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Summary: blast from the past
Review: All the episodes of the POTA series are here and on DVD. This series is a real joy to watch. It brings back so many fond memories from my childhood. It's also a lot better than I remembered. There are some fantastic episodes to be found in this set. There are also many wonderful moments in the fine performances of Harper, Naughton, McDowell, and Lenard. I'm so glad they made this program available! I have a large DVD collection, but I really treasure this set.
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Summary: this is great
Review: I first saw the Planet of the Apes TV series in the 80's when it was broadcast as a series of TV movies with titles like "Life, Liberty, and Pursuit On the Planet of the Apes". I'll never forget that title! I also never forget how engaging those movies were as a boy. My friends and I loved those movies when we were growing up. It wasn't until I was older that I discovered that my favorite Apes movies were in fact edited together episodes of the Apes TV show. Over the years I've watched all of the Ape theatrical movies, but it just wasn't the same as my memories of the Apes TV movies. Roddy sticks out in my memory as being especially good as Galen the chimp. Burke and Virdon were decent characters played by decent actors. Virdon's desire to see his wife and kid again made him rather different from Heston's astronaut in the original film. Urko and Dr Zaus were both excellent. Urko and Galen were the funnest characters of any Planet of the Apes show or movie. I never thought I'd see those TV movies again, but it turns out those episodes and more are on DVD. I love it! The Law Giver has answered my prayers!
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Summary: BEST TV SERIES EVER
Review: I will never understand why so many so called experts hate this tv show.
Even the actors didnt like it.
I recently watched it again and i cant thing of one tv show that i have enjoyed as much.
This show has everything.
And quite honestly its so much better than the movies.
AND YES THAT INCLUDES THE FIRST ONE.
GO AND TREAT YOURSELF YOU WONT REGRET IT.
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Summary: IT'S ABOUT TIME!
Review: First let me say I believe this is the first time ever 20th century fox has released the t.v. series on home video, and better yet--it's on DVD! This television series I feel is very underrated. I watched this show when I was a kid and I felt all the episodes were very worthy short stories. The series is about two astronauts that wind up on the PLANET OF THE APES! The series timeline is supposed to be a few thousand years before the first movie! The astronauts are played by RON HARPER & JAMES NAUGHTON! Of course, RODDY MCDOWALL plays Galen and MARK LEONARD(Sarek of "STAR TREK")plays Urko, leader of the gorrila apes. Every episode is done very well and should be in your collection if you're a fan of THE PLANET OF THE APES at all. One of the episodes even has a young MARC SINGER(V, THE BEASTMASTER)! All in all, a very fine series, despite what the critics thought at the time! Buy it today!
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Summary: works extremely well on DVD
Review: Many people were "aped out" after 5 Ape films by the time this show appeared. Others compared this show to the films and didn't find the same big screen bombast in the television series. Those who loved this (and still do) were those who were not "aped out" and didn't expect the series to be exactly like the big screen versions. They accepted this as something smaller but friendlier. I think that's why so many people have ultimately come to love this show over time and I'm sure that's also why these episodes scored such good ratings when edited into movies for TV in the 80's. People had recovered from the whole Apes craze by then and were ready to enjoy these "TV movie" versions as something fun that aired every now and then. That's why this series is just right for DVD viewing too. It's no longer just the latest chapter in a huge recent film franchise that some have grown weary of. It's good fun that you can kick back with and enjoy when in the right mood. It may not be perfect (what is?) but you can't help wanting to spend good times with it every now and then. I certainly love having this series on DVD. It's become one of my all time favorites.
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Summary: Actor Ron Harper's own view of his tv show
Review: He said people said it was boring and he agreed. He much preferred the Land of THe Lost tv series he later starred in over POTA. I think the tv show's problem is actually and mostly the film it was shot in. This type of film was more fitting for a raw, earthy hippie film like Easy Rider. Not a show that was supposed to be an involved scifi series like POTA. And though there is music from time to time it's too quiet overall. The theatrical POTA films often had much more effective use of exciting music.
