Dante's Cove - Season 1-2 & Original Pilot [DVD]

The thing I love most about this show is that it treats gay characters as real people who just happen to like having sex with those of the same gender. I am so tired of watching mainstream shows that portray all gays as flaming queens, hair dressers, interior decorators and lisping caractures - not that I have any bias against truly flaming queens, hair dressers or interior decorators but don't throw us all in the same boat.The supernatural is my favorite genre and the story in Dante's Cove is both interesting and well thought out. I just wish there had been more episodes each season and that the series had lasted beond the third year.

Well, here in my country is almost impossible find this kind of TV SHOW because here there are many homophobic people on tv industry and of course this is a cultural matter...anyway, I love this tv show and I must buy it! as soon as I get my international credit card I bought it for me. From the purchase to the Delivery everything runs perfect, DHL INTERNATIONAL made the delivery for me in my country very fast and they were also very good professionals!I can tell to everyone that my experience purchasing by AMAZON.COM I got 100% of satisfaction and now I want season 3...

OK, here's the thing. If you're going to buy Dante's Cove first two seasons separately you are out of your mind. BUY THIS, the Lost Pilot is a plus you can't dare to refuse even if what you are looking for, are the hotties on the other episodes.I am deeply sad because of the lack of Spanish subs (because my boyfriend doesn't understand English) but hey! there is:16:9 widescreen resolution5.1 surround sound audiothat makes kind of enough material for me.BUY IT you won't regret it.

Some of the acting may be a bit campy i.e: Dark Shadows, but a great cast and great scenery. The lost pilot though should have remained lost. Very disjointed and full of bad acting. Season one was dirtier and grittier than the second season which went to a beautiful beach hotel. I feel that it could have stayed dark. The hot bodies would have been enough to keep it real.

I was addicted with Dante's Cove right from the first episode. I love the main actors of the series, especially Charlie David. And the chemistry between Charlie David (Toby) and Gregory Michael (Kevin) is realistic and makes you wish they were together in real life. I really enjoyed the series and hope they bring out a forth season some day. :)

The "lost pilot" is worthless garbage, but I found the first and second seasons to be fun to watch, with great scenery, well shot. The writing is sometimes awful and the acting is often poor, but the comparison to this series being a mix of Melrose Place and Dark Shadows is perfect.If you like campy, dramatic fun with little connection to reality and enjoy watching good looking guys with some ocassional nudity, you should like this set.

The media could not be loaded.  Only received one disk where is season 1-2? All I received was the lost pilot. Where's the rest

There is just SOMETHING about Dante's Cove. While the acting isn't necessarily worthy of an Oscar, the actors in this series do a really nice job of bringing their characters (and their relationships, accordingly) to life in a realistic, and connectable kind of way. Season one is dark, creative, and cynical, which makes for a great introduction to the series. Season Two, while obviously in a completely different location featuring some different actors playing old parts is still believable, and while less dark, still sets the theme and creates a world that anyone of any sexuality would want to be a part of. If you are looking to escape your world and imagine yourself in a world of very beautiful people, with crazy situations and a LOT of sex, than Dante's Cove is the place for you. If you are looking for a realistic world that you MIGHT actually be a part of real life, check out LOST... it was at least filmed on the same island.

It has all the basic elements I like - Gothic plot line, romance, and skin on screen. The writing, acting, and directing have come a long way since Season 1 - in fact, I would have to say Season 3 is by far the strongest yet. The writing is tighter, the performances turned in by series veterans have improved enormously (Charlie David in particular is giving substantially-improved performances) and the show is just plain FUN! Gothic Horror is a genre I love, and Dante's Cove delivers that. Especially in Season 1 (the show moved shooting locations to Hawai'i starting Season 2) there are great locations with old architecture and some spooky native locales. The cast is hot, the sex is getting hotter by the season, and the plot lines are engaging - covering all the territory from "jealous boyfriend" to "jilted fiancée" to "mind-controlling warlock" as time rolls on in the show. There is humor (both intended and not, I think), drama, and by Season 3 the camp atmosphere feels more intended than accidental and the show has finally hit its stride.One ding - every season the show appears to move. Between Season 1 and 2, shooting moved to Hawai'i (O'ahu, to be exact) so some established locations either just changed (The Hotel Dante) or "closed for renovations" (the Historical Society building.) Between Seasons 2 and 3 we've moved locales again! For reasons I won't get into here, we're not spending any more time at the hotel. The feel of the locales has moved from Gothic to Paradise Beach - while Hawai'i is gorgeous, it's a bit sunny and fun for the feel I got from the first season. Personally, I find the constant venue changes jarring, and hope we'll get to see some of the same locations for Season 4 when it arrives, or perhaps return for a bit to some older ones.In any event, I love this show. For those who haven't figured this out yet, it does feature full-frontal nudity (male) and lots of sex - gay, lesbian, and IIRC a straight scene or two. The show (with the sole exception of the opening five minutes of Season 1) doesn't show full-frontal with erection, which occasionally looks strange given what's supposed to be going on, and which seems strange given where it went in the show's opening five minutes of Season 1. A couple of the actors are obviously not planning on full-frontal, and occasionally contort to avoid it, while extras are frequently (and occasionally pointlessly) nude, and soft even when horn-dogging someone. Perhaps more creative set staging or action blocking could help them cover up without looking so odd doing it, or maybe they'll decide one day that full-frontal in a gay soap is not career-ending. While I'm not looking for pornography here, a touch more realism would help with "suspension of disbelief" quite a bit.All in all, if you like horror, and like gay themes, give "Dante's Cove" a try. Try to watch at least two seasons, and I really recommend going for the third - it's the strongest yet, and starts to deliver on the promise of the premise that we've been waiting for from the beginning.

great

Exactly as advertised.