I can understand the point of view of an earlier reviewer; this set does feel like it's a bit of a rush job, which is strange as I don't think they'll be a Hollywood version anytime soon! Again as previously stated, the extras are a bit thin on the ground, but maybe that's due to the age of the product. I'm sure in the 60's when the cost of tape was at a premuim, they didn't tend to save too much extra material, they just wiped it.

Watching a Gerry Anderson production is always a special experience from the excellent Barry Gray soundtrack to the quality of the props and vehicles in the show itself. The BIG RAT looks great.

I did try and watch every episode over a weekend once, but my wife put here foot down after one disc! They don't understand, do they?!

A trip down memory lane
Review date: 2003-10-28 Rating: 10 out of 10

This set brought back a lot of memories for my sister and me. Even 30 years on, Gerry Anderson's masterpieces of puppetry are still incredible.

Buy it for yourself. buy it for your children or grandchildren. Joe 90 is good, clean, honest, timeless fun!

Just as good as any other
Review date: 2003-10-15 Rating: 10 out of 10

Just to start things off i only bought this series because it interested me. I must say Captain Scarlet is my favourite Gerry Anderson series, but Joe 90 is now close second. Made just after Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 set in the now modern day (2003)and tells the story of a professor Mclaine and his son joe. With the aid of the 'BIG RAT' joe is able to recieve peoples brain patturns and take on tasks for the world intelligence network (W.I.N). The music for the episode 'Hi-Jacked' shows barry greys genious when composing music.

This is a must buy for any gerry anderson fan.

Not quite as good as it might be
Review date: 2003-02-19 Rating: 8 out of 10

I'm a dyed in the wool Anderson fan, and I was in the target audience when this was first made. Watching it now, I still get the same childish buzz that I used to back then. It appeals to the action hero in every little boy, and as a programme has aged remarkably well (as have most of Anderson's post-Fireball XL5 offerings).

Unfortunately, the DVD set as a product is not quite so hot. The re-mastering has been performed adequately well, and the pictures are largely crisp and steady. But there are a couple of instances where they are positively gloomy. Maybe the video or film stock they were lifted from was in poor condition. Even more of a let-down are the menus and extras. The menus clearly haven't been properly debugged and sometimes do some odd things. The text of the various information panels has not been quality checked with odd spelling and editing mistakes. Spread across the 5 disks are character biogs and equipment information dossiers, and one other feature which varies from disk to disk. All in all this comes across as a "bare minimum" with hints of it having been rushed out.

Even as a fanatically regressive kid I can't bring myself to award this set the final star.

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