Dark Angel Season One 1 disc 1/6 (Nordic & French, English) X.F

Dark Angel
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The Complete First Season


Starring

Jessica Alba

Disc 1/6




Episodes

1. Pilot, part 1 Original Air Date: 2000/10/03
2. Pilot, part 2 Original Air Date: 2000/10/3
3. Heat Original Air Date: 2000/10/10
4. Flushed Original Air Date: 2000/10/17


Setting


In the year 2009, a genetically enhanced female child (whom creator James Cameron refers to as "transgenic") super-soldier named Max Guevara, also known as X5-452, escapes, along with 11 others like her, from a secret government institution. At the institution, codenamed Manticore (which lies near Gillette Wyoming, according to captioning in the pilot and opening credits of the earlier episodes, although the semi-mountainous terrain and dense pine trees shown in the series suggest that it may have been located up to 30 miles from that western plains city), they were created and subsequently raised and trained to be soldiers and assassins. Months after Max's escape, terrorists detonate an electromagnetic pulse weapon in the atmosphere over the U.S., which destroys the vast majority of computer and communication systems, throwing the country into utter chaos.

The first season begins ten years later in 2019. It follows the life of the now 19 year old Max as she struggles to search for her Manticore brothers and sisters. In a United States which is now barely more than a Third World nation (a concept largely dropped from the show after 9/11), she tries to live her life, to evade capture and to learn to trust and love. She is aided by Logan Cale and her friends at Jam Pony, a courier company where she works as a bicycle messenger. Other X-5s are periodically introduced as well.
Season One

In this season, per James Cameron?s directing, the show revolves more around Max?s super-human abilities as a transgenic and revved-up soldier. While Max is still portrayed as a ?different? young woman trying to lead some semblance of a normal life, viewers get more of a sense of Max?s Manticore-endowed, superior abilities (i.e. the abilities to see objects and hear conversations from afar, leap very high, outrun enemies, overpower most other human beings, etc.) and to some extent, her transgenic burdens (the constant need for tryptophan pills and the uncontrollable feline behavior related to going into heat). Also, Max?s main priority is to find her other twelve siblings, with whom she escaped as a child in 2009, and evade capture by her Manticore enemies. Season one has more of a run-and-hide tone to it than season two. Season one focuses on all of Max?s unique abilities (and strongly emphasizes them) as a genetically engineered powerhouse because she is only one of twelve Manticore escapees and also because Dark Angel was trying to establish itself in the TV Sci-Fi world in its infancy and used Max?s abilities to reel in the attention. In addition to the aforementioned features, Dark Angel Season One concerns Manticore?s use of super soldiers that resembled normal human beings.

There are some characters stronger than or as strong as Max, but these characters look and act (somewhat) just like normal human beings. Max only has to worry about one party that wants her ensnared for good ? Lydecker, who represents the Manticore Corporation as a whole. However, Max did occasionally have to contend with a Manticore competitor, Red Series, that also sought to capture her. In regards to the setting, there is much more of a Third World Country feel to the show and it is easy to ascertain the daily struggles that most post-pulse Seattle-dwellers encounter, especially when Walter (the corrupt police officer and secret boyfriend of Kendra?s) puts a strain on Max and Kendra?s living situation in regards to the bribes he requires not to report their squatting.


Key Characters


* Max Guevara -- A genetically enhanced female (or transgenic) super-soldier also known as X5-452, and an escapee from Project Manticore who searches for others of her kind, while also trying to lead some semblance of a normal life. She has a barcode with the number 332960073452 on the back of her neck. She eventually teams up with Eyes Only.

* Logan Cale -- Also known as Eyes Only, Logan is on a crusade to bring down the corrupt power brokers of the new millennium. He uses his resources to find out who Max is and the two develop a deep and complex relationship. He delivers his messages through video bulletins by hacking into television cable networks.

* Zack -- A genetically enhanced male (or transgenic) super-soldier also known as X5-599, Zack was the leader of the breakout where Max escaped, and he is very protective of his fellow escapees. He hates Manticore with a passion, and is somewhat mistrustful of regular humans.

* Original Cindy -- Max's co-worker and drinking buddy. In the middle of Season One, she discovers that Max is from Manticore and that Logan is Eyes Only. She usually refers to herself in the third person and is a lesbian.

* Donald Lydecker -- Colonel Lydecker is one of Manticore's senior officers, and the arch-enemy of Max and Zack. He eventually switches sides after the project's director betrays him.

* Normal -- Reagan Ronald is the head of the Jam Pony Express courier service, where Max works. He is called Normal because his conservative demeanor clashes violently with his usual surroundings.

* Tinga/Penny -- A genetically enhanced female (or transgenic) super-soldier also known as X5-656. She escaped at the same time as Max and the others. She went on to marry Charlie Smith and have a child named Case. She also worked at a bakery before she left for Canada with Zach. She appeared first in "The Kids Are A'ight" at the end of which she left for Canada. She then returned for her family in "Hit A Sista Back", in which she was captured by Manticore in exchange for her son. She made brief appearances trapped in a tank and dead in "Meow" and "...And Jesus Brought A Casserole".

