject matter. Following the aliens on their journey to becoming more human than some of the actual humans is great to watch, but the real winner of this season has to be William Sadler as Sheriff Jim Valenti, the depth of his character and the personal journey he goes on; from being Max's nemesis, to the gangs biggest supporter, is gripping to watch.

5) A little slow, but good   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
When this show first aired, I thought it was a little slow. My wife loved the show, so I bought it for her. The second time around, I found that the pacing didn't bother me as much, but its still there. Like most first seasons, it also has that definite "finding itself" problem (which, unfortunately, it never really resolved.)