HTF DVD REVIEW: Cannon: Season One, Volume One - Page 2

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I believe that if Paramount wanted to, it could have put Cannon out with just as good picture quality as Streets of San Francisco, Mission Impossible, Hawaii Five-O etc. I think Paramount just didn't want to spend the time and money to do it. It is very disappointing. However, as posted previously, what Paramount did is better than no Cannon. I hope Paramount will release the complete series and that the additional DVD's will be better quality. Cannon Season 1 Volume 1 is still the best the show has ever looked. Cannon Season 1 Volume 1 is much better video quality than what people who watched the show during its intial 1971-1976 run were watching on their televisions back then.

Robert

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Cannon just briefly touched the top 100 TV sales rankings over at amazon whilst Jake and the Fatman were far, far from it...

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This is hardly a surprise. While I'm glad they did, why in the world did they release JAKE AND THE FATMAN anyway?

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I've watched most of the set now, and I've noticed that there is a scene that could serve as an epilogue in most episodes. A couple episodes have cuts to this scene, and the first note or two of a music cue seems to have been chopped off as the new scene begins. That implies that a "Cannon: Epilog" intertitle has been cut. But there are cuts like this within the acts in some episodes, where the cue's first notes are lopped. Since most of the wrap-up scenes start with no music, I'm thinking that there is no "epilog" intertitle missing.

Stephen's last post here made me wonder how many series have both a prologue and (with an obvious fade-out or break to set it up) an epilogue. Bat Masterson does, and I think some seasons of Barney Miller do.

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All of the 60s QM shows (The Fugitive, The Invaders, The FBI, 12 O'Clock High) have both a prologue and an "epilog," the latter handily labeled onscreen in case any one didn't get it. I'm sure Quinn Martin would've superimposed the (misspelled) word "Prolog" over the beginning of the episode teasers if they'd let him.

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Picture quality aside, this is a really solid show! This one was a blind buy for me (I'm a fan of William Conrad's radio work, and of 70s PI shows) and so far it hasn't disappointed. I've watched the first disc, and one of the things that I like is that (for the most part) Cannon's bulk doesn't put him at a physical disadvantage in a fight. Not only does he get in some judo moves, but sometimes he just uses a bear hug to take out the bad guy!

Plus, it looks like Conrad is doing a lot of his own fighting in some of the close-up shots. That definitely adds to the cool of the character. Split seasons suck, but I can't wait for Volume 2.