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Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season |  | Category: TV Series Season Video on Demand
Buy New: $31.99
as of 9/9/2010 11:01 CDT details
Seller: Amazon Video On Demand
Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1129
Media: Video On Demand
ASIN: B002NLY0V4
Release Date: August 18, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
Episode: 5
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 '100th episode featurette' bonus disc(dvd version) September 8, 2010
Low-Ranking Reviewer (US of A)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This show should've jumped the shark by now...but it hasn't. Not for me anyways. They've reached a point in its (very)ambitious story line where there is no turning back. In lesser creative hands and with lesser interesting characters/performers this show would've overstayed its welcome by now. Instead, i'm still enjoying the journey and ride with the Winchester brothers. Can't wait for season 6.
Anyway, you can read better reviews of season 5, just here to say i bought the target version with the '100th episodee featurette' bonus disc. It's basically a 28 minute mini-doc with the cast & crew celebrating the milestone. Pretty good, but i enjoyed last years comic-con bonus disc more. Still, it's a nice bonus to have with the other somewhat limited extras(Bobby's apocalypse survival guide, ghostfacer's web series, commentary on episode 4 "The End", an unaired scene, and gag reel). I was hoping for at least 1 commentary track with the guys and Misha Collins, just to get their take on all this out of character. And yes, the box is the same as last year's (unpopular to many)booklet form as opposed to the more popular panoramic fold-out of seasons 1-3.
So, all prices comparable, go with the target version. Best buy has a keychain offer with their box-set if that's your preference. And to celebrate the new release everyone is having a sale on previous seasons so there's no excuse not to introduce yourself to this great series. Ok, enough of my demon-whoring(just buy it).
 another awesome season! September 8, 2010
AMATTSON
Season five is just as awesome as the first four! It is an absolute must have for Supernatural fans!
The Devil IS in the details for the fifth season of "Supernatural" September 8, 2010
Wayne Klein (My Little Blue Window, USA)
With the fifth season of "Supernatural" Lucifer broke through to our world and the angels hope of a final battle between Heaven and Hell came one step closer. Sam and Dean Winchester had their plates full as they battled the Four Horsemen of the Apocalpyse in an effort to try and prevent the end of the world. As always the show was entertaining with a number of strong episodes and while season five didn't quite deliver in the way that season four did, it was still a very good season with a number of clever episodes. Highlights include "Changing Channels" where Dean and Sam get plopped into "TV Land" as Dean calls it and "Hammer of the Gods" where all the OTHER gods not mentioned in the Christian Bible meet up because they are ticked off that it's the end of the world and want to do something about it...that something includes kidnapping Dean and Sam.
"Supernatural" has always stood apart from other series like it because of its ironic touch in both the writing and directing, as well as the strong performances from series regulars Jard Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver and the marvelous Misha Collins (who became a regular with the fourth season as the angel Castiel).
The Blu-ray for "Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season" looks marvelous with deep, rich blacks and a nice representation of the washed out colors that are a hallmark of the series. I would imagine that the DVD looks quite nice as well since Warner has always done a nice job of presenting the series in that format as well.
The option to skip the opening "Then" recap didn't make it to the menu this time why they forgot to include this as part of the authoring of the disc, I'm not sure of--perhaps they just forgot. A minor flaw but considering that most of the other Blu-rays or DVDs had this option (I'm not sure about the season five DVD), it is a bit annoying but not a deal breaker.
Although the studio isn't quite as generous with the extras this time around (there's only one commentary track on the fourth episode "The End" and only one deleted scene for the episode "The Real Ghostbusters") we do get a good featurette " Supernatural Apocalypse Survival Guide: Bobby's Exclusive Video Collection" and the "Ghostfacers: The Web Series" as extras here.
The fifth season of the show suffered from padding especially when compared to the previous one (for example "99 Problems" where a militia group battling demons discovers that they have evil among them has an interesting premise that receives pedestrian execution all around) with a couple of episodes not quite living up to their potential and a sense that the story arc from season four was dragging on a bit too long. Still, the writers/producers Eric Kripke (also the creator of the show), Ben Edlund and Sera Gamble still delivered a series of terrific episodes that were highlights for season five.
There were also some fans who were a bit disappointed that the season finale wasn't bigger and bolder but given that the series was working on a TV budget and not a feature film budget along with the fact that the show has always focused on the characters more than the visual effects, I found it satisfying for the most part.
Overall the fifth season of "Supernatural" (which was originally to be the last season which explains why some characters that we've learned to love over the course of the series were killed. The good news is that it does clean the slate for the sixth season allowing for an entirely new season long story arc that will reverse the dynamics of the first season--i.e., Dean doesn't want to be a hunter as he has settled into a family life for the first time and Sam wants Dean to continue--which will prove interesting)continues to deliver chills, thrills and spills with plenty of humor. The best episodes of season five are as good (and a couple are among the best the series produced)as the best from previous seasons although one gets the sense that this season would have benefited from a smaller number of episodes. Fans will be pleased with the set and I can highly recommend this season as it brings the five year story arc to a close tying all of the elements established in the first episodes of season one together very nicely.
Highly recommended.
 supernatural 5 September 7, 2010
William A. Fowler
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
i order this order two weeks ago to get it on time now its late you suck
season 5 September 5, 2010
hacel5
Loved Sam and Dean from day 1. Season 5 was a little gloomy but still love the boys, please quit sending one or the other to Hell. Also happy the writers quit putting their own political views in the shows.
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