Bonanza - Volume 2 DVD

 Excellent!!
Excellent quality & great stories to reminisce about
Submitted by kathy.jones (Missoula MT USA) 
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 Four classic episodes of a great western series!,
Bonanza was a very popular Western TV series that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973. The series starred Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, patriarch of the Ponderosa. Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Pernell Roberts starred as his sons Hoss, Little Joe and Adam, the oldest of the three. Of these actors, only Pernell Roberts is still with us. Lorne Greene died in 1987, Dan Blocker in 1972, and Michael Landon passed away in 1991. Platinum Disc Corporation (now Echo Bridge Home Entertainment) has released 8 volumes of this classic show, consisting of of a total of 31 episodes, on DVD. The episodes on this disc are from the first season (1959-1960) and are as follows: Showdown San Francisco Holiday The Mill Escape To The Ponderosa I found all the episodes on this disc entertaining and interesting, especially San Francisco Holiday. This highly entertaining and comedic episode tells what happens to the Cartwrights when they go on holiday in San Francisco--it turns out to be anything but! In this episode two ranchers of Ben Cartwright are kidnapped to be trained as sailors! When Ben Cartwright investigates, he's captured by the same people. When Hoss and Little Joe try to find out what happened to their father, they all mysteriously disappear! How they get out of their predicament is something you've never seen in Bonanza before! As for the picture quality of these episodes, they're fine, especially for a show 46 years old! I saw very few instances of grain. Sometimes the picture wavered a bit and there were a few lines that came and went across the screen, but nothing too distracting. The colors were perfect, skin tones were true-to-life and there is some beautifully photographed scenery that is just breathtaking! The sound was excellent as well, dialog is easily heard, which is good as there were no subtitles or closed-captioning on this disc. The only thing I didn't like much about this release was that the original, beloved Bonanza theme is missing. It's replaced by a similar theme called "Return To The Ponderosa", which sounds great as it opens up the show, but it's still not the original theme! It's for this reason that I gave my review 4 stars instead of 5. However, if you're not a purist, this shouldn't bother you and if you're a big fan of classic TV westerns with honest and good storytelling, then you'll want to add this to your collection!
Submitted by Chris (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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