I have had the BD box for two days and only had the time to look at the featurettes and listen to the commentaries.
The PQ seems rather good, but I did not find it to be stellar. I even suspect a tiny little bit of EE, but I may be wrong and, even if I am not, it's admittedly negligible. Apart from that, several nights scenes did not fare too well, at least on my gear: sometimes, the blacks looked very grey and the picture offered rather poor shadow detail. But the overall PQ was always more than ok. I'd rate it a 7 or 8/10.
As for the supplementary material, you get a few featurettes (including the much talked about 12 minutes with the new people ruling the island) and 4 commentaries (LAX, part 1, Prof. Linus, Ab Aeterno and Across the Sea). The featurettes are nice, but practically non informative about the mythology (except for a few details). Two of the commentaries fare better in this regard (Ab Aeterno and Across the Sea), but the fact that the finale remains without commentary is, to me, rather inexcusable, especially because a finale commentary by Damon and Carlton is explicitely promised in the commentaries to LAX and Across the Sea.
All in all, buy this set if you want the episodes of the final season + a seasoning of extra details on the mythology. But do not expect from this set ultra big revelations about the mysteries left unsolved. At one point in a commentary, Damon and Carlton even mention explicitely a theory, saying it's an interesting one, and immediately add that they do not want to confirm or deny it. Quite frankly, after listening to the two commentaries they have recorded, I ended up finding their humour quite condescending and very often insulting to the fans. But that's only me (?). Let not that prevent you from giving "them" your tough earned dollars (or Euros)!
The PQ seems rather good, but I did not find it to be stellar. I even suspect a tiny little bit of EE, but I may be wrong and, even if I am not, it's admittedly negligible. Apart from that, several nights scenes did not fare too well, at least on my gear: sometimes, the blacks looked very grey and the picture offered rather poor shadow detail. But the overall PQ was always more than ok. I'd rate it a 7 or 8/10.
As for the supplementary material, you get a few featurettes (including the much talked about 12 minutes with the new people ruling the island) and 4 commentaries (LAX, part 1, Prof. Linus, Ab Aeterno and Across the Sea). The featurettes are nice, but practically non informative about the mythology (except for a few details). Two of the commentaries fare better in this regard (Ab Aeterno and Across the Sea), but the fact that the finale remains without commentary is, to me, rather inexcusable, especially because a finale commentary by Damon and Carlton is explicitely promised in the commentaries to LAX and Across the Sea.
All in all, buy this set if you want the episodes of the final season + a seasoning of extra details on the mythology. But do not expect from this set ultra big revelations about the mysteries left unsolved. At one point in a commentary, Damon and Carlton even mention explicitely a theory, saying it's an interesting one, and immediately add that they do not want to confirm or deny it. Quite frankly, after listening to the two commentaries they have recorded, I ended up finding their humour quite condescending and very often insulting to the fans. But that's only me (?). Let not that prevent you from giving "them" your tough earned dollars (or Euros)!
