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05-03-2002, 12:30 AM
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<h2>THE BEST OF DAD'S ARMY </h2>
Release Date: Out now.
Rating: G
RRP: $29.95
<UL>SPECIAL FEATURES AND SPECS</b></center>
<LI>Selection Box - favourite clips chosen by celebrities.
<LI>Artist Profiles
<LI>English language in Dolby Digital 2.0
<LI>Aspect: 4:3 Fullscreen
<LI>Dual layer/single sided
<LI>Running Time: 152 Mins.</UL>
<center><b>CAST</b></center>
Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Ian Lavender,
James Beck, Arnold Ridley and Bill Pertwee
Directed by: David Croft.
<center><B>FROM THE BACK COVER</b></center>
<I><B>THE BEST OF DAD'S ARMY</b>
Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
<B>Starring: </b>Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sargeatn Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Bill Pertwee as The Warden.
<B>Featuring:</B> John Laurie as Private Frazer, James Beck as Private Walker, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey and Ian Lavender as Pike.
<B>The Deadly Attachment</b>
Face to face with the enemy at last! The platoon , detailed to guard a captive U-boat crew, rise to the occasion with all the competence and courage we've come to expect from the Home Guard.
<b>Keep Young and Beautiful</b>
Concern about the condition of some of the "older" members of the Home Guard, precipitates a frenzy of "rejuvenating" activities.
<b>Never Too Old</b>
At first everyone assumes that old age lies behind Jones' increasing woolly-headedness. But nothing could be further from the truth - it's all because he's fallen in love.
<b>Asleep in the Deep</b>
When a bomb falls on the local plumbing station, efforts to rescue Privates Walker and Godfrey result in the exact opposite - nearly the whole platoon are now trapped with them.
<b>Sons of the Sea</b>
Captian Mainwaring has an idea: "River patrols! Half a dozen men, armed to the teeth with a boat. They could play havoc with the Nazis." </I>
<center><b>AUDIO/VISUAL</b></center>
The Best Of Dad's Army has a pretty basic Dolby Digital audio track and I doubt that viewers will be expecting much from it anyway due to the vintage of this show.
Well, yeah it's pretty simple and there's no need for rears and a sub when watching these episodes, but the overall audio surprisingly comes through very loud and clear and easy to understand. There's no problems with audio sync that I could see.
Like the audio, I don't think people will be expecting great things from the video transfer due to the age of this show. Well to my surprise, the video looks pretty darn good for an old classic such as this one.
We get a mostly clear and very sharp image that shows off a lot of detail. The picture is shown in full screen.
The picture is mostly clean and free from any blemishes and the only marks I really noticed were the very fine white vertical lines that would only occasionally pop up on screen for a second (towards the end of the first episode for instance). I have to admit that I was looking for stuff like this and I seriously doubt it will bother many people when watching these wonderful episodes.
Colours include various shades of khaki, browns and blacks but regardless of what colour is on display, they all have a natural look to them as do flesh tones.
<center><B>EXTRA FEATURES</b></center>
Selection Box - favourite clips chosen by celebrities. -
In this feature which runs for just over 28 minutes various UK actors, actresses,
presenters, sportsmen and Ex Home-Guard present their favourite Dad's Army clips.
Artist Profiles -
This feature provides you with film & television credits for the 8 main cast members.
You have a background picture of the cast member and you are able to read a screen of text
on their career including list of film/television credits.
The artist profiles provided are as follows:<ul>
<LI>Arthur Lowe
<LI>John Le Mesurier
<LI>Clive Dunn
<LI>John Laurie
<LI>Ian Lavender
<LI>James Beck
<LI>Arnold Ridley
<LI>Bill Pertwee</ul>
<center><B>OVERALL</b></center>
It's great to see these classic British comedy series making their way to DVD and I really can't recommend this DVD enough to anyone who has enjoyed this wonderful show over the years.
I grew up watching shows like this and It Ain't Half Hot Mum and to be able to sit back and watch these episodes again has been great!
Fortunately, the audio/visual side of things are of a good enough quality that shouldn't disappoint.
The extra features are a bit light, but are still a nice touch to an already enjoyable DVD.
The Best Of Dad's Army is out now and has a RRP of $29.95.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="1">
<tr><td><B>VIDEO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>AUDIO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>EXTRAS</b> </td><td><B>4/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>THE MOVIE</b> </td><td><B>9/10 </b></td></tr>
<tr><td><B>OVERALL</B> </td><td><B>8/10 </b></td></tr></table>
Thanks for reading........
