dsa_shea

Why is the cover art different (well at least on my set) from the one everywhere else? On dvdaficionado, amazon, and various other places they have a picture of Dar with a lion and on my season 2 cover art it pictures Dar swinging his staff in a somewhat blurry pic. Had the artwork been changed?

pilot

they must have reissued it ...or something..dvdsoon shows the second season has being discontinued..(no cover art)..so i guess they could have changed it..also if you bought it from the recent adv sale, their lame disclaimer they added after most people bought said it could be "different" ..so ..who knows (if you did buy from adv's sale)

TomOpus

My daughter wanted season 2 as a Christmas present back when it first came out. The dual covers confusion was compounded with 2 different prices I found. $30 vs $60. I wasn't sure if the cheaper one was different or a misprice.

Mike Lowrey

Check DDD, I bought all 3 last October for $75. DDD only charges $24 per season. Best price on the web.

Just checked my Season 2 set, and yeah, it's Dar swinging his bone staff.

dsa_shea

Im confused on why they switched the cover. I liked the original cover of him with the animals muc more than the one of him swinging the bone staff. And that picture is somewhat blurry to boot.

Mike Lowrey

It's not really blurry, it's more of a visual effect.

abintra

How does Season 2 compare to Season 1 quality wise (and 3 for that matter)?

dsa_shea

I think that season 2 is on par with the first. I have never seen season 3, but have heard that it is not as good as the first two. I will buy it though to complete the collection. I saw on tvtome that there is an episode listed for season 4. I guess that season was planned but never panned out.

Mike Lowrey

No, you misunderstood me. I got ALL three seasons for ~$75 total. DDD has them for just $23.99 each. So you paid $63 for just one season? You got screwed and didn't even get the courtesy of a reach around.

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Mike Lowrey

Season 2...hmmm, yeah it's about on par with Season 1, maybe a little better or not quite as good in certain aspects. Season 3 keeps your attention, but it loses what made the first two seasons unique.

What you'll find with this series is that each season has its own arc. Which I find quite amazing for a series such as this. The first season dealt with the Pterrons lead by King Zad. Season 2 introduced metalurgy and dealt with a "boy king" and his empire within Tao's old city after the boy king defeated King Zad and his Pterrons. The final season dealt with what is known as "Dar's Quest", in which he has to find all 5 members of his original family who are now animals and put them in an ark to help defeat the evil lord of darkness and save the world.

When watching this series, I was constantly surprised at actually how good the series was in terms of continuity and story arc telling. I bought this series to go along with my Hercules and Xena collections. It's ashame though that they come in those damned 6-disc book-sized keep cases. I'd had taken a slim digipak anyday.

dsa_shea

I too would have prefered a digipak. The 6 disc cases are hell to open and close as well as they bend up the artwork. They look rather odd sitting on the shelf next to shows that are in nice glossy cases.

Mike Lowrey

Exactly.