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Newbie looking for recommendations (Emma Peel ones, of course)

posted 15 years ago by perfectpawn
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I watched the Avengers occasionally as a kid in the '80s but I have no recollection of it...don't even remember if I liked it!

I'm looking for the most mod-tastic Emma Peel episodes...ones that revel in the vibrant colors of the swinging '60s (sooo much better than the washed-out palette filmmakers give us today).

Please recommend me the DVDs where I can best find them...I'm in the US so prefer Region 1, but I can do PAL discs as well.

Thanks!

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[–] perfectpawn 15 years ago

It does, thanks!

And I think I will get into the b&w eps...Amazon UK has Season 5 up from preorder, and I can play PAL on my multi-region DVD player...however rumor is all of these remastered Avengers MIGHT be released on US dvd...eventually!

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[–] perfectpawn 15 years ago

That's funny...yes, I've been revisiting all the old '60s shows I watched as a kid on syndication in the '70s and '80s. It started with Bewitched and I've now moved on to the Avengers....!

If any of you are interested, I've posted a review here on imdb for Diana Rigg's obscure "Mini-killers" film. It's spoiler-heavy though, mostly detailing what happens in each installment -- I wrote it really for people who've heard of it but have no idea what exactly happens in it. I also wrote some trivia for it, explaining the reasons behind the project and etc, but for whatever reason imdb hasn't posted it...? I need to re-submit that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456057/usercomments

I'm the top reviewer; ignore the 1-star review by the other guy! :)

Back to the Avengers, I look forward to seeing these Riggs episodes; like I wrote, I'm going to wait for the remastered PAL discs coming out in a few months. The last mod-60s spy show I watched was the Prisoner, and that was over a decade ago...and I loved it. I know Avengers is a bit more campy, but that's exactly my sort of thing!

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[–] chongajuly 14 years ago

It was Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee that led me to watch THE AVENGERS, obviously I liked what I saw! Michael Gough did the first Cybernauts episode too, so that was another early favorite. I first discovered the series in 1990, thanks to A&E cable, the first time the Honor Blackman shows ever aired in America. A&E also distributed the shows on DVD, but these Region 1 discs are now out of print. "A Touch of Brimstone" was one of 5 that was banned in the US, with Mrs. Peel dressed as the Queen of Sin, and another, "Honey for the Prince," is the one where Diana Rigg wore a harem outfit that left little to the imagination, and in "A Sense of History," her Robin Hood costume completely bares her backside. No wonder worldwide audiences clamored for more! I think the black and white season has the edge over the color, but in either case, you just can't go wrong with luscious Diana Rigg ("Minikillers" looks very interesting).

"I take pleasure in great beauty" - James Bond