- Format: NTSC
- Language: English, French
- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: April 19 2005
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0007LEMH4
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#24,350 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #10 in DVD > Drama > Television > Dynasty
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Aaron Spelling's addictive primetime soap opera, Dynasty, ran for nine seasons on ABC, a saga of the rich and super-rich, family feuds and betrayals, class conflicts, revenge, corruption, and power. The 13 episodes included in this first-season boxed set introduce a wide range of characters (quite a few dispensed by season 2) in the orbit of oil empire Denver Carrington and its acquisitive, stop-at-nothing CEO, Blake Carrington (John Forsythe, who was simultaneously providing the off-screen voice of Charlie in Spelling's Charlie's Angels). Of particular interest is the way Blake and Denver Carrington's business problems--a groundswell of anti-American sentiment in oil-rich Arab nations, the recent energy shortage in the U.S., disagreement about developing alternative fuel sources with tax dollars--are a window onto real-world events when Dynasty debuted in 1981.
But drama ripped from yesterday's headlines is not what the show is about, and it isn't long before Blake's conflicts with, well, just about everyone move to center stage. Above all is his pending marriage to former secretary Krystle Grant Jennings (Linda Evans), who loves Blake but worries that he sees her as a possession to be charmed or bullied into compliance with his tyrannical worldview. Complicating matters is Krsytle's old romance with a Denver Carrington geologist, Matthew Blaisdel (Bo Hopkins, leaning hard on his soulful, James Dean impression), who is struggling to make his marriage to the mentally ill Claudia (Pamela Bellwood) work out. Meanwhile, two of Blake's grownup kids, Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin) and Steven (Al Corley), are home for the wedding but at serious odds with dear old dad. (Blake wants Fallon to marry a competitor's son in the interest of preserving Denver Carrington. He also refuses to speak with Steven after discovering the latter has been in a gay relationship.) On the horizon is Blake's troublesome former wife, Alexis, who wasn't cast yet (she's eventually portrayed by Joan Collins in season 2), but who makes a veiled appearance (played by another actress) at a particularly inauspicious moment for poor Blake in the season finale. There's more: industrial sabotage, Fallon's affair with a chauffeur, an unexpected bond between Steven and Claudia. Dynasty wouldn't be as much fun without its endless cascade of broken hearts and dire circumstances, and it reminds us that wealth can sometimes be a peculiar kind of hell. --Tom Keogh
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The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' Colby Co. Passion, glamour, catfights, and the biggest shoulder pads in Denver. Dynasty, was the primetime soap fueled by an all-star cast and "sexsational" storylines. Relive the wrestling matches between Alexis and Krystle, Steven's scandalous romances, Fallon's affairs with practically everybody, and of course, the power struggles at Denver-Carrington, led by the magnetic Blake Carrington.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
WHEN IS SEASON 2 COMMING OUT!!!!,
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This review is from: Dynasty: Season 1 (DVD)
I really enjoyed watching Season 1 of Dynasty. 80's night time drama at it's best. Yeah the acting is dramatic, but I remember it only gets better. When is Season 2 comming out. Dallas has already released 4 seaons and I'm hooked on that show as well. So as a huge Dynasty fan who can't wait to see Joan Collins and Linda Evans roll in the pond, please release it soon and keep it comming. Dynasty is worth watchin over and over again.Im hooked on 80's trashy drama. If you like this you'll also love Dallas as well as Knots landing which was just released. Hope we don't have to wait as long as Dynasty.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing flashback,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dynasty: Season 1 (DVD)
Amazing flashback...when is the second season coming? You will not be dissapointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific - the best,
By Thomas Sealhunter (Chisasibi, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dynasty: Season 1 (DVD)
I can't wait for the next season to come out....season 2..let me know
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