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GREATEST AMERICAN HERO
SEASON 1
ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS
Release Date: January
15th 2005
MSRP Price: $29.98
Amazon Price: $20.99
Costco Price: $21.99
8 Season 1 Episodes
Format: full-screen
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Run Time: 417 minutes
Number of Discs - 3
Sound - Dolby Digital 5.1
Anchor Bay Website
Greatest American
Hero Season 1
Rating: B
Video - B
Audio -B
Content - A
Bonus Material - C
Overall - B
STARS: William
Katt, Robert Culp, and Connie Selleca, Michael Pare and Faye Grant.
What can ya say.
Greatest American Hero was a wonderment in superhero treatment for television
in the 80's. The only way it was going to work was as a
comedy. The series lasted just three seasons but it left its mark on
many. Twenty-four years later the series continues to find new
fans.
The opening theme is
awesome and jumped to the top spot on the music charts in 1981. The
shows storylines were intriguing and the performance of the actors
were good. The killer to the show was the horrible 80s special
effects and the budget to reuse the same ones more than once.
Season one video has
gotten the digital transfer treatment while the audio track has was
run through the Dolby units for a sort of Dobly Digitial 5.1. The
series looks great!
I was a fan of this
series also. It was easy to overlook the cheesey effects for what
this series offered in entertainment value. The 80's made for a
great decade of television and the series are finally getting the
DVD treatment. Fans might be a bit disappointed with the limited
amount of extras, but for under $25 for 417 hours of video what the
hell do you want. Season 2 will be 22 episodes and maybe a few more
extras. You can expect a higher price too.
An interesting note
was seeing two actors from the Black Sheep Squadron in the first
episode.
PACKAGING
Greatest American Hero gets the new thin DVD cases and digi-pack
slip case. The graphics for the boxed set are aweful. The cover
image of the actors is from a stock photo once used in an old
Starlog magazine. The cover sheets used in the DVD's are black with
some old images imprinted on them.
VIDEO:
Another nice job from tape masters at
Anchor Bay. The video looks good. The colors are bit washed out, but
the images are sharp and detailed. There are areas which have a
grainy appearance, but these are minimal.
AUDIO:
The audio is a make believe 5.1
transfer of the original mono soundtrack. Odd that the 1984 series
Hunter only got the mono 2.0 treatment while this 1981 series got
the full ride.
BONUS FEATURES:
Anchor Bay hasn't loaded up the
season one set with many extra but who needs them really. Fans just
want the series as part of their collections.
-
75 Minutes ofAudio
Commentary
from Stephen J. Cannell, William Katt, Connie Sellecca, Robert
Culp and Michael Pare.
-
The Unaired Pilot
from "The Greatest American Heroine"
SUMMARY:
Anchor Bay's
done a nice job with the first season
of Greatest American Hero despite the horrible box art. It's great
to see the old series getting released to dvd for the fans. If the
prices can stay down sales of these old shows should do well.
What's on the
Discs?
Disc#
1
Pilot
The Hit Car
Here's Looking at You Kid
Disc#
2
Saturday
Night On Sunset Boulevard
Reseda Rose
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Disc#
3
Fire
Man
The Best Desk Scenario
The Greatest American Heroine
Bonus Features.
Greatest American
Hero Season 1Overall
Rating: B
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