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Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 3
A great season of Hercules. I agree with another reviewer that the Golden Hind episodes are well worth watching.

I looked around to see what I could find out about this DVD set. Anchor Bay Entertainment does a nice job on their website of describing their products. Here is what they had to say. According to their website, the length is 1080 Mins. There was no mention of how many discs are included, but it claims "hours" of special bonus features.

According to Anchor Bay's website, the special features include:
• Audio and Video Commentary From Kevin Sorbo & Michael Hurst
• Hercules Chronicles and Mythology
• Direct Access Scenes
• Series Trivia
• Behind-the-Scenes Interviews with Cast & Crew
• Photo Gallery
• Actor and Director Bios
• Hercules Screen Saver

Here's an episode guide, with a tiny description.
1. Mercenary: Hercules battles pirates and monsters to bring a mercernary to trial.
2. Doomsday: King Nikolaus uses Daedalus, father of the deceased Icarus, to invent terrible weapons.
3. Love Takes A Holiday: Aphrodite resigns as the Goddess of Love. The God of Fire is in love. If he can't have Aphrodite, then Leandra will do.
4. Mummy Dearest: A Halloween episode where a mummy in Salmoneus' House of Horrors comes to life.
5. Not Fade Away: Iolaus is killed by Hera's new Enforcer.
6. Monster Child In the Promised Land: Hera wants the new baby that has been born to a giant and the mother of all monsters.
7. The Green-Eyed Monster: Cupid falls in love with Psyche, and he literally becomes a green-eyed monster when jealous.
8. Prince Hercules: While suffering amnesia, Hercules is tricked into thinking he is Queen Parnassa's dead son.
9. A Star To Guide Them: A Christmas episode. The king and queen round up the male children so their own child will become king.
10. The Lady and the Dragon: A young dragon bent on revenge is convinced that Hercules and Iolaus killed his mother.
11. Long Live the King: Iolaus's look-alike cousin King Orestes is killed.
12. Surprise!: At Hercules's surprise birthday party, his family and friends are poisoned. Only a bite of the apple of the tree of life can save them.
13. Encounter: Nestor wants to use the blood of the last Golden Hind, Serena, to kill Hercules.
14. When A Man Loves A Woman: Hercules must become mortal to marry.
15. Judgement Day: Xena and Gabrielle come to Hercules's aid when he is accused of murder.
16. The Lost City: Salmoneus discovers an underground city that appears Utopian.
17. Les Contemptibles: During the French Revolution, a man pretending to be the Chartreuse Fox and two of his friends try to con a noblewoman.
18. Reign of Terror: Delusional King Augeas believes himself to be Zeus. Hera offers him god powers if he kills Hercules.
19. End Of the Beginning: Hercules and Autolycus go back five years in time. Hercules tries to alter a past tragedy.
20. War Bride: A dying King Tolus tries to end a war by betrothing his daughter to a prince of a neighboring kingdom.
21. A Rock And a Hard Place: A cave-in crushes an accused murderer, slowly killing him.
22. Atlantis: Hercules is shipwrecked on the island of Atlantis, where he meets Cassandra.

hercules season 3 in now available
The epic adventures through the mythic world of Greek gods, goddesses and otherworldly beasts continues with the premiere the newest DVD collection based on the long-running sci-fi/fantasy TV series HERCULES: The Legendary Journeys starring Kevin Sorbo.
HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS SEASON THREE contains the complete and uncut third season from the popular series plus hours of all-new bonus materials including exclusive cast & crew interviews.

An essential addition to any HERCULES DVD library, HERCULES: SEASON THREE features the complete collection of all 22 original episodes that have been fully digitally re-mastered in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. HERCULES: SEASON THREE premieres with Kevin Sorbo's all-time personal favorite episodeMercenary, in which actor Michael Hurst makes his directorial debut. The season continues to take fans on a whirlwind adventure that propels HERCULES on wild rides like a romp into 19th century France, a deadly dual with an ancient Egyptian mummy, and even a nasty showdown with a very jealous Cupid.

The HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS SEASON THREE DVD release is highlighted by an impressive list of exciting bonus materials including:

· Audio and Video Commentary from Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst
· Behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and series creators
· HERCULES Chronicles and Mythology: A comprehensive look at the making of a myth
· Photo Gallery

Worst season so far
The first two seasons are worth seeing. This season is terrible. It has no theme at all, no sense of direction - just a collection of unrelated poor episodes. The worst part is that Hercules second wife, who plays an excellent role, is killed off after only two episodes! What a pity. She was a much better actress than Xena and they killed her. Go figure.

Fans Of Hercules and Xena
If you are fans of Hercules or Xena or both the DVD Collectors Sets that I have purchased have lived up to what I expected! Though BestBuy.com has Season 3 of Hercules and Xena for $44.99 each plus tax with free shipping. So go pick it up there. It even was shipped faster than Amazon.com.

One of the best seasons of the show.
I love this show. Finally after almost a two month wait it's here. Hercules Season 3 was a great year for the show. Some of the most popular episodes they made were on it.

Kevin Sorbo aka Hercules favortie episode is included in this season. "Mercenary" is that episode. It's a great episoe where Hercules and a mercenary must defend themselves from Tremor like Worms and a bunch of pirates. It's a great episode and I can see why it's Kevins favorite.

There are two episodes with the goddess of love Aprhodite. "Love Takes a Holiday" and "Reign of Terror" both have her in it played by the lovely Alexandra Tydings. She is so hot in all her episodes. All her episodes are real good and are full of laughs. Sam Rami(Ex Pro) always made sure all the episodes with Aphrodite were great.

"Love Takes a Holiday" is great in a way in that Kevin Sorbo isn't in it. Iolaus(Michael Hurst) stars as the lone hero in this one. He teams up with Aprhrodite to save a town from Aphestus the god of fire.

There are a ton of good episodes in this season. The christmas tribute one is here in "A Star to Guide Them." Hercules fights a mystic mummy in "Mummy Dearest." Hercules also gets sent back to 18 century France in "Les Contemptibles." He finds a new wife, battles his brother Ares and does much more in this legendary season.

Season 3 is awesome. It's better than 2 and I'd say equal to 1. The extras on this one are the best yet, and the DVDs just keep getting better. Fans of the show won't want to miss out on this one. ... Read more

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rent this one, and you'll be forced to watch 'em all
Any TRUE Martial Arts fan who has seen the Bloodfist films will agree with me when I say that this flick rocks AND rolls (Although I can't help but feel that the caption FORCED TO FIGHT may have worked better for Bloodfist II.)As both a Kickboxer (who held many championships in the World Kickboxing Association)and an action star, Don "The Dragon" Wilson is superb. There's not much story here other than the bad guys want The good guy dead, but this movie is set in a maximum security prison, so the story is very much an secondary consideration (which is often the case with kung fu movies.) Not only is the fighting terrific, but Don "The Dragon" even gets to do more acting than usual in his films. FORCED TO FIGHT may not be a critical favorite, but it works exceptionally well. ... Read more

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PERFECT for Hercules fans!
This DVD set is great. Not only do you get the 5 TV movies, but you get the 13 episodes that made up Season 1. I was kinda skeptical about this DVD set at first because I heard some people were upset about the Xena DVD sets, but the Hercules DVD set is a perfect purchase for us Hercules fans. The episodes look and sound better than they did on TV. The commentaries by Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst are entertaining and very funny. They even provide video commentary of Sorbo and Hurst physically watching the episode they are providing commentary on. This DVD set is excellent. The only disappointments I found from this set were minor things. I always loved the TV promo ads (previews of each episode on TV when it was coming out), and I was hoping those really cool promos would be in the set, but they weren't. Plus the scene selections seem to random and to few for each episode, but other than that it's perfect. All fans should purchase this!

