The
Crown: Season Four
(2020/Blu-ray Set*)/Gangs
Of London: Season One
(2020/RLJ Blu-ray)/The
Good Doctor: Season Four
(2020/DVD Set/*both Sony)/The
Nevers: Season One, Part One
(2021/Warner Blu-ray Set)/You:
Season Two
(2019/Warner Archive DVD Set)
Picture:
B/B+/B/B+/B Sound: B/B+/B/B+/B Extras: C+/C+/C/C+/D Main
Programs: B/C+/B+/C/B+
PLEASE
NOTE:
The Nevers
Blu-ray and You
DVD are now only available from Warner Bros. through their Warner
Archive series and can be ordered from the link below.
Now
for more of the latest TV on disc releases....
Hitting
its stride as the best of the regal/royal dramatic series, The
Crown: Season Four
(2020) starts off in the very end of the 1970s as Margaret Thatcher
(another stunning performance by Gillian Anderson) and Lady Diana
Spencer marries Prince Charles. Both will turn out to be twin
disasters for all involved and shows the series never holds back on
anything. For those who missed the previous seasons, our Blu-ray
coverage as follows:
Season
One
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/15096/The+Crown:+The+Complete+First+Season+(2016/
Season
Two
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/15356/Anne+Of+The+Thousand+Days+(1969/Universal/T
Now
they are in territory more familiar and as inevitably shocking and
scandalous as any. To say anything else would ruin any surprises
they managed to come up with, but everyone is raving about this
season and this time, the hype is accurate.
The
1080p 2.00 X 1 digital High Definition image retains the sometimes
subtly dark style of the previous seasons and looks fine for what is
intended, while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix sounds
good and as strong and professional as the previous season. Dialogue
is always clear and sound editing better than it might first seem.
Extras
include a Photo Gallery and three behind-the-scenes featurettes:
Triumph
& Tragedy: Charles & Diana,
Three
Groundbreaking Women
and Research,
Costumes & More: The Making of Season 4.
From
Gareth Evans (Apostle,
The
Raid 2)
directs the cinematic series
Gangs
Of London: Season One
(2020)
that gets a nice Blu-ray release courtesy of AMC and RLJ. There have
been a lot of films and series on gangs in London and movies like The
Krays,
all of which were definitely inspiration for this more modern take on
the formula, but doesn't feel like it brings too anything
groundbreaking to the genre.
A
powerful criminal is found dead and now all of the crime families in
London start piecing together the murder and an intense power
struggle begins. While the show is pretty violent its not as bad as
something you would see on HBO as AMC was the original station the
series was broadcasted on.
The
series stars Joe Cole, Sope Dirisu, Lucian Msamati, Paapa Essiedu,
Michelle Fairley, and Brian Vernel.
Gangs
of London
is presented in 1080p high definition on Blu-ray disc with an MPEG-4
AVC codec, a widescreen aspect ratio of 2.00:1 and an English DTS-HD
MA (Master Audio) 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit) mix, both of which are up to a
high standard for the Blu-ray format. The show has high production
value and a very cinematic look. There are ten episodes in Season
One.
Special
Features:
An
Inside Look at the World
and featurettes:
The
Families
The
Action
The
Power
The
Solider
Anatomy
of an Action Scene: Pub Fight
and
Elliot
vs Len.
Shaun
Murphy is a savant doctor with autism serving at St. Bonaventure
Hospital in the surgical department. As both he and the hospital
face new challenges in the coming year include COVID 19, new
residents and parenthood, Shaun will be challenged no only is saving
lives, but to lead and teach the new recruits on how to be a good
doctor. But as time goes on, stress takes it's toll and soon the
hospital, it's patients and it doctors reach the breaking point in
The
Good Doctor: Season Four
(2020).
Dr.
