21 Jump Street – The Complete Series (Mill Creek Entertainment DVD Box Set)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: D     Episodes: B-

 

 

For those wanting to catch up, you can get the entire 21 Jump Street series on DVD from Mill Creek, the company currently holding issuing rights.  We have covered all four seasons of the show in previous reviews and we can finally pull them altogether here thanks to this new Complete Series DVD set.  If you are no familiar with the show that was the first hit for the Fox Network and helped introduce Johnny Depp to the public, here are the links:

 

One

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1692/21+Jump+Street+-+The+Complete+Fir

 

Two

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9906/Greatest+American+Hero+%E2%80%9

 

Three & Four

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/3042/21+Jump+Street+-+The+Complete+Th

 

Five

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/3521/21+Jump+Street+-+The+Complete+Fif

 

 

The 1.33 X 1 image and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo sound is about the same for all the sets, including the older and out-of-print Anchor Bay versions.  Though the show was hot on 35mm film, it was finished on analog videotape (see those old credits) and that is why they are softer than they should be, so Cannell is going to have to go and retransfer the original film elements (guess he still ahs those) and redo the credits in HD if he ever wants to have them on Blu-ray.  This is about as good as they are going to look, though the aliasing, digititis and other image issues should not be here.

 

Sadly, none of the extras from the older version are on these new editions, but that is just another reason to think of a Blu-ray release, which would give them an excuse to do more extras.  Unless you want to hunt down good copies of the older releases or actually wait for Blu-ray, this set will more than do.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo