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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great but don't count on well-known theme song, Mar 28 2004
My wife and I got this set and were looking forward to going home, singing along with the theme song we know so well, and watching the shows. But the first season, at least on the episodes we checked, doesn't contain the well-known song, and although it is partially contained in the special features, we were left oddly disappointed. The series is great though and Flintstones fans will love it. Another odd thing...the last disc is double sided. But you're guaranteed to enjoy!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Gilligan fans should love this economically priced set, Feb 3 2004
As a STAR TREK fan who pays a hundred bucks per season for those DVD sets, I loved being able to get this set for around $25. The episodes have never looked better on my TV and there are a few extras. If you loved the show, this is a good deal, with every first season episode and the original raely seen pilot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mastering LOST IN SPACE to DVD, Jan 31 2004
It may surprise many LOST IN SPACE fans to learn that the new LIS DVD set was not digitally remastered. LOST IN SPACE was originally shot and edited on 35mm negative film. Fox printed fine grain 35mm master positives for each black and white episode and color reversal intermediates for each color episode. That way they never have to touch their masters and risk damaging them. The 35mm positives were used to make the 16mm internegatives from which copies for the syndication episodes were originally struck. Fox stopped making and distributing these 16mm prints in 1992. But in the late 1980s Fox remastered all LIS episodes to one-inch videotape. These tapes served as the basis for virtually all LIS episodes seen since. They were used by the Sc-Fi Channel and also by Columbia House when they distributed the series on VHS in the mid 1990s. The Japanese laser discs were also made from these one-inch master tapes. When improvements in film-to-tape transfer technology were developed in recent years, a few episodes, around 8 or 9 I think, were remastered and released by Fox in the late 1990s on VHS. Sadly, however, these "DigiBeta" transfers were not used in preparing the DVD set. The DVDs were mastered from the one-inch transfers made in the late 1980s. They certainly look better than the laserdiscs, but the source is the same--one-inch videotape. We can only hope that Fox does digital transfers for seasons two and three and at some point goes back and remasters season one. I wouldn't put it past Fox to release all three seasons off the one-inch tapes, then a few years down the line remaster the whole series digitally (which is what they should have done in the first place) and release it again in three boxed sets just to gouge our wallets. In any event, enjoy these episodes. Season two is scheduled for July and season three should be out in January, 2005.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Season Two & Three On The Way!, Jan 30 2004
Enjoy season one while you wait for more! The word from Kevin Burns is Season Two will tentatively be released in July 2004 and Season Three in January 2005. Great news for LOST IN SPACE fans everywhere!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I like it a lot even though it has major plot holes, Jan 18 2004
Caution spolier ahead! I love this film, but I must say it makes no sense for aliens who are fatally allergic to water to 1) want to capture humans, whose bodies are composed primarily of water; and 2) to come to a planet whose surface area is mostly water. When I think about questions of logic like this, and others, I have a hard time with the credibility of this movie, but I still like the suspense created here and Mel Gibson is always worth a look. I recommend it despite the glaring credibility problems. Sometimes movies can get away with it, and in my book this one does.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Hesitate If You Like McGoohan, Jan 13 2004
Initially I would not have agreed that these 25-minute shows could measure up in any way to the later 52-minute Danger Man shows, but after watching this set I would have to change my mind. They are in some ways even better because Drake is a bit more naive and you can see he hasn't been hardened yet and is a long way from becoming the cynical and ocassionally bitter agent in the later shows. The picture and sound quality of this set alone makes it worth having for any McGoohan fan. I bought a DVD set of a recent TV series produced this century and it didn't look nearly as good as these episodes from 44 years ago--and that's the truth.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Better Than ST V but has flaws, Jan 6 2004
I agree with most of the reviews that this film was better than V, but to say it is the best STAR TREK film made may be a bit of a stretch. I will offer two criticisms, a minor and what I consider a major one, then I will pillor this film no further. First, a good deal of the mystery in the plot seems dependent on these gravity boots. Spock says they could not simply be flushed out the airlock for all to see. Okay, maybe. I'll accept that. But then someone points out they could have been disintegrated by a phaser, at which point the Vulcan character picks up a phaser and fires it to demonstrate that no unauthorized phasers may be fired on board a starship. Unauthorized phaser? Huh? Since when? You have to get permission to fire a phaser? An alarm goes off if you do? This is a ridiculous idea when you think about it, and points to a symptom of the larger disease of this film, which you can't really see unless you start looking, and then once you do the plot cracks apart like a house of cards. Simply put, it is contrived. The entire who-done-it plot does not hold up when examined in the cold light of day. Sure, there is a lot to like about the film, but things like this phaser business make it hard for me to watch. Not to mention this "new" Vulcan character that was obviously written for Savvik. How great this would have been if it had been the Savvik character that betrayed Spock. But I simply didn't have any emotional investment in this new character, although the writing, and Spock's reaction to her betrayal, clearly seem to suggest that this should have been Savvik. The assassination attempt at the end is silly, at least the way it is edited. I don't mean to bash the film--it is a decent movie, but I have never understood why fans love it so much and call it great when it has serious credibility and structural problems and can hardly be compared with ST II.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally!, Sep 30 2003
Like everyone else, I have been waiting for this series. Let's hope sells are good so Fox will do the other two seasons, although in my opinion the first season is clearly the best. I liked the show better before Batman's influence caused it to go campy and become the "Dr. Smith, Will and the Robot" show. I've heard Bill Mumy is involved with the extras but I don't know exactly what they will be. Kevin Burns did say if the first season sells 20,000 units they will do seasons two and three and add more extras. I know all LOST IN SPACE fans will be lined up for this. I've already placed my order!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best For Last, Jun 18 2003
I'll be brief. It's rare that a TV series has some of its finest episodes toward the end of the run, but DANGER MAN is a rare show. And as far as I am concerned, the debate as to whether Drake is Number Six is really no debate at all. Of course he is. The Number Six character is never named otherwise. McGoohan had to deny it for legal reasons, but the continuity of character is there (snapping fingers when nervous, same inflection of speech, even an old friend of Drake's with the same name appears both in DANGER MAN and THE PRISONER). Enjoy these Final episodes, then watch THE PRISONER. Such a pair of series, and such a great actor to make them work, will never come around again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great movie not many seem to know about!, May 10 2003
I first saw this movie late one night on AMC and thought it was going to be the kind of show that would try to spoonfeed me religious dogma and convert me to a particular spiritual point of view. Not at all. This is an incredible movie that presents a young woman's claim of seeing the virgin Mary in a very realistic, objective way. A friend of mine who isn't religious at all watched this film and loved it. Check out this seemingly forgotten movie about faith, persistence, and tolerance. One of the best films I have ever seen.
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