Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1

Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1
by Adam Nimoy, Bill L. Norton, David Grossman, Doug Lefler, Harley Cokliss

Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Kevin Sorbo, Lloyd Scott, Michael Hurst, Roma Downey
Director: Adam Nimoy, Bill L. Norton, David Grossman, Doug Lefler, Harley Cokliss
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Published)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1040 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay

Movie Reviews of Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1

Movie Review: HERCULES IS AWESOME
Summary: 5 Stars

Hercules was a great action filled show with the right type of humor thrown in it. I enjoyed the show while it was on. I still miss it badly.

Summary of Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1

Long ago. In a time of myth and legend, when ancient gods plagued man with suffering - only one man dared to challenge their power. Hercules! This spectacular collection brings together all five full-length action-packed movies starring Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Anthony Quinn as Zeus and includes the entire debut season in one epic collector's set. Kevin Sorbo's fresh, hip and good-natured spin on the legendary hero carried this witty, adventure-filled action drama to high critical acclaim. Smartly combining ancient myth with contemporary sensibilities, the series became one of television's highest rated programs. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season One Collection Includes All Five Action-Packed Hercules Movies And All 13 Season One Episodes!
Forget Steve Reeves and all those Italian strongmen who played stiff, humorless versions of the mythic demigod in 1960s Saturday matinee fodder. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (a cluster of 1990s television films followed by a syndicated series) re-imagines and re-introduces Hercules--son of Olympian chief Zeus and an earthbound, mortal mother--as a laidback but focused hero of ordinary folks with extraordinary problems. Played with casual grace and ironic wit by Kevin Sorbo, the new Hercules wanders through an equally entertaining, revisionist view of ancient Greece as, well, charming and accessible--not exactly Homeric. There are gods and monsters aplenty, but if this was the cradle of civilization, well....

This eight-disc volume includes five movie-length adventures, thirteen one-hour episodes, and numerous bonus features. Narratively, the unfolding story finds Herc doing good deeds wherever he's needed, though his backstory is more interesting, including a dubious relationship with his all-powerful dad (a sweet performance by Anthony Quinn)and a tendency to feel the wrath of Zeus's wife, Hera, simply because Hercules is the philandering old man's illegitimate offspring. The movie cycle ends with Herc in a state of domestic bliss; the subsequent, regular series darkens him considerably but then thrusts him repeatedly into adventures with redemptive possibilities.

Nifty special effects make one believe once again in centaurs, many-headed serpents, a Minotaur, a Cyclops, and several other fantastic species not included in standard references to Greek myths. The regular or recurring cast include Michael Hurst as Hercules's vain, comic-foil buddy, Iolaus; Tawny Kitaen as the hero's wife; and Lucy Lawless in a pre-Xena role (in Hercules and the Amazon Women) and then as the Warrior Princess herself for multiple episodes. All together, this is a show that turned out to be smarter and funnier than anyone might have expected in the mid-'90s, and which holds up very well today. --Tom Keogh

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