Alias - Season 1-5 The Complete Set [DVD]

I can't believe no-one has rated this supidly good product. Ok ok its a bit pricey but the sure entertainment and the package offset that easily. The package is beautifully crafted with fold down magnetic sides. Inside are all 5 seasons in lovely hardback book style cases. Also included is the coveted hardback book and a bonus disc hidden under a secret (but easy to find) compartment at the bottom of the box. If like me you're a fan of Alias THIS IS the set to get. There's a limited edition worldwide so should retain some value. Of course you need a multi region dvd player but hacks are easy to find or just buy one from Richer Sounds.The programme making is exceptional even though you often have to suspend disbelief it is so worthwhile. The first two series are brilliant, the third one takes it to a different angle continuing into the fourth series which has a great cliffhanger ending leading into the shorter fifth series which introduces a few new characters which although necessary does slow proceedings down a little. The overall ending although not answering every question from the entire series is suitable enough if not over a little quickly. Still this does not deflect from the hours and hours of great fun and pleasure this series brings. Jennifer Garner is HOT and changes outfits 3 or more times an episode, all the cast members are excellent, the production design is great and money well spent on a show that deserved it.Best thing about Alias: Marshall Flinkman, the genius! He's awesome, a true revelation and brings much needed comic timing to woeful situations. The guy's a legend, Kevin Weisman i salute you.Buy it, watch it, love it.

I bought the Alias box set back in 2009 having never watched an episode but it was recommended by a friend so I thought I'd give it a go.... I'm so glad I did!! I've just finished watching it for the second time and it was just as brilliant as it was the first time! I'm not one for writing reviews and have never done so before but I had to comment on this amazing tv series, it had me glued to the tv from the very first episode and I had to keep watching them back to back!In a nutshell, Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a secret agent working at SD-6, a secret branch of the CIA. When her boss, Arvin Sloan, has her fiance killed after finding out that Sydney told him she's a secret agent, she finds out that SD-6 is not actually a part of the CIA but a rogue agency that her own father works for! She goes to the real CIA headquarters with this information only to find that they already know, they show her how big the rogue organisation really is and she becomes a double agent to help take them down!If you've never seen Alias and are thinking of buying the box set, I highly recommend you do it - you won't be disappointed I promise! I've also just finished watching the complete Prison Break and Dexter box sets and although I thought they were great, they don't compare to Alias! Just be prepared to have no social life - you'll find yourself making excuses to not go out so you can stay in and watch these episodes back to back!

What's not to like?Alias has it all: double agents, double crosses, triple crosses, Church crosses, Mexican stand-offs sans Mexicanos, cryptic symbols, cryptography, hasty thumb drive computer downloads, MacGuffins, red herrings, fishy explanations, keys that fit yet-to-be-discovered locks, a plethora of world-class, hirsute, ethnic villains, mind-control, subcutaneous chip implantation, hypodermic needle injection in tender places, kick fighting, miniaturized electronic spy gadgetry, international locations. impersonation, explosions, foot chases, car chases, slow-and fast-burning fuses, bug planting, cosplay, gags, blindfolds, good people falling from great heights and bad guys and bad gals being thrown from great heights.There is also some occasional light bondage and light torture stylishly administered to both male and female characters. It is mostly of the raspberry jam on-one's-face, gore-free variety. You won't be tossing your cookies unless you are super squeamish.Did I mention that Sydney also owns a veritable "s-load" (unit of measurement we use in Texas) of wigs, outfits and knee-high boots? Sadly, I have yet to convince my wife to purchase anything similar but I plan to keep trying.Do you appreciate hearing a really good foley artist at work? Well, you can almost smell all those fruits and veggies being sacrificed to simulate bodies and faces being unmercifully punched and pummeled in every episode.Two of the other box sets I have purchased from Amazon that offer the same level of enjoyment are Hustle and White Collar. If you like those you will likely like this series.In short. Well, not so short. Highly recommended.

contrairement à d'autres commentaires, la version que j'ai reçue est totalement satisfaisante

Fui un gran seguidor de la serie cuando se empezó a emitir por el canal AXN en España. Después de tantos años tras el final de la serie decidí comprar el pack en su versión británica por un simple motivo de añoranza y también para practicar el "listening" en inglés (solamente incluyen audio en castellano la primera y tercera temporada).En mi opinión la serie logra atraparte desde el capítulo uno, pero a partir de la cuarta temporada la trama decae bastante...En conjunto la serie vale la pena y el pack, pese a ser sencillo en su formato, incluye en cada temporada muchos audio-comentarios explicativos de muchas anécdotas surgidas durante el rodaje de la misma.

