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I was thrilled when I heard that Jason of Star Command, and other Filmation live-action and animated shows were being released. Admittedly, most of these programs were probably cheesy then, and certainly haven't aged well. That said, I was going on 8 when Jason debuted, and I probably also watched the 1980 repeats when I was nearly 10. Jason may not have been Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, or even Buck Rogers, but it was a fun part of those sorely missed Saturday morning tv lineups. I won't weigh you down with the synopsis of every episode, the characters, etc. I'll focus more on the quality, and what you're getting for your money. It's been a month or so since I've watched the set, but I recall the video quality being pretty decent. There were at least two commentaries, as well as new interviews with Lou Scheimer, Jason Littler, and Sid Haig. Also some effects reels, and still photos. It's nice when a distributor puts so much into the special features for a little show like Jason, or Space Academy. Hell, you don't always get that sort of thing with other successful, mainstream releases. So far, I've only purchased JoSC, Space Academy, and Star Trek: The Animated Series. I highly recommend all of them. I will definately be picking up the Flash Gordon animated series, Ark II, Isis, Isis and Freedom Force, and Blackstar.
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Yes It's finally here Jason of Star Command.I,loved this show as a kid back in the late 70's.And now it's on DVD,WOW!! it has taken a while to get here and now I'm happy camper.I remember seeing this show and I wanted to get- this show on DVD; I loved these campy sci-fi show that come on early Saturdays mornings on ABC; what a time that was to have all these fun shows on TV at that time on the air and they where great shows.I now I get to take a trip down memory lane.For all those who loved this great sci-fi show just buy all the DVD's you want;and hope there's a movie in the works,or a TV remake of this fun show.
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Jason of Star Command is the reason I used to jump excitedly out of bed on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons with the anticipation that the Jason of Star Command live-action 15-minute segment of Tarzan and the Super 7 would be the crescendo of my weekly Saturday morning ritual. Building upon the first season of Filmation's highly successful live-action series Space Academy, it was revamped to appeal to kids who were still dazzled by seeing Star Wars, and the similarities to which are glaringly obvious. Craig Littler stars as Jason, the heroic soldier of fortune who is nothing less than Han Solo-lite right down to his 70's-looking vest and carries a pocket-sized droid on his belt named W1K1 (sounds like Buck Roger's Twiki) and Susan O'Hanlon who plays Captain Nicole Davidoff who bares more than a passing resemblance to Ralph McQuarrie's conceptual art designs for Princess Leia. Charlie Dell from Murphy Brown played the goofy Professor E.J. Parsafoot and Sid Haig (whom I vividly remember from Roger Corman's Galaxy of Terror and had guest starred with Batman's Julie Newmar on Buck Rogers) plays the evil space pirate Dragos with his over-the-top diabolical laughter and menacing helmet with laser-shooting eye crystal. James Doohan beamed over from the Enterprise to take command of the special secret-section of Space Academy (a space-station built upon a derelict asteroid) as Commander Canarvin but would be replaced in the second season by the hard-nosed blue-skinned Commander Stone played by John Russell when Doohan had to leave the show to go make Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Tamara Dobson would replace Nicole as the mysterious telepathic alien gypsy Samantha.
Jason bolstered the most ambitious special effects ever created for children's programming under the supervision of Chuck Comisky who would go on to work for Roger Corman studios and work with James Cameron to do the special effects for Battle Beyond the Stars. With impressive model spaceships like Jason's Starfire with illuminated ion engines and a detacheable escape pod called the "mini-cat" and Drago's Dragonship, a monstrous design that resembled an enormous beast with menacing arms, shoulders and head and its arsenal of unmanned fighter drones called Red Dragon Interceptors, Comisky and his team of visual effects gurus (some of whom had worked on Star Wars) were responsible for bringing the epic space battles of Star Wars and stop-motion aliens of Ray Harryhausen to the small screen and their impressive effects arguably still hold up to this day. After 30 years these shows have been preserved on DVD and look just as good as they did the first time I saw them and watching these shows again really take me back to the innocence and excitement I felt as a 6-year-old boy, they are exactly the same as I had remembered them. Sure it was cheese but it was damn good cheese.
The episodes were serialized in the style of the traditional 1930's movie serials like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. The first season had 16 episodes that were aired as part of a 15-minute segment of Filmation's 90-minute Tarzan and the Super 7 Saturday morning all-star show that included Tarzan Lord of the Jungle, The New Adventures of Batman, The Freedom Force, Superstretch and Microwoman, Manta and Moray and Web Woman. Unfortunately, due to lawsuits from Marvel and DC Comics, Superstretch and Microwoman, Manta and Moray and Web Woman have been withdrawn from commercial syndication and will likely not be made publicly available because of the numerous similarities to popular trademarked comic-book characters. However, Jason proved to be such a popular segment of the show that he required his own half-hour show for the second season consisting of an additional 14-episodes.
Danger hides in the stars... A sinister villain named Dragos threatens the cosmos... One hero will rise to stop him...
JASON OF STAR COMMAND!
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I tip my hat to BCI Eclipse for releasing another high quality DVD representation of a classic Filmation show. The crystal clear image of Jason of Star Command in this release will treat you to the superb model work and special effects sequences of a truly gifted technical crew. Every spaceship model design in Jason is iconic, from Dragos Dragonship, to his warrior drone ships, to Jason's Starfire. The warrior drone ships were expertly constructed. Detail lays on top of detail, and engine exhaust marks are clearly visible around the engines. The model crew even went to the trouble of placing orange decals around the engines. Dragos Dragonship is a magnificient model. Looking like a dragon with two arms, it lays on top of a rock slab as it cruises through space. We're treated to dozens of new shots of the Space Academy model. The visual effects crew excells here as it uses light effects to dramatize the Academy going through an Ion storm. Jason of Star Command had the best visual effects crew in the business working on the show at that time, many of them Star Wars veterans. Spaceship engines flare against the camera lense as they pass by, ships race towards planets in instance after instance of superb depth of field. Ships roll, bank, spin, etc. Stop motion animators bring creatures to life with none of the Ray Harryhausen jerkiness. Buy this DVD for no other reason than to see late 1970s state of the art model construction and motion control photography. It still looks exquisite today.
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Brentwood Video has been releaseing these old filmation shows(Space Acadamy, Ark II, and the Groove Ghoulies) and saving a part of all of us 70's children's history. These shows were great then and they look good now. These are classics from a time when Saturday mornings were an event looked foward to all week. Keep them coming Brentwood, PLEASE!
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