Adventures of Captain Marvel

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A LITTLE OVERRATED BY ENTHUSIESTS., 2008-08-25
This 12 chapter dvd often gets compared to the Superman and/or Batman dvd serials. Personally I see no difference in picture quality for any of these. They all look great. I still feel the Superman and Batman serials are more exciting. But the one thing Captain Marvel has in it's favor is, it's roughly one hour shorter than the other serials mentioned. Therefore it doesn't get bogged down with wasted filler that many other serials seem to suffer from. Unlike the Superman/ Batman serials there is no voice-over telling you to come back next week. Recaps are done in written form. Although he has similar abilities to Superman, Captain Marvel does not have Superman's patience or compassion. Just get this disc and you'll see what I mean. As for the DVD itself. It's all 12 chapters on one disc, a trailer, a play all mode or chapter select. English only language track and no subtitles. But it is closed caption encoded if your dvd player and tv are set up for it. I recommend using chapter select over play all. Here's why. After a chapter is over you have to sit through the Artisan Entertainment sign. Then you have to wait for the Republic Pictures logo with the eagle on the mountain. Then you have to endure the warning page. This happens in between every chapter and believe me it's very time consuming. Chapter select avoids all that and goes straight to the actual production.

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Adventures of Captain Marvel......., 2008-08-11
Out of all the serials I've seen from back in the day, this serial has to be my all-time favorite(yes, even over Superman). This 12 chapter serial, directed by William Witney and John English for Republic Pictures, starred Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel. Tom, as some of you may know, starred in the '43 serial of The Phantom. The serial, itself, was Republic's first foray into comic book adaptions(not including comic strip Dick Tracy)and was considered having the best production values and screenwriting of it's day. Having even better production that the Superman serials. The Golden Scorpion is found during an expedition to Siam, which is also where young journalist Billy Batson meets the wizard Shazam while trapped in a crypt. Shazam grants him the ability to change into Captain Marvel in order to prevent the Golden Scorpion from falling into the wrong hands. Thus begins our story and a good one at that. The serial also stars Frank Coghlan Jr., William Benedict, Louise Curry, Robert Strange, Harry Worth, Bryant Washburn John Davidson(no, not that John Davidson, lol). br / br /It's definitely worth getting if you're into movie serials like I am. One of the better ones of the day. br / br /

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Captain Marvel (DVD), 2008-07-30
This is one of my favorite movie serials and I was thrilled when I saw it was on DVD, overall I give the transfer high marks for the quality of the print though some scenes where a bit grainy. The DVD is also short on extras as in none related to the serial other than the trailer. My main beef with this one is if you accidentally stop the serial by using the stop button do not press it a second time. If you do you will have to watch the rest of the serial one chapter at a time, after which you are bounced out to the menu asking which chapter to play next. This is ridiculous, but as I said it was my main complaint, which isn't that bad of an inconvenience to have this one on DVD. It is why I gave it 4 stars and not 5. Now my number of stars is how I see this when measured against other cliff hangers.

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Captain Marvel, 2008-06-27
br /One of the best serial I've seen, if not the best. br /Escapism at it best.It has all the elements that kept us coming back for more as preteens and seniors citizens.

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Captain Marvel takes no prisoners!, 2008-05-10