Jem And The Holograms: Season 3

I must confess I am that rarity - a confirmed fan of Jem and the Holograms who arrived too late to have seen them 25+ years ago on TV; I have also studiously avoided seeing the old episodes online. So this is a set I have literally been waiting 15 years to see! And I must say, despite any criticisms to the contrary, the wait has been worth it for this two-disc set. Any lingering anger or disappointment should be directed at Rhino, producers of the previous Jem DVDs, for their failure to complete this wonderful series. They stopped at mid-point of what SHOUT! Factory is calling the Second and Third Seasons, making it necessary to get them both to truly complete all 65 episodes that make up Jem. ( If for some strange reason anyone has NONE of the previous versions of Jem on DVD and is considering this title, it would behoove them to go ahead and instead invest in  Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series  as that is the ONLY way to get the separate disc containing all the "extra" features. )What of this DVD set itself? It's brief - a mere 13 episodes: this number relates to the 1/2 "season" Jem and all other similar series were originally contracted for. Stories were comissioned by toy manufacturer Hasbro to introduce or showcase dolls they intended to add to the line of existing Jem merchandise, so in this set we meet for the first time Jem's and the Misfits' new "rival" band The Stingers ( "Riot", "Minx", and "Rapture" ); costume designer Regine Cezare; and stage magician "Astral". The last two are only introduced in single episodes each but the Stingers add a much-needed third element that greatly enlivens most of the stories with a sort of "love triangle" that emerges with Pizzazz chasing Riot; he infatuated with the "perfect woman" Jem; and she conflicted by strange new feelings for somebody other than the long-suffering Rio. Add to the mix the aptly-named Minx angling after the one man she can't have ( Rio ) and things get very lively indeed!If there is any complaint about these episodes it's probably that there are too few of them: the clever situation isn't allowed to come to fruition because Hasbro "pulled the plug" on Jem after this too-short "season" due to slumping sales of the Jem dolls; Riot, Minx, Rapture, Astral, and Regine never made it past initial designs into doll form. Also, the only "extra" on this set is the Video Jukebox feature that allows you to play all the songs independent of the stories. The final episode, A Father Should Be..., at least allowed the Jem animation team to somewhat say farewell to the legion of Jem fans: "Goodbye - but not for good" - words that have proven prophetic with the release of this and the companion sets of the Truly Outrageous Jem!

It is disappointed as the only Bonus Feature in this dvd is Video Jukebox. (i.e. which doesn't match with product description)

This is the Shout DVD transfer, and not the better quality Rhino transfer. After reading so many bad things about how lousy the picture quality was on the Shout version of the complete series; I wanted to comment the picture quality and sound quality are acceptable. I did not want to duplicate the episodes from the Rhino version I already owned. I would have felt more sympathetic towards Shout if they released the third season earlier instead trying to dupe people into duplicating their Rhino Version episodes. I don't see any other reviews of this DVD yet, so I wanted to post that you can buy this set with confidence to complete your set if you have the Rhino version. If you don't have the Rhino version you need to buy the complete Shout Jem version if you want the whole series, as the Rhino version is out of print and now very expensive.

Great season! In this season the Stingers are introduced and they add new music and style to the show. As well as a new love triangle! The only downsize is that it's the end of the Jem and the Holograms series! I would have preferred that the ending felt more complete, I feel like they could have had another season or at least a couple more seasons.

If you are a nostalgic nut like I am you will love this series. I used to watch Jem as a child with my cousin and younger sister and this transported me backed to the 80's and my 4-5year old self wanting to be a Jem girl. Yes as an adult parts of this is corny, but its the nostalgic element attached that has me loving it.Jem was to us back then what Miami Vice was to the older persons in this era.

Great product/transaction!

Having grown up on this series, I was ecstatic to finally be able to buy this "Truly Outrageous" DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had actually gotten all 3 seasons for Christmas, but the first disc of Season 3 was scratched, so I had to order it from Amazon. As usual, I was impressed with the service I received from Amazon.

This is the last season to the great 8-'s cartoon Jem and The Holograms! I was so happy to learn this finally came out. The music, the fashion and glamour is all in here! A definite must have for any Jem fan

bot this for to go with the othere jem dvd and agen evrry girl young and old wood love jem my mum and i do its i the best thing for us ladys to watch my mum and i wood make a ladys night watching this as its for us ladys what any age you are to watch i loved it in the 80s now i am watching it now and still love it to this day so beter than kids tv now a days wish they had it on sky tv for kid hear in the uk to watch as this dvd is for the usa market

Nella descrizione del prodotto non vi è alcuna menzione sul Paese di destinazione. Prodotto acquistato su Amazon.It ma destinato unicamente al mercato statunitense. E lo scopri solo quando il lettore dvd non lo legge per il motivo su indicato. Mi dispiace, non ci siamo proprio stavolta!

Bought for my daughters bday as a gah gift from when she was young.

Revoir les séries animés jeunesses, j'adore

Fantastic! I will keep this series for my children one day! They don't make cartoons like this anymore. What a great and unforgettable series!