Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1696 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-10-26
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Russian
• Number of discs: 7
• Running time: 951 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
When it aired in 2006-07, Lost's third season was split into two, with a hefty break in between. This did nothing to help the already weirdly disparate direction the show was taking (Kate and Sawyer in zoo cages! Locke eating goop in a mud hut!), but when it finally righted its course halfway through--in particular that whopper of a finale--the drama series had left its irked fan base thrilled once again. This doesn't mean, however, that you should skip through the first half of the season to get there, because quite a few questions find answers: what the Others are up to, the impact of turning that fail-safe key, the identity of the eye-patched man from the hatch's video monitor. One of the series' biggest curiosities from the past--how Locke ended up in that wheelchair in the first place--also gets its satisfying due. (The episode, "The Man from Tallahassee," likely was a big contributor to Terry O'Quinn's surprising--but long-deserved--Emmy win that year.) Unfortunately, you do have to sit through a lot of aforementioned nuisances to get there. Season 3 kicks off with Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly), and Sawyer (Josh Holloway) held captive by the Others; Sayid (Naveen Andrews), Sun (Yunjin Kim), and Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) on a mission to rescue them; and Locke, Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) in the aftermath of the electromagnetic pulse that blew up the hatch. Spinning the storylines away from base camp alone wouldn't have felt so disjointed were it not for the new characters simultaneously being introduced. First there's Juliet, a mysterious member of the Others whose loyalty constantly comes into question as the season goes on. Played delicately by Elizabeth Mitchell (Gia, ER, Frequency), Juliet is in one turn a cold-blooded killer, by another turn a sympathetic friend; possibly both at once, possibly neither at all. (She's also a terrific, albeit unwitting, threat to the Kate-Sawyer-Jack love triangle, which plays out more definitively this season.) On the other hand, there's the now-infamous Nikki and Paulo (Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro), a tagalong couple who were cleverly woven into the previous seasons' key moments but came to bear the brunt of fans' ire toward the show (Sawyer humourously echoed the sentiments by remarking, "Who the hell are you?"). By the end of the season, at least two major characters die, another is told he/she will die within months, major new threats are unveiled, and--as mentioned before--the two-part season finale restores your faith in the series. --Ellen A. Kim

DVD Description
Find yourself. Find your fate. Find the answers you’ve been looking for in the explosive third season of Lost. As the power of the island to both heal and destroy comes into sharp focus, the lines between good and evil are blurred and loyalties are challenged when the survivors of the crash become tangled within the lives of the Others. Plan your escape, and immerse yourself in all 23 episodes of Season Three. Enjoy hours of unique bonus material, including Blu-Prints and the interactive Access: Granted, designed exclusively for Blu-ray Disc with an unparalleled pristine picture and theatre-quality sound. You haven’t seen Lost until you’ve seen it in high definition.

Synopsis
More suspense, secrets, and fear are uncovered in these 23 episodes about the most mysterious setting in television history. The puzzle pieces of the Others, the Dharma Project, and how the island seems to know the survivors of the plane crash are all part of what keeps fans glued to their sets. This collection includes even more vital background information and clues that take viewers deeper into the mystery. Never-before-seen flashback sequences, interviews with the cast and creators, and a look at life on set are also included to help uncover what’s hidden in the jungle.

Customer Reviews

If you thought it looked good on DVD...
Season 3 has it's fair share of critics. I'm not one of them, probably because my first experience of season 3 was watching it on DVD, at my own pace. I can see how someone watching season 3 on TV, one episode per week, season breaks & adverts, could quite easily get frustrated with it. However if you watch it on DVD/Blu Ray the frustration is minimised as you can watch it at your own pace and get through the slower episodes and get to the good stuff quicker.

The picture was great on DVD, but it is even better on Blu Ray. I was going to wait for the inevitable Blu Ray Complete Series Box set which is sure to be released sometime after season 6, but I just couldnt wait (probably will still end up getting that too!)