* Case Smith -- only appeared in one episode but should be mentioned as he is the nephew of Max Guevara and the only son of Guevara's sister Tinga. Despite being only less than five years old he already has accelerated motor control, heightened spatial recognition, and advanced logical thinking: on short, some of the very traits of an X5. This is a surprise to Manticore, as their laboratory attempts to mix X5 DNA with human DNA resulted in less than desirable offspring. Manticore infected Case with nanoprobes, causing him to be struck down with a high fever. In order to save her son, Tinga allowed herself to be captured in return for a hypospray that contained the antidote. Manticore then tried to capture Case as well, but this attempt failed due to the intervention of Zack and Max. The last we see of Case is him going into hiding along with his dad, bidding a tearful goodbye to his aunt, Max, who fears she may never see her nephew (who she has only now known of his existence) ever again.

* Charlie Smith -- only appeared in one episode but should be mentioned as he is the father of Case, the hybrid combination of X5 DNA and human genes. Despite the initial shock of uncovering the truth about his wife, whom he only knew as Penny, he forgave her and eventually goes into hiding with his son after Tinga is blackmailed by Manticore into being captured in order to save Case's life.

* Phil/THE STREET SWEEPER -- Seeing himself as some sort of moral crusader, this vigilante came to the aid of one of Max's work colleagues, Sketchy, when muggers accosted him. At first believed by Max and Logan to be a Manticore reject that escaped both theirs and Manticore?s notice due to his superhuman abilities, it transpired that he was wearing an exoskeleton that picked up nerve impulses and relayed them to a series of servomotors which enhances speed and strength, the ability to jump, lift and carry by as much as 30% more than the average human. He claims he got it by destiny. Phil is somewhat out of touch in reality in that he sees himself as some sort of superhero character straight out of a comic book and sees Max as some sort of superheroine as well. Max comes to learn that this man-child is driven by atonement to be a of justice. He witnessed his only sister Francesca being murdered by home invaders for not staying quiet. Max eventually convinces Phil to put his superheroing ways on hold for a while to revisit his mother. Before leaving, Phil gives his exoskeleton to Logan, allowing the paralyzed man to walk in the second season.

* Jude Thatcher -- Was a product of ?Gene resequencing and manipulation of RNA nucleotides.? Born a crack baby and three months premature, he was adopted by a Japanese scientist named Doctor Tanaka who did some extensive gene therapy to correct most of his defects. Before this, Jude was a vegetable with underdeveloped lungs relying on constant IV feeding but thanks to Tanaka and his genetic surgery and extensive therapies, Jude's IQ is that of a genius. He has mastered three languages and is a chess wizard to boot. The fact his disabilities were cured after his birth piques both Max's and Donald Lydecker's interest. Lydecker seeks to use Jude as some sort of blueprint to further improve the defects in his own creations at manticore by using the boy's advanced genetic therapy, as well as fixing Donald's eyesight so he may never need glasses again. However, a Neo-Luddite group (who are one of the possible suspects responsible for setting off the Pulse that crippled North America in the first place) led by Darius (who's group 'The May 22nd Movement' idolises Theodore Kaczynski, The Unabomber so much so that not only do they base their actions on him but take their name from his birthday.) prevents this from occurring by assassinating Doctor Tanaka. Max manages to save Jude from the extremists and Lydecker by foiling the hostage situation, leaving behind an enraged Donald to execute Darius for letting Jude escape. The last we see of Jude is him concealed inside Cale's car prior to getting a new identity and life somewhere else far from Manticore.


General Cast


* Jessica Alba as Max Guevara/X5-452
* Geneva Locke as Young Max/X5-452
* Jennifer Blanc as Kendra Maibaum
* Michael Weatherly as Logan Cale (aka Eyes Only)
* Jade C. Bell as Sebastian
* Peter James Bryant as Bling
* Byron Mann as Det. Matt Sung

Jam Pony

* Alimi Ballard as Herbal Thought
* Valarie Rae Miller as Cynthia 'Original Cindy' McEachin
* Richard Gunn as Calvin 'Sketchy' Theodore
* J. C. MacKenzie as Reagan 'Normal' Ronald

Manticore

* John Savage as Colonel Donald Michael Lydecker
* Nana Visitor as Dr. Elizabeth Renfro/Madame X
* Fulvio Cecere as Agent Sandoval

X-5s

* William Gregory Lee as Zack/X5-599
* Chris Lazar as Young Zack/X5-599
* Nicole Bilderback as Brin/X5-734
* Lisa Ann Cabasa as Tinga/Penny Smith/X5-656
* Shireen Crutchfield as Jace
* Jonah Glasgow as Young Jace
* Jensen Ackles as Ben/X5-493
* James Kirk as Young Ben/X5-493
* Joshua Alba as Krit/X5-471
* Nicki Lynn Aycox as Syl/X5-701
* Kyley Statham as Young Jondy/X5-210
* Michael Sbrizzi as Biggs
* Malkolm Alburquenque as Case Smith

Related to X-5s

* Sebastian Spence as Charles Smith
* Rainn Wilson as Phil/Street Sweeper
* Mike Weinberg as Jude Thatcher


Writer: James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee - Pilot, Part 1
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, James Cameron - Pilot, Part 2
Director: David Nutter - Part 1-2
Writer: Patrick Harbinson - Part 3
Director: Michael Katleman - Part 3
Writer: René Echevarria, Charles H. Eglee - Part 4
Director: Terrence O'Hara - Part 4

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, 2.0 French
Speech: English and French
Subtitles: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, French, English
Running Time: 16 h approx total
Format: Widescreen 1.78:1, Full Frame Version 16:9
Region: Free
Discs: DVD-9
Production Year: 2001
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi


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