Man From Atlantis: Complete TV Movies Collection (Remastered; 2 Disc)

Pristine presentation of a long-gone series.
I have to commend Warner Archives for finally resurrecting this one-season tv-series for DVD release. (They have also just released a separate DVD-set of the four "Man From Atlantis" tv-movies that aired a few months before the tv-series started).

First of all, the presentation of all 13 episodes on this tv-series set is perfect. (The separate tv-movie set looks just as incredible). I can't fault Warners for anything here. All episodes are full-frame as originally filmed and aired. There are four separate discs. No extras, just the show, and that's totally fine. Beautiful job all around.

Unfortunately, the 13 episodes of the tv-show are pretty standard generic action stuff from that era. The earlier 4 tv-movies were much more interesting, but this is a rare show, and I love the 70's, so I'll even cut the tv-show version some slack even though it's pretty bland overall. You know a tv-series is desperate when in its first short season it's already...

Man from Atlantis: Complete TV Movies Collection Awesome Blast from the Past!
Having the chance to see The Man From Atlantis again let alone own remastered copies of each movie as well as the TV series was everything a fan of the show could hope for. The quality of the programs being remastered is amazing and was even better than watching it on our color tv set we owened in the 70's. When watching the pilot movie I couldn't help but notice how easy it was to become totally sucked into the plot, acting, and concept. The pilot holds up very well compared to anything on tv today. The tv series spin off from the movies was never given the same attention to detail in quality when it came to the writing, but for me there are some moments from the TV series that I still remember fondly and most of the episodes are still fun to watch. A few I will always remember with a smile. A show that could have been so much more IS so much more now that it has been restored for fans like myself who always admired the child like kindness, fairness and sense of wonder that the...

MFA Rules
I know I must be part of a small group, but I think this series was great. Such good memories. If you purchase I would go the the "wkipedia" page so that you can watch this series in the order it was broadcast. Great product, good vendor, 5 stars.

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