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+.