The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series
Starring: Michael Dunn, Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Roy Engel, Douglas HendersonStudio: Paramount
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
DVD Release: November 4th 2008
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James West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. Half science fiction and half western, the Artemus designs a series of interesting gadgets for James that would make Inspector Gadget proud. A light hearted adventure series that was a fan favorite.
User Reviews
Wild Wild West... - Rating: 5/5
good pricing, packaging, on time arrival and was just as great as I remember it to be!!
Great entertainment - Rating: 5/5
Enjoying the series very much. Great entertainment. It's excellent. More thought should have been given to packaging. Love the saddlebags, but DVDs should have come with round sleeves or something to protect the DVDs for years to come so they don't get scratched up.
Poor Packing from Manufacturer - Rating: 1/5
I'm in agreement with the others about the packaging of this item. I was so excited to add this to my collection and I bought it new from another vendor for about $43 and thought it was a steal. Every single disc in the package was scuffed / marked and I had to return it. After reading the same issue in other reviews, I just accepted that I couldn't own this in my collection because the replacement would probably be the same. I returned it for a refund.
Great Series! Horrible Packaging!!! - Rating: 2/5
If you're a fan of 60s action/adventure series then this series is a must! Conrad and Martin are perfect together as West and Gordon. It's great that the complete series is finally available but, if you can afford it, purchase the seasons individually. The packaging for this complete series set is the worst I've ever seen! The discs aren't even on a spindle or in seperate slots, they are lumped loosely together and can get scratched as they rub up against each other. Whoever designed this packaging should be fired!
The series gets 5 stars, the pacakging gets "0"!
West is the Best - Rating: 5/5
The Wild,Wild West was simply the coolest show ever on TV. It had it all-evil criminal masterminds concocting clever schemes, dastardly(and beautiful)dames and of course a cacophony of James Bond-like gadgets. The best episodes were the 10 where our heroes, James West and Artemus Gordon, matched wits with Professor Moriarty-ish villian Dr. Miguelito Loveless. The guest star list reads like a who's who of cult '60's icons such as Lloyd Bochner,Kathie Browne and Nick Adams, plus future stars like Katherine Ross and Robert Duvall. The plots are some of the most imaginative ever to grace television. Even though the first season is generally considered the best,there is very little drop off from seasons 1-4. Unfortunately 8 of the 10 Loveless episodes are in seasons 1 and 2. The show probably could have run for several more seasons, but was cancelled due to a crackdown on television violence(perhaps the opening credits montage where the cowboy punches a saloon girl in the face was a clue). As a kid the show was just plain fun to watch and after getting the set my opinion hasn't changed as an adult. Except for a bonus disc of the two WWW TV movies and audio intros from star Robert Conrad in season 1 the rest of the set is devoid of any extra bonus material. An absolute must for "West" fans and highly recommended for any other fan of '60's television.
