Adventures in Paradise - Volume 2 - 8 Disc Set - Amazon.com Music (original) (raw)
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2012
I do have a slight memory of this series of long ago, probably because of its dreamy theme music,
and I could forgive the people who did the poor transfer no doubt because it is not alone in my large collection of 50's/60's television in this condition.
However I cannot forgive these people for not including a menu within the DVD's for easy access,
all they do is list the episodes onto the DVD so I suppose we should have to be grateful for that.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2013
These are very old episodes dating back to 1959 and 1960so the quality of the reproductions is rough. But having said that, I loved getting the opportunity to see a series from when I was a teenager and never missed watching it. What a treat getting to sail aboard the Tika again with Adam Troy. If you can look past the rough quality, this series is well worth purchasing.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014
I looked forward to seeing this show again. When it was new I loved its exotic locations, sailing scenes and the beauty of the schooner.
The quality of the DVD's is so low they are nat watchable. They are very granny, blured and have steaks of color gthrough parts of the black and white images.
This offering is a scam.
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2009
It was worth it to see this TV series again. I wish someone could video enhance it cause this product is quite poor video quality. Sometimes the sound is fuzzy or choppy. Could be this show was on old kinescope wire or something but don't exptect 1080 p.......(joke)
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Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2007
these are b+w with video quality poor at times, but audio stays ok. lovely haunting score (you'll know it when you hear it,if you're over 11) gorgeous man, he wasn't an actor, which is why he seems real and natural and everyone else seems to be overacting. he just died a couple of years ago. he did much besides the TV show and comes from an interesting family with a long history of sea-faring. google him. one of the websites on him has a gallery of pix of him and clips of the theme music. he's my desktop wallpaper! that brooding face, the south sea scenery, the music, and the concept, which is a guy starting his own business, shipping cargo between islands, his own boss, his own boat is his home, freedom. most of the plots are silly, but it had a mystique about it that has boomers in several countries blogging about it 50 years later, men and women alike. if you miss him, these are worth having. but i'm not buying more untill they make better copies, remaster, or whatever they do. there'l be quite a market for them. The one I have is season 2. I loved watching it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2014
This was marvellous series. As others have mentioned it inspired many young people to visit the pacific and harbour thoughts of an adventurous life in the footsteps of Adam Troy. Now of course with aqe and a little wisdom one can see how the stories are based on the values and ideas of that era and all the cultural and gender specific stereotypes of the time. Nevertheless seeing it again a half century later brings back a little of the magic of boyhood.
PS the DVD box, attractively pictured was broken when it arrived but DVD's all intact thankfully.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2009
SailFish Media did a great job to send an excellent set of the old series, "Adventures In Paradise"! This series was thought lost for so many years and to see it on Digital Television is far better than that of reception received by television sets from T.V. stations back in the fifties and sixties. Thank you SailFish Media for providing DVD sets for this series!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2008
... including the lousy reception with "rabbit ears." These are degraded recordings carelessly transferred to DVD; but all the pirates, smugglers, spies, and con-men are there, just like I (sort of) remember them. This is all that seems to be left of a great series. Pity.
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