The
Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete First Season (1964 -
1965/Warner DVD Set)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Episodes: B
In
the wake of the new film being released, the debut season of the
classic television show The Man From U.N.C.L.E finds it way
onto DVD with this highly collectible season one box set. Spanning
an impressive ten discs, all 29 episodes are included and are a must
for fans of classic television! The critically-acclaimed spy spoof
television series features Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G.
Carroll and many guest stars in each episode like William Shatner &
Leonard Nimoy and was a landmark in the Spy television genre that
paved the way for Mission Impossible and other great shows.
As a Star Trek fan, it was very cool for me to see Shatner and
Nimoy in a different light on this show as well! The special effects
are fun and some of the plots featuring everything from fear gas to
escaping cheetahs that will keep you on your toes the whole time!
Disc
One features the episodes The Vulcan Affair, The Iowa-Scuba
Affair, The Quadripartite Affair.
Disc
Two features The Shark Affair, The Deadly Games Affair, The Green
Opal Affair.
Disc
Three features The Giuoco Piano Affair, The Double Affair, and The
Project Strigas Affair.
Disc
Four features The Finny Foot Affair, The Neptune Affair and
The Dove Affair.
Disc
Five has The King of Knaves Affair, The Terbuf Affair, and The
Deadly Decoy Affair.
Disc
Six features The Fiddlesticks Affair, The Yellow Scarf Affair,
and The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair.
Disc
Seven has the episodes The Secret Sceptre Affair, The Bow-Wow
Affair and The Four-Steps Affair.
Disc
Eight features The See-Paris-And-Die Affair, The Brain-Killer
Affair, and The Hong Kong Shilling Affair.
Disc
Nine features The Never-Never Affair, The Love Affair, and The
Gazebo in the Maze Affair.
Finally,
Disc Ten has the episodes The Girls of Nazarene Affair, and
The Odd Man Affair.
Featuring
great performances and interesting writing, the show holds up well
and remains to be a very cool watch. I personally love watching
classic television shows, as you will see from my recent review of
Batman: The Original Series (seen elsewhere on this site) and
other classic programs. Though not on Blu-ray disc yet, the show has
been remastered and looks and sounds as good as the DVD format will
allow.
Presented
in standard definition with a 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio and a
lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 track. No extras on this release, but three
more seasons are ahead.
Now
that the new film is being released, this is a great time to dig back
into the old series for the first time or to revisit it. Thanks to
Warner, we have a nice set here that features the episodes in
chronological order and without commercials to get the best
experience possible. Recommended.
For
more classic U.N.C.L.E., try these links:
The
Complete Series Collection DVD Set
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6407/The+Man+From+U.N.C.L.E.+%E2%80
Girl
From U.N.C.L.E. DVD sets
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/12400/The+Girl+From+U.N.C.L.E.:+The+Co
U.N.C.L.E.
vintage theatrical film DVDs
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/12439/Ambushed+(2013/Anchor+Bay+Blu-ra
Return
Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. telefilm DVD
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8526/Return+Of+The+Man+From+U.N.C.L.E.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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