Mill Creek’s 8 Complete Episodes Wave DVDs (Ironside/McHale’s Navy/Men Behaving Badly (U.S. Version)/Punky Brewster/Swamp Thing)
Picture:
C Sound: C- Extras: D Episodes: C+
Courtesy
of Shout! Factory, Mill Creek Entertainment is issuing abbreviated versions of
series Shout! has issued full seasons of.
We have covered the shows in most cases and include links to our
previous reviews in those cases:
Ironside – Season One
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5404/Ironside+%E2%80%93+Season+One
Two
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6290/Ironside+%E2%80%93+Season+Two
McHale’s Navy – It is amazing we never covered
the military comedy series, but the show is not bad, though it does not hold up
like Gomer Pyle, but the cast holds
up when the scripts do not and the sample of shows here are not bad.
Men Behaving Badly (U.S. Version) is the worst show
here, which says something since Punky
Brewster is so incredibly dreadful, but Rob Schneider is responsible for
some of the worst entertainment production since he left Saturday Night Live and the horror never ends.
Punky Brewster – Season Three
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/4050/Punky+Brewster+%E2%80%93+Seaso
Swamp Thing - Season One
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6715/Swamp+Thing+%E2%80%93+The+Ser
Two
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/7215/Swamp+Thing:+The+Series
The Ironside shows are not bad, but the
full sets work better, Punks is as
bad as ever and Swamp is a show I am
even less impressed with than my fellow critic.
I can see the economic reason to release condensed sets, but the quality
of the 1.33 X 1 image (which is softer than the Shout! counterparts) and Dolby
Digital 2.0 Mono sound are poor, tends to be more distorted than expected in
all cases, sometimes very badly so, so be careful upon playback. There are no extras in any release.
- Nicholas Sheffo
