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The SSRN Seaview, the world s most technologically advanced submarine, is back and more powerful than ever now housing the spectacular Flying Sub! Climb aboard with Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart), Captain Crane (David Hedison) and their crew as they brave hostile waters and explore uncharted depths, protecting the world from sinister foreign agents, deadly sea creatures and evil scientists bent on world domination! The second series of Irwin Allen s sci-fi TV classic comes to you in glorious colour for the first time. Filled with espionage, action, sci-fi and suspense, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea is a true TV classic... Prepare to dive!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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At last we finally get the DVD release in the UK of this iconic second series created and produced by Irwin Allen. This was the second of the Irwin Allen produced science fiction action series and it dates from 1965. After the success of the 1961 film of the same name, (also created and produced by Irwin Allen), and the success of the first series to TV made in Black and white, this second series is now in glorious colour. This series, like all the Irwin Allen productions, brought a big budget film feel to a TV series.
This series is great fun. It is full of escapist novelty. You cannot take it too seriously, it is just meant to be fun.
The seaview is the worlds most advanced nuclear submarine, created by its commander, retired Admiral Haarriman Nelson, and housed in a pen at his Nelson Institute of Marine Research, Santa Barbara, California. It is six hundred feet long. It can dive to and travel faster than any of its rivals and is equipped with all the latest devices including atomic torpedoes. It carries a separate mini sub, a diving bell, a snowcat, and an innovative flying fish, a vessel capable of water and air travel.
The series is set 13 years into the future. Nelson and his crew are meant to be doing research but usually end up maintaining peace below the waves by fighting fiendish humans, fish and aliens. This first series tends to be more serious and generally more sensible. Later series see the story lines becoming more far fetched. The addition of colour film gives the show an extra dimension and it truly is full of colour. I feel that it also showed up the limitations of the special effects of the time. For example sea monsters are less than convincing.... Read more ›
This series is great fun. It is full of escapist novelty. You cannot take it too seriously, it is just meant to be fun.
The seaview is the worlds most advanced nuclear submarine, created by its commander, retired Admiral Haarriman Nelson, and housed in a pen at his Nelson Institute of Marine Research, Santa Barbara, California. It is six hundred feet long. It can dive to and travel faster than any of its rivals and is equipped with all the latest devices including atomic torpedoes. It carries a separate mini sub, a diving bell, a snowcat, and an innovative flying fish, a vessel capable of water and air travel.
The series is set 13 years into the future. Nelson and his crew are meant to be doing research but usually end up maintaining peace below the waves by fighting fiendish humans, fish and aliens. This first series tends to be more serious and generally more sensible. Later series see the story lines becoming more far fetched. The addition of colour film gives the show an extra dimension and it truly is full of colour. I feel that it also showed up the limitations of the special effects of the time. For example sea monsters are less than convincing.... Read more ›
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excellent to see the show on DVD, still think it was a bizarre decision to run them in production order on the dvd but what the hey..it merely shows up a chronology of set useage (i.e. things created for show X appear again in Show Y straight after it) and it is obvious to see why ABC did mix them up initially.
There are minor sound issues on two episodes, "Sky's on Fire" is distorted and "The Mechanincal Man" is a fraction out of synch (and I MEAN a fraction- only those with mega thick glasses and yet to kiss a girl/boy would be overly upset by it) but the overall production and presentation is first class.
Some of Voyage's best shows are in here, the two "Phantom" shows with the superb Alfred Ryder are enjoyable and the totally crackers "Dead Mens Doubloons" is pure glorious pantomime..and I loved it! The best guest performance though goes to Kevin Hagen in "Shape of Doom" -mad as a box of frogs and convincingly so.
The extras are ok but look bolted on, the effects footage is fascinating, clearly LB Abbott is seen experimenting with the best lighting in the underwater seaview shots with the added issue of colour to contend with now. The early shots look like a goldfish tank it is good to see just how far they came so rapidly and ending up with Emmy winning effects that hold up perfectly today in terms of composition and delivery.
Season 3 is next up from Revelation in Sept...we need better extras on there please and the next week teasers...hmmm not a chance methinks- shame opportunity missed!
Go buy it, the colour is deep and vibrant and many music cues outstanding.
Fun for all- very highly recommended.
There are minor sound issues on two episodes, "Sky's on Fire" is distorted and "The Mechanincal Man" is a fraction out of synch (and I MEAN a fraction- only those with mega thick glasses and yet to kiss a girl/boy would be overly upset by it) but the overall production and presentation is first class.
Some of Voyage's best shows are in here, the two "Phantom" shows with the superb Alfred Ryder are enjoyable and the totally crackers "Dead Mens Doubloons" is pure glorious pantomime..and I loved it! The best guest performance though goes to Kevin Hagen in "Shape of Doom" -mad as a box of frogs and convincingly so.
The extras are ok but look bolted on, the effects footage is fascinating, clearly LB Abbott is seen experimenting with the best lighting in the underwater seaview shots with the added issue of colour to contend with now. The early shots look like a goldfish tank it is good to see just how far they came so rapidly and ending up with Emmy winning effects that hold up perfectly today in terms of composition and delivery.