<b>
<h2>THE BEST OF DAD'S ARMY </h2>
Release Date: Out now.
Rating: G
RRP: $29.95
<UL>SPECIAL FEATURES AND SPECS</b></center>
<LI>Selection Box - favourite clips chosen by celebrities.
<LI>Artist Profiles
<LI>English language in Dolby Digital 2.0
<LI>Aspect: 4:3 Fullscreen
<LI>Dual layer/single sided
<LI>Running Time: 152 Mins.</UL>
<center><b>CAST</b></center>
Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Ian Lavender,
James Beck, Arnold Ridley and Bill Pertwee
Directed by: David Croft.
<center><B>FROM THE BACK COVER</b></center>
<I><B>THE BEST OF DAD'S ARMY</b>
Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
<B>Starring: </b>Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sargeatn Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Bill Pertwee as The Warden.
<B>Featuring:</B> John Laurie as Private Frazer, James Beck as Private Walker, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey and Ian Lavender as Pike.
<B>The Deadly Attachment</b>
Face to face with the enemy at last! The platoon , detailed to guard a captive U-boat crew, rise to the occasion with all the competence and courage we've come to expect from the Home Guard.
<b>Keep Young and Beautiful</b>
Concern about the condition of some of the "older" members of the Home Guard, precipitates a frenzy of "rejuvenating" activities.
<b>Never Too Old</b>
At first everyone assumes that old age lies behind Jones' increasing woolly-headedness. But nothing could be further from the truth - it's all because he's fallen in love.
<b>Asleep in the Deep</b>
When a bomb falls on the local plumbing station, efforts to rescue Privates Walker and Godfrey result in the exact opposite - nearly the whole platoon are now trapped with them.
<b>Sons of the Sea</b>
Captian Mainwaring has an idea: "River patrols! Half a dozen men, armed to the teeth with a boat. They could play havoc with the Nazis." </I>
<center><b>AUDIO/VISUAL</b></center>
The Best Of Dad's Army has a pretty basic Dolby Digital audio track and I doubt that viewers will be expecting much from it anyway due to the vintage of this show.
Well, yeah it's pretty simple and there's no need for rears and a sub when watching these episodes, but the overall audio surprisingly comes through very loud and clear and easy to understand. There's no problems with audio sync that I could see.
Like the audio, I don't think people will be expecting great things from the video transfer due to the age of this show. Well to my surprise, the video looks pretty darn good for an old classic such as this one.
We get a mostly clear and very sharp image that shows off a lot of detail. The picture is shown in full screen.
The picture is mostly clean and free from any blemishes and the only marks I really noticed were the very fine white vertical lines that would only occasionally pop up on screen for a second (towards the end of the first episode for instance). I have to admit that I was looking for stuff like this and I seriously doubt it will bother many people when watching these wonderful episodes.
Colours include various shades of khaki, browns and blacks but regardless of what colour is on display, they all have a natural look to them as do flesh tones.
<center><B>EXTRA FEATURES</b></center>
Selection Box - favourite clips chosen by celebrities. -
In this feature which runs for just over 28 minutes various UK actors, actresses,
presenters, sportsmen and Ex Home-Guard present their favourite Dad's Army clips.
Artist Profiles -
This feature provides you with film & television credits for the 8 main cast members.
You have a background picture of the cast member and you are able to read a screen of text
on their career including list of film/television credits.
The artist profiles provided are as follows:<ul>
<LI>Arthur Lowe
<LI>John Le Mesurier
<LI>Clive Dunn
<LI>John Laurie
<LI>Ian Lavender
<LI>James Beck
<LI>Arnold Ridley
<LI>Bill Pertwee</ul>
<center><B>OVERALL</b></center>
It's great to see these classic British comedy series making their way to DVD and I really can't recommend this DVD enough to anyone who has enjoyed this wonderful show over the years.
I grew up watching shows like this and It Ain't Half Hot Mum and to be able to sit back and watch these episodes again has been great!
Fortunately, the audio/visual side of things are of a good enough quality that shouldn't disappoint.
The extra features are a bit light, but are still a nice touch to an already enjoyable DVD.
The Best Of Dad's Army is out now and has a RRP of $29.95.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="1">
<tr><td><B>VIDEO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>AUDIO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>EXTRAS</b> </td><td><B>4/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>THE MOVIE</b> </td><td><B>9/10 </b></td></tr>
<tr><td><B>OVERALL</B> </td><td><B>8/10 </b></td></tr></table>
Thanks for reading........