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Millennium: Seas 1-3 (18 Disc) (DVD)

Various Others (Director), Thomas J. Wright (Director), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Actor), Format: DVD
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Genre sci-fi
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Contributor Brad Dourif, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Alf Humphreys, Brendan Fehr, Tom McBeath, Paul Shapiro, Thomas J. Wright, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Bacic, Various Others, Amanda Tapping, Hiro Kanagawa, Megan Gallagher, Heather McComb, Terry OQuinn, Gregory Itzin, Lance Henriksen, David Duchovny, Brittany Tiplady See more
Number of discs 18
Publication date 20 June 2012
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Retired serial-profiler Frank Black has moved his family to Seattle to escape the violence and horror he dealth with while working for the FBI in Washington, D.C. Although his uncanny and often unsettling ability to see into the twisted minds of serial killers has caused him much inner torment, Black knows his 'gift' can still be used to help protect and save others. For that reason he has joined the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against evergrowing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

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  • Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 135 x 39 x 190 cm; 580 Grams
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Various Others, Thomas J. Wright, Paul Shapiro
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 20 June 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Terry OQuinn, Megan Gallagher, Brittany Tiplady, Hiro Kanagawa
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01FR37TF8
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 18
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Mr Ryan M Ferts
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, brooding example of pre-2000 scifi/supernatural TV
Reviewed in Australia on 7 September 2022
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Perfect packaging, 3 individual 5-6 disc packs per season in a nice display box/sleeve.
Bonus extras and commentary for each season throughout the discs.
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Brendan Nicholls
3.0 out of 5 stars Delivered twice - Tv series is awesome
Reviewed in Australia on 8 March 2021
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First delivery the cases for season 2 and 3 were smashed. The second delivery was better but the delivery person threw the parcel over the fence and into the house. That's probably how the first delivery was broken. This show is a must for X Files fans as this was connected later on. I wish this was a bluray but I can't complain for what doesn't exist.
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Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2024
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Excellent!! Compared to buying the whole 3 seasons at about £300 bucks this was a steal
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5.0 out of 5 stars awesome retro creepy series
Reviewed in Canada on 29 June 2020
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not a huge fan of x-files but this was awesome. Lance Henrikson as a lead? should have happened more. the discs arrived promptly, and in pristine condition.
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Ian K. Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars attractive box set containing all three seasons (DVD format) of an outstanding television series
Reviewed in the United States on 8 January 2020
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All three seasons ( 67 episodes including the pilot ) of Chris Carter's "Millennium" series ( airing on Fox 1996-99 ) are found in this attractive slip-case box set containing three plastic cases ( each housing 6 DVD discs =18 discs total ). Given the quality of the show itself, this comprehensive set, loaded with generous extras ( booklets listing each episode title along with writer & director, documentaries on each season, commentaries on select episodes from each season, etc ) could only be bettered by being issued in Blu Ray format. In fact, my plea would be for just that to occur, as the box set being reviewed was released long ago ( 2004 ); surely a series of this quality deserves an upgrade to the highest current audio-visual format.

When "Millennium" first aired ( fall of 1996 ), I only tuned in to the first couple episodes; while I was ( and still am ) a huge fan of Chris Carter's "The X Files", with regard to Carter's ( then ) new project I was in that category of folks who found "Millennium" too dark and graphically violent. However, after recently watching the series in its entirety ( over a two month period ), I can state definitively that this was my loss, for the show exhibited high standards that withstand comparison to Carter's famous franchise. "Millennium" boasted an excellent lead actor, good supporting cast, a talented staff of writers, hard-working crew ( filming in Vancouver BC ), and last but not least, outstanding music by composer Mark Snow.

