Beauty and the Beast: The Complete Series

GREAT SERIES

I have wanted the entire series of Beauty and the Beast for ages. This Christmas, I bought it for myself. I'm old enough to have seen it when it was on TV, and immediately fell in love with it. Like any show, there are some episodes that aren't that interesting, but most are phenomenal. I don't know if this was Ron Perlman's first time in a role requiring such a physical change,but his still being able to act and create the unique voice for "Vincent"was outstanding work. Linda Hamilton was a good choice for Catherine, because she wasn't just another pretty face. The character she created had a gentleness, and fierceness when needed especially over Vincent. I loved watching their friendship slowly change into romantic love. The "Beast" was supposed to be frightening, but I would say only startling at first glance. I always thought Vincent was incredibly sexy. Truly my favorite show. From a nearly three season run (a 3rd season had begun, but had only three episodes before cancellation), there were only two that I hadn't taped. Yes, back in the days when the "VCR" was still relatively new, I taped the series. You could do that back then, but not invite a houseful of people over and charge admission. However, 25 year-old VHS tapes don't hold a candle to modern DVD's. Actually, it was a total of 5 episodes, because back then, I didn't know that there was a Season 3, with a few episodes. There had been no advertising, and it wasn't shown until months later. Now, I finally got to see them. Although the show has long ended, a new generation might be able to enjoy the series. What's interesting is there are websites all over, with former viewers keeping the show going, mostly the love between Catherine and Vincent, by writing countless short stories. I think this series can teach people how to love the person inside, and not cast them away for their exterior.

Love the series. I watch the show just to listen to the soft spoken Hellboy, and to see the lovely mother of the saver of the human race. And the Ferengi, I love the Ferengi. The story is about a woman fell in love with a guy from a different class. There are a lot of loving and killing. Season one is great. Lot of loving. Season two is ok. I kinda like season three even though they change the format in season three. They make season 3 a continuous series. You will need to follow the episodes one after another. Picture quality is great to me. It is not HD but the detail and resolution is good. Color is kinda dull but is ok to me. The packaging is good. The case is soft rubber. I do not have any scratched disc. The discs are sound and safe inside the case. The name of the episodes are printed in the back of the cover. The discs come with previews and interviews with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. Some reviewers said there was no close caption. My copy does have close caption. Please see the pictures. Five stars from me.

Love that I can watch entire series in order rather than try to keep up with reruns on TV. Ya miss one you gotta wait for it to come back around. No problem with owning the series.

I remember coming home from school and watching Beauty and the Beast at 3pm. They had it on StartTV but then the channel lineup changed so I had to finish watching because I didn't know Catherine was pregnant with Vincent's baby or that she was murdered. Oh my goodness my heart hurt when Vincent let out that roar as Catherine was in his arms. I didn't like Season 3 I watched it one time just to see how it ends. It's a great show and I love Vincent's voice especially when he reads a book.

Excellent 80s series - Seasons 1 and 2 were truly exceptional with great chemistry between the male and female lead actors. Season 3 drags the ratings down due to the incompetent stand-in female lead.

Beautiful show! Moves the heart!

This series originaly aired during the decade that I worked from 3pm to 1am, and I never got to see. While searching for another TV series, I found it and decided to buy this instead. It arrived the very next day, packaged well and every dvd worked. The only problem I had with the DVDs, had nothing to do with the purchase of it or the quaility of the DVDs. My problem with it was ... once Linda Hamilton left to have her baby, the program should NOT have still been called Beauty and the Beast. Beauty was gone. But I guess the series couldn't survive without her because there was only one season without her. Otherwise it was a very good TV series, nothing like the crappy stuff they put out today. I generally buy TV series from the 70's, 80's and 90's and some 60's ones. They were better made and had better story lines.

Buena serie me encanta

Bara bra kom hem hel.

Ron Perlman als Löwenmensch Vincent und Linda Hamilton als bezaubernd liebenswerte und doch toughe Anwältin Catherine Chandler verleihen dieser alten Serie etwas ganz Besonderes, was man nur selten findet. Dazu kommen ständig wiederkehrende Personen, vor allem "Father" und die Menschen, die mit ihm und Vincent versteckt unterhalb von New York eine eigene Gemeinschaft aufgebaut haben, die einander unterstützt. Hilfe erhalten sie von einigen New Yorkern, die sie mit allem versorgen, was sie zum Überleben brauchen, wie auch diese Menschen im Untergrund ihre Helfer nicht vergessen. Diese Gemeinschaft und die Liebe und Fürsorge, die sie für einander empfinden, sind etwas ganz Besonderes und verleihen damit auch dieser Serie etwas ganz Besonderes, was man immer seltener findet in einer Welt, die scheinbar immer kälter und gefühlsarmer wird. Dazu kommen Interviews mit Ron Perlman und Linda Hamilton, die Liebesbriefe von Catherine und Vincent und es wird die Möglichkeit geboten, die Folgen entweder alle hintereinander oder einzeln abzurufen und dabei von Szene zu Szene zu wechseln. Leider wurde die Serie nicht technisch aufbereitet, diese alte Serie hätte es wirklich verdient, optisch restauriert zu werden! Leider kann man keine Untertitel einblenden, manchen Slang kann man nur schwer verstehen. Doch im Grunde kann man den Gesprächen gut folgen, wenn man Englisch gut beherrscht. Ganz besonders Ron Perlman, wie er Vincent spricht, ist absolut bewegend. Nie hätte ich diesem Mann eine derart gefühlvolle, sanfte Stimme zugetraut! Alleine ihn endlich im Original hören zu können, ist beinahe schon ein Fest! Die Geschichten an sich sind nicht schwer zu verstehen und wenn man sich in die Sprache eingehört hat, sollte man der Handlung mühelos folgen können. Mir unverständlicher Weise gibt es diese Serie, obwohl sie in Deutschland gezeigt worden ist, nicht in Deutscher Sprache! Diese hübsch gemachte Box gefällt mir sehr gut. Leider waren bei mir die in Plastik gefertigten Halterungen für die DVD's gebrochen, doch der Qualität tat das keinen Abbruch und muss ja nicht jedem Kunden passieren! Deshalb und weil ich diese Serie in mein Herz geschlossen habe (von der in meinen Augen unsäglichen 3. Staffel mal abgesehen, um die ich bis Heute einen weiten Bogen schlage), vergebe ich die vollen Punkte.

Didn’t play on my dvd player

二十年前に深夜放送で見ていたBeauty & The Beast。 さすがに日本語字幕付きはありませんでしたがDVD化されていることを知り早速購入しました。 専用プレーヤーがないためPCで視聴していますがあの頃の感動が蘇り嬉しさで一杯です。