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| Charlie's Angels
DVD Review |
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Charlie's
Angels
(The Complete
First Season)
(Columbia TriStar Home
Entertainment)
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| DVD
Release Date:
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May
27, 2003
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Length:
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999 mins.
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| Rated:
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NR
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| Format:
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Full
Screen (1.33:1)
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Audio:
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English
- Digitally Mastered
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| Extras:
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"Angels
Forever" Featurette, Bonus Trailers
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Charlie's Angels was one of the great,
progressive television shows from the 1970's. Three scantily-clad
women with guns in the 70's was probably received by the general
public as boderline pornographic. But it proved that two sexy women
and one other women could handle guns, solve murders and fight crime
as good as any macho 70's man with a leather jacket, bell-bottom pants
and a really bad moustache. What do you mean by two sexy women and one
other women, you may ask? Well, as a young child, I was just
developing hormones when Charlie's Angels was on television. I can
remember thinking Jaclyn Smith was the hottest women alive at that
time. She was beautiful, sophisticated and my favourite Angel. Farrah
Fawcett, I can't remember what I thought of her but I know I saw her
spread in Playboy a few years back and think she has an excellent set
of boobies and this show simply reaffirms that theory. For some
reason, I don't think I really liked blondes as a young child. I did
have the fortune of meeting her in person not too long ago and she was
simply stunning. Kate Jackson, I could have lived without (although
looking at her now, maybe, as a six-year old, I should not have been
so picky).
Nevertheless, the show worked, was extremely successful, and the
1976-77 season is now available on DVD for anyone interested in
re-living the seventies or watching Jaclyn Smith handle a gun or
Farrah Fawcett not wearing a bra. Each episode involves the three
Angels, Jill, Sabrina and Kelly, and the comedic John Bosley (David
Doyle), who all work together for an investigative agency owned by the
mysterious millionaire, Charlie Townsend.
The six-pack DVD collection features the 22 episodes from the original
season, each just short of an hour long, as well as a short
featurette, called Angels Forever, narrated by Charlie's Angels
superfans (never knew they even existed!) and one execuive producer.
The fans talk about their obsessions with Charlie's Angels, the
producer talks about the various actresses who were used to replace
Farrah Fawcett after season one, none of whom seemed to work terribly
well. He also mentions how the show never really seemed to move
forward. They used the same formula in season five as they did in
season one and that is why, he feels, the show came to an end after
five short seasons. There is also a printed insert that summarizes
each episode. Sadly, we do not hear anything from any of the original
Angels or Bosley for that matter. That would have been a great extra
but apparently none of the women want anything to do with the
Charlie's Angels series anymore. But when you think about it, do they
really have anything else to talk about?!?!
Considering some of the absolute silliness that is now on television,
Charlie's Angels really is a joy to watch. Although some of the
story-lines, action sequences, characters and dialogue are almost
comical by today's standards, by no means do I have a problem
recommending this DVD. The shows look good, considering they were
filmed almost 30 years ago, the picture is clear and they also sound
great. The extras are disappointing but watching 22 hours of 70's TV
more than makes up for any shortcomings. Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and
Drew Barrymore should thank their lucky stars because without Farrah,
Jaclyn and Kate, there would be no $100 million movie for any of these
three women. Okay, I guess Drew made E.T., so I am wrong there. And
Cameron made There's Something About Mary, so I'm wrong again. But I'm
right about Lucy! I would put any of the original Angels up against
our modern-day Angels anyday. I'd say Farrah is better than Cameron.
Jaclyn is better than Lucy. And Drew and Kate are even. But that is
just my opinion. I'm sure if any one of those six women were in front
of me I'd drop my pants quicker than a speeding bullet. And then I
would probably get arrested by one of Charlie's Angels.
| The
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7/10 |
| The
Extras: |
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4/10 |
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