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Summary: amazingly likable
Review: I'm not very good at writing reviews but I picked this DVD set up because I loved this show as a kid and watching it with adult eyes hasn't changed my affection for it. There's just something incredibly likable about this series. It's a treat to watch and the characters make this involving and enjoyable.
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Summary: A great, short-lived TV series returns!
Review: Those of us who grew up on television in the seventies won't fail to remember the march of short-lived TV series that dominated our television screens, most particularly Kolchak, Logan's Run and of course, The Planet of the Apes. For the proverbial record, the only movies that matter for this review are the first two. Escape, Conquest, and Battle all take place immediately after the Apes have overthrown the human civilization. As this series takes place two thousand years later, these movies are academic. For continuity purposes, you're probably better off (as the producers probably did) pretending that the Beneath film just didn't happen. This means that apes didn't overthrow civilization so much as inherit it, after the humans holocausted themselves off the stage. Fine. On with the series. Hurray! Roddy McDowall is one of the stars, great actor, great asset. But how do you overcome plot holes and plausibility issues? For starters, why do our heroes spend the entire series traveling on foot? Sure, humans caught riding horses are put to death, but if you're already wanted by The State for death, what the hell difference does it make? Also, since when do astronauts learn how to make quinine from tree barks??? And when did astronauts start to get trained in kung-fu and the basics of brawling? For me "The Legacy" was both the best of times (great story!) and the worst of times in that it kind of made the whole series moot, because it reduced all the major characters to futile archtypes, especially Zeus and Urko. This was a series that could've been great, but was chasing its own tail instead. What would've been most effective was one of those story arcs that made series like Buffy/Angel and the X-Files so great; regrettably, the TV viewing public just wasn't ready for that yet. The producers for this series had no plan, other than make Burke, Verdon and Galan go left to the sea, then right to the mountains, then back left to the sea, then right again; this tactic of 'winging it' is reflected in the episodes, especially "The Good Seeds", "The Gladiators", "Tomorrow's Tide" and "The Horse Race"-where they are either trying to save their own collective asses, or are tripping with the locals on basic technology, such as.....the lever. Whoa. This isn't to say the series wasn't worth watching, it was. All of the regulars: Ron Harper, Mike Naughton, Roddy, Booth Colman, and Mark Lenard put in fine performances. I remember feeling particulary menaced by Urko's (with Lenard's erudite style of delivery) pragmatic bloodthirstiness. The last episode, "Up Above The World So High" will by then seem anticlimactic and formulaic (Verdon and Burke have to do some feat of technology and remain secret about it), but if you stuck the series out this far, then you'll be able to forgive. Extras on the DVD set are beyond chincy. You get two trailers and that's it. The transfer is of above average quality, but with hard to find TV series, I'm easy to please. There is some lint and scratches on the transfer, but my viewing pleasure wasn't torpedoed by this, unlike some purists who may find this an irritation.
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Summary: an often forgotten gem
Review: Who would of thought they'd ever put this show on DVD? Not me! I loved it but it never seemed to catch on with the mainstream public. Thanks to the actors and characters this was a vibrant and watchable program which never became just another retread of a movie or just another Fugitive clone. The actors both major and minor always shined and the writers knew how to write them even when stuck with the restrictions of 70's formula TV and that all helped to make this show something special. Having every episode on DVD is fantastic.
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Summary: Great tv show, ended too soon.
Review: I reccommend any serious planet of the apes fan to get this set. The tv show is GREAT. The plots, the action, the characters, and the make-up is still awesomely done. Sadly, this was the only season made. Alot of people may feel like the last episode is a let down, and you want to know what would happen. But in my opinon, it is a great ending. its beautiful to see and think about..."hmm, what could happen?" And when it was made, the producers thought that they were going to make a second season, but, sadly, that didnt happen. But, the ending of the series leaves it open for any young and fresh director to pick up on it if they please. You are going to cherish this set forever. I know that I do!
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