6.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
After unwittingly putting the human race on a path to destruction, astronaut Molly Woods (Halle Berry) could be its only hope for survival.
Starring: Halle Berry, Pierce Gagnon, Grace Gummer, Goran Visnjic, Hiroyuki SanadaThriller | Insignificant |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (448 kbps)
English SDH
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Four-disc set (4 BDs)
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
High on the list of "prematurely cancelled TV shows" is Extant, Creator Mickey Fisher's storybook success, a brainy, if not made of heavily borrowed ideas, Sci-Fi series about an astronaut's close encounters that become a little too close for comfort. Though the show found a solid enough audience both on CBS and digital service, the powers that be opted to reorganize the show for season two, pumping it with a little more action and intrigue and bringing in a few new actors, including Magic City's Jeffrey Dean Morgan and The Walking Dead's David Morrissey in key roles. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough, with numbers dropping all the way through the finale and leading the show to cancellation row. Still, it's earned two good, if not a bit clumsy at times, seasons, seasons that don't admittedly explore a lot of new ground or with a whole lot of gusto but that do tell an involved story of what it means to be human -- and a whole lot of other things -- in a world where that question is increasingly blurred both in the show and in the real world in which it exists, a classic Science Fiction formula.
Family: reunited. For now.
Extant: The Second Season's 1080p transfer satisfies on all fronts. The digital source photography is of a high quality, foregoing more than a trace of glossiness or flatness. Details are fantastic across the board. Most obvious are facial features, with close-ups revealing the usual assortment of complex pores, wrinkles, and other skin flaws. Clothes are likewise revealing of the finest stitching and fabric details in close-up shots. Environmental bits are excellent, whether smoother and sleeker futuristic elements or more grounded, relatable woods. Digital effects are sharp and well defined, too, rather than smeary and soft, as they can sometimes be on lower budget productions. Colors are well balanced, with bright, clean futuristic furnishings and digital readouts standing apart. Lower light interiors often push a bit warmer but nonetheless find a natural balance in tune with the surroundings. Black levels never stray too far from ideal, and flesh tones satisfy. Mild noise and banding creep in at times but never to a fully distracting extent. This is a top-end TV production from CBS/Paramount.
Extant: The Second Season's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack delivers a consistently impressive listen. Music enjoys excellent spacing and clarity throughout the range. Immersion comes easy and the supporting low end proves potent yet balanced. Surrounds carry a nice chunk of information, whether music, support ambience that frequently envelops the listener in the film's environments, or various bits of action, such as when alarms blare to signal trouble during Molly's hospital escape in episode one. The season's action scenes always find enough juice to spring the stage to life and recreate the moment rather than just convey its basics. But dialogue remains the primary factor here. It plays with effortless prioritization, consistent center placement, and perfect clarity. The track might not come with all that many moments that could be considered ear candy, but it does its duty with impressive attention to detail and consistency in every facet.
Extant: The Second Season contains deleted scenes across all four discs and a handful of featurettes on disc four.
Disc One:
Humans, aliens, human-alien hybrids, androids, cybernetic killing machines...Extant has all its Sci-Fi bases covered. None of it is particularly novel, but most of it is well done, smartly linked together, and results in a pretty entertaining TV show thanks to a great lead and, in season two, a couple of strong newcomers in Jeffrey Dean Morgan and David Morrissey. It's a shame that the show went belly-up this early, but season two, even as it goes in a more kinetic direction than season one, offers a decent enough culmination for the program and, considering the quickly severed link, wraps it all up well enough. Paramount/CBS' Blu-ray release of Extant: The Second Season features solid video and audio. Supplements include a handful of deleted scenes and several featurettes. Recommended.
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