The Greatest American Hero: The Complete Series

I originally heard about the Greatest American Hero DVD series set from a friend who showed me the one that he had purchased. The attention to detail and the fact that it included so many extra items made me go and get one for myself. First of all, this is a numbered boxed set. There are only 20,000 made total. That right there makes it a collectible. Second, it was amazing what they decided to include in the set. You get a cape, which is acceptable looking (mine is still sealed in the plastic bag). You get an iron-on transfer. It's kind of cool, but I would never apply it to anything (partially for fear of looking like the biggest geek ever). Lastly, and arguably the coolest part of the set, besides the DVD's themselves!) would be the battery-powered instruction manual with details that are exactly like the one seen in the pilot episode of the series itself. All of this comes in a nice metal tin too. Wow! As far as the actual episodes are concerned, it is great to be able to see all of the original episodes (in order) of this awesome series that has been taken off the air long, long ago. I highly recommend purchasing this DVD box set. It is: collectible, cool, and hours of enjoyment.

Let me just say - I loved this show and the actors 25 years ago and am very happy to finally get it on DVD. At first, I ordered the 1st season only because many of the reviews I read stated that the COMPLETE SERIES did not contain the pilot. This DVD was a disappointmend as they were many "freezes" in both the audio and video, not only in the pilot but also the second episode. Never watched the rest but returned it to Amazon for an exchange, which I received promptly. The pilot played a little better this time, but the second show was again almost impossible to watch because of constant freezes. At one point, it froze all together. That's when I decided to buy the COMPLETE SERIES and to my surprise, it not only contained the pilot but the picture and audio played beautifully and seemed of a much better quality than the DVDs of the 1st season. I'm very pleased with the service Amazon offered with the returns of the two faulty 1st seasons. Still my favorite place on the internet to shop!!!

Even though I was born by December of 1981, I had the chance the watch most of the re-run for this great TV show. Since I'm now a teacher and also a sci-fi lover I truly think this series represent most of my own personality, starting by Scarbury's "Believe or Not" which I guess it deals with imagination, innocence, love and dreams (my favorite topics in a way) However I have to talk about the DVD box set, not about my personal feelings and the way it deeply affects me as a grown up child. The box is simply awesome, made of some metal material it gives the entire show (3 seasons) plus a manual for your super alien suit (ha ha) and it also comes with a reproduction of the greatest american hero's cape and a sticker featuring the suit logo. What else can I say? believe or not it's simply the best TV show that portraits naivity along with values and hero type adventures.

Ralph Hinckley is definitely back in the house. I love the extras; the cape and the book-though I was a little disappointed in the book which many of my "nerds" out there would agree. I thought it was a full list of powers and abilities that even he never knew about. Kinda special, privy information the even they didn't get to do in the show. But it's not though it is an actual replica of the show prop (it does light up for real)so that's cool too.It has three "pamphlets"-one talks about episodic content- that give accounts of like the "behind the scenes" people. I was put off alittle by the amount of dvd's (seven in all)to shuffle through-everything's marked, mind you. I just didn't think i'd be so many. There's like three one hour long shows per. I wish they had dvd's with more space.The packaging gives you a full detail of the episodes in each "chapter". I confess due to my busy schedule,I haven't had a chance to watch everything,like documentaries,(NOT THAT I CARE I JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW,LOL)well one and it was cool. The quality is really good. Though the added amusement factor is how "cheesy" the special effects look compared to "SMALLVILLE", "X-MEN","HEROES" and the like with more on the way. It's still hasn't lost it's luster though. The story dynamics are still great, funny,well-fleshed out, he presents realistic problems single parent with fiancee', teacher to highly dysfunctional kids then fact he's doesn't want or like the suit-I wouldn't either,you've seen him fly-that's just icing on the cake. He's like "SUPERMAN" with a "SPIDER-MAN" problems. "THE GREATEST AMERICAN HEROINE" STILL SUCKS. She's sexy but she makes you wanna just slap fire from her. I honestly think they should re-do or renew the show. We're a more sophisticated audience with superheroes coming out of the woodwork. It's the perfect time for a resurrection but in the interrim. "Just take three steps and jump like you're jumpin' offa diving' board and hold your hands in front of you" cause believe or not, he's back. You won't be disappointed-book aside and everything.

It good tv show I watch when I was kid

I was a great fan of this American series the first time around so it was only natural I buy it To modern eyes it's a bit dated now and the special effects aren't up to today's standards but I found it a good giggle. A combination of a police procedural and a super hero film. A teacher is given a costume by some aliens that gives him pretty standard super hero powers and he teams up with an old school FBI agent, who's more than a little misogynistic but it's played for laughs and not too deep or challenging stories. Good entertainment though.

昔、テレビで見た記憶があって・・・ 宇宙人からスーパーマンに なるスーツとマントをもらったが・・・ マニュアルをなくして・・・ カッコ悪いながらも正義のために戦うヒーローの物語・・・ 英語のヒアリングが得意では無いので・・・ まだ、全ては理解できてないけど・・・ 理解できれば面白いと思う。 ただ、２話目の途中で再生が止まってしまう部分があって・・・ 何度再生しても そこで止まってしまうのが減点ポイント。

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La verdad es que lo compre con la ilusión de volver a recordar aquellos años de mi infancia, y me desilusione porque este pack de la primera temporada en vez de llevar los ocho capítulos en castellano, solo lleva 5 de ellos, los otros 3 son en versión original osea , en ingles y subtitulados en castellano. Así que me quedo con mas ganas de ver el Gran Héroe Americano.

Loved this show back in the eighties. Reliving the moments.