My Instant Star Season 3 DVD Review

Poorly produced DVD, and the season itself wasn't so great. 3/5 stars



Instant Star first caught my interest because I fell in love with a girl. Her name is Alexz Johnson. Her voice, her looks, her charm, her overall pure awesomeness that just makes me melt when I see her. I purchased Instant Star season 2 DVD set without knowing what I was getting into, I just knew I had to see more of this goddess and her talents. After watching season 2 without seeing season 1 (I couldn't afford $40 to watch season 1 :-P) I just got hooked and needed to see more. Also, a pleasant surprise, Supergirl from Smallville played my love's sister! Two of the hottest women I've laid eyes on in one series! I was in awe.

Anyway, back to seeing more. I could not wait to get my hands on season 3 when it was released. I waited patiently. And then it finally came in the mail! I opened up the envelope to find what to my surprise was double-sided single disc inside a very uncreative DVD cover. I popped in the first side anyway.

The DVD menu was, for lack of a better description, uncreative, sloppy and generic. Maybe the description for that is "it sucked"? I pressed play. The video quality at times was pixelated and jumpy. Very unprofessional. When it finally reached the episode titled "Heart of Gold", the video had a slight gray colored tint to it and the audio was fuzzy. It looked like something you'd find on a bootleg DVD. And with the lack of special features, I found this DVD to be not enjoyable at all.

I'd like the DVD producers to know that if they're going to release something that's being awaited by loving fans, they should put some money and effort into it. This could have all been avoided with a two-disc double-sided set with some special features.


Now, for my review of the season/series itself. To be honest, it didn't really strike me to be as into it as I was with season 2. The whole Tommy/Jamie choice just bugged me because obviously Tommy is NOT the right man for Jude. It's just infatuation with Jude/Tommy, not pure and true love like Jamie/Jude. Jamie's known Jude his whole life, he knows more about her and shares a special bond with her that cannot compare to Jude & Tommy's "It's wrong, but I just wanna sleep with you" so-called love. Yeah, Tommy got Jude's music back in her rightful hands, but c'mon. A trip to wherever that obviously Jamie couldn't afford to compete with was total BS. Jamie's got a compassionate, honest, true and undying love for Jude. That's all that should really matter. Tommy just "loves" her.

Patsy's story was sad, but also kinda felt rushed into for the series' sake. That kind of made me more emotionless towards it.

The whole "you killed-I killed-we all killed Angie" story was one of the stories that got most of my attention. I also liked the twist at the end of it, it caught me off-guard.

Spiederman and Karma's marriage was just like a WTF-moment for me. Not like an OMGEE!!!1!-WTF moment, but more like a WTF-so ridiculous moment. Hope they turn out alright on MTV.

WHERE WAS LIAM??? OH MAN, I MISSED HIM!!! He was such a great character and frienemy for the show. I just cracked up everytime he and Jamie had a moment in season 2. It wasn't the same without him.

In conclusion, I liked season 2 waaaay more than 3 and can only hope season 4 is better. Only, I won't be buying season 4. No no, if I'm going to get bootleg quality for a paid DVD, Then I might as well just get bootleg quality for free off the internet.


Overall: Alexz was absolutely beautiful-looking in all of the episodes, but her songs weren't among my favorites. I could have waited until someone sold this DVD used for $5 if I knew it was going to be like this, especially when I'm strapped for cash.