Customer Reviews
""What if you found a portal to a parallel dimenision..." where the DVD case didn't suck.. 
2008-07-06
Sliders was a great show that I watched back when I was a kid and just getting into the sci-fi genre. I was really psyched to find they made DVDs for the show.
I never got to watch much of the third season, but upon picking it up--I'm kind of glad I didn't. Definitely not anywhere near as good as the first and second seasons.
The DVDs menus are easy to navigate, have plenty of info, and most of all, have a 'Play All' feature--which is great for when you just want to have some background noise.
It seems like they didn't learn from the season 1 & 2 DVD case, though. The case is a hard orange plastic that hardly moves. I wouldn't be surprised if it just breaks at the creases one day.
The DVDs are double-sided, which to me is kind of a downer. This is a great age of technology and we're having to treat this like they're Laserdiscs? Only difference is I don't see any DVD players that'll read both sides... Anyway, yeah--These DVDs are very vulnerable to scratches.
Reading other reviews, I agree that if you get any of these Sliders DVD sets, put them in some other kind of case, cause these certainly aren't safe if you plan on keeping them for a long time, or plan on watching them a lot.
slide on 
2008-05-11
I love this episode of sliders. I am a sci-fi fan and this is as good as it gets. I know after this season the show changes from its original format but I still want all the seasons.
good shows 2008-04-08
I like adaventure I never get out of my house, it would be fun to explore new places
Well, FOX got its hands into the series and season 3 is what we got 2008-03-30
Seasons 1 and 2 allowed more creativity because they were filmed in Canada, with Tracy Torme having more input. FOX, claiming bad ratings and pretending they know anything about sci-fi (or drama for that matter), change the premise of the series to allow our heroes to slide anywhere in a 4500 mile radius (said to be only between San Francisco and LA; never mind 400 mile radius could land anywhere and not sequentially either).
FOX not only allowed the season to end on a cliffhanger (involving time travel, if things weren't daft enough already) but the whole season changes from an action/what-if thoughtfest into a movie ripoff of the week with sappy, maudlin characters. There's more to sci-fi than character interaction, and seasons 1 and 2 managed to do everything right. So what happens in season 3 that comes crashing everything down? Obviously, the core necessity for any television -- the storylines themselves. And trust me, I'm being lenient with 3 stars thanks to the small handful of decent entries...
Now add in some atrocious incidental music and wince until you puke. Then continue to wince. Yuck.
Tracy soon left the show, but keep an eye open for his penned episodes "The Guardian" and "Double Cross" - these stick to the proper premise of the series.
And now to rate these stories:
1- Rules Of The Game- 8/10
The group lands on "arcade world" - an acquired taste, but works if you can suspend disbelief.
2- Double Cross- 10/10
Quinn's double on an Earth suffering energy shortages has a clever twist - best of the season, and sadly never brought through to any proper continuation, nor conclusion
3- Electric Twister Acid Test- 2/10
"Twister!" 'nuff said
4- The Guardian- 10/10
Parallel universe running on a slower elliptical curve; Quinn sees himself at an earlier time and interferes with his development
5- The Dream Masters- 2/10
Dweeby brats go into peoples' minds and kill them. Trite at best. Shock jock blood; nothing special. I'm sure they shamelessly ripped the idea from someone else; but even if they didn't, it's obscenely bad.
6- Desert Storm- 1/10
See "Mad Max" - Worse, this story is dedicated to a stunt man who died while making it. A real tragedy, as the story is so much rubbish. :(
7- Dragonslide- 4/10
8- The Fire Within- 7/10
The show finally addresses what happens if they land on a parallel earth that might prove less than capable of supporting life. About time too! With some interesting ideas afoot, let down by more trite garbage and it seems the same computer platform has become standard on every parallel universe they go to too... roll with the ideas and it'll work.
9- The Prince Of Slides- 3/10
Guess who gets pregnant?
10- Dead Man Sliding- 3/10
*sigh* If only the title was referring to the mental state of the people watching this episode...
11- State Of The A.R.T.- 2/10
Well, he played Freddy Krueger. He played a friendly lizard in a landmark sci-fi miniseries that had a lot more cranial work put into it... So what's he doing in this garbage as an android?
12- Season's Greedings- 1/10
Never mind "Lois and Farce - the new adventures of Stuporman" (ABC) having a story of the same title; but the Jeffersons don't guest in this dog of an episode. If only they had, I suppose... You can guess the plot... it's about greed at Christmastime...
13- Murder Most Foul- 1/10
No comment. With a title like "Foul", it's too easy.
14- Slide Like An Egyptian- 5/10
Okay, they land on a world where the Egyptians maintained their society and somehow developed technology. With all that silica around them, it'd have been easy enough... Unfortunately, this story is more or less an excuse to get a new stylish looking timer, it could have been so much more - but am glad we got as little as we had.
15- Paradise Lost- 4/10
By this time, try "Fanbase Lost" instead.
