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Everest: Beyond the Limit The Complete 2nd Season (4 DVD Set)
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Manufacturer: Discovery Channel
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Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Experience the thrill of the climb in this gripping documentary that reveals the struggles, triumphs, highs and lows of climbers who attempt to conquer the world's tallest peak. Join legendary expedition leader Russell Brice and a new team of daring men and women as they take on Everest in another riveting season.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
User Submitted Everest: Beyond the Limit The Complete 2nd Season (4 DVD Set) Reviews
October 6, 2008
great
this is a great series and fun to watch, very well done and I hope there is a season # 3
September 8, 2008
Reviewed in The Times
If the late great Sam Peckinpah had ever found himself on the Nepalese border, jacked up on Pepsi Max and hair metal, he might have made a documentary like Everest: Beyond the Limit... Like the best Peckinpah westerns it was also strangely beguiling and somehow shot through with an elegiac tone that balanced every moment of macho posturing with ominous intimations of mortality... The Wild Bunch go climbing and all the better for it!'
Kevin Maher, The Times
"Beyond the Limit" is a stunning tour de force, easily the best documentary on Everest, perhaps the finest footage on climbing ever produced... ...run out and get a big-screen HD television, but the real magic of "Beyond the Limit" is in the human stories.
David Whiting, US Mountaineer and Orange County Register columnist
August 16, 2008
If like season 1 you'll like season 2
Like season one the quality of the video is great and it does a great job of showing what was going on and what it might be like on the expedition.
However, I gave the set a 3 star score because of the DVD's themselves. I have read other Discovery Channel DVD reviews that said the DVD's had only primitive navigation, little real effort at polish and zero extras. This DVD set is like that. Instead of a nice splash screen with navigation it just has text that says to play the programs. It's about on the level of what a consumer set top DVD-R recorder does. One example of that is a review on the Survivorman season 2 set that is available now (August 2008). Now note that another release of season 2 of Survivorman will be released in October that is half the price and has actual Survivorman cover art. Not sure what is going on. I looked at the Discovery Channel site and they sell DVD's with single episodes with generic covers. Some of those DVD's are available on Amazon for $22/episode.
Just a guess but it looks like Discovery releases programs one episode at a time, then all of those in one set and eventually releases a nice boxed set version that is fully produced later. Some people think the DVDs released earlier look like DVD-R's and I have to agree they have that look but I'm not certain. If they stick to that pattern another Everest Beyond the Limit season 2 boxed set that has navigation and extras might be released in the future. I think the simpler DVD sets may be rushed to market for people that want to buy episodes shortly after they are aired.
Look for yourself here:
"Everest Beyond the Limit: The Complete Season 1" no menus Everest: Beyond the Limit The Complete 1st Season (3 Disc)
"Everest Beyond the Limit" with navigation and extras Everest: Beyond the Limit
"Survivorman Season 2" with generic cover art and simple navigation Survivorman Season 2 (4 DVD Set)
"Survivorman Collection 2" with nice cover art Survivorman: Collection 2
"Everest Beyond the Limit season 2 episode 8" a single episode from season 2 Everest: Beyond the Limit Season 2 - Episode 8: Now or Never
However, the actual program material in this set is good. No complaints there. I just wanted people to know this set would not be as nice as the season 1 boxed set they might have. I was wondering why they used the exact same cover art on the box for this season 2 set...
July 24, 2008
Captivating
Both seasons of this show were really good. I watched both of them straight through without stopping 6 episodes in the first season and 8 in the second, although I watched each season on different occasions. It is really well done with the trademark Discovery quality. You feel like you are right there on the mountain. This is a very emotion inspiring series as well, It really captures the essence of the challenge and beauty of Everest. Highly recommended and my wife liked it just as much.
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