The Secret Service - The Complete Series
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767056670
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0767056671
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: AAED70961D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 30, 2003
Running Time: 338 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 02, 1993
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Editorial Review:Product Description:Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 12/30/2003 Run time: 338 minutes Rating: Nr
Average Rating:
Rating:
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The Secret Service is the best of the series. It has great stories and is well done. The mixing of live or rather real people is better than my much loved Thunderbirds. I am enjoying Secret Service more than I thought I would.
Rating:
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In short, if you like Supermarionation you should enjoy this short-lived Gerry Anderson entry. However, if you prefer the big-headed Thunderbirds style puppets to the realistically-proportioned Captain Scarlet type then you may wish to steer clear. Stanley Unwin makes this show, plain and simple. His low-key acting style and classic gibberish dialogs are the main attractions here. The interesting use of much more live footage, inter-cut with the marionettes is both a daring departure and oddly distracting. Overall I found it quite charming. (And for just $6 for the set who can complain?!?)
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This is good. Gerry was just beginning to expand into the live-action market from marionettes and I think he did a spot-on job of combining the two.
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Its not Thunderbirds but it was never meant to be. It is more subtle approach but well worth the buy. Like Thunderbirds it was meant for adults as well as(if not more so in case) then kids. Some good humor and themes keep this series fresh. Though you can still see a few strings from time to time, it is not annoyingly obtrusive. This and UFO were Derek Meddings(special effects) TV swan song before moving onto making a man fly in Superman, the Bond and Batman films. Without Derek the Gerry Anderson world might never had grown in its popularity. Its unique in the fact that it combines live action with Supermarionation. Frequently when outdoors, walking or driving a car you see the real thing, rather clever idea. I highly enjoyed seeing this series for the first time as an adult!
Rating:
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I love Gerry Anderson but this really is a dud. For me and most people, I think, the main attraction of these shows was the production design-it just looked so freakin' cool!! Cool sets, great gadgets, etc. That's sorely missing from this. Not to mention the fact that to my American ears, "Unwinese" is completely unintellible, and, as another reviewer pointed out, a pretty thin thing to hang a series on. Having said that, since you can get it for $5 plus shipping, if you like Anderson you might as well take a look.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
