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| Dynasty: Season Three, Vol. Two | 
 enlarge | Directors: Alan Myerson, Alf Kjellin, Bob Sweeney, Curtis Harrington, David Paulsen
Actors: Christopher Allport, William Beckley, Brandon Bluhm, Janet Brandt, Justin Burnette
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 3265
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 540
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 138764
UPC: 097361387642
EAN: 0097361387642
ASIN: B001BN4WLS
Release Date: October 21, 2008
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/21/2008 Run time: 576 minutes Rating: Nr
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In one of this set's two episodes that are absolutely essential for Dynasty fans, Krystle (Linda Evans) and Alexis (Joan Collins) bring it on like "common mud wrestlers" in a titanic lily pond smackdown. This is what OMG looked like in 1982-83. So, where were we? (It's hard to keep track with these split seasons.) Steven is still missing and presumed dead. Jeff (John James) is beginning to show the effects of the toxin that Adam (Gordon Thomson) mixed into the paint used to redecorate his office. The "brilliant, beautiful, and conniving" Alexis is scheming a takeover of Denver-Carrington while trysting with Mark (Geoffrey Scott), Krystle's former husband, from whom she is not legally divorced. Sammy Jo (Heather Locklear) is back in town with a vengeance, a new name (Samantha), and her and Steven's son. The stage is set for more instantly addictive serial shenanigans between the feuding Carrington and Colby clans, and the innocent (and not so innocent) bystanders whose lives they impact. Over the course of these remaining 12 episodes, Alexis and Adam, her kidnapped at birth son, form an axis of evil to destroy Blake (John Forsythe). Steven, lo and behold, is alive and in a hospital in Singapore. In another series benchmark episode, "The Mirror," his bandages are dramatically removed to reveal a new face (Jack Coleman replacing Al Corley). Kirby (Kathleen Beller, the Anne Hathaway of her day), butler Joseph's daughter, marries Jeff. Good news: She's pregnant. Bad news: Jeff is not the father. Until that fateful trip to Muldavia, Dynasty excelled at season finales, and this Season Three cliffhanger was one of its best: an apocalyptic cabin inferno that traps natural born enemies Krystle and Alexis. "This is all your fault," Alexis screams. "Every time you come into my life something terrible happens to me!" Dynasty's third season was its highest-rated yet, and the episodes that comprise Volume Two are representative of the series' many guilty pleasures. Not to worry if this is your first encounter with Dynasty. Each episode contains helpful expository dialogue to get you caught up ("I'm not just talking about my obsession about Steven being alive after that oil rig disaster"). --Donald Liebenson
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 Dynasty Vol 2:Steven Mark2 and Round 2 For Alexis and Krystle! December 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Season 3 of Dynasty continues with Steven being found alive after being burnt in a oil rig expolsion,Jack Coleman now takes over the role from Al Corley.(though Al Corley returns as Steven in Dynasty:The Reunion,when Jack Coleman wasn't available)
This is the first of Blake and Alexis'children to get a new face although in later seasons, Fallon's new look(Pamela Sue Martin to Emma Samms) isn't explained or is Amanda's,(Catherine Oxenberg to Karen Celleni)she even goes from a British accent to American in the space of an episode!
Gordon Thomson played Adam throughout the TV series but was given only five days notice of the filming of "Dynasty:The Reunion",he was committed to another series by then,he was replaced by Robin Sachs,Thomson won a lawsuit against Aaron Spelling,for loss of earnings.
The epic catfight between Alexis(Joan Collins)and Krystle(Linda Evans)in the lily pond is the most remembered of all the catfights,Joan Collins was accidently knocked out by Linda Evans,when filming this.
Pamela Bellwood makes a welcome one off appearance when Steven vist Claudia at the sanitaruim,Claudia returns full time in season 4.
Alexis makes a lot of enemies as the season closes,Joseph,(Lee Bergere)Mark (Geoffrey Scott)and a Senator she's ruined.
This great season ends on a cliffhanger with Alexis and Krystle trapped in a burning cabin,the fire deliberately set...
Roll on season 4,we met Dex Dexter(Michael Nader)the wonderful Dominique Devereux(Diahan Carroll)but sadly is the last season to feature Pamela Sue Matin's Fallon,hope its out soon!
 Dynasty Season 3 Vol 2 November 29, 2008
Product was fine. Delivered promptly. Not as good as Dallas but a good story. Don't like the idea that season 3 was broken up into 2 separate DVD sets.
Dynasty: Season Three, Vol. Two November 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really thought owning these Dynasty dvds would be anecdotal, or just something nostalgic to have as a dust collector. However, the strangest thing has happened, they have gripped me in the same riveting fashion that they did in the 80's! The steady diet of tacky Reality TV shows and teenager driven "dramas" in recent years really makes you appreciate the superb craftsmanship of Dyansty. Each episode reminds you that this is a skillfully engineered, over the top, melodramatic, zany, shocking, bonkers-fashion show, and a true cliffhanging super-soap. The most difficult thing was not ploppping in every single DVD one after the other! There are no characters currently on modern television with this kind of charisma and dramatically costumed physical appearances. My only chagrin is that there are no special features of which to speak of, and of course, the way the 3rd season was miserly split into two sets, sold months apart! That part sucked, but nonetheless, five stars!!!!
 Season Three November 14, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am still put off by having the seasons broken up in two but am glad that the wait for Volume 2 wasn't interminable. The picture quality is still excellent (much better than the faded and scratched "Dallas" transfers) and the episodes uncut.
Oddly, the third season of "Dynasty" found the show becoming a phenomenon to rival "Dallas" and yet I found I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous seasons. First of all, some of the compelling characters like Claudia and Al Corley as Steven aren't around much or at all and that's a disappointment. Pamela Bellwood's Claudia was so great and in Volume 2 she only appears once (thankfully, Claudia does come back in Season 4.) "Heroes" Jack Coleman assumes the role of Steven but seems stiff and uncomfortable connecting with his character. Other newcomers like Geoffrey Scott, Kathleen Beller and Gordon Thomson are a mixed bag. Thomson's Adam brings the melodrama and camp up a notch but Beller's Kirby flounders in a chemistry-free relationship with Jeff and Scott, brought in as Krystle's not so ex-husband, has a storyline that loses steam as the season progresses. I know I shouldn't compare to "Dallas' but I did like the fact that the cast of the latter show stayed intact as long as possible. "Dynasty" seems to change directions every season -not that it's a bad thing and hey, the ratings told the story.
And then there's Krystle and Alexis and the lily pond. As classic as this sequence is, I think it lacks the ferocity of the original studio battle which was the culmination of months and months of tension. The lily pond was just an excuse to have them fight again after a brief argument.
Does my critique mean I will be staying away from Season 4? Heck no. I say bring on more drama because now I'm hooked. I just hope the wait isn't too long.
Are you kidding? November 14, 2008
I cannot believe that after waiting so long for more of Dynasty to come out, the studios try to pull this garbage on us releasing 1/2 season at a time. They really do take the public for fools. I am dying to purchase the complete series of Dynasty, but I will not fall for this gimmick. And then they will stop releasing more because they will say that sales weren't good enough on Season 3 so they have decided not to release more. Well maybe it would sell more if you released the entire season. It's not like there are going to be multi-bonus features or something that requires years of preparation. It's just a straight dvd of a series that was loved world wide. And then we finally get a teaser of Dynasty with its first two seasons, wait forever, and then they try to pull this nonsense? Ridiculous. How sad for all of us that we have to contend with this horrible studio decision about this great series.
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