Product Details

• Actors: Jonathan Harris
• Directors: Various
• Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 7
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Navarre Corporation
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
• Run Time: 1276 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001DW09LE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,562 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

These Galaxy-spanning sets serve up a timeless dose of nostalgia with Ark II , Space Academy and Jason of Star Command . Sit back as Jason and the Star Command team take on the villainous Dragos who aims to control the galaxy. Hop in the Ark II and take a ride through the post-apocalyptic dunes with John, Ruth, Samuel and their super-intelligent chimpanzee, Adam. And finally, suit up with the Space Academy as they explore distant planets and learn their lessons on a floating asteroid.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great box-set for little money..., January 20, 2009

By	A. Miller (Kingman, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just received this in the mail. Wasn't sure what I'd get as there weren't any reviews up. Rest assured, this set delivers all that the individual sets have. Ark II is in a double DVD slimline case with two double sided disks. Space Academy is the same. Jason of Star Command is in two slimline cases with the first being Season 1 on a single sided disk. Season 2 is in a double DVD slimline case with two single sided disks. Of course, I don't have the individual sets that came out before, but from what I've researched on the internet, these disks have all the special features. And if you purchase from one of the sellers listed you can get it even cheaper. Great bargain!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't stop laughing, July 16, 2009

By	M. Sherrard (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Watch the first few episodes of Space Academy and then the final 2 or 3 episodes. 3 things you will notice: Gampu gets waaaay gayer & far less lucid, Adriane's pants disappear and are replaced with the shortest skirt I have ever seen, and Loki's face gets greasier and his eyebrows more bizarre.

Ark 2 is absolutely phenomenal and has a talking monkey - 'nuf said. Jason of Star Command has some decent Harryhausen-style animation mixed in with some of the most melodramatic acting you will ever witness. Transfer quality is better than I expected and looks decent on a big TV. I cannot endorse this set any higher.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For once, the past lives up to the memory!, July 24, 2009

By	Andrew Frueh (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I often purchase movies and tv shows I remember from my childhood and end up disappointed at how terrible they are.

With 1970s Saturday morning live action sci-fi, you wouldn't expect much...lots of (very bad) blue-screen effects and cheaply shot model space ships. But, this set of DVDs was a genuine surprise.

Almost everything about these shows satisfies. There is better than average acting (if you can forgive Jonathan Harris' hamminess) though you wouldn't cast a lot of these people in Hamlet. The models and sets aren't bad and the effects are pretty good (with the exception of Jason of Star Command's reliance on stop-motion Herryhausen stuff).

Of course there is the ever-present morality lesson, and that can get annoying if you can't chalk it up to the campy appeal of the shows.

As to the shows specifically:

Ark II is especially interesting in that regard, since it deals with a post-environmental disaster Earth (and hey, who doesn't want a mobile labratory/RV?) It's surprisingly well-acted. The "speaking" chimp is requisite "annoying little character." (Orko, Snarf, etc).

Space Academy deals with young adults learning the ropes at Star Command. Unlike many shows of this genre, there isn't a baddie-of-the-week. Several plots involve the consequences of the actions of the main characters themselves. Loki is an orphaned alien child and while the acting is OK, there is an interesting amount of characterization in the fact that he doesn't know where he's from. Peepbo, a small robot, is the show's highly annoying little character.

Jason of Star Command is two seasons long - the first of which is in serial format with shorter episodes. There are major cast changes between seasons. This show is much more action/adventure oriented than either of the other two. Peepbo is in this series as well (a shame), as is W1K1 (pronounced Wi-kee), a very small flying robot that resembles (and probably was) a wind-up toy.