Adventures of Brisco County Jr. 
THE COMPLETE SERIES

Warner Bros.  PRESENTS

Release Date: July 18th, 2006

MSRP Price: $99.98
Amazon Price: $69.99
Best Buy: $72.99 
Wallmart: $69.99

Complete Series - 27 Episodes
Format: 1.33:1 Full-Screen
Studio: Warner Bros. Home Video
Run Time: 1260 minutes
Number of Discs -  8
Sound - Dolby Digital 2.0

Brisco County Rating:  A
Video: B
Audio:  C
Content:  A
Acting:  A
Special Effects: B
Bonus Material: B
Overall:  A

Gotta rate this an "A" without even having viewed or heard the DVD boxed set. 

STARS: Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, John Astin, Billy Drago

Regardless of the quality, video, audio or content you have to give a series with Bruce Campbell an "A" overall. The underrated actor can bring life to any role and it becomes a joy to watch the guy do his stuff on the screen. 

Warner Bros. made the attempt to return to the days Wild Wild West in a new series adding some comedy and light-hearted story-lines. Like Hercules, Xena or Jack of All Trades the series were made great by the quality of the actors appearing on the shows. It surely wasn't the content of the writing. Unfortunately like most Bruce Campbell projects the series flamed out by the end of it's first season. 

It's great to see this series finally make it's way to DVD in a stellar looking boxed set. The series being just 27 episodes prevents Brisco from getting a decent repeat purchase from any of the networks and coming to DVD will allow fans to have it as part of their collection and new fans to be found. 

Unfortunately the pricing of the complete series is not conducive to purchasing the boxed set - for newcomers or some fans. $99.98 or even $69.99 say from Amazon can really crunch the pocket book. 

PACKAGING 
Warner Bothers did an a nice job with Brisco's box art. It looks good, it colorful and the spine of the boxed set is a bit eye catching on the shelf. Each fold out has wonderful images that are also included in the booklet that is included in the set with all the titles. 

VIDEO: 
Wow. The video transfer looks really good from the 1993/1994 video masters. The debris and dirt are minimal. The colors are solid with minimal bleed. It's a really decent job from Warner Bros. 

AUDIO: 
The audio is clear but the music comes across with a metallic feeling to it. Don't get me wrong, the soundtrack transfer is pretty darn good for an old television series before dolby digital was added to television sound. 

BONUS FEATURES: 
Gidget's a little light on this side of the set. But how much stuff is going to be around from 1965? Not much other than new interviews from the stars still living anyways.  

• Commentary by Bruce Campbell and Carlton Cuse on the pilot
• Brisco's Book of Coming Things: video catalog of the show's signature references to future items and ideas
• The History of Brisco County: retrospective documentary
• Tools of the Trade: Brisco lore featurette gallery
• A Reading from the Book of Bruce
• A Brisco County Writer's Room: round table with key series creative personnel
• Booklet liner notes by Bruce Campbell

SUMMARY: 
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. is a great series to have on DVD. Bruce Campbell is excellent in the role as legendary cowboy Brisco County Jr. Fans will enjoy the change to revisit the series. 

Should you purchase the boxed set. I'll have to leave that up to your pocket book. Is it worth having? Sure it is, but not at the expanded price. Check for you deal at Best Buy, Sam's Club or Costco on July 18th, 2006. 

Brisco County Jr.  the Complete Series Rating:  A

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