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'Project Blue Book: Season 1' [Blu-ray + Digital]
(Aidan Gillen, Michael Malarkey, Laura Mennell, Michael Harney, Ksenia Solo, et al / Blu-ray+Digital / NR / 2019 / Lionsgate Films)

Overview: A tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.

Blu-ray Verdict: Ok, let's get this straight from the start: 'Project Blue Book' is a TV show, but NOT a documentary. This is a "based on" series and they make it very clear at the beginning of each episode.

Of course this show needs to have some sort of imagination and fiction to create the development of the narrative, but one thing at a time, I guess.

Each episode is filmed with detail and the episodes are independent but the overall plot that develops is magnificent and every side plot does have a meaning.

That said, the side plot with Mimi and Susie could have been cut down as some parts were just not necessary, in my humble opinion.

'Project Blue Book' is for everyone that has an interest in UFOs or just mystery in small or high capacity. In truth, the creators did a remarkable job at creating suspension and mystery regarding something as supernatural as the subject matter to hand.

They did a great job in making it realistic and believable, using things like air force cover-ups and the Russians as a plot point which I'm sure they did in real life.

I got hooked on the first episode which was thanks to everyone that worked on the episode from cast to the crew and as there are all 10 first season episodes here, you'll fall in love with this show just as I did, I'm pretty sure of that.

Indeed, that very first engrossing episode opens with two fighter pilots cruising through a routine evening in the sky when one is accosted by a blurry, quickly moving green light.

The pilot makes chase, even opening fire on the unidentified flying object, before his aircraft is sucked upward into a beam of light and then sent spinning out of control to Earth.

Captured in foggy blue and green lighting - akin to the front cover art - with great sound mixing and admirable energy, what follows are (OK, I'll say it) very 'X-Files'-esque, sure, but they all have their own tone too.

The ensemble cast of real people and fictional characters enhance the show greatly as we follow Dr. Allen Hynek through several cases. Played brilliantly by Aidan Gillen he is a stand out here, for sure.

Of course others play their collective parts for the ensemble, such as Michael Malarkey, Neal McDonough, Robert John Burke and Laura Mennell. They all in their own ways, keep the mystery going.

However, in my humble opion, the BEST recurring role was Michael Imperioli for he just shines in every character he portrays.

In closing, and much like the aforementioned 'X-Files,' 'Project Blue Book' asks us to invest in Dr. Hynek’s doomed quest without giving us good reason to invest in the man himself, but that's OK; for the most part.

Moreover, what fun is a fact-based story about aliens if it’s well-trodden territory told in less thrilling fashion, I hear you ask. And my answer to that it simple: If there was a show that was a 50/50 split between 'The X-Files' and 'The Americans' would you watch it?

Sure you would and if you have turned toward 'Project Blue Book' in any visual way you just did! This is a Widescreen Presentation (2.00:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

Hailed as one of “the 10 most anticipated new shows of 2019” (Dana Feldman, Forbes), the 'Project Blue Book: Season 1' Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.99 and $24.98, respectively.

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