THe full series box set 2010-2012
Hello! Posting my 2nd message here.
I just finished viewing all 11 DVD's of the
"Alias Smith & Jones" Complete series set and ...wow! What a great show.
I was only 4 & 1/2 when the series ended and even though it
was still in reruns inthe early 80s,I had no intrest then. (Typical teen).
My local library got in 2 copies of this set and I just had to watch it.
Some Westerns take liberty & license with how things were and looked back
then but the detail given to the 1ook of the 1880s period in the west is great!
Right down to the money they used,the clothes,the
songs/music,as well as factual details about events that happened.
The pilot show is great,as is season 1.
The show is engaging,funny,clever and at times even dramatic & serious.
Season 2 (aside from Pete Duel's untimely end) isjust about as good. Loved the ep. "The Bounty Hunter" with Louis Gosset Jr.
However a few shows get a little silly in some parts though.
(Like that "boing!" sound effect used twice in 2 shows.)
The remaining shows after Duel's parting are a bit shaky. Ben still looks lost kind of lost withour Pete but according to the interview on the special featurs disc. Not even 2 or 3 days after Pete's suicide did they recast his role!
Season 3? Awesome! The opener "The Long Chase" almost feels like a movie in a theater. Rogefr Davis does his besat acting in that oen too. Just wish there'd been more shows and a finale.
(Either "The Day The Amnesty Came Through" or "The Strange Fate
of Conrad Meyer Zulick" would have made great endings to the series.
2 ep.'s that didn't really resonate with me :The Man Who
Murdered Himself and The McCreedy Feud. I just didn't find those as exciting.
The only other thing I can say is (like others) I wish they could
restore these shows somehow. 3 of the shows looked even older than they are.
Despite these little nagging things,I loved it.
MAN! One dream's come true,ready for another.
(MR.) happipuppi13 *arf,man!*!