As the informative ( and unusually honest ) documentaries point out, the three seasons of "Millennium" exhibited their own very distinctive traits. First off, a basic description of the show: it revolved around the talents of a former FBI 'profiler' Frank Black ( played by Lance Henriksen ) who had a unique ability ( in Black's words, "my gift and my curse" ) to get inside the minds of serial killers and succeed in capturing them. It was this uncanny 'gift' that eventually led ( in an implied back-story mentioned in the pilot ) to Black's complete nervous breakdown, necessitating his departure from the Bureau. Subsequently, Black left D.C., taking his wife Catherine and young daughter Jordan to reside in the protective environment of an idyllic neighborhood in ( his childhood hometown of ) Seattle. In this locale Frank Black functioned as a consultant for a mysterious group of ex-FBI agents ( known as the 'Millennium Group' ), helping the Seattle police solve challenging cases of violent crime, while Frank's wife ( played by Megan Gallagher ) was employed as a social worker.

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Season 1 ( 1996-97 ) of "Millennium" was very much informed by the strong hand of creator Chris Carter, who used the clout of his hit series ( "The X Files", then in its glory years ) to prevail upon nervous Fox executives who were essentially forced to allow Carter total creative control over first a pilot, and then an entire season of extremely violent ( for the period ) and spiritually unsettling material. It is no accident that the word constantly used to describe "Millennium", and especially its first season, is *dark*. And indeed, Season 1 ( along with the very first episode of Season 2, which wrapped up a season-spanning cliffhanger ) could actually stand on its own, should one wish for some reason to imbibe the bleakest possible atmosphere without any admixture of the subsequent twists and turns the series took in following seasons. Because most of the 22 episodes from the first season are of uniformly high quality, it is not really necessary to point out specific episodes; they are *all* worth viewing ( and I can't recall a truly mediocre episode in the entire bunch ). Nevertheless, I will mention ( aside from the essential Pilot ) some personal favorites:

"Dead Letters" ( good subplot; Frank Black working with a stressed-out colleague ), "522666" ( perfectly paced thriller about a mad bomber on the loose in Washington D.C. ), "The Well Worn Lock" ( featuring Megan Gallagher in a wrenching episode about incest), "Wide Open" ( truly terrifying home invasion murders ), "Loin Like a Hunting Flame" ( bizarre sex-fetishist and another stressed-out detective working alongside Frank Black ), "The Thin White Line" ( tense thriller in which an old case comes back to haunt Frank Black ), "Walkabout" ( Frank suffers from memory loss ), "Lamentation" ( written by Chris Carter, this shocker features the first series appearance of the sinister character 'Lucy Butler' ), "Broken World" ( an animal-rights perspective artfully woven into this episode set in North Dakota ), "Paper Dove" ( Catherine Black kidnapped in season ending cliffhanger ).

Sidenote: one thing I should point out that might pose a bit of a challenge to a certain type of viewer would be the tremendous amount of supporting actors that a committed fan of "The X Files" can recognize from that series ( in one particular "Millennium" episode I counted no less than half a dozen actors that I had seen in one or another installment of "The X Files" ). But of course one can hardly blame the casting agents for employing these talented players working in the Vancouver area.

