The Invaders - Seasons 1 - 2
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Actor: Hank Simms, Kent Smith, Mark Russell, Roy Thinnes, William WoodsonBrand: Paramount
Writer: Larry Cohen
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: 2220 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of The Invaders - Seasons 1 - 2
DVD Review: "The Invaders-In Color!"
Summary: 4 Stars
This combo pack features both the package for the first and second seasons of "The Invaders". The show looks quite good with a few exceptions during the first season set. It appears that the episodes are drawn from cleaned up 35 mm vintagae prints.
During the first season we discover along with architect David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) that there is a plot by aliens from another world to take over our world. They take human form but have some distinct differences (at least some of them)that make them obvious to someone like Vincent. He has a difficult time getting people to believe him initially but he gathers enough evidence to become a threat.
The first season set includes one episode where footage had to be substituted from what appears to be 16mm print syndication print as the original episode print was damaged. The few scenes pulled from this are very soft and blurry but otherwise the rest of the prints look extremely good for their age. Color is pretty solid throughout (even when upscaled on my Blu-ray player) and CBS/Paramount has cleaned up most of the dirt and debris with white speckles the only noticeable flaw in most of the episodes (typical of films from the time--caused during the duplication process from the interpositive).
The other issue is that the pilot evidently has been time compressed (why? I'm not exactly sure given that it would have fit just fine on the disc at a full 51 minutes)it runs about 49 minutes. I really didn't notice it all that much until I compared the vocal timbre on the 60 minute pilot episode that is included as an extra. Why this occured I'm not sure unless this was an accident or they weren't sure about how well things would fit given the extras that were planned (or perhaps the show was sourced from a digital transfer of the UK version of the series which is in the PAL vs. NTSC format that is commonly used in the U.S.--these run at slightly different speeds which could account for this).
We get introductions for each episode by actor Roy Thinnes as well as an extended interview in which he reveals he saw a UFO just prior to accepting the role in the series.
Creator Larry Cohen provides a commentary track on the episode "The Innocents" where he reveals that while producer Quinn Martin didn't really want him to write any episodes after creating the show, he did provide outlines for the bulk of the 16 episodes during the first season that were followed pretty closely.
We also get three season one promos and the rarely seen 60 minute extended version pilot. The source for the hour long pilot has faded more than the 45 minute pilot version and looks a bit more gritty than the aired pilot but overall looks quite good. We get all 16 first season episodes here as well. The 45 minute version of the pilot appears to run a bit fast and I'm not sure if that is because it came from a PAL source or if it might have been time compressed a bit. This isn't the case with the 60 minute version of the pilot.
The second season set includes all 26 second season episodes. Again, star Thinnes provides introductions for each episode. We also get interview footage centering around the production of the second season. Alan Armer line producer for Quinn Martin Productions on "The Invaders" provides a commentary track on "The Peacemaker" and he reveals that the line producers in many respects acted as story editors on the show as well assigning/writing/producing episodes. Martin's shows always had top notch production values but Armer does cite one of the common failings of Martin's other shows--falling into a predictable formula something that "The Invaders" managed to avoid for the most part during its brief two season run on ABC.
In the second season Vincent begins to gather others who believe him and work with him including millionaire Kent Scoville (Kent Smith). During the second season, Vincent pursues the aliens and even finds some aliens that for their own reasons are willing to help and cooperate with Vincent although they have very different motives.
Image quality for the second season is also extremely good. Colors are solid throughout and the episodes have been clenaed up outside of white specks on the film source (which, again, are from the 35mm prints that were used for airing on the show).
Packaging is quite nice in a multiple disc holder Amray case with clear plastic. On the inside you can read an episode summary for each episode, it's original air dates and the extras for the set.
Overall, this is quite a good package and CBS/Paramount has done a good job of presenting the show only using inferior sourced print material on one episode that I found. The extended pilot was searched for as an extra for this set almost delaying the original release date of the set as they searched for it.
The only thing missing here is the two hour pilot for the 1990's version of "The Invaders" with Scott Bakula that NBC tried to launch. That would have made a nice extra and bookended the series nicely but, aside from that minor point, this is an extremely good set that fans of the series will enjoy.
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