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5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent season, but shades of the end are showing, Mar 8 2009
Even after the move from Vancouver to Hollywood so Fox could exert better 'control', there is some excellent writing in season 3. The acting is exceptional. Some of my favorite episodes are here (The Guardian). . . along with the worst one where John Rhys-Davies is killed off and replaced by Mrs. Hardass Psychowoman. Still, she did pull off the sexy pool scenes in the "Breeder" episode better than the Professor could have!
Apparently a recently-promoted Fox executive didn't like John for an off-handed remark he made to him while drunk at a party years earlier and canned him out of spite once in power. Not only is "the Professor" character killed off, he is annihilated with extreme prejudice! Half his brain sucked out so he can only speak in 1-word sentences and shuffle around like Lurch, shot in the head in slow-mo by a bullet trying to escape the votex, and finally the world his remains are left on blown up by remnant pulsars! This has to be the deadest dead I've ever seen bestowed on an actor. Even Spock would be vexed trying to resurrect from this one! John still did it with the grace and flair that is his trademark.
A wonderful series, with great potential. It's too bad Fox and Space Channel couldn't leave the chemistry of it alone. And this has to rank as one of the rankest (and unprofessional) reasons for canning an actor. Even after selling the show off to Space writers are struggling to fill the void left by the Professor character, and in my opinion, never manage to.
My Sliders collection officially ends at Season 3!
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Possibly the worst season..., Feb 11 2008
Sliders was a great series, it was a smart sci-fi show about parallel worlds that was brainy, yet entertaining. Until the third season came around. Network interference turned what was a cool show into a hackneyed Hollywood-block-buster-rip-off farce of epic proportions.
The first part of the season is entertaining, but things get bad about halfway through. As I said, the series was hijacked by the network who wanted to boost raitings by adding sex appeal (Firing John Ryse-Davies and hiring Keri Wuher) and making every episode essentially a rip-off of a popular movie that was released in theaters that year (check it out, there are rip offs of Species, Jurassic Park, Anaconda, and the Island of Dr. Moreau among others)
But, even though some episodes are just embarrassingly bad (Dragonslide for example) it's still watchable, but if you're looking for the same sort of stuff that was in the series first and second seasons you're going to be sorely disappointed.
I'd strongly recommend this box set (which Universal Pictures went very cheap on it with the lack of booklets, episode/chapter breakdowns, double sided discs and minimal special features.. in spite 30+ Dollar price tag) for a completest or somebody who isn't too concerned about where the plot was going and just wants to be entertained.
If you're looking for the series to get back to it's roots, check out Season 4, which at the time of this writing will be released March 25, 2008. That season was aired on a new network with the old writers. They still have an actual on-going plot (With the Kromags) but they also get back to "basics" with the exploration of parallel worlds and so on.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection for a Great show, Sep 13 2005
I really enjoyed sliders season3, all the episodes are great. The quality is very good. Only real negative is the small amount of extras. Other than that, its a great set to have for any sliders fan.
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