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I have already watched the entire DVD set and extras. I thoroughly loved it and was left wishing they'd made more episodes. Too bad the "lessons"/"morals" had been omitted from the master episodes in the 1990s. I really missed those tagged at the end of every episode. On the extras, however, there are a few gleaned from video transfers.
The stories are surprisingly relevant and I was happy to get my 6 year old niece into Isis. She loved it! It's just long enough to develop a plot, but not too long to bore kids.
I found myself surpised at how many episodes I remembered from childhood. It was just great and I wholeheartedly recommend the set.
One teensy thing: I was really wishing Joanna Cameron was interviewed for the DVD extras, but oh well. *shrug* The other principal actors are there.
Now, if we could just get Shazam! released, we'd have ALL the Isis-containing live action episodes made by Filmation, since Isis guest starred on Shazam! several times.
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Series is as good as I remembered, good story lines. DVDs are nicely packaged and menus are easy. Video seems a little washed out, not as crisp as I would have liked.
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The show you all know you watched is back,in an excellent DVD.Its the mid 70s,and it sure screams it....1974 VW Things,1975 Firebirds,old Galaxies,Camaros,even a Toyota Corona thrown in.Yet,all of this does not distract from the core message that still holds true to this day...respect one another,respect nature,and do the right thing.The message of this show and Shazam! was always positive,and for that Filmation did a good deed.Not all childrens shows pushed such positivity...Popeye promoted beating up the bully,RoadRunner made the mistake in saying that one (Coyote)cannot injure or kill themself with explosives (or large drops onto stone),...and it goes on and on...
The missing link in this release is the lack of commentary or interview with Joanna Cameron.Obviously they ignored her,or else she refused,but her glaring omission is the major flaw in an otherwise complete work.Hopefully they do their homework when Shazam! is released...even including any vintage interviews Les Tremayne may have did regarding his time on the show.
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I remember watching 'Isis' on TV long ago with my niece. Both of us loved her and the series. A superheroine/goddess who bends the laws of Nature to her will by verbalising rhyming couplets is simply 'cool'. :) It's a joy in this respect to see her in action again after all these years, and relive all the fond memories. The picture quality of the DVDs is reasonably good on the whole. My only complaints concern the concept and storyline.
First, Isis is the ONLY being from Egyptian mythology ever to appear in the entire series. I can't understand why. To me this amounts to a total failure to exploit the core concept of the series, which could be where its greatest potential lies. Imagine if other members of the Egyptian pantheon or other elements of ancient Egypt were to appear at times, some to help and others to cause trouble. Maybe Andrea's friend Mason could assume the role of Osiris in one episode? Maybe a mummy in a museum could be awakened by the power of Andrea's amulet in another? If you're not gonna have such things, then what significance is there in having a superheroine based on Egyptian myth? She might just as well be based on Celtic myth, or advanced alien technology, or whatever.
I also can't understand why Capt Marvel is put into a couple of the episodes. How does he fit in? There's no account of his origins and how he met and teamed up with Isis. He's just placed liberally into the series, that's it.
The action also feels inconsistent at times. In one episode, Isis had to jump into the sea and swim to a drowning boy and his dog to save them. Why? Couldn't she just call on the winds to lift them out of the water? If there's any special reason, the series didn't say what it is.
Finally, why is there no interview with Joanna Cameron herself?
But I guess I might be nitpicking. It's still an enjoyable series on the whole. Always love the little moral lessons offered in Filmation productions. :)
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I find it interesting that we compare the quality of current film to that of the 1970s. I remember watching this on a TV, with a pair of plyers as a remote. I was impressed that the quality correction was as good. Yes, some grainyness will occur, but think of what they had to work with. It did not look bad at all on my HD 50 inch.
For those of us that have waited since childhood to see our favorite Goddess, little chance you will be disappointed. Be true fans of the series, not the shortcomings of our film ancestors.
It was more fun watching the irregularities, such as flying in heals, landing, then flat shoes are on her feet. How the Red car with WHITE interior, became a Yellow car with BLACK interior. (the paint is explained).
Buy to have fun with and figure out why we could not wait for the Shazam / Isis hour. You will be just as trapped. If you are a film snob, maybe you should pass. When TV aired all these great classics that are now remasted, remember they became classics in the "grainy" mode. We didn't seem to mind then. Thats half the fun. Cant wait for the Shazam DVDs.
Watch, smile, laugh and enjoy. Maybe we did learn a lesson or two from this as kids.
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