Product: Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar - Series One, Part 1 (Episodes 1-5) (1974)
Rating: 2.0
A Shameful Effort by Voyager Entertainment
I would have loved to give this DVD a 5 star rating, but I can't. I consider myself a life long member of the Star Force and have waited for years for the DVD release of this brilliant series. However, I can honestly say that I don't think I've seen a DVD yet where less effort was involved in its production.There are *no* extras at all. The title and chapter selection screens are just plain ugly. But who cares? Those are just cosmetic anyway right? Still, it shows how little they cared about doing a good job. The DVD also clocks in at about 112 minutes (the first 5 episodes of the first season), which I feel is not a good value considering the capacity of DVD and the aforementioned lack of extras. But then again, the VHS tapes were even worse. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of this DVD release is that the sound and image quality are poor. Of course, the sound and picture quality were poor back in the 80's when I used to watch this show, but you'd think that they'd try just a little bit harder to polish it up and remaster the sound before committing this show to digital posterity.If it wasn't for my sheer unadulterated love of this show, I would say that this is the worst DVD in my collection...and that's a shame.