Hotel: The First Season
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Actor: Anne Baxter, Connie Sellecca, James Brolin, Nathan Cook, Shari BelafonteBrand: HOTEL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1169 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-07-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Hotel: The First Season
Movie Review: First time viewer..Really great..we better get the rest
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a first time viewer of this show, as a kid, before TV had ratings and warnings and kid channels and one TV in the house where everyone watched together,no matter what the shows was about, we were more of a Knots Landing and Dallas and a bit of Dynasty family (when it comes to prime time drama)but now that I'm older and wishing for the good old days of TV I'm trying out all the shows I never got to see and many shows born long before me. Most are better than so many of today, some are campy and fun and dated in a great way, others were bad ideas or poorly executed.
This is one of the good ones. Light drama, more story/depth/drama than Love Boat w/o the comedy but easy to get hooked on. The guest stars are absolutely wonderful! They are all from that time, all from other favorite shows of mine and everyone elses. How we missed this I don't know - it would have been right up our alley - even though I hadn't watched it before, it makes me have that warm feeling of home and comfort before you grow up and have all the responsibilities my parents had when I was feeling so safe and comfortable and stressing out about things that in hindsight were so little but seemed so big as a kid.
The stories and stars change every episode but the main cast are the same and draw you in because they have character depth and relationships beyond the weekly stories. And the actors and actresses from those days all look different, different body types, hair, makeup, etc like real people do - unlike today where most people on tv don't resemble anyone you would interact with in your daily life unless you are a movie star, model, or hang out on South Beach etc. They are glamorous for sure, but every show has a good variety of different people, and even different ages from kids with thier parents to great actors in thier 60's and 70's all in compelling stories.
The weekly stories are surprisingly similar to today, and still relevant, but without all the nudity, vulgarity, profanity, sex, etc that seem to be required of today's TV shows. I'm not offended by any of that but today it isn't used when it is truly relevant to the story, which would enhance the story -the stories are written with the sole purpose of shocking the audience with it's "hipness" or "edginess" squeezing in as much vulgarity as they can whenever they can to the detriment of the story and the shows in some cases.
Shows like this one from the 70's and 80's have so much more depth in many cases because they were required to find a way to keep the audience entertained and surprised and interested in next week without being allowed to take the easy way to get a WOW, it was all there but much was implied and off camera so they actually had to use the plot, the show, the acting skills, creativity, fashion, popular guest stars etc. to keep you watching. This is a show that did it very well and I'm really enjoying it. But it's one of the many I have to "ration" watch because I'm afraid they won't release the rest and "poof" it will be gone and no more new episodes of "HOTEL" to enjoy.
As you can tell, I really like it - but don't get me wrong, I love many many of today's shows but many of the good ones that have story and depth and interest get lost among the shock factor of and cheapness of some reality shows and edgy insult comedy and shock drama and end up getting cancelled before you get to see the 4th episode - right about the time you are totally hooked and love the show. It makes these good older shows much more appealing to fill in the time period when one of the good ones got cancelled or moved.
Overall, just a great show...I hope there's more where this came from!
Summary of Hotel: The First Season
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 21-JUL-2009
Media Type: DVD
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