7.8 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
John Dutton and his family deal with numerous issues involved with owning the largest ranch in the US including politicians, land/oil developers, an Indian reservation, and its neighbor, Yellowstone Park.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Luke Grimes, Wes BentleyWestern | 100% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.00:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English
Blu-ray Disc
Four-disc set (4 BDs)
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Paramount has released the first eight episodes from the 14-episode fifth season of 'Yellowstone' to Blu-ray. The smash hit TV show and popular
culture icon has had a long run of success on television and on Blu-ray. This fifth season release includes the series-standard top-grade video and
audio presentations and the usual array of quality bonus content. See below for links to the first four seasons; newcomers who have heard about
the show and desire to jump in would be best served to start at the beginning (or even the prequel show '1883') and only then venture into season five.
Once again, a new season of Yellowstone arrives on Blu-ray with a crisp, sharp, organic, and clean 1080p transfer. The image's excellence pushes the Blu-ray format's boundaries for detail, offering incredibly complex facial features with striking ease. The level of inherent complexity and organic accuracy is second-to-none; viewers will be left regularly stunned by the level of clarity on display, the tangible depth to skin elements, accuracy to the finest hairs, and the definition on every bit of makeup seen throughout the episodes. Enviornmental details are superior for crispness and clarity as well, whether expansive Montana vistas or intimate interiors in homes and offices and especially in the bunkhouse where there's a bit more "stuff" scattered about to offer more significant textural goodness, but needless to say wherever the camera is pointed, viewers will discover detail that the format cannot top. Color expertise is consistent, too. The palette is natural, rich, and full, with vivid natural greens, beautiful warm woods, and striking colors on various neckties, shirts, dresses, and other clothing. Blood is also vivid. Black level depth is near perfect, whites pop, and skin tones look natural, influenced only by ambient lighting. There is a little bit of noise but it's hardly ever bothersome and never really all that noticeable. This is a tip-top Blu-ray transfer from Paramount.
The series-standard Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack delivers a listen that is in-line with previous seasons. As always, the level of sonic clarity is very high, offering precision detail to music, dialogue, atmosphere, and effects. Front side stretch impresses and surround usage is balanced: never too aggressive but never dialed back. Listeners will enjoy airy open spaces and firm, front-center focused interiors. Higher yield action elements produce ample depth and definition. Musical spacing is excellent and detail is very good. Dialogue drives the show and it is always clear, center focused, and well prioritized for the duration.
For this season five release, Paramount has packed Yellowstone with plenty of bonus content spread out over all four discs; discs one-three
house only episode recaps but disc four contains all of the additional content. No DVD or digital copies are included with purchase. This release does
not ship with a slipcover.
Disc One:
At this point, Yellowstone "is what it is" through four and a half seasons, and while the show continues to amplify character beats, any change in the dramatic current is more about reinforcement rather than redefinition. The characters are established, the conflicts are settled in, the family's place in local and state politics are firm, and everything about the show is like a chess match well into the middle stages where the pieces are maneuvered on the board and the audience is waiting for that big move that will suddenly upset the established dynamic and push towards a resolution. Is that reached in season five, at least in these first eight episodes of season five? Eh...in some ways the viewers can see the plan, but it's pretty stagnant at the same time. The show moves some pieces but there's not that big, swooping, game-changing maneuver in play. Maybe that's coming in the second half of season five. This feels like a lot of stagnation and not much more. Paramount's Blu-ray is also stagnant when comparing it to previous releases, but in this case that's a good thing. Video and audio remain top-notch and as usual a very healthy assortment of extras are included. Recommended, though fans can be sure a "full" season five release and a boxed set with all five seasons (and probably another one with one or more spinoff shows) will at some point invariably release as well.
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A Yellowstone Origin Story
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