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Overall, I thought this DVD box set was a really fun ride all the way through the series and the features. Æon Flux is mostly a visual story with intriguing cloak and dagger plots and cool futuristic and philosophical themes. Peter Chung's unique style really shines in this trippy masterpiece of animation. It's delightfully outside-the-box funky, an instant scifi cult classic! There's a sexier, edgier appeal to the animated MTV series that was missing in the live action movie of the same title. This box set has plenty of commentaries with the show's creators for special feature enthusiasts. These were useful because I felt that some of the stories were a bit too abstract for my understanding the first time through. There's also a totally slick feature about Æon's equipment, and be sure to check out Æon's voice actress in the extras; it totally flipped my script. I was sad after I finished watching the DVDs; I still want more.Read full review
I loved the fact it came earlier than expected. It was in fantastic condition and wrapped very well for shipping. The movie disc's play perfectly and my Husband loved opening it for Christmas! I recommend this set to anyone interested! Extremely pleased to say the least.
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Originally airing on MTV's Liquid Television over 15-years ago, this cutting edge anime (for its time) still holds up today. The complete collection provide you with the entire story of Aeon Flux, an assassin and spy, and Trevor Goodchild, a megalomaniac who takes over the adjacent county to Aeon's,. I enjoyed seeing this first run, but always hated that MTV showed so many of the episode out of order. Now that I was able to see them in order, the story line become more coherent making the character development stronger for the Aeon and Trevor. Overall, this is a good series and well worth watching. I recommend it to all who would like to see a solid American anime series.
I good review In the 90's, MTV made a bold move into a new area of the viewing groups, particularly aiming to capture the young adult crowd with a show called Liquid Television. It was here that Aeon Flux was born as short cartoons that aired in two to three minute segments during the series. Enter Peter Chung, a man who had been working on a cartoon series whose main subject was highly limited in action and speech. MTV didn't have any idea what they wanted, but they knew it had to be "out there" and have the super human qualities that was able to capture the minds of their target audience. Peter Chung delivered in a big way. He created a character so off the wall and able to do seemingly impossible things while still remaining almost believable as a human. Aeon Flux was the terrorist, the fly in the ointment, pain in the rear, lover, hater and hated of despot Treavor Goodchild and all his schemes to get the world to think like him and behave the way he wanted them to. However, Aeon was also selfish and undependable in many ways because she would only do something if SHE wanted to. She was not motivated by power or money or goodness or anything. She had her own reasons for whatever she did and sometimes those reasons would change in mid task, thus causing her to back track and attempt to undo what she had already accomplished. Needless to say, this would often make her missions fail or go in a completely different direction with unplanned and unforetold results, not always bad, but seldom what was being aimed at as a successful ending. Aeon was a master sneaker and highly trained in various forms of combat, hand to hand and weapons, as well as being an excellent burglar and accomplished at bypassing security devices. Added with her attire of leather straps that left little to the imagination and her ability to seduce anyone, male or female, at the drop of a hat, she was the ultimate spy and terrorist agent. Aeon Flux became such a huge hit for the show and developed a large fan base, prompting MTV to make a full length (22 minutes per episode) of the somewhat surreal double agent/assassin that was seen in the shorts of Liquid Television. This is the Aeon Flux that most remember despite the short life of the series with a mere 10 episodes. Although several videos of Aeon Flux have been released in the past decade, for the first time can a fan get the complete series with a single purchase. This box set contains three DVDs, each with a handsome and art covered cardboard case. Each case has a listing of the disc's contents with a brief description of the episode (for the first two discs) or a listing of the contents (for the third one). The good thing about the set is that all the films have been remastered by director and creator Peter Chung. The colors were remapped to make them brighter and more realistic than was possible to accomplish with the technology available at the time. Peter Chung also went back and replaced footage that MTV had removed for various reasons as well as fixing some of the animation errors that slipped through because of being on a dead line to release for the public.Read full review
I first started watching Aeon Flux on Mtv's Liquid Television which had random cartoon shorts and it was awesome! Every episode she would some how screw up and die. But you never really knew why she was doing what she was doing because there was no dialog. Later MTV picked it up and made it into an amazing series with more understanding and dialog. Though really you still think "What on earth is going on in this show?" But still great to watch! Even if it leaves you scratching your head and pushing the rewind button to recap what you just saw and some how misunderstood. And now that it is on DVD, the full series including the amazing shorts from Liquid Television. I am so giddy I just tripped over by own two feet!
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