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Magnum is still a winner
As much as I loved the series during its original run, I wasn't sure I should watch it again on DVD. What if it seemed cheesy or hackneyed? Well, I was wrong. Magnum has aged far better than its contemporaries.
I won't dive into the details, because a lot of the other reviews have done this well. I'll just say that the rapport/rivalry between Magnum (Selleck) and Higgins (John Hillerman) is priceless. The acting outclasses any other show of that era. While some of the guest star performance seem really dated, the core characters are some of the best ever to appear in a popular TV show. The friendships and banter work as well now as they did.
Apart from short shorts, phone booths, no Internet and a lot of ugly early 1980's cars (except for one ;-), the series has survived its resurrection in fine shape.
The low point of the first season DVD collection is the Simon & Simon crossover episode, which shows how cliche the whole private investigator genre had become. Watching Jameson Parker try to impersonate a surfer is just painful, and you realize that the chemistry (setting and characters) in the Magnum PI series set it apart from the others.
Oh - and the Ferrari is still amazing after 25 years.
Nice to see again after all these years.
It is great to see Magnum again and all of the first season episodes are captured on dvd with excellent quality.
I had forgotten what the original theme sound sounded like, and it was nice to hear it again. There are no major extras except for 2 additional episodes to season 1.
Both episodes are from later seasons-the first episode is the one with Simon & Simon as a crossover episode, and the 2nd episode is the famous 2 part episode with Sharon Stone.
All in all, though, I believe that it is a worthwhile purchase
and seeing Magnum, Rick, T.C., and Higgins in DVD quality brought back a lot of memories.
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