Season 3 is next up from Revelation in Sept...we need better extras on there please and the next week teasers...hmmm not a chance methinks- shame opportunity missed!
Go buy it, the colour is deep and vibrant and many music cues outstanding.
Fun for all- very highly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Season 2 of 'Voyage' is the best of the lot in my humble view. It was the first to be made in colour, and features the Flying Sub - F.S.-1 - in action for the first time. The shot of it emerging from the sea is one of the most vivid television memories from my childhood! With Henry Kulky having sadly passed away, a new C.P.O. was needed - enter Terry Becker as 'Francis Ethelbert Sharkey' - and he went on to become one of the most popular supporting characters.
The James Bond movie 'Thunderball' was imminent, hence 'Voyage' pre-empted it with a series of aquatic spy stories - 'Time Bomb' has Nelson turned into a living bomb, 'The X Factor' ( no relation! ) casts John McGiver as a toy manufacturer who is turning kidnapped scientists into life-size dolls, and 'The Silent Saboteurs' involves a threat to U.S. space capsules. These were very entertaining and stylish, but midway through the run, they were dropped as the show chose to focus on sci-fi. Typical of the bunch was 'The Monster From Outer Space' in which Seaview was invaded by...well, I'm sure you can guess. Victor Buono hams it up splendidly in 'The Cyborg' as a mad scientist who replaces Nelson with a robot double, 'Leviathan' has our heroes menaced by a horrifically ugly giant ( which freaked me out when I first saw it ) and 'Terror On Dinosaur Island' provides a neat excuse to run yet more 'Lost World' footage. We also get David Hedison's favourite episode 'The Phantom Strikes!' which has Alfred Ryder as a U-Boat Captain returning from the dead. It went down so well there was a sequel later that season.
For me the best episode has to be 'The Mechanical Man', guest starring James Darren of 'Time Tunnel' fame.... Read more ›
The James Bond movie 'Thunderball' was imminent, hence 'Voyage' pre-empted it with a series of aquatic spy stories - 'Time Bomb' has Nelson turned into a living bomb, 'The X Factor' ( no relation! ) casts John McGiver as a toy manufacturer who is turning kidnapped scientists into life-size dolls, and 'The Silent Saboteurs' involves a threat to U.S. space capsules. These were very entertaining and stylish, but midway through the run, they were dropped as the show chose to focus on sci-fi. Typical of the bunch was 'The Monster From Outer Space' in which Seaview was invaded by...well, I'm sure you can guess. Victor Buono hams it up splendidly in 'The Cyborg' as a mad scientist who replaces Nelson with a robot double, 'Leviathan' has our heroes menaced by a horrifically ugly giant ( which freaked me out when I first saw it ) and 'Terror On Dinosaur Island' provides a neat excuse to run yet more 'Lost World' footage. We also get David Hedison's favourite episode 'The Phantom Strikes!' which has Alfred Ryder as a U-Boat Captain returning from the dead. It went down so well there was a sequel later that season.
For me the best episode has to be 'The Mechanical Man', guest starring James Darren of 'Time Tunnel' fame.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable hokum
Enjoyable vision of the future, ie the 1970s from a 1960s science fiction perspective!
Now in colour but no CGI and to us now, creaking monsters and sets, eg inside a whale... Read more
Now in colour but no CGI and to us now, creaking monsters and sets, eg inside a whale... Read more
Published 2 months ago by GRAEME
5.0 out of 5 stars
voyage to the bottom of the sea - s2 dvd
Great second series to compliment series 1 of the 60's tv series. To appreciate the series in full you need to get all 4 box sets
Published 2 months ago by SteveJ
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best of the Best
Arguably the best season of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", season two introduces a new look to the "Seaview". Read more
Published 10 months ago by Model Maestro
5.0 out of 5 stars
voyage to the back of my childhood
utterly camp and fantasticly brilliant a voyage back to my childhood, i used to record these on my littile cassette palyer and listen to them when in bed under the covers and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by P. barton
5.0 out of 5 stars
DVD collection voyage to the bottom of the sea
The collections of voyage to the bottom of the sea are very good. I've got 1 more collection to get to complete the set. I would recommend anyone to shop at amazon. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars
review...
This is maybe the best out of the four series. In colour, it also introduces the flying mini sub; which opens
up more plot lines. Read more
up more plot lines. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Steve123
5.0 out of 5 stars
season 2 even better in colour
have now got season 2 of voyage to the bottom of the sea and i'm so glad its in colour (or as the american spelling of it color) some very good episodes the season opener Jonah... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Andrew Beet
3.0 out of 5 stars
its ok
Its ok...The sound is a little iffy at times but that might be our tv. The box is good and there are a lot of dvds inside. and the case is different which I like
Published 19 months ago by The Man
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Sci-Fi classic
VTBOTS was one of the Irwin Allen greats from the 60s. Very popular, this collection is a must for all Voyage fans. Highly recommended.
Published 21 months ago by W. L. Britton
5.0 out of 5 stars
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
i use to watch this series years ago when it was first shown on tv and i enjoyed watching it back then so now ive brought it so that i can watch it at my pleasure thanks
Published 23 months ago by terry
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