What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Reviews
From Amazon.co.uk
Back in the late 1970s Charlie's Angels was wildly popular television at its most self-consciously banal. The jiggly, joggly jolly first series' three (and best-remembered) belles--lioness Farrah Fawcett (then Farrah Fawcett-Majors), pin-up babe Jaclyn Smith and thinking man's beauty Kate Jackson--were something like primetime Spice Girls, gracing countless magazine covers and bestselling posters. The idea (even if a fan of the show didn't happen to be a straight male) was that one was compelled to choose a favourite angel as a kind of ink-blot window into one's subconscious life.
While the 2000 Angels feature film kept faith with the original show's self-mockingly sloppy storytelling, there's nothing like seeing the old episodes for a lesson in narrative hubris. Basically, the three leading characters were bored policewomen wooed away to a private firm owned and operated by the unseen sybarite, Charlie (voiced--over speakerphone--by an uncredited John Forsythe). After a long set-up each week, the girls' investigations typically saw them going undercover as fashion models--no great stretch--in "Night of the Strangler", nurses in "Terror on Ward One", roller-derby stars in "Angels on Wheels" and vulnerable convicts (of course) in "Angels in Chains". The exploitation factor is not as bad as it might have been. The cast was so glamorous, their chemistry so perfect, that Charlie's Angels never became a mere meat market. Despite such nods to modernity as Fawcett's no-bra look, the episodes were old-fashioned in their heroine-in-peril appeal, yet there was a difference: the Angels looked out for themselves and each other. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
Two episodes from the classic 1970s TV show, both featuring the original line-up: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett. 'Night of the Strangler' finds the glamorous crimebusting trio tracking down a murderer while also working as underwear models. 'To Kill an Angel' sees the girls investigate after Kelly (Smith) is injured while trying to protect a young child from a bunch of hired killers.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The title of the DVD and lack of clear information in the Amazon listing may lead you to think you are getting the full Series 1 on this DVD, whereas, in actual fact you only get 2 episodes and the glossy but lightweight featurette "Talent Files". Save your money and buy the 5 disc Charlies Angels Series 1 DVD (which appears in Amazon's most popular choices for Charlie's Angels) and get the full 22 episodes(I must admit, I hadn't realised there were so many episodes in the first series)plus the pilot episide and the much better more in-depth featurette "Angels Forever". After all, when you compare this disc at full price (£9.99=p&p) and the 5 disc version , there really is no choice.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
If you are an angels fan it is a must have, even if you have never seen it, it is a 100% garunte you will love it!
There is a pilot episode and 22 other episodes. There is also special features where there are trailors to the new movies!
There is a pilot episode and 22 other episodes. There is also special features where there are trailors to the new movies!
YOU MUST GET IT
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By M. Wilson
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this box-set with some doubts as some of the reviews mentioned it didnt play on british dvd players - be in no doubt - this box-set is Region 2 (as advertised) and plays perfectly on all u.k. dvd players. Recommended for all fans of 80's cult shows - great quality and covers all episodes, great stuff!
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 92 reviews
4.6 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
perfect quality but ....
Amazing tv show, perfect quality, it's a pity that product details stated subtitles (very useful for an italian like me) but that was not the true.
Published on 20 Jun 2010 by massi
1.0 out of 5 stars
Warning - only 2 episodes - what a rip-off!
I really expected to buy the full first series,
not only two episodes.
The price was cheap, but not unusually cheap compared
to similar tv shows from the same... Read more
not only two episodes.
The price was cheap, but not unusually cheap compared
to similar tv shows from the same... Read more
Published on 27 April 2010 by Primzahl
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Series but do be careful of the compatability
I remember watching the first series when I was 10 years old and loved it. Sabrina was always my favourite - foxy chick with balls and brains! Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by Dhekelia
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great purchase
I made a great purchase... I'm very happy with it... The quality of the DVD is great and there are subtitles in my native language... I simply loved it!!!
Published on 27 July 2009 by Andrea B. Pereira
5.0 out of 5 stars
Series 1
Absolutely brilliant, all 26 Episodes from the first series, only problem is the packaging, the middle plastic thing can break as it did with my Series 3, I think they should go... Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by Derek A. Mcinally
5.0 out of 5 stars
A true Classic
Although the whole series was a smash hit, watching the first season, I feel that this is the series at its best. Read more
Published on 26 May 2009 by PAUL W. KELLY
5.0 out of 5 stars
love it!
my mum used to watch charlies angels when she was my age and it was her favourite show.I watched a few reruns of the show and absolutly loved it! Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2008
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Guilty Pleasure
There is great television that captures the imagination with its complicated characters and plots. Then there are shows like this one that are mindless, fluff entertainment but... Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2007 by Mark Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Girl power fun from the seventies
The first of five series, and the only one to include Farah Fawcett who provides the ideal contrast to her two sisters in sleuth. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2006 by pointone
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing.........with the product details.
I'm a fan of Charlie's Angels but I've never seen the first series so I bought this boxset. As I'm hard of hearing, I always check if there is subtitles before I buy it and there... Read more
Published on 14 July 2006 by R. Vaughan
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
