Crisis on Infinite Earths: DC TV Crossover Event [DVD] [2019] [2020]

After realising the last season of Arrow required me to watch this full crossover, along with Elseworlds, I was not disappointed

Seven years in the making, Crisis on Infinite Earths is the Arrowverse equivalent to the MCU’s Avengers: Endgame. Like the legendary DC comics crossover it’s based on, Crisis is a masterpiece.Juggling years’ worth of continuity as well as the current storylines is no easy feat, and yet the writers manage to do just that in a epic mini-series that successfully pays-off. There are moments of elation, shocking powerful moments, and changes to not just all the shows, but the Arrowverse as a whole. All of which are brilliantly explored/utilised going forwards.Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin, Melissa Benoist, Tyler Hoechlin, Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Ruby Rose, Cress Williams, Jon Cryer, LaMonica Garrett and everyone else give fantastic performances, and there are so many surprise guest cameos throughout the journey. How they achieved all this for television - as well as bringing Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman and Black Lightning together - is simply amazing.Anyone who missed out on the U.K. broadcasts - due to Batwoman being exclusive to E4, and the other shows airing on Sky One - needn’t worry. All five parts are here in order to watch through. And contrary to what the slip case says, there are LOADS of extras on the DVD to enjoy! Some great featurettes to indulge in!For loyal Arrowverse fans, Crisis on Infinite Earths is simply essential. An absolute triumph.

The build-up has taken years but, finally, Warner Bros. brought all five of its Arrowverse shows together, for this huge epic crossover. And, in the process, used it as an opportunity to make almost every other DC Comics movie and television series connected, through the multi-verse. Now, no such thing as a reboot exists - literally every DC live action show happened, just on different Earth’s. Incredible way to handle it, and some fantastic cameos, as a result (Hi, Tom Welling!).The show is great. As a fan, I almost feel that going in blind would’ve left me clueless, but perhaps I’m wrong. That said, personally, I think this may be a challenge for anyone who has never watched any of the core five shows. But, I’d love to be wrong!Given how challenging a production these five episodes were, I think they did fantastic. When you’re clued up on how they had to fit this around all the actors schedules on their own shows, some characters being “off checking a lead,” sticks out a bit, as we know the truth behind it, but fair play - what they achieved here was incredible.The stakes are high, from the very start. In fact, one might argue that the first two episodes, in particular, are the best. But, the whole five episode run is strong, and it was wonderful seeing some of these characters mix with each other.The budget felt huge on this, too, for a CW network show. Great episodes. A must buy.

Last night I just happened to be browsing Amazon for some decor stuff and something prompted me to have another check to see if they'd released a standalone Crisis On Infinite Earths DVD/Blu-Ray and much to my surprise, there it was.Skip forward to a few hours ago and the DVD arrived on my doorstep. The joys of being a Prime customer.As usual, I had a check for mistakes on the rear of the slipcase and....yeah, there's mistakes again and this time, they're such basic and silly mistakes. Firstly, Cisco's surname is spelled as "Roman" instead of the correct "Ramon" and the episodes are all labelled as "Crisis On Infinite Earths - Hour 1" when this is a five consecutive hour crossover event and each episode should be labelled accordingly. So this is where it loses some points for me.As for the episodes themselves, surprisingly all 5 episodes are presented on a single disc along with some unexpected special features that are not advertised as being part of the release. The picture and sound is in exceptional 1080p 5.1 surround sound and looks absolutely gorgeous on my flat screen.I've mentioned in previous reviews of these releases how crappy the menus have been, this is something that continues with this release, the menu is basic with a poor quality graphic backdrop much like with Elseworlds. So again, points lost there.Overall, it's a decent release and it's nice to add it to the collection of independent crossover DVDs, I kinda wish they'd done a Blu-Ray version but since the episodes are 1080 5.1, it's easy to see why they didn't. They'd just be the same quality discs in different packaging.Definitely worth picking up and for only £6.99 it's still a bargain for five entire episodes of solid content.

