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Rating:  -
My review title says it all.
This was truly his best. And Fox has made it never look better.
However, I'm saving my barbs for the Xtras: The Time Travellers, and the 2002 Unaired Pilot. Both stunk on ice, and I was relived that niether one was spun into a series.
If they wanted to revive the Time Tunnel, ABC should have never cancelled it in the first place. It was thier "Star Trek."
As to the show ending with a return to the Titanic, they could have ended it with the clip of Tony and Doug in the prehistoric jungle of the unaired pilot episode. This would have been a far better closure for the show than having them stuck in an endless time loop.
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thankfully with this release the whole run of time tunnel is now out for us to see. as with the first release fox has outdone other companies(are you listening universal)and have given us more than you could hope for. the shows look better than they did at broadcast and the exrtas(interviews with all the living cast members,plus the t.v. movie "the time travelers" and the 2002 pilot of the time tunnel remake)are worth paying double what the asking price is. really if ever company would take the time and care the fox has taken for what is really(and don't get mad as i say this) a short lived minor t.v. show, we would all be much more open to paying for more sets like this.
the shows in this collection are a mixed bag,some really good ones and as was the case with mr.allen's shows some poorly written ones. the history is out in left field but at no time is the show anything less than entertaining,which is all i ask for. now lets get "land of the giants" out here and i can add that and the wild wild west to my collection of great t.v. shows i own!
THANK YOU FOX FOR CARING
ABOUT US FANS AND GIVING
US THESE GREAT SETS!!!!!!
check this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm not a fan of THE TIME TUNNEL and probably won't watch the episodes in this set. I bought it for the two unsold revival pilots that are included -- the unaired, 2002 hour-long THE TIME TUNNEL "reimagining" for Fox (which was flawed but interesting nonetheless) and the 1976 two-hour movie TIME TRAVELERS (which was awful in every way). The story for TIME TRAVELERS was written by Rod Serling, but I can't imagine that any of his work remained in the execrable final product. There wasn't hint of his intelligence, wit or characterization in the script.
THE TIME TUNNEL set has a couple of nice extras but no effort is made to present them in any sort of context or with any kind of flair. The whole set feels perfunctory, slapped together with no imagination, creativity or enthusiasm. Which is, of course, the complete opposite of the DVD sets put together by Paul Brownfield...like THE WILD WILD WEST, GUNSMOKE, and THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW.
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OK, lets be honest...I would have liked to paid one price for the full season of the Tunnel. I would have like to have had one total volume of the cartoon Star Wars :Clone Wars too. However neither did not come to pass. I did get Tunnel volume one, see my review if you want to know what I thought of it
For the fans of Encore movie channel or Sci-Fi channel, we seen these episodes of Time Tunnel before. If someone say why put this on DVD. I say SO WHAT, it is better than the numberous Law and Orders, CSIs and its clones, and other drek currently out there. I would rather watch the quality Irwin Allen put in his weekly TV shows than most other stuff on TV today. Time Tunnel is no acception
Now let me get off my soapbox on the current state of TV out there and focus on the DVD set at hand. Is this set worth your money? For me, I would say YES...The story were well thought out. The actors did not over play the SF like some shows do. The show is over 40 years old and hold up well- both in content and in acting. Irwin Allen always put the money into his work whether TV or movies (the 1970 version of the Poseidon Adventure is a good example). Time Tunnel, even if it was a one season wonder was advance for its day
Who cares if the bumper of TIME TUNNEL IN COLOR or THIS SHOE BROUGHT TO YOU BY?...To me, that takes away from the show at hand
Do I dislike the divided season packaging? YES! However I bought into the concept when I bought "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" volume 1 of season 1.I will again when Volume one of Commander and Chief volume one comes out. This seems to be the wave of the future
The extras are good. An interview with the cast about tunnel. The TV movie with Sam Groom that tried to remake the show and 2002 promo presenation of a possible Tunnel redo (which never came to pass)are good extras on this volume. I would have love an audio commentary on an episode, however that didn't come to pass--for shame!
NOW the question on my mind is when is the Invaders or Land of the Giants coming?
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
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A fun, if hokey, premise (as if all of Irwin Allen's series' are), but an enjoyable romp into history past. Implausible? Yes, but half of the sci-fi that is imaginative and entertaining on TV is too. The leads, Robert Colbert and James Darren are appealing and credible. Supporting cast is also equally serious in their roles--determined Whit Bissel, straight from "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," and a pretty but efficient Lee Meriwether. The series seems to be inspired by a little known film starring Vincent Price and Ronald Colman, "The Story of Mankind" (1957), based on the work of now long-deceased historian, Heinrick von Loon. Unfortunately, for Price and Colman, "The Story of Mankind" is a movie they would rather forget earning a "Golden Turkey Award" from the Medved brothers! Nonetheless, the series makes good use of stock footage from 20th Century Fox's vaults and boasts a pretty impressive guest cast. While the series is indeed interesting and worth watching, some of the episodes are rather silly and remind the casual viewer of the lesser episodes of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and "Lost in Space" ("The Great Vegetable Rebellion"--oh, my!) that one would rather forget. I would prefer purchasing Irwin Allen's "Land of the Giants" or the superb, 'The Invaders" with Roy Thinnes. Of course, Time Tunnel doesn't have the gravitas of Star Trek or the Twilight Zone, but the Time Tunnel is an nostalgic look at the sci-fi that proliferated the airwaves during the '60's.
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