Customer Reviews
Thought mine was broken :( 
2008-07-25
I thought my DVD was broken until I read everyone else's reviews. I waited years for 90210 to come out on DVD. I only got through disc 1 and already, I'm disappointed. I thought the music changes in the 1st 3 seasons were bad enough, but now there are ENTIRE scenes missing! The worst part is that they show them in the end credits! Paramount Studios needs to give us what we want and deserve. Either play it all, in it's original music and scenes, or not at all. Aaron Spelling would be disappointed.
An incomplete time capsule 
2008-07-04
I was 12 when "Beverly Hills, 90210" premiered. The show and it's actors quickly became my whole life. The show was a barometer of current events, fashion, the political climate (hence Brandon Walsh's visit to Washington, DC to meet Bill Clinton)..if it was happening at the time, it was on "90210". Especially the music. WHERE THE HELL IS THE MUSIC??? A huge part of the landscape in the late 1980's-early 1990's was the music-pop, hip-hop, New Jack Swing, and the beginning of the grunge era- and how it's influence spilled over into fashion, language, etc. Yet CBS apparently thought that to the fans of the show, any DVD, even one with horrible public domain music, was better than no DVD at all. All those scenes at the Peach Pit, with Jeremy Jordan, Color Me Badd, Shanice, Brian McKnight playing on the jukebox? You'll have to suffer through cheesy imitation-doo-wop instead. Brenda's breakup with Dylan? Remember how she listened to REM's "Losing My Religion" over and over because it was playing in his car? You'll have to remember it, because it's not here. The difference is even move glaringly obvious in this season as David gets a piano and entertains the gang with some popular tunes. Instead of the footage aired, some grainy cutting-room floor footage was used, with music straight out of a player piano or nickelodeon. My gripe with the DVDs is with this series in general, not with this specific boxed set. Overall, the picture, sound quality, and special features are good, and there are even a few commentaries that are particularly entertaining. But as one who likes to look back and reminisce on my younger years, and how "90210" fit into that, something's not just missing...it's been rewritten.
stop buying the dvds 
2008-07-03
maybe if everyone stops buying the dvds they'll stop putting them out with cut scenes and no music. the show is boring to watch without the music. also most episodes are just odd with all the cut scenes. half the time I wonder if I missed something. why are they cutting the scenes? are they just bored? or to lazy to take the music out so they just hit delete? either way I am not buying anymore. I'll rent them. they aren't worth it to own. or better yet watch it on tv for free, not cut, with the music!
Not perfect-but still fun & addictive! 
2008-06-29
Ok so the 90210 DVD's aren't perfect. No reason to beat a dead horse on that. The characters and stories are what's important and I've had a blast going down memory lane. Remeber sydication only lasts so long. I'm happy to have these forever. I've found myself going through the discs in rapid succession as I'm addicted all over again. Can't wait for season five!
Why was everyone a jerk to Brenda??? 2008-06-19
Towards the end of this season, it was obvious that Brenda had grown distanced from the rest of the gang, and towards the end there everybody was being a jerk to her. They actually believed that Brenda slept with the director of the play just to get the part. And then Steve has the nerve to tell her that he was "your brother's friend, not yours." I was like, "WHAT?" Well then what the hell did the last 4 years mean to you? Brenda stood up for him in Season 2 when that gold digging bimbo was after him and called herself his friend. I guess it just goes to show that people move on. And then there was Kelly, with her on-again, off-again friendship with Brenda. I was so glad when her and Dylan broke up, she was getting on my last nerve this season. Anyway, the point is, Shannen Doherty was the best part of this show and after she left, it was downhill until the series finale.
What a show!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
2008-05-16
The ensemble drama about young adults growing up in Beverly Hills is a blend of romantic drama and subject matter that crosses all cultural boundaries. The storyline has followed the Walsh family as they moved from a middle-class Midwestern neighborhood to wealthy and glamorous Beverly Hills maturing from high school to college students facing new challenges as they continue to grow and discover more about themselves and their personal ambitions. As their worlds evolve old friendships will be tested as new relationships develop but no matter how complicated their worlds become they will always share in their strengths and experiences.System Requirements:TRT: 1463 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097361325545 Manufacturer No: 132554
An Overall Disappointment 2008-05-14
I was extremely disappointed in the Season 4 DVDs. I cannot tolerate all of the scenes that they cut. The storylines don't even make sense when they cut out those scenes. I agree that I can tolerate some of the music being different, however in some of the episodes it is a little ridiculous. For example, in the episode where Brenda flashes back to the 60's, the 60's music is an integral part of the episode. I think they completely ruined that episode by changing the music. And in the episode where the KEG house throws a 70's party, they couldn't get the rights to any 70's music???? The music they use just doesn't make sense and doesn't fit with the episodes. Most disappointing to me was they changed the comedians that did the "Everything you need to know about Season 4". I don't know where they got those two from, but they were not even close to being funny, they were just uncomfortable to watch. I very much enjoyed the duo from Best Week Ever they have had for past seasons, they were hilarious! It seems as if every season they cut out more and more things out of the DVDs, I guess to cut costs. I doubt if I will purchase any more in the future.
so what! 2008-05-13
BH90210 will always be my favorite. I heard the music had to be changed because the original songs couldn't be used for legal reasons. I think the producers took the same care with all of the changes made in order to release the DVD's as they did when the original shows were made. If you are a true 90210 fan, none of the changes will bother you. They don't bother me none!
Disappointed 2008-05-13
Not really a review, I think the best ones are already written, but it's a free country (so we're told) and I want to give my two cents. Two things bugged me about this season, the fact that they chopped the heck out of the Greek To Me episode (what, they couldn't get the rights to Que Sera, Sera?), and the fact that Colton and Aboud did not do the Everything You Need To Know section. What a slap in the face that one was.
Important music question... 2008-05-12
Beverly Hills, 90210 is one of my favorite shows of all-time. The friendships, the relationships, the drama..it all worked so well. I was a big fan of Brenda, but I still enjoyed the show very much after her character did not return. There are plenty of reviews for this season that are detailed, well thought out, and better than mine would be. My real reason for writing this review is because I have a music question about one of the songs used on the DVD:
I was very moved by one of the songs used in an episode. I've been trying to find the song by doing lyric searches, but I have had no luck so far. The episode the song is on is called "Somewhere In The World It's Christmas," and the song is playing during the scene where the Walsh family is on a plane to Hawaii, but there is trouble and they need to do an emergency landing. It starts out as a traditional Hallelujah, but then the vocalist adds her own lyrics. Like I said, I've been searching for days with now luck. Please help me out if
you can!