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Season 2 ( 1997-98 ) opened up ( as mentioned above ) with the second part ( "The Beginning and The End" ) of two excellent season-spanning episodes. It was both fitting and ironic that this opener was penned by the writing team of Glen Morgan and James Wong ( well known for their work on the first four seasons of 'The X Files' ). *Fitting* in the sense that ( as the accompanying documentary points out ) Morgan & Wong essentially took the "Millennium" reigns from Chris Carter ( who was then completely preoccupied with post-production work on 'The X Files' motion picture ), and thus the writing of the opening Season 2 episode seemed a harbinger of their creative input for the rest of the year. But *ironic* in the sense that, while the Season 2 opener ( due to its nature as a 2-part episode ) truly belonged to the "dark" aesthetic realm of Season 1, the Morgan/Wong influence in "Millennium's" second season demonstrated a marked attempt ( non-too-subtle ) by the writing team to lighten the mood of the show. Whether the impetus behind this related to the efforts of worried Fox executives or not is a matter of conjecture ( though I certainly believe it was the case ). In any event, in Season 2 you start hearing Bobby Darin (!) tunes played during segments ( sometimes as part of the general atmosphere, sometimes with Frank Black turning his CD player to 'Mack the Knife', etc ). I have nothing against the classic "cool lounge" music of the sixties, but that is quite an insertion when contrasted with the grim cases Frank Black investigates. And while this style of playfully ironic juxtaposition can work effectively, as in great Morgan/Wong "X Files" episode titled 'Home' (replete with Johnny Mathis crooning amidst the grotesquerie ), in the context of "Millennium" this element seemed very contrived. Another change was the introduction of a bit character, an obnoxious twenty-something computer-geek, his putative purpose being as an assistant to Frank Black regarding tech issues. Here again the feel of contrivance ( "hey, let's do something like the 'Lone Gunman' from 'X Files' " ) was palpable. In fact, I would not be a bit surprised if Morgan and Wong took substantial heat at the time from fans, other writers, and the series creator himself. Indeed, in the Season 2 documentary Chris Carter, while being diplomatic enough ( c. 2004 ) definitely gives the impression that the change of direction in Season 2 was in fact a *misdirection* ( it is noted at the end of documentary that Glen Morgan and James Wong were invited to appear but declined ). But, in all fairness one should point out that the Morgan/Wong duo had already ( prior to the change of tone in Season 2 ) produced three truly excellent scripts ( all appropriately pitch-black in mood ) in the first season.

In any case, most of the 23 episodes from the second season were, irrespective of aforementioned factors, quite well done. Chip Johannssen ( a particularly stalwart writer for the series ) penned "Sense and Antisense" ( great plot twist at the end ). "Monster" introduced Lara Means, who would be a major character throughout the second season. Morgan & Wong's "The Curse of Frank Black" was a well-crafted Halloween episode with some flashbacks to Frank Black's childhood.

One the positive aspects of Morgan & Wong's second season stewardship was the involvement of Glen's brother Darin Morgan ( the latter well-known for his famed triptych from Season 3 of 'The X Files' ), who wrote and directed two clever and bizarrely humorous episodes: "Somehow Satan Got Behind Me" and "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense", the latter being ( among other things ) both a send-up of apocalyptic ( millennarian ) fixations and a savage parody of a very well-known "religion" favored by the rich and famous.

"Midnight of the Century" was a beautifully done Christmas episode with a guest appearance by the great Darren McGavin ( playing Frank's father ). "Goodbye Charlie" had a script in which the aforementioned Bobby Darin fixation actually had a legitimate purpose ( great job by the guest actor ). Chip Johannssen's uniquely touching "Luminary" didn't even involve a crime of any sort; set in Alaska, it seems loosely based on the now famous ( true ) story of young, ill-fated Chris McCandless and his journal ( "Into the Wild" ).

"The Mikado" was an exciting and brilliantly edited thriller ( and justifiably receives its own special feature commentary by writer Michael R. Perry ). The two-part episode airing mid-season ( "Owls" & "Roosters" ) was probably the most ambitious of Morgan and Wong's attempts to flesh out a Millennium Group conspiracy arc. Whether this was successful or not depends upon ones conception of the show as a whole. "A Room with a View" brings back the evil character Lucy Butler ( the elevator music of "L'Amour est Bleu" is deployed to diabolic effect ). The final two episodes of Season 2 ( and the last two written for the series by Glen Morgan & James Wong ) accelerate the 'Millennium Group' conspiracy, ending the year with a series of plot and character twists that would have a major impact on the following season.

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Season 3 ( 1998-99 ) opened up with Frank Black a widower, he and his daughter Jordan re-locating to the DC area where Frank re-joins the FBI ( his own motive primarily being to expose the Millennium Group ). New characters emerged in the form of his young partner, Emma Hollis ( played by Klea Scott ), an older colleague ( FBI assistant director ), and an ambitious field agent. Series founder Chris Carter came back on board to reassert control of his original vision ( only part of which was possible due to aforementioned developments ), and to that end Carter brought his frequent partner Frank Spotnitz to the "Millennium" team for three episodes they co-wrote: of these, "Antipas" ( featuring another appearance of the diabolical 'Lucy Butler' ) and "Seven and One" ( Frank Black on the brink of a nervous breakdown ) are quite good.

