DVD : Adventures of Captain Marvel

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Rating:

- You can't expect more from 1941...
I just couldn't believe how advanced these were for the time that they were filmed. Sure, you can see strings holding up Captain Marvel while he flys, you can even tell that it's a dummy flying across the screen. But it is extremely well done.

The story was good and starts with an Expidition to the Valley of Tombs where a group of people (archeologists?) find a hidden chamber in a tomb. In that hidden chamber is one of the most powerful tools known by man. The golden scorpion, with some lenses that are held by it, it can turn any regular object to gold, or destroy any living thing from existence. When they realize the potential for evil that this item could have, the men divvy out the lenses and scorpion to each other and decide to each hide his piece somewhere.

At the same time, Billy is met by an old man who tells him he is imbued with the power to become Captain Marvel. However he is told not to abuse his powers, and to only use them to stop the Scorpion.

The serial continues as the omnious Scorpion is brought to life and is trying to get all the hidden pieces of the golden scorpion so that he can rule the world!

The thing I like about this is, as previously stated, it is from 1941, but doesn't adhere to the normal "Super Hero Rules". People do die at the hands of Captain Marvel... but they deserved it! Saying that, there is of course no really violent imagery. Simply Captain Marvel doing stuff like throwing guys off the top of a building or whatever. But you get the idea. Still good enough for kids, I can hardly wait to show this to my son when I get home.

Rating:

- Captain Marvel
This is one of the old but great serials ,I personally think it was one of the best at that moment in time.Tom Tyler was perfectly cast as the hero,and there were some very exciting cliffhanger endings to each chapter.These old movie serials are to be cherished ,because we will never see the likes of them ever again.I have 40 or more of these old classics and I treasure them.It is wonderful to just pick one out to watch,serials like Jungle Girl,in my book one of the very best of all time.By the way I used to watck thes films in the 30;s as a young boy, but only a dozen or so,but now I have the ones I never even knew existed at my fingertips.It's great!To all who participated in the production of these movies,I say,Thank you all and may they never be forgotten.
William Unsworth Snr

Rating:

- DVD's that take you back! 2
WOW!
And I thought George Reeves was the BEST Superhero!
These Classic superhero dvds are great, some I personally have never seen but I can now.
Move over Superman & Batman the rest of the Justice League is out there for me to see.
Do yourselves a favor...if you have kids, introduce them to the classic shows as well as the new stuff that's out there.
These Classic shows are a good way to promote parent/child bonding, I loved watching these shows with my Mom as a kid, now I can watch them with my kids.

Rating:

- serial
I realise this is from old times but it seems more like a western than a super hero

Rating:

- One of the greatest serials ever.
With the possible exception of Captain Marvel using a machine gun to mow down some bad guys and then tossing a guy off of a roof (let's face it, CM never killed anybody) this was a great series. If you enjoy old serials then you will love this one. I watched it with my two boys (13 and 5 yo) and they enjoyed it as much as I did, even though they are used to a lot more FX... and color.

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