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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
For serious Voyagers! fans only,
By A Customer
This review is from: Voyager from the Unknown [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The reason I gave this video two stars was a matter of math. This video includes footage from two episodes of the sci-fi series about time travel that aired on NBC 1982-83, 'Voyagers!' - the series pilot and the Titanic/Louis Pasteur episode. The original scenes are the bright spots, and worth it for a fan who remembers the show and can't find episode copies elsewhere. Unfortunately, the editor for this video ravaged the material, clipping some scenes, flipping the original order of some scenes thereby causing discontinuity, and inserting idiotic segueways featuring a talking 'central computer' to cover the unneccesary damage. I think the worst editing disaster of all was the dubbing of new dialogue in for the characters at various spots, Jeffery Jones especially. It's clearly not the original actors' voices, and the added dialogue is inane. Had the two episodes of this inventive series been left in their original condition, this video would be worth four stars. The editing folly subtracts from that, leaving two, one for each episode.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a disappointment!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Voyager from the Unknown [VHS] (VHS Tape)
If you were a fan of the Voyager TV show, DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT waste your money on this dreadful 90 minute compilation of some episodes. None of my favorite epidsodes were included (no Jesse James/Teddy Roosevelt, no Einstein, no Dickens' England). Worse, someone added the cheesiest special effects for time travel I've ever seen: the screen cuts to what appears to be a some slots from a giant computer and makes stupid noises. This stuff would have ended up on the cutting room floor of "Planet Nine From Outer Space"! If you enjoyed the TV show, just remember Jon-Erik & Meeno fondly and keep your money in your pocket.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Voyager from the Unknown: For Beginners Only,
By Hound Dog (Boise, ID, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voyager from the Unknown [VHS] (VHS Tape)
In late 1982, courtesy of producer James Parriott, Scholastic Books, and Universal Studios, NBC premiered a fantastic children's sci-fi/fantasy series entitled, "Voyagers!," that had the immediate misfortune of clashing with CBS' venerable "60 Minutes" on early Sunday evenings. The unusual premise featured dashing yet bumbling time traveler Phineas Bogg (the late Jon-Erik Hexum) and young sidekick Jeffrey Jones (Meeno Peluce) criss-crossing the space-time continuum to ensure that famous historical events occurred as they were supposed to. For instance, in the premiere episode, without the Wright Brothers' invention of aircraft before the Germans, the U.S. is being decimated in World War I, so Phineas and Jeffrey track down Orville and Wilbur Wright at their Dayton, OH bicycle shop to make sure that they fulfill their historical destiny. In a way, "Voyagers!" predated by a good three years many of the same basic ideas that Hollywood blockbuster "Back to the Future" would later explore.
Inevitably, though, due to poor ratings, NBC pulled the plug on "Voyagers!" by the spring of 1983, with only twenty episodes ever produced. Yet, thankfully, as a acknowledgement of the program's 25th anniversary, its single season DVD was finally made available to consumers who fondly remember this fun hybrid of fantasy, adventure, and most importantly, historical education. Now, how does one describe "Voyager from the Unknown?" I guess I would call it, unfortunately, a rather inferior, cheap hybrid of two "Voyagers!" episodes that scrape away much of the television magic Hexum and Peluce's exuberant characters once provided. Specifically, the premiere episode (featuring the Wright Brothers, ace U.S. pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, the Red Baron, and even infant Moses) and a mid-season episode (featuring the ill-fated Titanic and Louis Pasteur) are put in a blender in this VHS, and the end result is dismal. Many of this compliation movie's logical flaws, unfortunately, stem from the fact that several expository scenes were edited out in order to shorten the running time. Hence, this movie really doesn't make a whole lot of sense if viewed as a single story. Even worse, the program's once decent time travel effects were inexplicably altered to resemble a film editor rewinding a video, while a rather amateurishly filmed, never-before-seen Voyager computer was added to help fill in the obvious scene gaps. Suffice to say, the gimmick (which frankly reminded me of 1970's Disney kiddie schlock) simply doesn't work for adults, but kids probably won't mind it too much. Overall, if you choose to purchase this video, I would suggest thinking of it as your "Voyagers!" starter kit. Despite numerous flaws, this compliation still salvages many highlights from these two episodes, which hopefully should give any new fans a thrill to see more. In the end, that's what really matters here. Rating: a weak 3/5 Note: This review was amended on 9/11/09.
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