The actual opener ( "The Innocents" ) introduces all the aforementioned new characters; the episode is an attempt at linking the events of the viral outbreak that killed Catherine Black, with Frank focusing on Millennium Group involvement. The plane crash site is amazingly ( disturbingly ) detailed; undoubtedly the crew had studied the pioneering work done by 'The X Files" team in one of its episodes airing a few years earlier ( NOTE: this episode has commentary from Lance Henriksen and Klea Scott ).

From my perspective, the character Emma Hollis started out shaky; there are scripts ( "Closure", "Human Essence" ) occurring early in Season 3 where practically everything Agent Hollis did seemed bone-brained, really the only moments in "Millennium" where the writing was redolent of standard low-brow television fare. But Ms. Scott really can't be blamed for this defect, having inherited a messy situation ( one in which Lance Henriksen himself was frustrated at the contradictions the scripts were forcing on his character ). In any case, as the season progressed so did the depth of the Emma Hollis character via the writing and Klea Scott's acting. The last few episodes of the season ( and of the series itself ) had a very moving subplot involving Emma Hollis and her ailing father ( suffering from dementia ); excellent work from all involved. In terms of chemistry, Henriksen and Scott were very effective together by the last third of the season. "Nostalgia", one of the last "Millennium" episodes, was a gritty drama with excellent acting from both of the leads ( a clear indication that the show would have had "legs" if it had been fated to continue up to and beyond the turning of the actual millennium ).

Michael R. Perry wrote both the wacky Halloween ( "Thirteen Years Later" ) and Christmas ( "Omerta" ) episodes; both are quirky, quasi-humorous affairs ( the rock band Kiss appears in the former ) that were far too tongue-in-check for my taste. However, as the special feature documentary on Season 3 brings out, Mark Snow's ( always excellent ) music was particularly unique in "Omerta" and was rightfully acknowledged as such.

"Through a Glass Darkly", "The Sound of Snow", and "Darwin's Eye" were uniformly excellent scripts, with superb performances by guest actors ( and all three were penned by Patrick Harbinson ). On the other hand, "Saturn Dreaming of Mercury" and "Bardo Thudol" were duds.

The series as a whole closed out with a two-parter ( "Via Dolorosa" and "Goodbye to all That" ). Ken Horton, who co-wrote the very last episode, explained in the documentary that he and Chip Johannssen designed the closer with a deliberately ambiguous ending ( Frank Black and his daughter Jordan driving out towards paths unknown ) just in case the series was canceled. A truly prescient move, which allowed a great ( if protean ) television series to end with dignity and some semblance of closure.

