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Summary: THE NEW AVENGERS RULE THE UNIVERSE!
Review: WOW, I cannot believe it! FINALLY! We now have the first complete 13-episode season of The New Avengers available here in the U.S. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE! Thank you, A&E!I once never thought that anything could top the original Avengers. But to me, The New Avengers are actually superior to the original series. Don't get me wrong. I love Steed and Mrs. Peel. I even love Steed and Tara King. However, the New Avengers have something additional that the original Avengers never had: Gareth Hunt as Mike Gambit. (This is one slick, tough dude who is seriouly underrated!) Placing the charater of Mike Gambit in the middle of the standard Avengers duet was a stroke of pure genius. Gambit brings a cool, silent-but-deadly ingredient to the mix that makes the series pack a bigger punch as a whole . . . especially in the action department. The great thing about Gareth Hunt is that he doesn't compete with Patrick Macnee. Rather, he compliments Macnee's sophistication and charm with cool youthful bravado. Finally, The New Avengers have Joanna Lumley, one actress who is PURE DYNAMITE as the chic, sexy and deadly Purdey. You cannot take your eyes off this lady and together: Steed, Purdey and Gambit make this series the best series in television history! RUN . . . DO NOT WALK . . . TO PURCHASE THIS VIDEO! HIGHLY, HIGHLY , HIGHLY RECOMMENEDED!!!
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Summary: They Don't make Stuff This Good Anymore...
Review: Wow, I just got this DVD from a friend, I have been waiting for years for this incredibly fun series to come on TV. The New Avengers managed to capture the off-beat spirit of the first series without making a mess of things.
Patrick Macnee is back as Steed, I always liked this witty, proper British gentleman spy, portraying the supervisor of two younger spies. Junior spy No. 1, Purdy, is played by skinny Joanna Lumley (nowhere near as good as Diana Rigg's Emma Peel). No. 2 is Gambit, a rougher, more Americanized version of Steed, is played by Gareth Hunt.
Even though Purdy and Gambit cannot hold a candle to Steed and Emma, the whole thing seems to work, due to the show's more down-to-Earth and darker storylines. But don't worry, this version of the Avengers does have its wild moments: super-powered enemy agents who can catch bullets, giant rats...
You won't see anything like this on TV today; well worth buying.
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