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

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 do love agood crossover of all the heroes. This is definitely a must watch for all you hero fans and it's great for all ages.

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.

I gave up on the Arrowverse early on but like many I regretted not watching the crossover episodes. Though there were moments where I zoned out and felt that the writers were just trying to find content to fill in some episodes, I still found this crossover better quality than the Justice League film (Including the Synder cut) The casting in the Arrowverse works and their risk taking by crossing over with Smallville (TV Show) and The Return of Superman (Film) worked and I feel whoever is at the helm of the Arrowverse should be at the helm of the DC Extended Universe. I think they and the writing teams have earned that!

This cross over event is a blast! You have so many heroes you need a score card. You have three versions of the Flash alone. Ezra Miller from the JLA movie, John Wesley Shipp from Flash '92, and current Flash Grant Gustin. That alone makes it worth watching! Then on top of that Two Superman, Batman, Batwoman, Cameos from previous show such as Birds of Prey, Constantine, Robin from the 66' Batman series. This keeps you watching just to see them. The story is also well done if you follow the Arrowverse you will be able to keep up better but it is still worth viewing if you don't just to see the wonderful effects and some really good action. I won't write down any spoilers so I will only say that if you are like me and enjoy superhero action shows this is one of the best movie/crossover event there has been so far. Enjoy it!!

If this is the best Arrow crossover, I dread to think how bad the others are. The story was dreadful, and most of the acting was worse. Somebody said it was DC's answer to Marvel's Avengers. Er, no, no where close. It was more like when you order The Avengers off Wish. The Anti-Monitor, looked like a weak knock off of Thanos. Plus, what a ridiculous name for any character. And who thought Ruby Rose could act?

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

Para la colección de los crossovers del arrowverso aunque este crossover sigue siendo uno de los más flojos junto con Elseworlds que es el peor .

I received the movie on DVD. It is OK. Have a nice day.

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

lots of action one for fans