Survivor 4 Marquesas - The Complete Season

We watched it when it was on the air but it has been years. Surviving the elements is one thing but having to live amongst the local animals was frightening. There was no going off on your own. They lived with each other 24/7. The program was great. Enjoyed the interviews of those voted off. The quality of the DVD’s was not great. They froze they got stuck. When moving through the discs, you occasionally had to use the UP arrow to move DOWN in your selection. I would never give this as a gift. I loved going back and remembering but the quality is just not there for the price you pay.

I saw other reviews where people were complaining of packaging and picture quality??? I have to disagree with them because the picture quality was EXCELLENT and I love the slimmer packaging....5 discs in one case. That is so much better than the packaging of season 1 & 2 (each disc was in a separate case and kept together by a box/sleeve).I've enjoyed going back through the beginning seasons to see how this show all started. I never watched it back then, but I sure am enjoying watching it now. No commercials and can watch whenever I feel like it. I am able to watch one entire season in a week's time. Season 3 so far is my favorite season of all. I LOVED the views of Africa and of all the wild animals running around. I actually liked the contestants better too. At first Big Tom kind of rubbed me the wrong way, but as the show went on, I became a fan of him.After viewing each season, I find myself going online and searching the contestants to see how they are doing today and to see how they've aged, or have starred in any other shows since being on Survivor. I found out that Ethan Zohn was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma in 2009 and went through two stem-cell transplants. How awful. He was my favorite contestant on season 3.I really think you will enjoy this season and don't let the negative reviews scare you away about the packaging and the picture quality. I think that if you purchase it new on Amazon (like I did), that the packaging has been improved! They must have gotten the complaints about it.

I have always thought Africa was the most underrated Survivor season. Its location was beautiful, unique and interesting. Not that islands are bad, but they all seem more or less the same. I'm disappointed that Mark Burnett has said and seems to be sticking to his vow that they would not return to Africa. While all the locations the show has filmed have been "dangerous" in their own way, the African savannah is one of the few environments on earth where you will literally and definitely die if you don't show respect for the land and wildlife. The casting wasn't as good as some of the other seasons, but it wasn't as bad as some people are saying. There was very much a "good vs evil" feel to the 2 tribes, which may have been intentional or maybe just coincidence. Either way it gave us somebody to cheer for. (or at least against) And of course Africa brought the debut of the tribe switch twist.Regarding the product itself I must say that I was very pleasantly surprised. After reading several reviews complaining of dirty, scratched, non-working discs, I wasn't expecting a lot but still wanted to have the show on DVD even if the quality wasn't perfect. While it isn't a "box set" in the sense that it doesn't come with a cardboard slipcover to hold the cases together, that really didn't matter to me. To be honest I find those covers to be more annoying than useful and often throw them away anyway. And yes, the cover art is the same on all 3 cases but that didn't bother me at all. I suppose some people just like to complain. The discs themselves are good quality and all work in both my Samsung blu-ray player and the DVD drive on my computer. None arrived dirty or scratched. I don't doubt the truthfulness of those complaints, but Amazon seems to have greatly improved their production techniques to the point that those complaints should not influence your purchasing decision. The discs are not like the DVD-Rs that you would buy at the store; they are laser printed with the Survivor Africa logo, disc number and episode names. They look like mass produced commercial DVDs. While I have not watched every episode yet, the picture and sound quality on those I have watched is perfectly acceptable. It is in SD so if you're used to watching stuff in HD you will definitely notice a difference and might find the picture quality disappointing but this season was shot in 2001, well before HD was widely adopted. Not a ton of extra features but it does include stuff like the full exit interview of each contestant after they got voted off as well as their Early Show interview.In all, the negative reviews here seem to be either nitpicking non-issues for the sake of complaining, or factually inaccurate. (or the problems cited have since been fixed) I definitely recommend this set to any fan of the show. On a side note, the on demand production process had no negative effect on shipping time. I ordered with 2 day free Prime shipping, and the product shipped within hours and arrived the next day.

First season I saw of Survivor, memorable scenery, a worthy winner & overall a great season.

Came much quicker than stated, well impressed

Fantastic series and no damage through the postage handling - great work Amazon UK ! A BIG thumbs up !!

The only reason, the main reason, that I am rating this item with only 1 star is this: this set is a ripped copy, NOT the original that I thought I had ordered. The discs are purple, not the clear silver colour and come up as CD-R on our DVD player, not the standard "Survivor: Marquesas Disc 1". I've spent $45 dollars in this set, and I had hoped that I got what I wanted. I did not. I received a ripped copy, a very well done ripped copy, but ripped all the same. No where on the ad did it state that this was a ripped copy, so I assumed it was an original. Very disappointed and now very weary about future purchases not directly from Amazon.ca.

One of the best Survivors, absolutely loved it. There's everything: physical extreme challenges, throwed challenges (!!), strategy and paranoia, wildlife, emotion, splits in the tribes, twists and turns, and a very deserving winner. I felt like we really got to know the contestants and feel for them, more so than most other seasons. We really get to understand and care about the players. Also, there were no horrendously stupid moves made, and the game was very well played from Day 1.