Murphy is considered one of the best surgeons at St. Bonaventure
despite having autism. He is tolerated and accept and supported by
his peers and other doctors at the hospital for his ability remember,
diagnose problems and his attention to focus on minute details in
which helps save lives. However, while a he is a genius on the
operating table, he has a child's social level in his interactions
with people, he is brutally honest and unable to have empathy or have
normal conversations or relationships with others, also he has a god
complex and problem with anyone who questions what he says, he
considers himself always right (and others are always wrong) and
others must always listen to what he says. His current love
interest/girl friend is the hospital's head of IT, Lea who accept him
because she has a troubled past and she rather have someone simpler
in her life and she is tired of men lying to her, she gets pregnant
with Shaun's baby.
This
was another medical drama series in which the main twist was the main
character/doctor has a social disorder, he is only allowed to be a
doctor because of his abilities and because of the hospital's policy
of no discriminations. The series faces the usual medical
dramas/challenges with the patients and various medical emergencies
as well as doctor's personal romantic relationships behind closed
doors. Extras include deleted scenes, blooper and a Farewell to
Antonia Thomas.
Episodes
this time out include:
Frontline
- Part 1
- COVID 19 hits the hospital and all the staff must adjust to the
pandemic.
Frontline
- Part 2
- The hospital takes in the few victories they can against COVID 19,
but when one of their own become infected, the suffer a loss in with
their staff.
Newbies
- The new residents arrive and the hospital must decide who makes the
cut and who gets to become doctors. The new residents adapt to their
new leader, Shaun.
Not
the Same
- Shaun and the new residents deal with a complicated case with a
pregnant woman while Shaun learn how to teach instead of leading the
way by example.
Fault
- Shaun must help Asher learn to deal with the death of his first
patient.
Lim
- The hospital deals with a military veteran with PTSD and almost
commits suicide which brings up Lim's own PTSD issues in which she
tries to keep hidden from the hospital and friends.
The
Uncertainty Principle
- The hospital gets a patient who changed his gene and DNA to help
prolong his life, but have uncharted side effects that has never been
seen before.
Parenting
- Shaun meets Lea's parents as the hospital deal with an elite
gymnast and who's coach also so happens to be her father.
Irresponsible
Salad Bar Practices
- Shaun discover he is having fantasies about another co-worker.
Decrypt
- Hackers take over the Hospital's computers and machines and ransom
2 million for the return of their machines.
We're
All Crazy Sometimes
- Lea does something illegal and want Shaun to support her actions
when her car gets impounded. Lea tells Shaun she is pregnant.
Teeny
Blue Eyes
- A famous surgeon comes in with his own ideas what's wrong with him
and is pre-diagnosing himself before the hospital can diagnose him.
Spilled
Milk
- A pair of dancers must decide on losing her leg or saving her life.
Claire faces with her estranged father.
Gender
Reveal
- Shaun and Lea deal with the coming baby. The hospital deal with a
male body builder who discovers he has breast cancer.
Waiting
- Two young boys are shot at a protest and they were on the opposite
parties.
Dr.
Ted -
Lea's pregnancy has complications and she loses the baby.
Letting
Go -
Shaun challenges another famous surgeon his method is going to kill a
patient. The hospital serves a female US Senator which starts a
debate with gender equality.
Forgive
or Forget
- Shaun and Lean go on a camping trip where nothing goes as plan or
expected. The hospital deals with a patient who believes in
self-medication with home grown drugs.
Venga
- The doctors go to Guatemala in a humanitarian effort and must
decide of on who to save and who to send home and die.
and
Vamos
- As the hospital begin the surgeries there is a blackout and they
learn what it is to be a doctor and not rely of modern tech or
medicine or have resources. Lea decides to propose and marry Shaun.
The
anamorphically
enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 play as well as
they can in this older format, but a Blu-ray would be nice.
While
it isn't advertised very widely as such, The
Nevers
(2021), the HBO supernatural series is directed by Joss Whedon.
