McHale's Navy - Season Two
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Movie Reviews of McHale's Navy - Season Two
Movie Review: Applause for Shout! Factory quality transfers
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked up the first season of the series because I had never seen it but had enjoyed seeing the McHale's Navy movies time after time in syndication while growing up. The series started a little slowly (I guess they all do, though, with the actors finding their characters...), but after the fourth episode I didn't see Tim Conway, Earnest Borgnine, or any of the actors anymore. Instead I saw Ensign Parker, Quentin McHale, Gruber, Christy, Tinker, Vern, and all the rest of them. The sweet art of farce is certainly missing from much of today's TV (except for perhaps Arrested Development and one or two other notable modern comedies) and it was nice to sit back and laugh at some good old fashioned schtick!
I panicked a little when I realized that, after zipping through four of the five discs, I had only one DVD of joy left before I ran out of episodes. I hadn't realized that the 1st season set I'd picked up was the ONLY season released thus far!!! For the last few months I've been doing random searches for "McHale's Navy" in hopes that news would break that the second season would be released soon. What a relief that the next season will soon be out!
Shout Factory's transfers of these episodes are among the most clear and defined I have seen. I have a CRT projector tv that creates a 96" diagonal picture (fed by a VGA video cable from a HTPC) and as far as I could see, there was NO grain, no washed out areas, and quite a range of brightness in the images. I'm sure Shout did some luminance and contrast correction on the digital files after the transfer. What is really nice, however, is that they seem to have used a light touch and done just enough to sharpen the image without going overboard with filters or superfluous manipulations.
In short, I have loved every episode of every disc of the first season. It has nearly killed me to ration my viewing of new episodes to one a week or one every two weeks in order to draw out the pleasure of the newness until the next season is released (I still have not viewed the last two episodes...but have nearly gone mad!). Rest assured, however, I will be in line to be the first to get the Season Two set and every set that Shout Factory releases thereafter!
Movie Review: Hilarious!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the second season, the producers of this show figured out where success for the show was to be found--and it shows in the opening credits: Captain Binghamton (Joe Flynn) and Ensign Parker (Tim Conway) are featured right after McHale. Even though McHale is supposedly the star character, it's really Parker who carries this show. Binghamton is only slightly less important. The interplay between these two makes for a very funny show. I've almost busted a gut several times watching these two idiots! The others of McHale's group are now assigned a pecking order, with Gruber, who probaby could have carried the show by himself, becoming the lead navy-man. Happy (Gavin MacLeod) is mercifully relegated to low man on the totem pole (doesn't he leave the show in a year or two?). This is good, clean family fun and it's a riot. Get it and enjoy.
BTW, I have had no problems with the production value. Sound and picture have been great. Can hardly wait for season three.
Movie Review: The PT-73 sets sail again in season 2
Summary: 5 Stars
McHale and his crew are at it again in season 2. The first two episodes start off with a bang. Binghamton captures Mchale's Japanese POW/cook Fuji thinking he's a spy. McHale comes up with a plan to convince Binghamton the war is over in order to rescue Fuji. In the second one, McHale and his crew are overheard by Capt Binghamton plotting to kill a noisy bird that's been driving them nuts - only Binghamton thinks they are plotting to kill HIM. The antics of the PT-73 crew go on and on and so do the laughs. This has always been one of my favorite sitcoms and season 2 is great for the low price.Movie Review: More Great Laughs from McHale
Summary: 5 Stars
Great to see these in DVD format. I have carried these around with me on travels and nothing beats unwinding after a hard day, with a few laughs from LTCOMDR McHale and his crew of 'water rats'; as they get involved in more madcap escapades that involve raising the ire of Captain Binghamtom and his servile aid Lieutenant Carpenter.
This set also contains separate interviews with Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, as they recount their time with the McHale's Navy series.
If you enjoyed Season One, you've got to get Season Two!
Movie Review: McHale's Navy - 2nd Season
Summary: 5 Stars
I always enjoyed the original TV series (although it is in black and white) but that's authentic, at least. Joe Flynn is truly irreplacable (sp?) as Capt. Wallace Binghamton and Tim Conway is always hilarious. I laugh out loud each and every time I watch the characters of McHale's Navy! It's a hoot!