Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The Tribe season 1 part 2 DVD

This DVD set covers episodes 27 through 52 of the first season of the show. Lots of stand outs in these episodes. Like when Jack and Dal make a wind turbine so they can recharge batteries. Or when Salene develops bulimia and is almost forced into becoming hooker to get the food she wants. Then there is one scene that is sleazy,when Lex almost rapes the girl he claims to love. We also start finding out that the virus that killed off all the adults is still out there. Part of the Mallrats head out to a place that they think might have a cure for the virus. And by the time they get back to the mall they realize that Lex,who is 17,has caught the virus. So most of the episodes are about them trying to cure Lex. Plus I want to say it is this set that introduces us to Tai San. Who is a weird new ageish hippie type female.

The DVD is pretty good. All the episodes look great. Plus this set actually has an extra. Which is a 40 minute behind the scenes look at the first season. It is strange seeing lots of the cast without the wild makeup and hairdos. I really hope Shout Factory doesn't take long to put out the other 4 seasons. The Tribe Season 1 part 2 DVD gets a solid A.

HeroTV episode 2 with an interview with Rob Liefeld



Hero magazine was a short lived competitor to Wizard magazine. I remember hearing about how they were gonna get their own TV show. But as far as I know it never aired on TV. They did release at least 2 episodes on VHS. This is the second episode and has an interview with Rob Liefeld.

Sci FI Buzz episode with Clive Barker interview


From 1994 this is an episode of the Sci Fi channels tv show Sci Fi Buzz. It has a fun interview with Clive Barker and Harlan Ellison has his weekly segment that was always fun to watch.

Reel Wild Cinema Lunatics on the loose episode



I loved this short lived tv show. Each week Sandra Bernhart would show edited down versions of various sleazy films from Something Weird Video's amazing film library.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

The Tribe season 1 part 1 dvd set


As I mentioned in my last review I got hooked on this TV show back in the early 2000s. Well up until recently it wasn't out on DVD in region 1. Thankfully Shout Factory has corrected that.

This set covers the first 26 episodes of the first season. We start off with Amber and Dal making there way through the destroyed city and heading out the woods to try to have a better life. They end up running into some very young kids and through some stuff find their way to a old shopping mall. Here they meet Jack who has started living in the mall. Slowly this group of various kids and teenagers form their own tribe. And they do whatever they have to to survive.

When describing this show to people that have never heard of it I always tell them it is a weird mixture of Mad Max and Degrassi. Sure this is a teen soap opera of some sorts. But it is also a post apocalyptic show. And I love post apocalyptic stuff. I like how the show covers some subjects that until recently were not covered in most USA based shows for teens. Now I will admit that some of the acting isn't that great. But the atmosphere of the show more than makes up for that. The Tribe Season 1 part 1 DVD gets a A.

The Tribe- A New World




Back in about 2004 I got hooked on this New Zealand made teen drama called The Tribe. Set in the future,I think it is,in a world where  virus gets out that kills anyone over the age of 17. All the surviving kids band together in different tribes to survive. The show lasted 5 seasons,which each season having 52 20 odd minute episodes. Sadly season 5 ended on a cliffhanger and that was also the end of the series. Well for years now I have been hoping for something,a movie,TV show,anything that would wrap up the cliffhanger. Well about 4 months ago I discovered that a book came out last year is basically The Tribe season 6.

The book started off a few weeks after the end of Season 5. The Mallrats and their friends are out in the ocean on a boat. And food is running low.With in the first 10 pages we get clues that the author realizes that most people reading this book are not teenagers anymore. When one of the major characters does something that was kind of shocking.

While this is happening we find out that Bray,who was a major character on the show for the first 3 seasons,has been held hostage by some evil tribe. And we get to see how he escapes and is trying to make his way back to the city he use to live in.

The Mallrats end up stranded on an island. And discover that there is another tribe on the island that doesn't want them there. We also get more info on what is happening to Bray. And also some background on the former villain Ram.

Gotta say I was really surprised by this book. First off it is a trade paperback,and cost like 15 bucks on Amazon. So going in I wasn't expecting much. The author never wrote an episode of the show. But you can tell they did research. They have managed to capture the essence of all the major characters. And also seem to have listened to the fans and kept the annoying characters mainly in the sidelines. The Tribe-A New World gets a B+.