Tek War - The complete First Season (Box Set) Review

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(More customer reviews)I imported this set from Canada to the US several months ago as I watched the series back when it was on USA Network in the mid 90's and loved it. The plot is overally very original from episode to episode. There's always some kind of twist to the stories rather than over obvious clues that ruin many scifi shows for me. Also though each story is completed by the end of the 40'something minutes... there's actually some strong continuity of events through this whole season of the show. The special effects still hold up well today which is a rarity for many older scifi shows. They were really pushing the envelope back when this was made and though the series didn't last... it remains very watchable without seeming "comedic" due to poor quality work.
As for this set, while it's called "The Complete First Season" it is infact the only season of the show that aired. All 18 episodes are contained in this set. The TV movies that came before the series are not and currently still remain not available on DVD.
I think most people that will want to buy this might be fans of William Shatner, Greg Evigan, or some of the other actors in the show. This pretty much is the start of Lexa Doig (Andromeda, Stargate SG-1), Torri Higginson (Stargate Atlantis), and other current scifi actors careers.
The DVD set is actually not as fragile as mentioned. Each disc is put in it's own standard DVD box with it's own box art... and those 5 boxes are then wrapped with a basic piece of cardboard. So there's no top or bottom to the cardboard box. Ultimately I just cut the top plastic off the package and left the rest of the plastic on it so the regular dvd boxes didn't slide out the bottom... but not everyone thinks of that so you may see complaints. The quality of the transfer is actually pretty high. I had no problems at all with it, unlike some older shows where an episode may end up grainy or something. The only really major negative I could say about this set is there are absolutely no extras and the menu system looks like something someone cooked up on their home PC without any training or history of making dvd menus. Luckily though the show looks and plays well... and that's really what matters.
I don't think there are many TekWar fans out there. I'm one of the few. So I figured maybe someone might want a review on this. If you like mid 90's scifi, you like good stories that keep you guessing, you like earth based scifi, and you have some spare cash go ahead and get the set. If you loved the show when it premired on USA Network.. then rest assured it does indeed stand the test of time.

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Due to the fragile nature of the original material used to produce this program, the quality and continuity of this program may not be equal to current standards. ------------- After four years, Jake Cardigan is prematurely awoken from his fifteen year cryogenic punishment to a world very different than the one he knew. Much more than before 'Tek', the highly-addictive electronic designer narcotic of the 21st century, seems to be prevalent. His wife has divorced him and disappeared together with their son. He wants them back and he wants justice for those undercover policemen who were murdered by unknown conspirators which led to his imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. He links up with his ex-partner Sid Gomez, now also an ex-cop, and they go to work for the mysterious Bascom who owns and runs the giant Cosmos security corporation. Their first job is a seemingly easy missing persons case trying to locate a missing scientist who may have developed a crystal to destroy Tek chips. The more the two men investigate the more the dark and powerful forces of the hidden Tek lords are sent to thwart them. What is the connection between this case and his wrongful imprisonment four years ago? Will he ever be able to trace his lost family through the infinite twists and turns of this new technological age? In a race against time Jake struggles to come to terms with this new world where nothing is as it seems and his place within it.

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