Thank the Gods!!
Dude, I'm so glad Hercules is finally on DVD, it's been too long since it's been on TV. I think that overall I liked H:TLJ better than X:WP (Xena: Warrior Princess) because it's tone was more consistant, it was never a soap opera, it travelled to other lands while keeping Greece as the focus, and it didn't screw with its own universe by killing off all of the gods!! The five movies vary in quality (the Underworld one is the best), but they are really the testing grounds for what the series will be. The first season presents Ares very differently than how he will eventually be portrayed by the late Kevin Smith--both H:TLJ and X:WP were loose with their continuity and reinvented characters and storylines as they pleased. And there aren't as many cool demi-god maneuvers in the fight sequences because of the budget. Even so, there is a lot of warmth, humor, thrills, kewl special FX, and campy fun in the first season as Our Hero and his goofy but heroic best buddy Iolaus travel the roads and right wrongs. This DVD also introduces many of the most important recurring characters in the series: Zeus, Alcemene, Hera, Deineira, Ares, Salmoneous, Nemesis, and Xena. Buy this DVD, you'll have fun watching it.

Superb!
This DVD is great, with all the original action pack movies how can you go wrong.

Fantastic Show
Hercules the Legendary Journeys was one of the most popular syndicated shows ever. It was originally part of the action pack with other shows such as Kung Fu, Tekwar, Babylon 5, and Highlander. Hercules was the crown jewel of the action pack and is finally out on DVD.

Hercules is executive produced and founded by Sam Raimi(Evil Dead Series and Spiderman). The lead character is played by Kevin Sorbo and he established himself as the best Hercules ever. He was outstanding and could act unlike some of the previous people to play the strongest man alive.

Hercules The Legendary Journeys contains the five original made for TV movies and all 13 episodes that were put out in season 1. The movies are about an hour and 45 minutes long and are great. I've enjoyed reliving the experience of watching them, and enjoy them all a lot except for the Maze of the Minotaur which lacks the originality of the first four. The 13 episodes tell the tales of Hercules, as he goes off and helps people that are in need.

It's a great show with a great cast. Tawny Kitaen plays Hercules wife in the movies. She it totally hot and it's a shame she's gone of the deep end. Anthony Quinn plays the king of the gods Zues. Michael Hurst plays Hercules best friend Iolas and there is also Lucy Lawless and Xena in a couple of episodes. There are a couple of other actors that are in the show that look familiar and can be seen in a lot of Sam Raimi's stuff.

This is a great show. It's awesome being able to just pop a DVD in and watch a great episode from a great tv show. Any fan of mythology has to get this. Any fan of the tv show should get it. You won't regret buying it. Don't miss out on it.

Better Than GREAT
I've been looking forward to getting the first season of H:TLJ on DVD for the LONGEST time and was not as all disappointed when it finally showed. This set is even better than anticipated.

The background and commentary from the stars of the show, Sorbo and Hurst, is wonderful. You can actually see them watching the episodes along with you or, if you prefer, listen to their comments as you watch. I only wish we could have heard from both actors on more than a few episodes. Also would have loved to heard from Rob Tapert on a few of those first season episodes as well.

The installment with Kevin Sorbo and one of the directors (of his first HTLJ movie?) is fun and quite telling. They obviously respect each other a great deal.

Even the small gaff's in both Sorbo and Hursts memories are endeariong. We tend to forget how long ago these shows were taped and they've been inviolved in so many!

In the furture I would like to see outtakes, comments from other actors such as Bruce Campbell (Autolycus) and Bob Trebor (Salmoneus) and also a segment with Sorbo and Hurst together, in the same room, taking a trip down memory lane, especially about their good friend, Kevin Smith (Ares) who is sadly no longer with us. However, we have five in a half more seasons to go for all that!

The picture quality in these DVDs is superior, much better than any of the videos (tape) done years ago, and I eagerly await Season Two and the surprizes it has in store for the HTLJ fans! ... Read more