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The first and second seasons of Mannix contain everything a TV fan could want from a DVD release. Each contains superb color, great audio, original musical score and most of all, great packaging at a reasonable price. I(among others) have long been critical of Paramount's schizophrenic pricing and packaging strategies. Specifically, gouging consumers with partial season sets at twice the going price. But somebody there is doing right by Mannix(at least so far). I hope they keep it up. If Paramount used THIS as a guideline for all the other TV on DVD, I'd never boycott another one of their releases.
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My family and I thoroughly enjoy this detective show. Unlike the smut that is on tv today, Hollywood knew how to create a mind engaging tv detective show that had you guessing "who-dunit" until the end of the show!!
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Tough, cool loners don't answer to anyone except themselves, and that's the Mannix way. Go it alone. Be tough. Be smart. And, most importantly of all, be honest, brutally honest. The chicks all dig you, but chicks are a dime a dozen, and besides, you've got things to do. You've got a crime to solve. You've got a mystery to unravel. You've got a bullet to dodge. There are bad guys who think they can handle you, but you make them think about it a whole lot harder. The bad guys end up changing their minds, but you never change yours. You believe in yourself. You believe in the truth. You believe in helping good, honest people and turning dishonest people upside down. Your tough, never-say-die nature was made even tougher in the Korean War. You served your country. You came home a hero. And the hero in you found himself a new mission. Your new mission: be tough, be cool, be Mannix!
If you're familiar with the show, all you really need to know is that the DVD's do the show proud. They have great picture quality and include all the episodes of season two with the awesome and beautiful Peggy. No special features, and that's a shame, but the show is as it should be: unedited and right at our fingertips. Bring on season 3.
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The first season of Mannix, as I wrote in a review of that DVD, was a major disappointment and did not resemble the popular private eye series that was so popular it lasted many seasons. Fortunately, when Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts became the producers in the second season, they jettisoned the unsuccessful high-tec "Intertect" connection that held the concept back and the series developed the popular format of the "man-of-integrity" and "heart-of-gold" private detective that will do anything to assure that justice is done, wrong is righted and money is not the most important thing.
There are numerous episodes that put you on the edge of your seat, but I am only giving the series four stars because there is a problem with many of the scripts in that the writers didn't seem to know how to have Mannix carry out ordinary sleuthing and that clues suddenly, miraculously drop into Mannix's lap. In several episides, witnesses happen to notice what the license plate number on a car was that they happened to glimpse. How many people really notice license plate numbers of cars they see? Come on!
On the positive side, there is a truly outstanding episode called "Endgame" which I think is one of the finest hours of television ever produced. It's guest star is Steven Ihnat, one of the best character actors of his time (he tragically died quite young) and he plays a former POW who was held in a North Korean prison camp along with Mannix and the entire episode is a very tense, life-or-death confrontation between the two men. The director of the episode is one of my favorites, John Moxey, who is an expert at using complex sets (this episode takes place in a large abanonded building that Ihnat's character has put explosive devices in) to give the viewer a powerful visual experience along with the enthralling acting. It is stories like this one that made Mannix the popular series it became.
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We have enjoyed seeing Mannix Season 1 and 2. We have always loved the show. Now that it is 41 years old it is great to see it again. I can't believe network Television won't rerun this fabulous show anymore. Watching TV Land is a joke, all they do is self promote themselves with their own commerical's - all the classic TV shows are chopped and edited to the point we stopped watching and started buying old Tv Shows on DVD.
Mannix has all those beautiful old cars when American Iron ruled the road and Japanese cars were still in Japan where they belong! We get a kick out of the spiffy Petrocelli & Botany 500 Suits and Sport coats. Mannix was a sharp dresser.
We love seeing what the Los Angeles area and California State looked like before the building boom. The music is great. Lalo Schifrin's original Mannix Soundtrack has been re-released. There is a newer 1999 version of the Mannix soundtrack where all the songs were re-recorded for a more 90's Jazz sound.
We can hardly wait for season 3,4,5,6,7,8....Some more interviews with the survivng cast members & guests would be great while they are still alive.
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