DVD : Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season

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- thanks for the memories
I really love seeing these old Superman episodes. It brings to mind those days of relative innocence where entertainment could be entertaining without all the explicit sex and dirt so common in television today. About the only thing I did find disturbing was all the smoking done on the show by the various characters, both good and bad, which was socially acceptable in those days. Watching the episodes I was incredulous that nobody told Perry White that it was wrong to light a cigar in a public.
At least that's one thing we got right nowadays--the stench of burning tobbacco is no longer welcome in public places.

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- Thanks Warner Brothers
All Fans know how good the stories were very suspence full and the edge of your seat music, I was happy to see that Warner Brothers cares and did a great job mastering this 1st season the term Glorious Black and white really applies here, Theres just one that they could of done better and that was The Stolen Costume a lot of film flicker, Other than that its great video and sound.

One thing about George Reeves he really looked like Superman all others looked more like Superboy including the upcoming Superman Movie coming out in 2006. I can't wait for the rest to come out on dvd.

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- Somewhat of a let down for such a great series
I was thrilled to death to hear that The Adventures of Superman was coming to DVD and ran to the picked up the first season set once it hit shelves. Christopher Reeve is an awesome Superman but for those of us who were around before he hit the big screen, their can never be another Superman outside of Geore Reeves.
The series is in order but, as mentioned before, these are the TV prints once the show hit the air as reruns. Most of them have specks and lines and cracks from being viewed so many times but the overall quaility is very good. But when you get to the episode, "The Stolen Costume", Warner Brothers drops the ball and lets you down. The episode is faded, streaked up, and just lousy to view.
It is sad that we who spend our good hard earned money on a set that, since it was released buy the studio, should have been transfered from the Master Prints, only got worn out hand me downs. I am sad to say that since this was a let down, I will not give Warner Brothers any more of my money for Season 2 unless they use the original Master Prints and rerelease this set from the Master Prints as well.
If you haven't bought this set yet, dont. Write Warner Brothers and demand they use the Master Prints before you buy this set. You can get a better set off of Ebay that has been copied from TV. If you have bought this set already, do like I have done and contact Warner Brothers and tell them how dissapointed you are and demand the set be re-released from the Mastet Prints.

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- The Adventures of Superman season 1 George Reeves
This is the definitive version of The Adventures of Superman. George Reeves is Superman period. Phyllis Coats is Lois Lane, even though I am used to Noel Neil as Lois Lane. She starts in season two.

My favorite episodes are The Monkey Mystery episode 5 on disk 1, and episode 13 on disk 3 The Stolen Costume, also with a commentary about the episode.

The commentary on disk one is for the second episode The Haunted Lighthouse. The commentary on disk 4 is for episode 19 The Evil Three, and episode twenty-four Crime Wave.

disk 5 has the two-part episode The Unknown People. The special features: Adventures of Superman From Inkwell to backlot.

Superman and the Moleman as it appeared in theaters. Also included is George Reeves in Pony Express Days. Also there are some old Kellogg's commercials.

A great set collect them all.

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- Thrilled Again...By The Adventures of Superman!
Received The Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season on DVD, the third week of October 2005. It was excellent and very well done. The presentation and packaging were fantastic. I, along with most other true fans, believe the first season and the first TV Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates, were the best of the series. George Reeves played the Superman character so very well. No others compare to him. I really enjoyed George Reeves biographer narrating a few of the episodes...that was really nice. Everything about this DVD was phenomenal. I would urge anyone, who was a fan of the 1950's TV Superman series, to purchase this DVD....it's a GREAT work! D. Bacon, New Jersey

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