The Pretender - The Complete First Season Movie Streaming
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The Pretender - The Complete First Season Movie Streaming.
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Classified as a drama, “The Pretender” never took itself too seriously. Classified as a science fiction show, “The Pretender” never quite fit the mold. Classified as great television, “The Pretender” lives up to it’s billing.
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Michael T. Weiss plays Jarod. Taken as a young boy from his family, Jarod is trained by the shadow organization The Centre to be a Pretender. Basically, he plays out scenarios for his captors. Putting himself into the mind of the people he’s forced to emulate.
The series begins with the adult Jarod having escaped the Centre. His mission is simple, help those who need help while avoiding being recaptured. All the while, Jarod flashes back to his Centre simulations by means of the extensive video archive they kept on him. At any given time, 3 to 4 actors portray Jarod as he comes of age in these archives.
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He is tracked relentlessly by Miss Parker (Andrea Parker). She, along with tech whiz Broots (Jon Gries) and Jarod’s Centre father-figure Sydney (Patrick Bauchau), are thwarted by Jarod week-in and week-out. But Parker is driven and focused, even if Sydney is less than enthusiastic about returning his charge to the Centre.
Missing in this first season are many of the great elements which would follow in seasons two through four. But the groundwork is laid here in excellent fashion. It starts here as more of a “Fugitive” type chase. To say much more would spoil the fun of discovering this excellent series.
There is a childlike glee in Weiss’ early portrayal of Jarod. His discovery of Pez and ice cream for the first time is priceless. Parker is vicious, driven and sexy as can be right from the start. Broots could easily have been the prototype for “Alias” tech guy Marshall Flinkman. Bauchau gives Sydney a calm in the eye of the storm feel.
Available for the first time on DVD in the US. The series has been available in France for about two years now.
Jarod (Michael T. Weiss) can pretend to be anything; doctor, lawyer, tinker, tailor, solider, spy it doesn’t matter. His superior intellect and chameleon like ability to inhabit any role he wants. What drives Jarod is the search for his past and wanting to escape his present. As a child Jarod was abducted by a mysterious organization called “The Centre” which uses people like Jarod for their own insidious means. Jarod escapes but is pursued by Sydney (Patrick Bauchau of “Carnivale”) and Miss Parker (Andre Parker from “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.” and “ER”). While on the run Jarod helps those less fortunate than himself as he takes on new identities in every episode. Michael T. Weiss’ droll performance and the multiple storylines keep “The Pretender” entertaining and involving.
Fox does another stellar job with a sharp transfer. The stereo sound comes across with nice clarity. Since this series was produced before many shows were done in the surround format, there’s no opportunity to take advantage of the format. The economic decision to put this out on four dual sided dual layered discs may have brought the price down so that the Fox could include a featurette and commentary tracks but it also makes these discs highly more likely to become damaged with wear and tear over time. The discs are packed with two each in a single container facing each other. While both are slightly recessed in the slimline packaging, it’s very likely that the discs will come into contact with each other and become scratched. I’d suggest purchasing 2 additional slimline cases so that you only have one disc in each slimline holder. It’ll better protect the set. Given the care in the transfers, extras and commentary tracks, I’m disappointed and surprised that Fox would take such a short cut as it doesn’t reduce the overall production cost all that much nor does it increase the price significantly either.
The three part “Making of” featurette is the highlight of the extras included here. Spread over four dual sided dual layered discs, the three part featurette focuses on the creation of the series, casting and performers that ultimately inhabited the roles adding and expanding on them. Featuring lots of interviews with the writers/producers/creators and many of the actors from the series, it’s a nice trio of featurettes. My only complaint is that you can’t watch them all as one featurette because they are spread out over all the discs. We also get the original TV spots advertising the show as part of the extras.
A number of episodes feature commentary tracks but the best is on the season finale two-part episode. “Dragon House” features creator/writer/producer Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell, director Fred Keller and actor Jon Gries. We discover, for example, that actor Weiss was the only choice for the show because he could embody both the child-like wonder of the character and the darker elements that haunt him from his past.
A marvelous series that, despite it’s dark tone, kept audiences guessing “The Pretender” looks marvelous on DVD and appears intact. I didn’t notice any editing or music changes like I’ve seen with other popular series. The packaging is another matter entirely and, although it’s likely it won’t be changed for later seasons, it should be. While I didn’t mind the slim line sets all that much to begin with I do mind the dual sided dual layered discs packaged this way. It increases the likelihood of damage to the set.
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