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| Dynasty - Season Three, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Actor: John Forsythe
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
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Format: Box Set, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 540
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
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ASIN: B0015I2S7E
Release Date: August 1, 2008
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/17/2008
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Say what you will about Alexis Carrington (the inimitable Joan Collins in her signature role), but not even she at her greedy, manipulative, and scheming worst would have sanctioned the splitting of Dynasty's third season into two volumes. And this, mind you, is the woman hell bent on ruining the lives of ex-husband Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and his "sweet" wife of two years, Krystle (Linda Evans), whom Alexis disdainfully calls, "the once and future secretary." To attain the money and power she needs to put her best laid plans into action, she compels a hospital bed wedding to her barely conscious fiance, Cecil Colby (Lloyd Bochner), who has suffered a massive coronary ("We have to get back at Blake," she pleads). Later, she will uproot the life of Mark Jennings (Geoffrey Scott), Krystle's former husband, from whom—surprise, surprise—she is not legally divorced. Alexis is the straw that stirs this intoxicating cocktail, but Season Three of this era-defining prime time soap is its most intoxicating yet (and marked the show's emergence for the first time in the Nielsen ratings' Top Five). Dynasty distinguished itself from Dallas by putting business on the back burner, and turning up the heat on its characters' outrageous private lives. As the season begins, Jeff (John James) and Fallon's (Pamela Sue Martin) baby is still missing, leading to one of the series' all-time great OMG moments, as the undone Claudia (Pamela Bellwood) clutching what is apparently the baby, accidentally sends it plummeting off a rooftop. The biggest development this season is the introduction of Michael Torrence (Gordon Thomson), a Billings, Montana lawyer, who learns on his grandmother's deathbed that he is actually Blake and Alexis's first-born son, Adam Carrington, who was kidnapped as an infant. Turns out that as the tree is bent, so are the twigs. No sooner does Alexis set Adam up at ColbyCo then he pits himself against the good and decent Jeff and has his office redone with toxic paint. On the homefront, Fallon wants a divorce and, in a bid for self-actualization, takes over the "white elephant" La Miranda Hotel, where she meets and flirts with "Michael," not realizing he is her long lost sibling. Her discovery of his identity when Alexis introduces them is just another priceless moment that makes this season, and this set, essential for Dynasty fans. Too bad it tops out at 12 episodes, right about the time that Heather Locklear re-appears as Sammy Jo (that's Samantha to you), with the missing and presumed dead Steven's baby. Damn you, Paramount; just when things are really getting good. --Donald Liebenson
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 Buy it used! Shame on you Paramount!! April 7, 2008
57 out of 60 found this review helpful
I give this one star because we are rating not just the show but, the actual DVD product. The show would probably get four or five stars but, the DVD they are releasing would get a negative 5 if that were possible.
After releasing a full season for each of the first 2 seasons i find it sickening that the corporate company(Paramount) would do this now. I recently read a post where someone had mentioned the idea of buying used. That way they lose sales as they deserve to do for being so blatently greedy. That's what i had decided to do when manufacturers come out with split seasons.
You can find them used, a little while after the are released from a reputable seller on Amazon or ebay. Don't keep the greedy corporate big-wigs living in houses similar to the Carrington estate. You are shelling out extra money in hard times for a show you love while the "powers that be" are probably hiring more servants to wait on them in their mansions. Paramount is notorious for pulling this this stunt. There many other companies who do not do this and only release full seasons. If the other companies see Paramount getting away with this i'm afraid they will follow suit.
Does Anyone Know There is a Recession Going On? April 10, 2008
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
You know I love Dynasty. I really do. But this is the limit. How on earth in today's economy do today's entertainment companies think they can suddenly get away with splitting TV series seasons and doubling their prices?
Sorry gang you'd better start thinking in the other direction.
How about a two seasons for the price of one sale?
I am no longer collecting TV show DVDs that split seasons in their raw bid to bleed our pockets dry. I can not afford it and there are millions just like me.
