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DVD MacGyver - The Complete First Season
Like James Bond--but without the high-tech gadgets--Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is one of those rare beings who can avert any crisis without mussing a hair. (The rest of us should be so lucky.) In the pilot alone, the secret agent dismantles a missile using a paper clip and fashions a rocket thruster out of a pistol. Is there anything MacGyver can't do? As the first season of ABC's long-running adventure series proves, the answer is a resounding no. MacGyver's secret: the everyday items he "finds along the way," like matches or gum wrappers, and the ingenuity to put them to a myriad of uses (a background in physics and chemistry doesn't hurt). Unlike Alias' Sidney Bristow, he isn't a multi-linguist, a martial artist, or a master of disguises. Wits are MacGyver's weapon of choice.
Produced by Henry Winkler (Arrested Development), The Complete First Season includes all 22 episodes from 1985-1986 (alas, there are no extras). MacGyver is joined by Phoenix Foundation director of operations Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar), who is introduced in "Nightmares." Also, his grandfather, Harry Jackson (John Anderson), makes his first appearance in "Target MacGyver," while friend Penny Parker (Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives) makes hers in "Every Time She Smiles" (they will appear more frequently in future seasons). Other notable guest stars include Joan Chen (The Last Emperor) in "The Golden Triangle," Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) in "Hellfire," and John De Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation) in "The Escape."
MacGyver ran for seven seasons and was followed by two made-for-TV movies in 1994, Lost Treasure of Atlantis and Trail to Doomsday. In 1997, after a short-lived series for UPN (1995's Legend), Anderson landed the lead in an even longer-running series, Stargate SG-1, based on the sci-fi extravaganza with Kurt Russell. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Review(s): DVD MacGyver - The Complete First Season
Guns don't kill people, Macgyver kills people.
Macgyver has always been an inspiration to me. From years of watching his madcap hijinx I've slowly gotten the message: guns are EVIL. Because I want to be just like Macgyver, I stopped carrying a gun. One time I went down to the Circle-K to buy an eight-ball, and got into a jam with a local gang known as "The Tough Boys". They had my homie hemmed up and they were all around. They had him up seein' if they were goin' straight pound for pound. My first thought was, "they gonna come up real quick. Before they start to clown, I best pull out my strap and lay them bustas down!". But then I thought, "NO! GUNS! BAD!". I had to find an alternative. I had no time to hesitate. I thought to myself, "what would macgyver do?" I scanned around and spotted an old smashed-up telephone, a graphing calculator, and an old bag of ammonium-nitrate fertilizer. Bada-bing, bada-boom. Big bada-boom! Unfortunately the blast radius was a little larger than I expected, and I took out some innocent bystanders along with those pesky "tough boys", but it was a small sacrifice to make in the war on gun-violence.
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It's too good to be true. Allow yourself to get excited about this one. Mac is back, baby!
These DVDs are an injustice to the show!
I watched MacGyver for years when it was on, and continued to watch the re-runs on various channels as well. Then I got the DVDs for birthdays and holidays. I was psyched (yes, child of the 80's).
I got these as a gift, so I'm quite greatful, but so far (Season 1), the quality of the DVD is HORRIBLE.
I don't much care for the extra frills (behind the scenes, actor bios, etc.), but Paramound didn't even bother to fix any damage to the master film/tape that they were using. I agree with user D. Mok's review, they did a horrible and lazy job of putting this beloved series to DVD. Makes me think that at times I'm watching a film in class on the vintage high-school reel-to-reel projectors.
I bet if I go out and get the original 1979 Battlestar Galactica on DVD it won't be anywhere near this bad in quality.
For now, save yourself the money, buy a DVD recorder and record it on SpikeTV... it's probably better quality.
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MacGyver's second season begins by following the same blueprint as the first (although the opening gambit is gone). Richard Dean Anderson is back as the eponymous secret agent. So is Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar), operations director of the Phoenix Foundation. In addition, Mac's ditzy pal, Penny (Teri Hatcher), and beloved grandfather, Harry (John Anderson), return for a few episodes. In the season premiere ("The Human Factor"), a skeptical military man says to Thornton, "So this is your main guy. He doesn't even have any gear." Responds Thornton, "That's what makes him so special." As before, Mac doesn't drink, smoke, or carry a firearm. He puts it plainly in the fourth episode ("The Wish Child"): "I hate guns." Mac would rather use non-violent means, i.e. "MacGyverisms," to fight... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Dean Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 07 June 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In "Ghost Ship," MacGyver's boss, Pete (Dana Elcar), is asked to define what makes Mac (Richard Dean Anderson) so special. He replies, "You know, I've known him for eight years now, and I've never quite been able to put my finger on it. He just always comes through, no matter what." And that he does. MacGyver's third season begins with a blast from the past when Mac runs into Lisa (Elyssa Davalos), a woman he thought he had killed (unintentionally, of course). Turns out Lisa's just fine, but she did do a little time in a Russian gulag, proceeding to marry the ex-KGB operative who set her free. The two-part season opener ("Lost Love") allows Mac to make it up to his former flame with a little help from pal Jack (Bruce "D-Day" McGill), AKA "The Great Sheldrake," whose latest career... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Dean Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 06 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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