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(More customer reviews)What a fantastic set. All of the episodes of Captain Scarlet in one set and restored to near perfection! BBC Resources restored the episodes for a 2001 TV run and the restored masters were used for the DVD releases in the US and the UK. These look far more sharp and colorful than the ones run on the SciFi channel a few years ago. The sound is great, and includes a new Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, which isn't too bad. Being a purist, I prefer the original, mono soundtrack.
The extras included, for the most part, are pretty good, except for the photo gallery section, which consists of screen grabs from various episodes. There is a very nice production photo section, though, which shows a lot of the things that happened behind the scenes. The vehicle diagrams are great, too.
2 episodes, the pilot 'The Mysterons' and one of the last episodes, 'Attack on Cloudbase'. have commentary by the series co-creator, Gerry Anderson. Gerry isn't very exciting to listen to, but his commentaries are very informative. Gerry, for the most part, gives credit where credit is due to such people as Barry Gray, who composed the music and Derek Meddings, who did the visual effects work. However, he gives no credit or even acknowledges the work of his ex-wife, Sylvia. She co-created the show with him and did many female charater voices, too. The bio of Gerry Anderson refers to a 'bitter divorce' from Sylvia in 1975. I realize that many people never completely heal, emotionally and in other respects, after a divorce. However, I think it is rotten for Gerry to completely ignore Sylvia's contribution to the series.
Another thing that I should note is that A&E put the episodes on the discs in a random order. They didn't use the original transmission order or Carlton Media's recomended broadcast order. Not a big deal for the most part, at least they did put the 1st episode first on disc one. However, there is a trilogy of stories about the Mysterons on the moon, the first of which is on disc 2 and the other 2 on disc 3. The first episode of the 3, 'Lunarville 7' is fine on disc 2. The other two are in reverse order on disc 3, with the last episode of the trio, 'Dangerous Rendezvous' being on the disc before the second one, 'Crater 101'. Watch 'Crater 101' first, as 'Dangerous Rendezvous' refers to events that happen in 'Crater'.
'Scarlet' is my favorite Supermarionation series. Not a boring episode in the lot. Very exciting and different from anything that has come before, or since. I like the fact that the Spectrum people don't come out on top every time. The show's realism is one of its strong points.
A nice companion to this set, which is available elsewhere on Amazon, is the book 'The Complete Captain Scarlet' by Chris Bentley. The book goes in to a lot of detail about the series, including an episode guide, behind the scenes stories, information about 'Scarlet' merchandise', and stills from a 4 minute CGI pilot for a new Captain Scarlet series which might hit TV screens in 2004.
I think A&E made a wise choice in releasing these in one set, as Captain Scarlet didn't enjoy the same popularity as Thunderbirds in the US. This set is missing some of the extras that were on the British DVDs, but A&E would have had to make this a 5 disc set to include everything that was in that set. ...
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"This man will be our hero, for fate will make him indestructible." Earth is under attack by the ultra-powerful Mysterons and one man holds the key to survival--Captain Scarlet! During a mission to Mars in 2068, agents of earth's Spectrum security force start an interplanetary war when they demolish the ancient city of the Mysterons, an invisible race with the ability to assume the form of any object or person they destroy. But their attempt to take over Spectrum's top agent--Captain Scarlet--fails, and he becomes their most powerful and implacable enemy. With stunning special effects, a new generation of realistic "Super-marionation" puppets, and a darker, more serious tone than its predecessors, CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS was producer Gerry Anderson's (Space: 1999, Stingray, UFO, Thunderbirds) most ambitious series. This exclusive DVD set includes all 32 episodes, available uncut and digitally remastered for the first time.
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