Under fire still with genre fans over the whole Justice
League
fiasco, Whedon brings us The
Nevers,
which is a kind of X-Men-like story with humans with special powers
only pit up against the backdrop of Victorian London. The show feels
uninspired and a bore despite some interesting visuals and feels
pretty generic despite it being on HBO.
The
Nevers: Season One, Part One
(2021)
features an ensemble cast that includes Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly,
Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Rochelle Neil, Eleanor
Tomlinson, Amy Manson, Pip Torrens, Denis O'Hare, Zackary Momoh,
Elizabeth Berrington, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Anna Devlin, Viola
Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Nick Frost and Ben Chaplin.
A
supernatural event gives a group of women special abilities. This
puts them in danger audits up a widow and an inventor to help face
those who wish to lock them up.
The
Nevers
is presented in 1080p high definition on Blu-ray disc with an MPEG-4
AVC codec, a widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1 and an English DTS-HD
MA (Master Audio) 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit) mix, both of which are up to a
high standard for the Blu-ray format.
Special
Features:
A
Touch of Power: The Themes Behind The Nevers
Accustomed
to the Impossible: The Making of The Nevers
Introducing
The Nevers
A
New Age of Power
Character
Portrait: Amalia True
Character
Portrait: Penance Adair
Character
Portrait: Mary Brighton
Character
Portrait: Annie Bonfire
Creating
The Nevers: A Night at the Opera
Creating
The Nevers: A Charitable Event
Creating
The Nevers: Walking on Water
Character
Portrait: Detective Frank Mundi
Character
Portrait: Augie Bidlow & Hugo Swann
Villains
of The Nevers
Creating
The Nevers: Confrontation and Translation
Creating
The Nevers: Shock and Awe
Creating
The Nevers: Telling Time
The
Craft: Editor, Lisa Lassek
The
Craft: VFX Supervisor, Johnny Han
and
The
Craft: Director, Zetna Fuentes
Joe
(Penn Badgley) was a book seller from New York, until he had to
runaway to Los Angeles to start over a new life after he killed his
girlfriend and his (another) former ex-girlfriend comes chasing after
him, swearing she will have her revenge. Now Joe lives in Los
Angeles as 'Will' and he meets and falls for a new girl named 'Love',
but can he hide from his past much less learn from them? In order to
protect his new life from the old one, he will do whatever is
necessary to protect himself and use his unique skills to protect the
people he cares about in You:
Season Two
(2019).
Joe
had to reinvent himself after running away from New York, and he
meets a new girl named 'Love', but he discovers she needs his
protection from her addict socialite brother and his underaged
neighbor from Henderson, a celebrity but is secretly a pedophile.
Top it off, his ex-girlfriend comes hunting him down and is now known
as 'Amy'. As 'Will' plays cat and mouse with 'Amy' can he keep his
new life and from Love discovering his old one?
If
you like murder and the macabre you would like this series, the
series is very similar to the series Dexter
in where the main character finds himself justifying himself to kill.
In a world filled with injustice, and where the law is either too
lazy or corrupt, you come to understand the reasons of how the main
character is the 'hero' of the show (but in real life he would be
viewed as a serial killer). In the end, the audience has to decide
for themselves ARE there conditions when people should be justified
to kill and if the main protagonist is a hero or a murder?
The
anamorphically enhanced
1.78 X 1 image looks and lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds as good as
the show possibly could in this older format, but it plays fine
enough. There are no extras, but you can read more about the first
season of the show at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/15654/Veep:+The+Complete+Series+(2012+-+2019/War
To
order either the Nevers
Blu-ray and/or You
DVDs, go to this link for them and many more great web-exclusive
releases at:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/ED270804-095F-449B-9B69-6CEE46A0B2BF?ingress=0&visitId=6171710b-08c8-4829-803d-d8b922581c55&tag=blurayforum-20
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Nicholas Sheffo (Crown),
Ricky Chiang (Good,
You)
and James Lockhart
https://www.facebook.com/jamesharlandlockhartv/
