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The Originals: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray
Review by Suzanne Lanoue
9/5/15 |
As a long-time fan of "The Vampire Diaries,"
I loved the Mikaelson family when they were on that show,
and it was great to see them spin off into their own series.
I started watching it the first season, but then I fell
behind, but I always intended to catch up. Since Warner
Brothers sent me this DVD, it forced me to finally sit down
and figure out which episodes I hadn't finished watching in
the first season, so I could watch them and then watch this
DVD! I'm glad to be all caught up now and ready for the
third season.
The fun thing about both of these shows is
that they're all "evil vampires" or werewolves or witches,
yet they all have moments of kindness, humanity and even
nobility as well as sadness and vulnerability. They may not
be your typical "good guys," but they are often the ones in
the right or the heroes of the show.
Klaus and Elijah returned to New Orleans in
the first season so that Klaus could take back "his" town
from Marcel. The witches made sure that the werewolf girl
Hayley got pregnant by Klaus. Klaus pretended not to care
about any of that, but Elijah cared deeply for both Hayley
and the baby, so he had to protect them. At the end of the
first season, Hayley had her baby, which was kidnapped by
the witches, who tried to kill it. They rescued the baby but
had to send it away with Rebekah to keep it safe. Hayley is
now a hybrid - both vampire and werewolf (just like Klaus).
We met human Cami and her beloved uncle. Her uncle died, and
although she and Klaus were attracted to each other, she
slept with Marcel.
This season, they have to deal with both
their father and mother coming back from the dead, and more
witchery. Klaus and Hayley grow closer as she and
Elijah grow farther apart. Cami and Marcel seem to be the
only happiness going on in the town.
Just like last season, new characters are
introduced, and the plot twists and turns. Not everyone
lives by the end of the season! I really enjoyed it, though.
I like that this show doesn't seem to be
quite as violent and sad as "The Vampire Diaries" has
become. Above all, the Mikaelson siblings are a family
and love each other (even though sometimes they hate and try
to kill each other). The actors do a fantastic job, and most
of them are gorgeous and sexy, too.
You should definitely watch this DVD! I
can't wait for season 3.
MORE INFORMATION:
“The Originals
has to be one of the most complicated portrayals of
family on television. But it also has to be one of the
best.” – Entertainment Weekly
THE ORIGINALS:
THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
Take a Bite Out of the Blu-ray™ and DVD
on September 1, 2015
Contains All 22 Episodes From The Second Season
Plus
Never-Before-Seen Featurettes And Much More!
BURBANK, CA (June 2, 2015) – Ready to feast on this?
Just in time for the season three premiere on The CW,
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release The
Originals: The Complete Second Season on Blu-rayTM
and DVD on September 1, 2015. Season Two is also
available to purchase on Digital HD. Averaging nearly
2.2 million viewers weekly, The Originals is one
of The CW’s top shows this season.* Fans can get sucked
in all over again on all 22 one-hour episodes from
season two, plus over an hour of gripping extras —
including the 2014 Comic-Con panel, featurettes, behind
the scenes, deleted scenes, and a gag reel. The
Originals: The Complete Second Season will be
priced to own on DVD at $44.98 SRP and on Blu-ray at
$49.99 SRP.
As
Original vampire-werewolf hybrid Klaus Mikaelson
returned to the vibrant, supernaturally charged city of
New Orleans in season one, he was stunned to learn —
along with his siblings Elijah and Rebekah — that
Hayley, a werewolf, was pregnant with his child, and his
vampire protégé, Marcel, whom the Original siblings had
thought long dead, was ruling the French Quarter. Soon,
a bloody war escalated between vampires and witches —
the stakes raised by powerful teenage witch Davina and
by Klaus’s bond with Cami, a student with a painful past
— and a ruthless pack of wolves seized the opportunity
to stage a violent coup. Now, in season two, a new
status quo must be adjusted to, as the newly empowered
werewolves control the city. Klaus struggles with
weaknesses as Elijah desperately tries to save Hayley —
now a hybrid — from a vicious spiral of
self-destruction. Meanwhile, with the re-emergence of
several Mikaelsons, “family is power” takes on new
meaning.
With Blu-ray’s unsurpassed picture and sound, The
Originals: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray
release will include 1080p Full HD Video with DTS-HD
Master Audio for English 5.1. The 3-disc Blu-ray will
feature a high-definition Blu-ray and a Digital HD copy
of all 22 episodes from Season Two.
Season Two of The Originals stars Joseph Morgan (The
Vampire Diaries, Ben Hur), Daniel Gillies (The
Vampire Diaries, Saving Hope), Phoebe Tonkin
(The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle),
Charles Michael Davis (Grey's Anatomy), Leah
Pipes (Sorority Row), Danielle Campbell (Prison
Break) and Yusuf Gatewood (The Interpreter),
with Plec executive producing along with Michael
Narducci (The Vampire Diaries, Medium) and Leslie
Morgenstein (The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars).
Created by Plec, the series is based in part on the
character Klaus from The Vampire Diaries novels
by L.J. Smith. The Originals will continue for a
third season on The CW in fall 2015.
*
Source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer L+7 US AA%;
excluding repeats, specials & breakouts; This Season =
14-15 Season = 09/29/2014-03/22/2015
SPECIAL FEATURES
•
The Originals: Always and Forever
•
In this featurette, we will hear from cast
and creators on how season two explored new depths of
what it means to be a family.
•
The Awakening Web Series
•
Explore this companion series on Kol Mikaelson
(Nathaniel Buzolic) and his quest to form an alliance
with the witches of New Orleans in 1914. Also, go behind
the scenes with the cast and creators of the digital
series.
•
The Originals: 2014 Comic-Con Panel
•
Come Visit Georgia PSA
•
Deleted Scenes
•
Gag Reel
22 ONE-HOUR EPISODES
1.
Rebirth
2.
Alive and Kicking
3.
Every Mother’s Son
4.
Live and Let Die
5.
Red Door
6.
Wheel Inside the Wheel
7.
Chasing the Devil’s Tail
8.
The Brothers That Care Forgot
9.
The Map of Moments
10.
Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire
11.
Brotherhood of the Damned
12.
Sanctuary
13.
The Devil is Damned
14.
I Love You, Goodbye
15.
They All Asked For You
16.
Save My Soul
17.
Exquisite Corpse
18.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
19.
When the Levee Breaks
20.
City Beneath the Sea
21.
Fire with Fire
22.
Ashes to Ashes
BASICS
Street Date: September 1, 2015
Running Time: Feature: Approx 968 min, Enhanced Content:
approx 84 min
Blu-ray & DVD: Presented in 16x9 widescreen format
DVD
Price: $44.98 SRP
5 DVD-9s
DVD Audio – English (5.1)
DVD Subtitles – ESDH, Spanish, French
Catalog #
1000539256
UPC# 883929454525
BLU-RAY
Price: $49.99 SRP
3 BD-50s
Blu-ray Audio - 1080p Full HD Video, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
– English
Blu-ray Subtitles – ESDH, French, Spanish
Catalog # 1000539281
UPC # 883929454594
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