YOUNG INDIANA JONES {Vol.1.Boxset} (DVD Review) - 16/3/09

George Lucas the memory-thief (Remember what he did to "Star Wars"?) does a similar hatchet job with the TV Series of "The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones" cutting a swathe through these episodes and slicing out a main character completely as though his performance didn't matter at all! We get abrupt endings and an oddly aged Indy as the episodes have been hacked into chronological order. The dire first few episodes of this kiddie-lite fare attempt to inform but end up dreary, dull & boring. Glossing over any real violence it isn't until the final couple of discs that the real world intrudes, and yes; people do really bleed and do really die!

Where this 12-disc Boxset comes into it's own though is the extensive background features along the lines of the History Channel or National Geographic delving into history in all it's aspects and genuinely informing the viewer about historical events and people. Forget about the trite trick of Indy coincidentally meeting most of the famous figures throughout the history of the late 1800s onwards as it will soon be a moot point as we travel into the War Years in Boxset 2.

The Boxset folds out and has a listing of the episodes and features on the packaging, as well as then folding up into a nice cardboard slipcase designed like Indy's diary.