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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051423221
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 04, 2008
Running Time: 585 minutes
Sales Rank: 1066
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/04/2008
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Primeval was created by Britain's ITV as a big-budget primetime Saturday rival to the success of the BBC's Doctor Who. But unlike some efforts to buy big ratings, there's actually a lot of entertainment throughout the series. The crux of the show surrounds a series of strange creatures from both the future and the past who appear to be roaming around in the present day. So what's going on? And what can be done about the dinosaur-esque creatures, big insects, and assorted parasitic life forms that are suddenly roaming the Earth? That's where professor Nick Cutter and his team come in, and the fun really begins.
A surprisingly human action-drama, Primeval clearly draws influence from Doctor Who, and while it never really threatens to rival it, it is nonetheless a good show in its own right. The special effects are suitably smart, but, more importantly, there's also a half-decent script at the heart of things, and that really does help lift the show.
The second season finds Cutter and his team once again dealing with creatures quite literally out of their time. But this time, Primeval has a few more tricks up its sleeve. Because while the convention for much of season 1 was that the creatures that faced Cutter and his crew were arriving from the past, this time round there are monsters from the future to worry about too. Cue the likes of a woolly mammoth on the motorway, and a raptor-esque chase around a shopping center. The show then blends in some twisty narratives surrounding the characters themselves, which--while not particularly intricate or surprising--do keep up the fun, and it does its best to throw as much at the screen as it can. Primeval is very good fun, worth rewatching, and suitable for family viewing too. --Jon Foster
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Excellent
This is by far one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. The characters are engaging, the action is fascinating, the villains aren't 2D, the creatures are all well done, the twists are shocking... It's just... Amazing. I've been trying to get everyone I know introduced to the show.
Rating: - Good stuff!
Grrrr! What a wonderul bunch of characters, including the various animals which come through portals to and from the both the past and future, opening here and there across modern day Britain. Kind of like a Stargate to the past and future, as opposed to other worlds. Take a super cool bunch of people, both professional and amateur, who must investigate and combat what comes through these portals, called "anomalies," and you've got the makings of a lot of excitement. Jurassic Park in your own backyard. Too close for comfort, but so long as it's not my backyard...
Each episode is well-crafted and well-acted, and different. It wasn't like you saw one and knew what to expect in the others, which so often happens when people run dry on ideas. The characters are engrossing, but smart and sexy, each in his/her own way. Smart and sexy work for me, otherwise, what do you have, dull and boring? Exactly, but not here. Everyone brings something to the table and I soon found myself falling in love with each of them.
The special effects are superb and had me on the edge of my seat, and I just kept wanting for more. Prehistoric animals and even some from the future, spice things up, so you're not just stuck in the proverbial past. A show like this always runs the risk of being hokey, but I can honestly say that I found it believable, so any "hoke" that might have been hanging around must have fallen before I got there. Can't wait to see what follows after this, but I do hope ... Read More
Rating: - Beasts from Beyond Time and Space
One of the most brilliant TV shows currently on the air, Primeval focuses on the adventures of Dr. Nick Cutter, a brilliant evolutionary biologist, and his team as they track and study anomalies - literally rips in reality that let creatures from the distant past (and future) into our time. Yes, this means we see things like a giant mososaur in a swimming pool, a Columbian mammoth on the M25, and even a highly evolved echolocation predator from the future. Being a self-confessed Anglophile, and having grown up on shows like Doctor Who, I was eagerly awaiting this series showing up in the US. Needless to say, I was not disappointed.
It is an excellent and thoroughly enjoyable show, with decent special effects. If you enjoy shows like Doctor Who and Torchwood, then Primeval will be right up your alley. The entire cast is quite enjoyable. Douglas Henshall does an excellent job as Dr. Cutter, while James Murray plays his strapping young assistant Stephen. Hannah Spearritt, of S Club 7, plays Abbie, a reptile handler from the zoo. And then there is Connor Temple, played by Andrew-Lee Potts, who is the stereotypical conspiracy nut/computer nerd, down to his schoolboy crush on Abbie. Oh, and of course Professor Cutter's 'dead wife' Helen (Juliet Aubrey), who went through the anomaly years ago, and has suddenly returned... All of the characters are quite multi-faceted and interesting, making the show all that much more enjoyable to watch.
But what REALLY steals the show are the prehistoric ... Read More
Rating: - Great Si-Fi
Watched this in the UK. Moved to the UAE and had to buy second season. It is very interesting and keeps you on your toes. I can't wait for season three.
Rating: - The BBC's Best effort to date!
This is WITHOUT A DOUBT the BEST [most intense] TV series ever produced! It probably would have been too expensive to produce if some of the special effects used [some from WALKING WITH DINOSAURS and some from WALKING WITH PREHISTORIC BEASTS] hadn't been accessable. The casting was nearly perfect. The apparent bond formed among the cast looked similar to that formed by the cast of STARGATE SG1. It's too bad the BBC had to terminate such a good series after only [2] seasons. I have heard nothing but praise from everyone who has seen it. The only extra that I would like to have experienced dealt with the sound program. It's done in Stereo but using Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound would enhance the series.
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