DVD : Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Two Seasons

In association with Amazon.com

Rating:

- The adventures of Superman
If you are a true Superman fan as I am then your collection is not complete. without the Superman Series on dvd. A must have collection.

Rating:

- Superman in Black and White
For the most part, the first two seasons are great. I had two main
problems with this collection:
1. I am a purist. I like to see the reruns EXACTLY like the original.
While that was true of most of this, there were a few episodes where
the rerun differed from the original.
2. There were at least two episodes where at least one scene in each
episode was deleted. Their way around this is that they "show the
original edit." Each deleted scene was part of the main story line.

Rating:

- Teleavision Then
This series is a time capsule it shows how TV was then, and gives you a nostalgic look at technical and creative programming. I saw this series when it came out in the 1950's as a child, and now as an adult. I was taken back to a different time in our country. The good and bad points of this series are irrelevant, look at it as people did then. I believe it can be vary entertaining, and enjoyable

Rating:

- The Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Two Seasons
The series is "dark" and violent, with excellent acting from the supporting cast. Each episode was a movie in own right. Phyllis Coates is suburb, very much the independent modern 1950's woman a far better actress than the sub-servient Noell Neill. Phyllis exudes sex appeal. Jack Larson displayed better acting in this series that the latter, very much the innocent clean cut teenager. George Reeves acting improved in the 3rd season. Excellent historic 1950's American genre. The theme of "Fighting for truth justice and the American Way" is proclaimed, however there are elements in the "American Way" that are dark, voilent and lawless. The solution is that this aspect of American culture has to be crushed through violence and brute strenght by a handsome hero in disguise. An allegory that underneath all Americans is a hero waitng to surface and save teh world.

Rating:

- Will the Real Superman Please Standup
The orignal Superman Series (1 and 2) are great! They brought back a lot of good memories of growing up, sitting around with the family watching week to week. Sure by today's standards the scene's and special effects are hokie but for that time it was great. I still enjoy watching episode to episode like it was yesterday. The picture/sound quality are excellent. Although I have to say, the Lois Lane starting in Season 2 was much better than in Season one but still good. Most importantly back then, every kid on the block wanted to be Superman. So sit back with the popcorn and enjoy the nostalgic time machine to the 50's and enjoy the most memmorable superman.

page 1 of 3