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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume One - The Early Years
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Total reviews: 70
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Great TV Historical Drama and Fine Documentaries! 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
I am not sure what people are whining about...nostalgia for the way it was on TV? The issuing of a remastered set, in chronological order, sans Old Indy bookends is a great way to get into the whole sweep of this gigantic Indiana Jones prequel. In point of fact, the continuity of the series is much improved over the TV originals now and the overall editing, is excellent, as is the quality of the picture.
The historical documentaries, based on the famous characters Indy meets in his adventures as well as overall historical documentaries are of such high quality that the History Channel has licensed the bulk of them to run on it's programming. If you tried to buy this material separately, it would run the price of the entire series minus the dramatic episodes! Yes, the list pricing is a bit steep, but you can find discounted copies here on Amazon and also at DeepDiscount as well as used copies here on Amazon.
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Great way to interest your kids in history. Peak their interests. May not be appropriate for all ages as some themes maybe a little too confusing for the very young. For the older student it is very entertaining, and the historical specials on the bonus discs are very informative. I would recommend the whole series.
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/23/2007
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three - The Years of Change
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Total reviews: 23
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Need More Young Indiana Jones Episodes 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
George Lucas should definitely produce more Young Indiana Jones episodes. The episodes of volume three are all terrific and represent a wide range of events, genre, and most important, allow further character development of Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones gets to teach some history while endearing himself to us as a good man with a keen mind and open heart facing his own life lessons. New episodes might finally explain how this trusting young man he created grew to be a cynical adult of the feature films. It's this satisfied viewer's hope that Sean Patrick Flanery finally gets the credit he deserves for his many exquisite performances throughout this series. The episode in Italy with the young Ernie Hemingway is as good a "buddy movie" as Hope and Crosby, Newman and Redford, or any other Hollywood team has ever created.
This is the set for MUSIC LOVERS! Special Features are the key! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I fell in love with the first volume of this DVD release - if only for the special features. (See my review under that title.) The re-edited stories on Volume one were confusing but the 10-½ hours (!) of NEW documentaries blew me away! George Lucas and Rick McCallum put their money where there mouth was (and Paramount went out on a limb by putting 10 DVDS in one set) and it shows. The documentaries are well researched and use the experts in the field.
I'm not a big War Years fan so Volume 2 was just okay for me but - again - high quality documentaries were attached.
Then came this volume. First, I headed to the documentaries - Jazz - Louis Armstrong - Ben Hecht - The Algonquin Round table. Each was better than the next with super footage in crisp quality prints and all the experts. Then I decided to watch the series episodes on the Blues and Hollywood. I'm as big music fan so I gave them a shot. WOW! Was I impressed! The Mystery of The Blues episode is loaded with great music - yes, full musical numbers. And each of the three women that Indy falls for is more gorgeous than the next. And how many films feature clarinetist Sidney Bechet as it's lead character for 90 minutes? (You even get a bit of Harrison Ford at beginning and end!). The last episode on early Hollywood was great too with lots of cool stunt work and an over-the-top performance by the actor playing eccentric Director Eric von Stroheim.
I was really sorry to hear that the series ended with this episode. I'm hooked!
All the volumes belong in every school and public library as a learning tool. Each of the 25-35 minute docs is a new learning tool for adults as well as older children. I certainly give this volume FIVE STARS! And a BIG thanks to Lucas, McCallum and Paramount!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/29/2008 Rating: Nr
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Two - The War Years
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Don't see why many miss the George Hall bookends - this re-edited series is amazing! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Why four out of five stars? Simply put, I paid a lot of money - these are pricey! (Definitely angry at the fact that the price dropped about $20 a week after I finally got around buying these...). All this aside, I absolutely love this series - I'm a huge Indy fan. Although some say the packaging is cheap (I disagree - really it's not that bad - any of you own the Sex and the City DVDs - that's cheap). There's 8 episodes (all about 2 hours long), loads of bonus features - for those history buffs -, plus an interactive 9th disk with the time line and game. I know many fans of the original are disappointed because of the new editing - they try to follow a more chronological order of Indy's life (which means that the beginning of some episodes with Corey Carrier have been completely revamped) and more notably the missing original entrance theme with the George Hall (old Indy) bookends. Honestly, I think the editing is great. Besides, I always fast forward the George Hall part (do your really think Indy would have turned out like him anyways?). Overall, (to wrap things up) this was a great buy and I'm very happy with my DVDs! Love the show!
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 12/18/2007 Rating: Nr
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