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Finally, it should be mentioned that while Chris Carter was the creator of "Millennium", the true heart of the series was Lance Henriksen and his dynamic portrayal of the uniquely gifted Frank Black. Henriksen is a superb actor, the lined ( lived-in ) face and rough voice allied to a depth of range that was well beyond most acting one experiences on network television. "Millennium" itself is now a cult classic; I believe the series will only gain in reputation as the years go on. Needless to say, this box set is highly recommended. One can only hope for its release in Blu Ray format sometime in the near future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ¡Excelente producto!
Reviewed in Mexico on 12 December 2017
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Sólo para fans.
Me llegó en 2 días, muy buen servicio.
Lo malo es que le bajan y le suben el precio a cada rato.
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Ribozyme
5.0 out of 5 stars Una grande serie, intelligente, profonda, mai banale. Da vedere.
Reviewed in Italy on 7 March 2018
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Millennium è una serie data da Chris Carter che voleva qualcosa più drammatico e meno ironico di X-Files. Il risultato è una serie bellissima quanto cupa, che però cambia pelle ad ogni stagione.
Millennium parla di un ex agente FBI, Franck Black, che ha una capacità, non paranormale, di vedere con gli occhi dell’assassino, e che aiuta inizialmente la polizia di Seattle a risolvere alcuni delitti particolarmente efferati, con l’aiuto del misterioso Gruppo Millennium, che possiede mezzi e tecnologie all’avanguardia. Black sarà un consulente il Gruppo Millennium, senza mai farne parte, perché non ne condivide la visione apocalittica del millennio prossimo venturo (siamo nel 1996)
La prima stagione è molto forte, e infatti negli USA è vietata ai minorenni. I delitti infatti sono insopportabili anche oggi a 20 anni di distanza, nonostante molte serie poliziesche siano passate davanti a nostri occhi, come Criminal mind (che è chiaramente ispirata a Millennium nella parte dei profili del comportamento).
La seconda stagione cambia registro, a causa del poco tempo che aveva Carter nel seguirla, facendoci finalmente capire cosa è davvero il Gruppo Millennium, e fanno la loro entrata un paio di episodi “grotteschi”, cioè alla X-Files. I casi della prima stagione passano in secondo piano, ma nonostante molti fan non abbiano amato la seconda stagione, devo dire che alleggerisce di molto il tono pesante della prima, malgrado una grave tragedia alla fine della stagione.
La terza stagione, per evidenti contrasti tra i due produttori della seconda stagione e Carter, ritorna in parte alle atmosfere della prima stagione, il gruppo Millennium praticamente scompare, ma non manca qualche episodio grottesco dove ad esempio fanno la loro apparizione il gruppo dei Kiss… La serie si conclude all'interno di X-Files, questo episodio è comunque presente nell'ultimo DVD di Millennium ma attenzione, esso è all'interno dei contenuti speciali!

Questa serie la trovo molto bella ed anticipatrice di molte serie che appariranno dopo. E’ chiaramente una metafora della lotta del bene contro il male, ma Henriksen (che all’epoca aveva 56 anni…) è un grande attore e dà alla serie una profondità che raramente avrete mai visto in altre serie. Ogni sua ruga sembra recitare, è un personaggio buono che deve lottare contro i serial killer e che deve allo stesso tempo deve pensare alla sua famiglia. E’ un personaggio con i piedi per terra che deve contenere i millenaristi invasati del Gruppo, e che non esiterà a sacrificare la sua sanità mentale e a mettere in pericolo la sua famiglia per cercare di distruggere il Gruppo. E’ strano, ma ci si affeziona a Lance Henriksen, forse per la sua aria degna e buona.

Malgrado ciò, la serie sarà interrotta alla terza stagione, per mancanza di ascolti. Questo non significa che questa non sia una serie di culto, e che non debba essere vista e rivalutata. A forza di vedere le stupide serie di oggi, si dimentica che in una serie non contano i continui bla-bla e gli scoop senza fine, ma riflessione e atmosfera, senza però che la serie diventi lenta.
Guardate Millennium se volete una serie intelligente, di qualità e che vi faccia riflettere.

Il boxset che ho acquistato è inglese con audio italiano, anche se pessimo (2.0 surround per la stagione 1, e addirittura mono nelle stagioni 2-3!). Il formato è 4:3 nativo per la stagione 1 e 16:9 nativo per le stagioni 2-3. Ci sono degli interessanti documentari che spiegano la genesi delle tre stagioni e qualche contenuto speciale, come dei commenti a degli episodi da parte di registi ed Henriksen stesso.
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Una nota all'episodio 3x12 Messaggi subliminali: per un grave errore di traduzione si dice che la famiglia di Watts è morta un anno prima, mentre nell'episodio prima di questo (sic) si vedono i Watts cenare tranquillamente tutti assieme... tutto questo per un "did" scambiato per un "dead" dagli sciatti doppiatori italiani, che manco si ricordavano di aver visto l'episodio precedente. La versione inglese chiarisce tutto, quindi attenzione...
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