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New Avengers 76/77 S1

Patrick Macnee (Actor), Gareth Hunt (Actor) | Rated: NR (Not Rated) | Format: DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Sometimes dismissed as a pale descendant of a great original, The New Avengers deserves a second look and is perhaps best considered as a largely successful attempt to re-imagine its predecessor for 1970s audiences. Patrick Macnee was never the most convincing of action heroes, and the decision to make his John Steed the supervisor and mentor of two younger agents was a sensible one--Steed's virtues are style, wisdom, and fortitude rather than physical prowess. Gareth Hunt's Gambit has an unattractively smug side, but also has charm. Joanna Lumley's Purdey is one of the most attractive heroines of genre television, astonishingly leggy and beautiful. Those who only know her later incarnation as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous will now understand why such a fuss is made over her. The script team overlaps heavily with that of the original series; the new show has the same quirkiness, only occasionally varying it with a rather darker Le Carré-esque complexity or sudden outbreaks of Hammer Horror. If it lacks some of the sheer style of the original, that is a reflection of its period--the 1970s were less visually imaginative than the '60s. Tightly plotted and imaginatively cast with interesting guest stars, it is only with The Avengers that The New Avengers suffers by comparison. --Roz Kaveney

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5.0 out of 5 stars A genuine class act, Jan 27 2004
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Robert Rodi (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Avengers 76/77 S1 (DVD)
I have to agree with the other posters who rate this revival more highly than its revered 1960s predecessor -- which (even with the inestimable Diana Rigg in the cast) has not dated very well, too often coming across as rather arch and quaint, and often cringingly twee.

THE NEW AVENGERS, on the other hand, manages to maintain the sense of playfulness and fun that made the earlier series such a hit, while incorporating the hard-hitting action and genuine sense of menace that Seventies movies and television honed to perfection.

Patrick MacNee's iconic John Steed has here been graduated to a kind of elder statesman role, which suits him better; Gareth Hunt's rougher-edged Mike Gambit is a roguishly charming replacement; and there are simply no words for Joanna Lumley's Purdey. The actress's indelible portrayal of Patsy Stone in ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS may be the role cited someday in her obituary, but Purdey is every bit as memorable -- coy, smart, seductive, kittenish, deadly; an irresistible paradox.

Buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it!

And yes, definitely -- bring on Season Two.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not as strong as the Emma Peel stories but sill very good, Jan 17 2004
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S. Naimpally "avid music and movie fan" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Avengers 76/77 S1 (DVD)
Some fans don't like the New Avengers as much as the original series. These may not be quite up to the Emma Peel stories, but then the Tara King and Honor Blackman episodes aren't up to that standard either.

Joanna Lumley ranks up there with Diana Rigg as one of the best Avengers girls, certainly better than King and arguably better than Blackman. The stories are enjoyable and the chemistry between the 3 stars is very good. An enjoyable romp - highly reccomended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, Jan 7 2004
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This review is from: New Avengers 76/77 S1 (DVD)
This is an amazing museum piece from the 70's. Steed is classy, Purdey is both sexy and funny, and Gambit is...well, he'd not terribly. Actually, speaking of Purdey, she does what few televised heroines can do: be very apealing without getting coarse or lose her sense of humor. Highly recomended and I can't wait for Season 2!
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