DVD : Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season

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- Season 1 AMAZING Season 2 I can't wait
I remember seeing Season 1 so many years ago. Seeing it again brings back so many memories. This series is really exceptional I am pleading with WB to release Season 2 as soon as possible.

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- Lois and Clark--best DVD set I've gotten this year
I've been in love with the Superman character and mythos since I was a little girl in the 70s and the movies first came out. Even back then watching the movies I rememeber wishing there was more romance-- more interaction between Lois and the man of steel. When I heard that this series was more about the Lois and Clark releationship, I was a little skeptical. However after buying the DVD and watching the entire first season in one weekend, I am sold on the idea.
I never got a chance to see the series when it first aired but as I was watching all I could think was --WOW! I LOVE THIS! The slow build in the Lois and Clark's relationship from friendship to something more than friendship is truely delightful and the unresolved sexual tension between the two main characters kept me saying 'I'll just watch one more episode' on into the wee hours of the night.
I love the fact that both Lois and Clark hide who they really are. Clark, of course, has to hide his Superman persona but Lois is also hiding her need to be loved and accepted behind her tough-girl reporter image. The few times she lets Clark inside her carefully guarded walls are just delicious and very well done. I think my favorite part of season 1 is the scene in Witness right after an attempt on Lois's life. Clark (as himself, not Superman) rushes in to save her. When he finds out she's all right, he wants to go catch the bad guy. But Lois begs him, 'No, please don't leave me.' He replies, "No, I won't. I'm here-- I'm right here." Then he wraps her close in his arms and holds her, stroking her hair and back.
Not to sound like a fangrrrl but this is the kind of thing I wanted more of in the movies as a kid and Lois and Clark has it in spades. As far as I'm concerned,seasons 2-4 just can't come out fast enough. In fact, if anybody has them on tape I will pay. Mail me at[...]Thanks, vangiekitty

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- up, up and away!!!
Well, they finally got their act together and put out a DVD set of the first season...but now I crave MORE of Dean Cain in those fabulous tights! Not many men can pull those off! What is great about this collection is not just the that all the episodes are included but the bonus features are interviews with the cast now...ie. Teri Hatcher on the Desperate Housewives set. They talk about casting decisions, how Dean Cain was almost deemed to young for the part! Blasphemy! They also talk about the visual effects, which now seem a little hokey, but at the time were wonderous, especially for a tv show. How they wanted to add more real "womaness" to Lois' character...so much extra info that enriches the viewing experience. A must have for any man who wanted to be the man of steel as a kid, and any woman who, despite wanting to deny it, would love to be swept off her feet!
In my humble opinion, as always...

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- Good Show; Not my favorite season
In the mid-1990s, being a huge fan of sci-fi/superhero shows, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was one of those shows I HAD TO watch when it was on. I remember being at family parties and having to turn on the TV because the show was on.
Needless to say, when I found out that the show was finally coming to DVD, I was ecstatic. Going back through the episodes has been quite fun for me, as it's been ages since I've seen any of them.
Still, I felt a slight bit of disappointment as it dawned on me that none of the episodes I really remembered as my favorites were a part of season one.
That's more a problem of my own, though, and not a criticism of the season itself. Season one is actually quite good. Of course, Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher are perfect as Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane. The biggest surprise for me, though, was just how good John Shea was as Lex Luthor. While I knew he had played the character, I really had no memory of his performances in that role, so for me it was quite fascinating to see it again.
While I myself am looking forward more to the rest of the seasons, now that I know that they are where I'll find my personal favorites, I still will highly recommend picking this up, as it is really good.

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- Extra footage in pilot episode on Disc 1
I haven't noticed any comments from anywhere online, but the pilot episode on the DVD does include footage that wasn't in the original ABC airing back in 1993. It's been so long ago that not even the commentary by the producers and Cain seem to realize it. Someone even makes comment during opening credits that he didn't rememeber it looking that way when it first aired.

Teri Hatcher's intro scene on it's original network airing was not with the bearded disguise. A lot of scenes did look unfamiliar so had to geek out and find a friend with an original VCR (old school) taping from the series premiere and sure enough, many of the scenes in the DVD appear to be previously unaired.

If you were a fan of the show back in the 90's and haven't picked up the DVD set, now you have another incentive to go out and purchase it. But to my knowledge, it is only the pilot that has added scenes. The other episodes appear to be the way they originally aired.

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