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DYNASTY: SEASON 8 – VOLUMES 1 & 2

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THE PLOT THUS FAR

DYNASTY, the addictive, primetime soap opera that quickly became a 1980’s hit, returns to DVD with THE EIGHTH SEASON, VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2. Explore the conflicts, passions, drives, and tensions of the Carringtons, a powerful, rich, and greedy oil family, as they struggle to maintain their position of wealth and power in the world.

WHAT WE THOUGHT

“Dynasty” arrives with its eighth season split into two parts. While this was the show’s worst season, the split makes the lack of creativity that much more pronounced. Hell, ABC has just axed The Colbys the year before and now everyone was getting stuffed back into the cast without regard to story flow. John Forsythe looked embarrassed and the writers were mining Joan Collins’ personal life for material. CBS and NBC would’ve killed the show long before it hit this point. But, that’s just where ABC was at the time. A dead last network desperately trying to find anything resembling a hit to fight off the CBS dramas and NBC comedies.

The show wasn’t always terrible. For the first four years, they had a great cast and a strong direction. Then, network changes and an overabundant cast started clouding direction and everything that started fighting to get attention. Much like the JSA comics of old, you should never let your main cast get over a dozen people. After that point, it’s less about forwarding the plot and more about checking the roster for screen time. It’s a mess, but the final season should be arriving next. That was decent.

The DVDs comes with no special features. The A/V Quality is pretty strong. The transfer is clean, but the Dolby track doesn’t get a ton of back channel support. Ultimately, it’s a pretty standard 80s show sent to DVD. In the end, I’d recommend a purchase to the curious.

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW!

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