Product Details

• Actors: Colin Grey, Paul Popowich
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Nelvana
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RMT8JU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,061 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 13 half hour episodes of the 1995 Canadian TV series., October 4, 2007

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Paul J. Mular (San Carlos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hardy Boys (1995) - The Complete First Season (Boxset) (DVD)

Not as good as the books, this series suffered from the Half-Hour format, not enough time for a deep mystery. But the production values & acting were quite good!
THE HARDY BOYS
(1995; syndicated)
13 30 minute episodes
Based on characters created by "Franklin W. Dixon" Edward Stratemeyer.
Starring Colin Gray as FRANK HARDY
and Paul Popowich as JOE HARDY
Also starring Fiona Highet

"All That Glitters" (September 23, 1995)
"Jazzman" (September 30, 1995)
"A Perfect Stranger" (October 7, 1995)
"Say Cheese" (October 14, 1995)
"Smart Drugs" (October 21, 1995)
"Telling Lies" (October 28, 1995)
"The Debt Collectors" (November 4, 1995)
"The Curse" (November 11, 1995)
"R.I.P." (November 18, 1995)
"Play Ball" (November 25, 1995)
"Lovebirds" (December 2, 1995)
"The Last Laugh" (December 2, 1995)
"No Dice" (December 2, 1995)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different, but good in it's own original way., March 27, 2010

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Joseph D. Toth - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hardy Boys (1995) - The Complete First Season (Boxset) (DVD)

I purchased this Hardy Boys at a department store in a hurry not realizing what I was actually buying. In the back of my mind I was thinking I was buying the 70's television series.

Getting home and playing the disks proved to be a surprising treat. This is a totally different Hardy Boys series from what I was thinking.

The first thing that caught my attention is the opening graphics at the start of the shows, then the absence of the actors I was expecting to see. This caused me to walk over to the computer and do a search on this title. Sure enough, this series I was watching is from the middle 1990's. A series I wasn't even aware of.

I watched all these episodes finding some issues that could be caught by anyone with a sharp eye. This series looks like it made attempts to flash back to the time of the original series. I say this because the stage sets and costumes in this series have a lot of inconsistency. They are literally a noticeable `hodge-podge'.

In the first episode the show starts showing an ambulance from the 1950's. Through the rest of the show you can see vehicles on the road with modern composite headlights. Their home has a vintage yellow rotary dial phone on the wall; while through the rest of the show they are seen repeatedly using a cell phones and modern computer equipment. The scene I thought was most entertaining was the shot showing a paperboy on a bicycle. This paperboy was dressed like he came right out of the 50's and 60's as he went past the camera wearing his long sleeve shirt, wool pants and `pie hat' while riding an antique bicycle.

A hodge-podge, ...yes, that's what I said. Would I call this series a butcher job? No, ...absolutely not. It's just different. I found this series to be very entertaining and worth adding to my DVD collection. I'm glad I happened across it. I'll still buy the original series, but this title in my opinion was a worthwhile addition to my collection too.

I'm wondering if the creators of this series did these things on purpose with a sense of humor. I say this because in one of the other episodes on disk one, they show a kitchen shot with a ripped up pizza on the kitchen table. The pizza wasn't the only item on the kitchen table. There was a carton of milk on the table too. I'm not going to say what it said on the milk carton, because I'd like people to see this for themselves. It caused a room full of people in my home to laugh out loud.

The series was filmed with some descent equipment. The actors were very good. The scripts and story lines were solid and easy to follow and understand.

Joseph Toth

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Detective, October 4, 2008

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Rondall Banks "Rondall Banks" (Toccoa, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hardy Boys (1995) - The Complete First Season (Boxset) (DVD)

Here is the Hardy Boys in their last television series this is the 1995 television series and it didn't last long cause it was cancelled after one season.So if you ever enjoyed the Hardy Boys no matter if it's from the Mickey Mouse Club or of the Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson fame or from the books themselves then this is an must for any fan and it's for any generation.

Rondall Banks