Il cofanetto comprende la lingua ed i sottotitoli in italiano nelle stagioni 1, 4, e 5.purtroppo non nella 2 e 3.ma per chi cercasse la stagione 4 di ALIAS tenga conto che il cofanetto singolo del regno unito ha scritto solo lingua inglese come nel cofanetto completo ma non è cosi l'ITALIANO c'è, questo vale anche per la 5 stagione.Buoni Acquisti agli appassionati :D

Incomplete season 5 set. 2 disc ones, a missing disc four and a missing disc five. Disc two of season 3 was stuck(glue) to the DVD case/folder. Apart from that the set is beautiful, wish they would rethink these cardboard multi-dvd sets they are always prone to problems.

I was as upset as anyone when the series ended, and by the way it ended. Too many loose ends, unanswered questions, plot holes, etc. Having said that, there has never been a series as intriguing, exciting, and enthralling as Alias. I bought seasons 1-4 as they became available and watched them at least 5 times each. I was not the least bit hesitant to buy the boxed set when it first went on pre-order. I would have liked more extras, but what it has are great.If you didn't really follow the series when is was broadcast, do yourself a favor and watch it on DVD. If you already are a fan you probably already have other DVD sets. Do YOURSELF a favor and buy the boxed set.Another word for the true fans. Okay, I became an Alias addict as soon as the first episode aired. I am such an addict that I am writing an Alias novel as therapy after the series ended leaving so many plot holes and unanswered questions. So, I was shocked when I recently watched season one DVD's of The Pretender, which aired from 1996-2000 (ending 1 year before Alias aired). I was totally blown away by the following similarities between the two shows. And since The Pretender came first, it was Alias which copied ideas from The Pretender.Here is my list of similarities between The Pretender and Alias- just from the first few episodes of The Pretender:1- A young boy is at a center where he's being studied and his special abilities are being groomed for use by some secret group (Alias tie- Project Christmas), 2-he builds a tall building out of an erector set(Project Christmas wooden block puzzle)demonstrating his abilities. 3-The man who is directing this use of the boy is a Dr. named Sydney (Alias main character name), 4-who is played by the actor who played Dr. DeSantis in Alias. 5-The boy grows up in the center and eventually escapes. He goes into hiding from this powerful organization, taking on a new alias each week and using his abilities to right wrongs (like Sydney in Alias- see #24). 6-He is a combination of the Sydney Bristow and Marshall Flinkman Character on Alias. 7-The main character is trying to find out who he really is and what happened to his real parents(Alias-Sydney and her mother,Irina). 8-Familiar Alias type phrases, one of which is "decide whether you are going to be a scientist (spy) or a mommy- you can't be both," the female lead says to Dr. Sydney"(very similar to what Irina told Sydney about being a spy and a mother in the last season of Alias). 9-Jerrod speaks many languages (Sydney does too). 10-He flies airplanes(Sydney does too). 11-Jennifer Garner (Sydney in Alias) once guest starred in The Pretender(2 years before Alias aired), playing a character named Billie VAUGHN(her boyfriend in Alias was named Michael VAUGHN). 12-The actor playing Jerrod is MICHAEL WEISS(as in Alias characters MICHAEL Vaughn and another main character, ERIC WEISS), while the name of the actor who plays the creepy bad guy at the Centre trying to hunt down Jerrod is named Richard MARCUS (as in Alias character MARCUS Dixon).13-The female lead, Miss Parker, who is teamed up with Dr. Sydney is a hard, driven, ruthless Alias character Irina Derevko. 14-Some of the graphics in The Pretender are Rambaldi(mysterious 15th century Alias character)-esc. 15-There is a black female director at the Centre(Alias tie- Director Chase at CIA). 16-Sydney Bristow's mother, Irina, was unquestionably the power behind much of the evil in Alias- Miss Parker's father is the head of the Centre. 17-When Miss Parker was young her mother supposedly killed herself, but as the show progresses Parker discovers that her father may have killed her, or that she may actually still be alive (Alias- very like Irina). 18-In one episode the bad guy boss of a law firm is named Mr. Sloane(name of main Alias bad guy for 5 seasons). 19-In the same episode a guy wrongly accused of a murder has the first name Marcus (again, Alias- Marcus Dixon). 20-Sloane goes to jail (also in Alias). 21- Last line spoken to Mr. Sloane in that episode at the end of that episode of The Pretender-"Now you have all the time in the world." (Same last line said to Mr.Sloane in Alias).22- A recurring number holds the key to a mystery behind the Centre- SL-27 (Alias- #47). 23- Dr. Sydney, who feels responsible for his brother's death, speaks to his brother, who appears to him from beyond the grave(Alias- Nadia, Sloane's daughter whose death he is responsible for, appears to him from beyond the grave). 24- They start each episode of The Pretender explaining that the main character is a Pretender- a genius with the ability to become anyone he wishes. That is the essence of creating an effective alias- something Sydney Bristow did every week. In fact, she explained to another Alias character that to pull off an alias you have to become that person. So, the essence of being a Pretender is the same as creating an Alias.Alias was a GREAT series, but I have never heard anyone address how heavily it was influenced by The Pretender.