16- The Exodus, part one- 7/10
Co-written by John Rhys-Davies, and is also his swansong. Not the best way out; but by now it makes sense why he wanted out. :( A terrific premise, but I have to wonder how much was edited or removed from JR-D's control...
17- The Exodus, part two- 1/10
If only Roger Daltry stayed on further epidodes for the new quest and bash a few guitars along the way... JR-D's demise is so incredibly unworthy and undeserved.
18- Sole Survivors- 2/10
The title must be a euphemism for the 2 people still watching the show, perhaps?
19- The Breeder- 1/10
20- The Last Eden- 2/10
21- The Other Slide Of Darkness- 2/10
22- Slither- 1/10
"Anaconda" - 'nuff said.
25- Dinoslide- 3/10
They go back to a previously visited world, but it's not the one from "In Dino Veritas", unfortunately...
23- Stoker- 2/10
"Dracula". Yawn.
24- This Slide Of Paradise- 4/10
"Island of Dr Moreau" with the stupidest ending ever as Quinn and hottie Maggie are separated from (what FOX deemed deadweight) Rembrandt and Wade.
Now Season 4 picks up a bit, but has to retcon the entire series' premise in order to do it. Pity... "Sliders" to me, will always be seasons 1 and 2; FOX slowly and brutally kills it in season 3, and Sci-Fi channel bastardizes it onward. That's not to say there aren't good episodes in the future, but with so much damage having been done, Sci-Fi had no choice...
Too bad it was cancelled 
2008-03-18
there are two the major problems here. the first one: The packaging is CHEAP! A group of monkeys put it together. the way it was put together, it would be a miracle if the discs aren't scratched when you get it. i suggest as soon as you get the set, transfer the discs in seperate cases to avoid any further scratching. the other major problem, although it's not as annoying as the first: You have EXODUS prt. I & II. Aturo dies in EXODUS, prt. II but then in the episode that follows, THE LAST OF EDEN, aturo is alive. Obviously, you have to watch LAST OF EDEN before you watch EXODUS prt. I
The beginning of the end 2008-01-29
Mastermind Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) returns for more fantastical adventures as he continues traveling from universe to universe in the complete Third Season of Sliders. Along with comrade Wade (Sabrina Lloyd), physics professor Arturo (John Rhys-Davies), and Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown (Cleavant Derricks), Quinn explores new and mysterious Earths and along the way encounters tornadoes, droughts, wizards, warlocks and even his own younger self. Featuring TV's hottest guest stars, including Apollonia Kotero, Corey Feldman and Danny Masterson, Sliders will rock your world. All 25 thrilling episodes of season three are here in this 4-disc set and available for the first time on DVD! Sliders: The Third Season. Will they ever make it home?
Sliders 3rd season 2007-12-18
The packaging is a bit odd, but I can live with it. The seller could have removed some fingerprints, but the discs play just fine. Already watching it...
Thanks reviewers!!! 
2007-12-05
I don't think I will buy this set!!! The whole "dual dimension" edition meaning two sided disks is bad enough but (I have some of those type of DVDs) the way in which they are presented is stupid to say the least!!!!
Buy your own cases! 2007-11-13
Like the other Sliders set of seasons one and two, the case of this set of season three does not provide adequate protection for the discs. Three of the four DVD's are double sided and all of them were stacked over each other (with the grooves touching) in the case. The discs in my set arrived in good condition in spite of the bad packaging, but I transferred them to my own cases soon after receiving them.
This was quite a good season for Sliders with some fine episodes, although some fans feel that the addition of the Kromaggs was mistake and caused the show to decline in quality. They didn't have much character since they weren't very clever as villains and were not very challenging opponents for the Sliders. This was a full season with 25 episodes, which makes one wish that seasons one and two, with their excellent quality, had as many shows. Arturo's death (and the departure of John Rhys-Davies) before the end of the season was a great loss for the series. Still, this is set well worth owning and you won't be disappointed in its content.
The episodes are not all in the order in which they were filmed. Part one of "The Exodus", in which Arturo dies at the end, is included on Side B of disc one and part two of that episode is first on side A of disc three. The two parts should not have been separated. The next episode after "Exodus, Part Two" is one with Kari Wuhrer, and then there is another that follows,"The Last of Eden", which has Arturo still living. The episodes of each disc are not listed anywhere on the case so you have to access the menu of each DVD to see the contents, which isn't very convenient. Why didn't the people who put together this set have any regard for the continuity of the series?
My rating is an average-- four stars for this season of Sliders and two for the DVD set since it contains some nice bonus material (e.g. footage from "Exodus", gag reels, bloopers, etc.). The case, however, is very bad and should get one star at maximum, perhaps not even that much. So a 2.5 rating would probably be the most fair, but since that can't be designated here I'll round it up to three stars, which may be a little too generous.
Seasons 4 and 5? 2007-09-13
Sure most fans of the franchise will say seasons 4 and 5 tanked after the loss of all but one original gang but I am still a scifi fan and love the show and want to see it to the end. If you have season 1 and 2 then three is what you need... hopefully 4 and 5 will soon follow.
