DVD : Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season

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- Reeves' Superman will always be my favorite.
If you are a Superman fan, especially if you grew up with George Reeves as Superman, the TV series DVDs are a must!

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- Look, up in the Sky, it's.....
I originally purchased this as a gift for my husband's birthday. He loved this program as a child, and I thought he would appreciate a flashback to his childhood.

Not ever having watched this program, I can truly say that I am enjoying it just as much as my husband. So, whether you watched The Adventures of Superman as a child, or in my case, for the first time -- you will love the flashback of this TV program. They are good, clean shows for children as well. We loved Season One so much, I ended up buying all Six Season disks. Break out the popcorn, turn the telephone off, and enjoy!

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- nostalgia personified
For all you baby boomers, get ready for a nostalgic ride to the past. I remembered so many of these episodes vividly, but mostly revealed on a patchy, blinking, poorly defined small black and white TV. These films have been preserved beautifully, with detail never seen on the original broadcasts given the deficiencies of the medium at that time. Sit back with some popcorn and be transported to a time when good and evil were clearly defined as they should be. We all applauded when superman saved the day, and evil was vanquished. Today's politicians could learn much by viewing these wonderful DVD's.

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- Fiddlesticks on "Hollywoodland."
Of course I remember this series having grown up in the fifties and watching the shows with a bath towel pinned around my neck like a cape. But I am so glad I watched the first season again before seeing the movie "Hollywoodland." Nothing against Ben Afleck's portrayal nor the plot of murder vs. suicide, but the series itself seemed to be maligned in the recent movie. The characters may have indeed thought they were doing a one-year-run of a kiddie show, but they did not "sluff it off" as the movie seems to portray. There is no way these episodes could be as enjoyable as they still are, especially given the budget restrictions they worked under, had not the actors approached their tasks with professionalism. Buy it -great fun.

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- Revisiting an Old Friend
My son gave me a copy of Season One of "The Adventures of Superman" for Christmas, and I must say it was the best present I've received in a long while. We had such a good time watching favorite episodes. I am a child of the 50's and grew up with Superman while it was still fairly new. My son experienced it on Nick at Nite re-runs, a special time for us both.

Now I have purchased the Season Two set, and the episodes here may be in many ways better than those in the first. A particular favorite is "Panic in the Sky," where our hero has to deflect a meteor as it hurtles towards Earth. Special flying sequences were filmed for this episode that were not used in any other.

A special treat is "Stamp Day for Superman," a special episode that I never saw as a child. While it is a quickie "freebie" made to support the U.S. Treasury Dept., this episode stands up pretty well with the "regular" episodes.

The featurette "First Lady of Metropolis" is a wonderful tribute to Noel Neill, who took over the role of Lois when Phyllis Coates was unable to continue. It is so nice to see Ms. Neill still looking lovely. She still has the "sparkle" in her eyes that made her Lois so enjoyable to watch.

Another favorite episode is "Around the World with Superman." Anyone who is not moved by this story of a blind girl's attempt to re-unite her troubled family just doesn't have a heart.

Thanks to Warners and to my son for helping me capture a sense of my own youth.

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