Topic: Odyssey 5???

[richierich]

Help!

Was in the local superstore lunchtme and saw the dvd below at £8.99 for the series, but I've never heard of the series?? It looks good from the overview, but has anyone seen it and can advise if it is worth purchasing?

Thanks
Rich


Odyssey 5 - The Complete Series

While in orbit around the Earth, the crew of Space Shuttle Odyssey witnesses the inconceivable: the complete annihilation of Earth in a fiery explosion. With one crew member dead, another suffering from a concussion, and only nine hours of oxygen left on the ship, the fate of the astronauts seems to be sealed. But then they encounter a mysterious alien entity known as The Seeker that informs them that populated planets across the universe are suffering the same cataclysmic fate as the Earth. Using its strange powers, The Seeker transports the five surviving members of the Odyssey back through time. The members of the crew wake up five years earlier; the Earth still exists, but they all share the same awful memory of what lies in store. Seeking each other out, they must discover the secret of the Bright Sky and figure out the meaning of the last message sent from Earth, a coded warning about something known as Leviathan. If they can't solve the mystery then history will repeat, and the world will end in inferno

[Tom]

Hell, yes! For £8.99 it is really worth it!
I really enjoyed this series. Too bad that it was made to last for five seasons but was cancelled after the first season. So it is open-ended. But nevertheless, I had fun watching it. I think Peter Weller was great in it.

[addicted2dvd]

I never seen it... but it definitely sounds good. I may have to see what it is going for here and possibly check it out for a blind buy.

[richierich]

Thanks for the heads-up Tom, I'll get it next week.

I'm surprised many of the guys on the Continent haven't been sourcing their dvds from UK, given the strong Euro over the last few months?

[Tom]

I'm surprised many of the guys on the Continent haven't been sourcing their dvds from UK, given the strong Euro over the last few months?

I have bought a lot of Blu-rays from the UK recently because of this.
Otherwise I haven't bought many DVDs except TV series which are only available as RC1.

[DJ Doena]

I'm surprised many of the guys on the Continent haven't been sourcing their dvds from UK, given the strong Euro over the last few months?

Preaching to the choir. I've always been buying in the UK because even at a 1:1.4 exchange there were some fine offers, e.g. full seasons for 15₤/22€ which costed way beyond 35€ in Germany.

And currently are on order:

1 of: Cloverfield [2007] [DVD]
   £3.08
 
1 of: Lost - The Complete Fourth Season [2008] [DVD]
   £33.09
 
1 of: Smallville - The Complete Seventh Season [DVD]
   £21.70

1 of: House - Season 1 (Hugh Laurie) [DVD]
   £13.43


Lost Season 4 hasn't even been released in Germany yet and when it does it will come in half-season boxes at 30€ each. I considered buying it in the US again but including customs it would have been more expensive than the UK one.

[lovemunkey187]

Odyssey 5 has been shown on the Scifi channel on $ky a couple of times.

Missed it everytime though.