The Walking Dead: Season 3 (Limited Edition Blu-ray with SteelBook Packaging)

The discs came in very good shape very little damage would purchase again. Good sellers!! I'm very good price. Love this series!!!

I did get a bit frustrated with the slowed pace in character's and plotline while on Hershel's farm. Almost the entire 2nd Season had action, (if much) come to the farm. Were it not for the fruitless search for Sophia, nobody had much reason to venture out. Besides the runs to the pharmacy, (why not raid the entire pharmacy all in one big raid?), there was little Action! It became more of the "love triangle drama" more than it's namesake.I held out hope. Reading the graphic novel, I knew of much more to come. And the Season finale was a jaw dropper! After Rick declares that "this isn't a democracy anymore", low and behold, the prison looms just over the horizon. Yeah! Action again! Of course taking the prison will not be easy. Besides the Walkers that surround the prison, within the gates and out, they must contend with whomever might still be lurking inside. Just when you think how else can a Walker be fought off, they show up as prison guards in riot gear. Can't get the head through a helmet.Yet this amazing ensemble cast has come together in ways that have their wits make up for lack of numbers. Fabulous casting places these "survivors" in situations, making choices and doing deeds they could never have accomplished in the 1st Season! Outstanding teamwork and artful thinking gets them through step-by-step.It was a real tear jerker when Carl had to step up and shot Lori after child birth. He knew the alternative and at that moment, we see a boy grow into manhood. In the worst possible way!Cut to Woodbury. A quaint little town of ignorant people. Living as though THEIR world has not changed. Leave that to "The Governor." A man whose head belongs inside one of his many fishtanks of heads! He is utterly ruthless, maniacal, certifiably crazy and absolutely okay with it. As long as the town folk follow his commands, he is a God unto himself. He would have a statue of himself in the center of town were it feasible. The complete polar opposite of Rick. In every way! And as soon as The Gov learns of Rick and his group, no matter how small in headcount, he feels threatened. For good reason!All through Season 3, we see the most bloodshed and violence. The Walkers have a greater role. More of them. Not as easily drawn away by some diversion. No. They are here to stay! The Gov uses them to his advantage as well as sport. Target practice and throwing the first volley. As this Season progresses, the growing tension between The Gov and Rick leads to more than one showdown. But isn't this a reflection of real life? The tough guy's who make loud noises tend to do so over and over again? And when they don't get their petty ways, they ready for war?Eventually, Rick decides to NOT decide for the group anymore. "I'm not you're Governor." And it is the groups decision to stay and do final battle with The Gov and his merry band of idiots. In the end, the prison stays with the occupants that took it in the beginning of the season. Yet compassionate enough to take in the remnants of souls that were NOT SHOT by the Gov as he fled like a spoiled kid... With a big gun.This is what makes The Walking Dead work so well. Its not always so much about the Walkers or the gore. It's also about the hope and compassion, the sentimentality of the few living people left. That drive to keep pushing on. Sure, we know from Dr. Edwin Jenner that EVERYONE has this thing that makes EVERYBODY into Walkers as soon as they die, no matter what. But does this mean they should all lay down and put a bullet into each others heads? Of course not! Jenner was ONE point of view. Maybe another Dr. In some secluded lab has another theory?Just a thought, on the show, "Lost In Space." They knew they were never getting home. Did that mean they might as well settle on some deserted planet or crash into a sun? No! People must drive on to find a better way for a better day. Judith is the newest member of the cast. It means babies can be born! Start over! Find a safer haven and rebuild. This is life...

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I was eagerly awaiting the first season of The Walking Dead as everyone was. And it looked like it was going to be one hell of a ride after the pilot episode, which was directed by Frank Darabont, a fabulous director who gave us two brilliant films, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, both superb movies. And Darabont's directing of the first episode of season 1 is brilliant. But by episode 2 something seems to slack off a bit. It's actually still a great episode but it's missing the director of the pilot, and though it's subtle you can feel it. By the third episode things actually start to feel underproduced compared to the pilot and it feels more like a soapish sort of style, with a lot of time, too much time getting to know all the character and their lives and all that goes with it. But there simply isn't a lot of action or zombies through much of season 1 on through till the final episode, which is interesting, but I kept waiting for the magic I saw in the pilot to continue onward, it didn't happen and I was left feeling that season 1 was an overall disapointment. Decent enough but not great. I decided to not take the plunge any further and did not watch season's 2 or 3 until just a few weeks ago when one night I decided to just give it another chance, and folks am I glad I did.Season 2 hardly resembled season 1 at all. Even when things are slow it's much more interesting, but there is a lot more action and a lot more gore and horror than season 1. The mood of season 2 is solid all the way through, and until season 3 I was left breahtless and convinced that I have never seen anything else as good about zombies. Prior to that all there was to enjoy that were truly great zombie pictures were Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (and also the remake), and a few here and there that were worth noticing like The Horde, a French take on the zombie genre. Even the older Italian movies like 'Zombie' were good in their time, but though there have been dozens of zombie movies over the years nothing really blew my skirt up. That is until now.Season 3 of The Walking Dead in simply superb. The characters are all great, the shocks and scares are some of the best ever put on film, and the gore is absolutely the most brutal I have ever seen anywhere. It's amazing that AMC could actually get away with all the brutality they have in season's 2 and 3, so much so that I can't believe the FCC isn't nippin' at their butt's over it. If you saw season 1 and like me were not that impressed over all, hold onto to your guts, because season 3 is one hell of a ride. You won't be disapointed, I can pretty much promise you that. Hands down the best zombie story ever told. And season 3 will leave you breathless.

So glad I was able to get the entire series, looking forward to the final season

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Really enjoy these series. Class acts.

Brilliant , I've enjoyed every minute of this, I'm now waiting patiently for the next season to come out in sept.

seemed like forever from pre order to becoming avail for sale but well worth the wait

Amazing! Definitely must see this dvd

great