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While the 2000 Angels feature film (starring Cameron Diaz, etc.) kept faith with the original show's self-mockingly sloppy storytelling, there's nothing like seeing the old episodes for a lesson in narrative hubris. Basically, the three leading characters were bored policewomen wooed away to a private firm owned and operated by the unseen sybarite, Charlie (voiced--over speakerphone--by an uncredited John Forsythe). After a long set-up each week, the girls' investigations typically saw them going undercover: as fashion models--no great stretch--in "Night of the Strangler"; nurses in "Terror on Ward One"; roller-derby stars in "Angels on Wheels"; and vulnerable convicts (of course) in "Angels In Chains." The exploitation factor is not as bad as it might have been. The cast was so glamorous, their chemistry so perfect, Charlie's Angels never became a mere meat market. Despite such nods to modernity as Fawcett's no-bra look, the episodes were old-fashioned in their heroine-in-peril appeal, yet there was a difference: The Angels looked out for themselves and each other. --Tom Keogh
| ACTORS: | Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1976 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 5 |
| UPC: | 043396010307 |
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Customer Reviews of Charlie's Angels - The Complete First Season
Once Upon a Time, There Were Three Little Girls.......... It's great to have this 5-disc complete first season compilation on DVD. Although no one will confuse Charlie's Angels with "quality" television (this show was never meant to be taken seriously), this campy series is just plain fun, even 27 years later. Most episodes are light on plotline but the appeal of it's three stars make up for that. Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors and Jaclyn Smith have a chemistry unmatched by any of the future Angel pairings. Season One contains the series most "infamous" episode, "Angels in Chains." Every single "women in prison" cliche is here......the brutal prison matrons, the leacherous sheriff and deputy, the crooked warden and of course the obligatory shower scene. This is probably the highlight of the season.
This DVD collection gets high marks for including the original movie pilot. Although the pilot movie is just average, I haven't seen it since it first aired, so it was a nice bonus. Although Jaclyn Smith is featured prominently in the pilot, it was meant to be a showcase for Kate Jackson. Kate (for whom the series was created) was originally supposed to play Kelly Garrett but decided to play Sabrina at the last minute, thus Jaclyn Smith gets most of the screen time in the movie.
Unfortunately, the pilot movie is the best that can be said about the extras in the DVD collection. It also contains a rather dull featurette called "Angels Forever" which consists of a lot of geeky fans reminiscing about the series. TV Land and the E network had much better features about the series. Alas none of the stars are featured offering their thoughts on the series. The DVD also does not contain chapter selections for each episode, which is rather irritating. The packaging of the collection is certainly sparse as well. Each disc is contained in a flimsy plastic cover. Hopefully Sony Entertainment will correct these issues in future seasons.
I suspect the appeal of this series lies predominantly with those of us who remember when it first aired in the 1970s. Today, it's hard to believe this innocent, cheesey little show caused as much controversy as it did. It's nice to see that Chucky's girls are still fun to watch after all these years.
Nothing like the good ol' fashion Angels...
I was very delighted that Charlie's Angels was released on dvd! I only hope that Season 2 will soon follow! It is nice to be able to time warp back to the 70's with Charlie's Angels, who were definately a childhood idol of mine!!! A few dissapointements about this dvd collection were that none of the Angels were interviewed, and it would be nice to have some previews of each later season. I hope that the original Angels will be interviewed, and asked to tell about the way each of them felt about doing the series, and what was it like to work with each other. they had such great chemistry on the set together, but what were they like behind the scenes? Was it fun acting out such heroic women? What would be really neat I think would be to get all the 4 main Angels, that being Sabrina, Kelly, Jill, and Kris to do a few small "modern" episodes...only too bad Bosley who I am so used to and also loved will have to be played by a different actor....but I think that would be neat if they will make another show in the 21st century...the modern charlie's Angels with Drew, Cameron, and Lui is great of course, and action packed....but theres no replacing the ones I remember and loved so much...Please make dvd's of the entire 5 seasons. But next time I hope to have a better "angels Forever extra to view...
The stars were not the problem...
In all honesty, I think all of the stars who appeared on this show; Kate Jackson, Jacklyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett, Tanya Roberts, Cheryl Ladd, all wanted to be taken seriously and indeed a few of them did better work after this series ended. But their looks were what the show was all about from day one, that was wrong. The writing was cheap. What they put these women through was cheap. Everything. I would rather not remember this show, or sometimes how Hollywood treats women.