Sorry Alexis- I love you- but the truth is I just saw the whole Dynasty cycle on Soapnet and now I can sell my Season's 1 and 2 on eBay. At these prices it is simply not worth it.
Thanks but no thanks.
 Dynasty = 3 1/2 Stars. Evil Corporate Pigs = 0 Stars. April 14, 2008
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
What a yummy guilty pleasure this show was. When I was in high school, Wednesday nights was campy Dynasty night. It was the silliest, most glamorous escapsim you could imagine. Yes, utter nonsense most of the time, but really fun nonetheless. Dynasty was a colorful and over the top extravaganza that kept us coming back for more drama and fashion and fights.
I have enjoyed a lot of TV in my life, from Northern Exposure and Upstairs Downstairs to Seinfeld and Green Acres. Dynasty remains a pleasure no matter how ridiculous it seems. The plots were zany, to be honest. But the show is just a hoot, plain and simple.
That being said, I am outraged that Season 3 (and possibly future seasons) is going to be divided up into volumes instead of complete seasons. I can only guess that the studio wants to milk us of our cash. Studios have done this cheesy practice with other shows, such as Lost in Space, Spongebob, and so forth. What pigs these companies can be sometimes.
Like other reviewers here, I am furious and disgusted at the ugly amount of greed and at the severe lack of respect for the customer. I will not be buying this until the price is cut significantly for half a season. I love the program but not this much. I urge others to voice their displeasure and demand a reasonable price point, as well as complete season sets without these stupid "volume" editions. We definitely deserve better treatment than this.
Woe to you, greedy corporate monster. March 17, 2008
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
There is absolutely NO reason to split this season up other than sheer greed. Do the math and you will see what I mean. I bought the first two seasons of this show and was already annoyed at the snail's pace with which they were being released. After the awesome packaging of season 2, I thought everything would be alright....now this.
I'm not sure if this is Paramount's or the Spelling estate's doing. I do know that "Love Boat" is splitting up the season as well and it also is a Spelling show (Perhaps Candi Spelling needs another gift wrapping room?).
In any event, if not for the fact that this was my favorite show from the 80s, I would not buy this set out of sheer protest and disgust. I think the disrespect that Paramount or Candi Spelling is showing to their customers is reprehensible. I do know that I will not touch any Paramount show, such as "Love Boat" that continues to put out half seasons. Unfortunately, I love Dynasty enough to take the abuse for this one show, but this is IT. Shame on them.
 It's Not Just Drama...it's DYNASTY March 11, 2008
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
The unforgettable court room entrance of Alexis Carrington in the previous season inevitably altered not only the already complex dynamics of the beleagured Carringtons but for better and worse the series' plotting and pace. This season ups the ante with nearly every episode having at least one jaw dropping moment - from the abduction of Fallon's baby climaxing on a roof over Denver all the way to (season 3 volume 2) the burning cabin season finale. This season provides many pivotal moments: Alexis gradually assumes the shoulder padded mantle of powerful businesswoman, yet another lost Carrington heir pops up to cause more trouble, Fallon opens La Mirage with a jazz age party Fitzgerald would've killed to attend, Jeff is poisoned by paint fumes, Steven returns with a reconstructed mug and a smidgen less antagonistic attitude, Kirby does Sabrina with disastrous results. And let's not forget the brawl in the lilly pond! Some scenes are positively operatic: when Cecil Colby has a fatal heart attack with Alexis standing by his hospital bedside in bridal white (!) - the score plays strings each time they try to defibrillate him and crescendos when he flatlines, closing with a distraught Alexis bowed head weeping behind white veil - ah, good times that! - Maria Callas as Lucia di Lamermoor couldn't have done any better. Kidding. Arguably the other primetime serials were better written or had more fleshed out characterizations - yet none of them compares to the stylized histrionics of Denver's first family. With liberal paraphrasing of a quote from our favorite villainess: After Alexis throws a party, all the world will know it's been done.
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