Adam-12 - Season One
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Movie Reviews of Adam-12 - Season One
Movie Review: Universal Studios, Universal Studios - Handle CODE 3! - BIG NEWS!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a fantastic series from "Badge" 714 himself, Jack Webb. Automatic 5 STARS!
Universal Studios, PLEASE do everyone a big favor and do this DVD set right from the onset! No consumer wants to see the playability issues that were found on the Dragnet 1967 box set. It will save a whole lot of expensive postage and gasoline by not having to return the set, (3 times for me), to the vendor!
1-ADAM-12 CLEAR!
Update - 08-10-05
Hey, come on folks. Universal really did missed the bulls eye on Dragnet. If Emergency and Adam-12 are nicely restored and arranged sensibly, I'll gladly recant my criticisms. Until then Universal is coming up way short compared to Image Entertainment and Paramount TV series distributions.
BIG, BIG UPDATE: 08.14.09
Adam-12: Season Two, Adam 12: Season Three, Adam-12: Season Four & Adam-12: Season Five are now out for your enjoyment. The best news is that Universal is farming out production to SHOUT! Factory, which has IMHO a great track record. This means decent, clean restored season sets of ALL Webb TV; Dragnet, Adam-12, and who knows what else. This IS great news!
Movie Review: Still one of my favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
The chemistry between Kent and Marty was wonderful. The addition of certain other actors, such as Gary Crosby as Ed Wells and William Boyett as Sgt. MacDonald, just added to the magic that was Adam-12. The humor was subtle at times, the pathos striking, and sometimes the moral was pounded a little hard, but without a doubt this was, and still is, one of my favorite cop series. Everyone should be very proud of their time on this series, a look at the real world of the patrol cop. I hope the entire series is released.
Now, as to the quality of the DVDs from Universal. I was lucky, I guess. There was only one small glitch (a freeze just as Pete is giving a ticket to the rich girl who gets a crush on him), but to my mind, there should've been none. My Emergency! DVD, unlike many, was perfect. I haven't had a chance to watch the Dragnet 1967 as yet. There really is no excuse for freezes, glitches or problems.
And, why was there no special bits on this? Both actors are still alive, both have talked about their time on the series during the years. And what about a blooper reel? I know there must be one somewhere? C'mon, Universal, do it right with Season Two!
Movie Review: Adam 12 on DVD at last!
Summary: 5 Stars
Today's audiences may find Adam 12 tame after programs like "Cops" and "America's Most Wanted"... but this series reflects police work as it was in the 1960s, and it relies heavily on morality and negotiation to solve problems, not brute force. That's one reason I love this show. The other is that this program was actually filmed on the streets of Los Angeles and uses many actual locations at a time when L.A. was still largely suburban and growing. To see the old shopping centers, coffee shops and old green RTD busses going by is a trip to the past. I am looking forward to buying all of these DVD sets, as well as "Emergency". My only concern is that they are being released by Universal Home Video, which has a poor reputation for quality. I bought the boxed sets of Abbott and Costello's movies, and 2 of the 3 boxed sets have contain flaws with freezing, skipping and other problems. I own over 400 DVDs and these are some of the few I own with any consistant playing defects.... so I remain cautious on play quality, but I will give the content a five, just the same.Movie Review: Adam-12, Adam-12, Handle Code Three!
Summary: 5 Stars
The complete first season of Adam-12 will contain 26 action packed episodes of Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) responding "code three" in their black and white patrol car. Very early in the series, Pete teaches Jim some respect of this four wheeled modern marvel:
"Attached to the middle of the dash, illuminated by a single bulb is a hot sheet desk. Fastened to which you will always make sure is the latest one off the teletype before you ever roll."
Who needs a computer when you have a hot sheet desk illuminated by a single bulb containing all the latest 411 on the crimes to hit the Los Angeles area? Not these outstanding police officers!
This will be the first season of seven (a total of 174 episodes) of this realistic "docudrama" about two everyday police officers patrolling the streets of L.A. and I can't wait to own the entire collection as it is released.
Movie Review: Great Vintage Cop Drama
Summary: 5 Stars
The first season of Adam-12 brings the viewer 26 episodes of cop drama based on producer Jack Webb's stern, no-nonsense, cop-is-always-right law-and-order viewpoint.
So if you liked Dragnet, you'll probably love Adam-12, which benefits from not having the stiff-as-a-board Joe Friday asking for "Just the facts."
The acting is fair, as are the scripts and production values but the 60's camp value is high.
Have fun spotting old character actors like Ned Glass, future TV personalities like James Sikking and future movie semi-stars like Karen Black.
Enjoy the repeated views of 60's L.A. in stock footage, see the Universal back lot sets shot from dozens of different angles and get a good laugh at the stilted representation of the "counter-culture".
The downside of this set is that it is recorded on double-sided discs (which I can't tolerate) and there are no "bonus" extras.