I bought the DVD because in the UK the Batwoman crossover episode still hasn't aired and I wanted to watch the shows in proper sequence.First, it's a pretty good crossover storyline. Some cool moments.Second, I think they wrapped it all up a little bit too neatly. It was like one second there's the end of the entire multiverse and a few seconds later hey look, we beat the bad guy. Although there was a plot twist after that.The most compelling part of this crossover for me was all the nods (I won't give an spoilers) to previous shows and even films. It was cleverly done both visually and with the audio. There were some lovely snippets of very iconic music.There were a few knowing nods to camera as well, although without them looking into the camera apart from one moment at the end (which was super cool in its own way).If you're a fan of DC comics and or TV shows/films I think you will love the inclusive elements in this crossover DVD.Is it the best storyline I've ever seen? No. But taking it on its own merits it's a great romp through some lovely DC and film history and I can thoroughly recommend it.And at the price I'd say it's an absolute bargain.

good movie

Anti-matter is destroying every planet in the multi-verse. The Monitor tells all Earths heroes they need to stop it. Every hero from many Earths join together to fight this seemingly unwinnable fight. Several are special as in god-like paragons of like love, courage, hope etc. etc. We meet different versions of different heroes from different Earths. This is good enough to have been a theater movie. It is 5 hours though. ONLY sad part is seeing Ruby Rose as Batgirl knowing she isn't being her anymore. And kinda seeing Melissa Benoist as Supergirl knowing after this season she's done too.

Das "Arrowverse" ist eine sehr komplexe und weitreichende Angelegenheit, beinhaltet es doch die Serien "Arrow", Flash", "Batwoman", "Supergirl", "Legends of Tomorrow", "Black Lightning" u.a.- jede davon mit Dutzenden von Akteuren und bereits etlichen Staffeln."Crisis on Infinite Earths" ist eine Serien-Mega-Crossover, das man entweder als spektakulär oder auch als verwirrend bezeichnen kann. Das Konzept der fünfteiligen Serie mit ca 203 Minuten Laufzeit ist es, so gut wie jede in diesen Serien auftauchende Person mit einzubeziehen. Das ist ein tolles Event für alle, die ausnahmslos jede der Serien regelmäßig konsumieren, für alle anderen ist es allerdings mehr als überfordernd. Erschwerend dazu kommt, dass man ruhig alle auftauchenden Comiccharaktere kennen darf und es einem trotzdem nichts nützt, denn in den Serien haben sie meistens kaum Ähnlichkeit mit den gezeichneten Vorbildern. Das alleine hat mich schon tierisch aufgeregt. Ein paar der Figuren erkennt man ganz gut (Supergirl, Superman, Lois Lane, Flash, Hellblazer, Batwoman), aber viele (Martian Manhunter, Brainiac, Lex Luthor, Elongated Man, White Canary, Atom, Killer Frost....) sind mehr als fremd wirkend besetzt oder designt. Ich habe auch nach dem Sehen des kompletten Events höchstens bei der Hälfte der Akteure herausgefunden, wer sie überhaupt sein sollen. Dazu kommen sie von verschiedensten Erden, denn in der Handlung geht es ja um das "Multiversum" bzw deren Zerstörung.Vorlage war die gleichnamige Comicserie aus den Achtzigern, in der des Konzept eines Multiversum-Crossovers eingeführt wurde. Einige Personen daraus (Jonah Hex, Pariah, Monitor, Anti-Monitor) wurden auch speziell für dieses Mega-Event in die Serien eingebaut, andere durften aus rechtlichen Gründen nicht auftauchen. Aber das Konzept, möglichst viele Charaktere auftauchen zu lassen war auch hier oberstes Gebot. Um all die handelnden Personen integrieren zu können wurde ein neuer hanebüchener Plot erdacht, der wirklich in keiner einzigen Minute mal Sinn macht, sondern einfach nur ausufernde und komplizierte Vollnerd- Spinnerei ist. Die Effekte sind zwar okay und auch schön gefilmt, die Drehbücher jedoch einfach nur zum Weglaufen. Als Bonus gibt es ca 40 Minuten specials, die sich aber alle auf die bedeutende Comicvorlage beziehen.

Heel handig dat ze de cross-overs allemaal op 1 dvd hebben staan.

Ancora non sono stati aggiunti i doppiaggi in Italia (audio)