Emergency! - Season Four
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Movie Reviews of Emergency! - Season Four
Movie Review: Season 4 - A great show in a groove!
Summary: 5 Stars
By its fourth season Emergency had really settled into a groove. The stories were exciting and action packed, and the writers and actors had the characters nailed. Sure, Gage & DeSoto's fellow firefighters were fairly one dimensional characters - but they were FUN one dimensional characters, and the focus of the show was really Gage, DeSoto, Dr. Brackett, Dr. Early, Nurse McCall, and Dr. Morton anyway.
The realism presented on the show by this point had become expected, and the technical jargon was actually fairly well known and understood by the fans. Emergency was a driving force behind the education of America on the procedures and perils of being a firefighter or paramedic, and it gave a glimpse into what doctors and nurses really did in a hospital.
The fact that Emergency was as successful as it was paved the way for later TV shows like E.R. and movies like Backdraft.
The previous DVD set (Season 3) was a hit or miss affair. Good episodes, some looking good on the DVD, some just OK, but several episodes had the wrong theme song and opening credits. It was the same opening credit sequence used for the TV Land showings, which had always been a bone of contention with some fans (the original theme song was one of the best in TV history, and to have it replaced was foolish). Hopefully for this set Universal gets it right. (Update: Well, I've watched several episodes, and they all have the wrong opening theme.)
Even with the minor quibbles about past DVD sets, Emergency is a MUST HAVE TV show on DVD, and Season 4 is no different.
Movie Review: Love Emergency!
Summary: 5 Stars
Many reviewers are really upset about the quality of these videos. I work in TV and am as much of a stickler as anyone about quality, but I also know how masters can get misplaced or destroyed requiring you to fall back on a syndicated version. So I don't get upset about the quality, I mean, come on, this is a TV series from thirty years ago during a time when long-term consideration of these programs was not really considered. Do you think that thirty years ago the film vault techs thought that people would be buying high-quality sets of the current TV shows at all? I'm sure that the highest preservation went to feature films. Until recently, TV shows have been kind of considered "throw-away" projects, certainly not something that would end up in libraries of the consumer. So I give them a pass and will continue to gobble up the rest of the series as they release it.
I grew up on a single episode of Emergency! - well, actually the movie "The Greatest Rescues of Emergency!" - taped by my mom where she took out the commercials and anything that wasn't a fire truck driving or a rescue happening. I caught it some on TV Land but the effort involved in taping the shows became overwhelming. About a year ago I finally broke down and bought the first DVD - and that was all it took. I didn't realize what a great show this really was. I find it fascinating from a historical standpoint, but also am impressed at how well-done it is. It's also very fun to watch from the low-budget first season to the fourth season where it is clear that they had a much larger budget to work with.
Movie Review: Great DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been pleased to have Emergency! available on DVD for the past few years, though there had been issues with the quality of how smooth they played in the first set and the overall video quality of some episodes in Season 3. But all that has been addressed apparently, as Season 4 is the best in quality so far. I think Universal has recognized the following this show has and perhaps put more care in presenting it. Just a guess, I don't know for sure.
This set is a must for any Emergency! fan. The episodes are great and the actors had really settled into their roles and made their characters their own.
For those not familiar with Emergency!, overall this is a wholesome family show with good morals to it, which is what makes it so endearing in my opinion. You can watch it with young children and not have to worry about them seeing something that is inappropriate for them. Thankfully it stayed that way through all its seasons.
I'm ready for Season 5. I expect it to be a year, as they seem to release them a year apart (I doubt it'll change), but will keep slim hopes that maybe the time between releases will decrease, especially if popularity increases.
Movie Review: emergency! with all seasons one thur four
Summary: 5 Stars
I watch all Emergency!-Season one thur four but not finish to watch some Season 4. I am happy to watch this programs to catch up with captioned closed on the tv. I was little boy and used to watch this Emergency! most of time but I don't understand what did they say! Now I watch them and understand what did they doing and talk about....because of they has captioned closed. I rememder I was little boy that I was told other kids. I wanted to grow up to be fireman like this one. Other kids yelled at me that you can't become fireman because I am deaf. Now I never forget this happened story until I saw Emergency!at Amazon.com and orders all seasons 4th of Emergency! Now I has been volunteer for Brumley Fire Prot. Dist. Brumley,Missouri for 12 and half years and also I promoted Lieut. Safety Officer and E.M.S. with my son also he is Lieut. Training Officer and interpreter for Deaf. I really thanks for Emergency! TV programs that I interest to become to be fireman. I am happy to watch them back to old time and I recommend you to watch this tv programs of Emergency! They are very good!! Dude!! Thank you!!to Amazon.com. Sincerity Yours, Joseph SmootMovie Review: Love this series!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Emergency really hit home with me when I was a kid because my Dad is a fireman/paramedic. It always made me feel like I could share a part of my Dad's work life because he was very quiet, at least around me, about the things that happened at work. As an adult, with a sister who is now in the department, watching this show is kinda funny because of how advanced we have become. (No longer are there separate ambulances that come to transport the patient to the hospital.) The scenery/costuming, etc. is also neat to me because it is so 70's. The fx are cheesy because, again as an adult, I can tell it's not real, but to my eyes as a child, it was as real as could be. The actors, specifically Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, have great chemistry and worked well together. Keeping in mind that the show was set in the era of sex, drugs and rock n'roll, it's a really good show. Has some comedy and lots of drama/action. Anyone who likes the actors or anything to do with the fire department will most likely enjoy this series.