Opening with a Dido theme song and featuring character-driven, sweet-natured melodrama, Roswell was a show with a surprisingly dedicated fandom, who twice won it reprieve from cancellation. One of its main strengths was, of course, the extent to which its premise--alien teenagers trying to sort out their identities while emotionally involved with their human contemporaries--was a free-floating metaphor for race and sexuality issues. Another was the strong ensemble that its cast developed: you believed in the strangeness of the alien trio and the well-intentioned normality of their three human friends. Jason Behr gave the alien Max a quiet authority and Majendra Delfino took the sidekick role of Maria and gave it both intensity and fine comic timing. It was also a show in which you were never sure which adults you could trust--William Sadleir trod a fine line of ambiguity as the local sheriff and Julie Benz was silkily sinister as an FBI agent. Anyone who ever loved this show will want these DVDs--and many others may want to find out what the fuss was about.
Roswell is presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen. The special features include commentaries by writer Jason Katims, the directors, and various cast members as well as featurettes. The commentaries are unusually insightful on the casting process, and the discs also include the auditions for the part of Tess as well as deleted scenes and a music video. --Roz Kaveney
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Love this series:
I just recieved this series yesterday as a christmas gift. I was a huge fan when it was on TV and still love it now. I have already watched the first 4 episodes, I can't turn it off!
I'll NEVER get tired of this show!:
ever since it first aired on the wb i have been a fan of roswell, something about it is just fascinating. the first few episodes of the series are kind of slow going but its really to get you to understand whats going on. i watched this show grow throughout the 3 seasons it was alive and was sad to see it end. ALL the actors have this amazing chemistry together, you actually start believing the characters and forming this "bond" with them even though theyre just characters on a tv show. the first season... more info
So Much Promise and So much left Undone:
This series is very entertaining and is very enjoyable. It was cast very well and if everyone would have behaved in a professional manner and honored the terms of their contracts (and not tried to get out of them!) I feel it would have went for at least 5 seasons and been a lot more full-bodied and well-fleshed-out. I recall reading a TV Guide interview with the actress who is now on that medical drama that she admitted she had not really grasped what whe was getting herself into with signing a contract and... more info
very very very borring:
when i saw this show on the tv , i don't liked it all ready. last 2months ago i read people rated 4 and haft stars at amazon. and i bougth 3seasons . OMG , very borring show ever after 2weeks later i don't finish them all and try to watched , but not finish them all.
the problem is they don't show much aliens . and very very teen dramma-gramma no story...skip them and save your money( i rather watched smallville. it's pretty good show not much borring like roswell - peace )
