TheDeadBobby
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Yeah, that's a bummer. So I missed like an episode here and there .... but found I can always pick up on what happened pretty easy. I hate missing all those juicy details though.
Seasons 1-6 were pretty good, but what are the must have seasons after those?
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TheDeadBobby
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Season 10 huh? Ok, I guess I'll do it ... it's only money. I wish I could buy an actual MP4 download but not thinking I can since it could be pretty easily pirated. It's just that DVDs are a pretty crappy media if you think about it.... too fragile and not very robust for the long run.
If you come to my house, bring seasons 7 through 9 as well and do ya have any popcorn?
I have some pop or beer.
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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
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This new complete series boxset has the entire series on single sided discs. You should consider saving up and buying a copy of it.Yeah, that's a bummer. So I missed like an episode here and there .... but found I can always pick up on what happened pretty easy. I hate missing all those juicy details though.
Frank Underwood
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Season 8 is okay, but it's marred by the Miss Ellie imposter and a season long story arc with a predictable ending. I'm actually surprised some people prefer it to season 10.
Do I consider it essential? Yes, primarily because season 10 picks up from the events of it. There are a few standout episodes, but it feels a little stale overall.
Do I consider it essential? Yes, primarily because season 10 picks up from the events of it. There are a few standout episodes, but it feels a little stale overall.
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Seaviewer
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I've had terrible trouble with my season 7 and 8 discs, so I ended up purchasing the two seasons on YouTube. I hope season 9 is okay because they don't have that. Strangely, my season 1/2 set played okay even though they are double-sided as well.
Mustard
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Season 9 DVD (the dream season) is my favourite outside of Seasons 1-6 DVD.
Blast from the Past is another logical ending point.
Jon Ewing Jr.
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At the time he actually seemed pretty content marrying her. I think it would have worked out well.
Sidenote: I love the scene after Jenna runs out on him they have to carry him into Southfork drunk right past Pam....
Sidenote: I love the scene after Jenna runs out on him they have to carry him into Southfork drunk right past Pam....
TheDeadBobby
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I might have to do it ... I haven't seen it advertised anywhere (but mainly was looking on ebay).This new complete series boxset has the entire series on single sided discs. You should consider saving up and buying a copy of it.
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Grangehill1
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I love the dream season. The music, acting, the styling, ‘most’ of the plots.
As I’ve said before the natural end to Dallas is Blast From The Past. The show should have ended with Bobby in the shower creating the biggest WTF moment in TV history and never being resolved.
Season 10 (after the dream) is where tonally Dallas starts to change. It’s starting to play for laughs (yes I’m genuinely saying this after Angelica Nero but that was all played dead straight) and it becomes very campy. The cheap editing technique, the terrible incident music, shocking fashions and styling. I just don’t think it’s very good. The once vibrant Donna manages to suck the life out of every scene she’s in, Jenna has suddenly aged twenty years. I struggle when people say it’s a good season. I really can’t see it
As I’ve said before the natural end to Dallas is Blast From The Past. The show should have ended with Bobby in the shower creating the biggest WTF moment in TV history and never being resolved.
Season 10 (after the dream) is where tonally Dallas starts to change. It’s starting to play for laughs (yes I’m genuinely saying this after Angelica Nero but that was all played dead straight) and it becomes very campy. The cheap editing technique, the terrible incident music, shocking fashions and styling. I just don’t think it’s very good. The once vibrant Donna manages to suck the life out of every scene she’s in, Jenna has suddenly aged twenty years. I struggle when people say it’s a good season. I really can’t see it
Frank Underwood
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Season 10 is the only time where I felt the more comedic elements actually worked. It never came close to devolving into the campy mess of the last three seasons IMO.
The picture quality did look like crap, but that has nothing to do with the writing and the plotting of it.
I wasn't a fan of Travilla's fashion, and I don't recall the fashion in season 10 being any more outlandish than that.
I enjoyed the bittersweet feel of season 10. There were glimmers of joy before everything came crashing down, and a lot of drama was stirred up at Southfork and Ewing Oil.
In contrast, everybody ended up sickeningly content by the end of the dream. Plots went nowhere or were incoherent, and only the first few episodes were semi-interesting.
The picture quality did look like crap, but that has nothing to do with the writing and the plotting of it.
I wasn't a fan of Travilla's fashion, and I don't recall the fashion in season 10 being any more outlandish than that.
I enjoyed the bittersweet feel of season 10. There were glimmers of joy before everything came crashing down, and a lot of drama was stirred up at Southfork and Ewing Oil.
In contrast, everybody ended up sickeningly content by the end of the dream. Plots went nowhere or were incoherent, and only the first few episodes were semi-interesting.
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TheDeadBobby
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So how does that work, is it like a video file that you can play elsewhere or does it have to be on Youtube?
Willie Oleson
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Better to spend that money on beautiful DYNASTY dvds.
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Snarky Oracle!
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Willie Oleson
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And 3 because it's still great and 4 because it still looks great and 6 because of Sammy Jo & Rita.
DallasFanForever
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Hey, do you Dynasty people need help getting back to your area of the site? We’d be glad to help!
Seaviewer
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It appears on the movies and shows tab in your library and then you can watch it like any other YouTube video.
ClassyCo
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Just an FYI: I number the DALLAS seasons based on the DVD releases.
DALLAS was very good for maybe the first six seasons. Despite the high ratings it got, I thought Season 4 was a bit of a dud outside of the "Who shot J.R.?" reveal that we got. I'd probably argue that Seasons 5 and 6 were the best we got and offered us DALLAS at its peak creatively.
As for Seasons 7 and 8, I thought that's where the show started loosing some of its sizzle. The story line concerning the romance of Sue Ellen and Peter seemed forced, although we do get the battle for Ewing Oil from Season 7, which was one of the best arcs the show delivered. The biggest issue with Season 8 is the Miss Ellie recast fiasco, which could've been more easily written off had Donna Reed stepped in during the Dream Season. We could just skip that season altogether, and therefore pretend as if Miss Ellie was always the incomparable Barbara Bel Geddes.
I've yet to finish the final seasons of DALLAS, and I seriously doubt that I ever will. I stopped watching it when Bobby flatlined, and I haven't any strong unction to go any further. Sure, I've seen clips and I know a little about what happens, but I don't necessarily what to make the time and set down and watch an episode-by-episode telling of what is to be come of the characters. I've thought about binging them online, or perhaps watching the TV movies, but I've yet to do that either.
DALLAS was very good for maybe the first six seasons. Despite the high ratings it got, I thought Season 4 was a bit of a dud outside of the "Who shot J.R.?" reveal that we got. I'd probably argue that Seasons 5 and 6 were the best we got and offered us DALLAS at its peak creatively.
As for Seasons 7 and 8, I thought that's where the show started loosing some of its sizzle. The story line concerning the romance of Sue Ellen and Peter seemed forced, although we do get the battle for Ewing Oil from Season 7, which was one of the best arcs the show delivered. The biggest issue with Season 8 is the Miss Ellie recast fiasco, which could've been more easily written off had Donna Reed stepped in during the Dream Season. We could just skip that season altogether, and therefore pretend as if Miss Ellie was always the incomparable Barbara Bel Geddes.
I've yet to finish the final seasons of DALLAS, and I seriously doubt that I ever will. I stopped watching it when Bobby flatlined, and I haven't any strong unction to go any further. Sure, I've seen clips and I know a little about what happens, but I don't necessarily what to make the time and set down and watch an episode-by-episode telling of what is to be come of the characters. I've thought about binging them online, or perhaps watching the TV movies, but I've yet to do that either.
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