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The New Avengers, '77

Rated: NR (Not Rated) | Format: DVD
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars ( 4.5 stars actually) some good, some great, Aug 2 2004
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Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Avengers, '77 (DVD)
This second set of the New Avengers is a mixed bag. Some episodes were even filmed in Canada. Some are good, some are gems. So 5 stars is a wee bit high. I'd give it 4.5

1) Dead Men are Dangerous
2) Angels of Death
3) Medium Rare
4) The Unicorn and the Lion
5) Obsession
6) Trap
7) Hostage
8) K is for Kill: part 1
9) K is for Kills: part 2
10) Complex
11) The Gladiators
12) Emily
13) Forward Base

At some points, for some stupid reason, they stuck Purdey in a bad wig! Even Benny Hill had better wigs! The Lion and the Unicorn is a fast paced romp, that show the excellent team work between Lumley and Hunt. But Emily is the episode that really steals the shows. Quite different from most of the New Avengers, this one is play tongue completely through cheek comedy. Emily is a car and the villain accidentally leaves his hand print on the top of an elderly lady car. They can catch the bad guy if they get the car to HQ with the handprint intact Only bad guy is out to stop them. Again, Hunt and Lumley's team works so well for this episode that is a howl.

I great addition to the Avengers library, though they were starting to show the lack of originality in several episodes. Same because they team of Macnee, Lumley and Hunt were really hitting their stride as a team.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A different view, July 4 2004
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This review is from: The New Avengers, '77 (DVD)
Ok maybe 4.5 stars, but I couldn't pick that. Since I would give avengers 76 5 stars, 4 and 1/2 would be appropriate for this. I agree the stories aren't quite up to the first year, (although I have plowed through the first 12 episodes in a little more than 24 hours; I did have to sleep) but they are entertaining none the less. I still remember 2 of the stories("Angel of Death", "Emily") from 25 years ago when this was shown late Friday night on CBS. I was anxious to get them just to see those two again. Sure, "Emily" is silly at times, but the best avengers stories bordered on the absurd at times but still kept you enthralled(remember the Emma Peel episode where they knock down the walls at the end?)
"Obsession" allows Purdey to show some real emotion and while it is a change of pace to see the avengers in Paris and Toronto, Steed looks dashing wherever he is and there is lots of good interplay between the three characters. Still well worth purchasing.
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2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, Jun 5 2004
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This review is from: The New Avengers, '77 (DVD)
This season was far worse than the first one. This is caused by two problems beyond the ones described in my review of the first season.

The first problem is that the scripts would have made good programs if the surrealistic-subtle satire style of the earlier Avenger programs was adhered to. The dead serious cops and robbers style of the New Avengers was not matched to the scripts.

The second problem was the lack of funds caused by several financial backers not investing in the program at the last minute. Because of the seriously limited production budget, the scenes are dragged out beyond the optimum length to pad the program to an hour. One example is several minutes of a police car being driven around city streets at the legal speed limit.

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