The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 1 (DVD, 2007, Multiple Disc Set)

During this past week after viewing the Republican National Convention each night, Tina and I have been watching episodes of a DVD set called "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones".

I missed seeing this when it first came out on TV from 1992 -1996, as it seemed to be more like what Tina called it at first... "an afteroon TV Special".

However, we both soon got caught up in this adventureous series.

There are 7 episodes in this 12 DVD set. The reason for the xtra DVDs is that there are multiple bonus features on the peoples, times and places that Indy visited.

This is really a beautiful production, and I am glad we stopped long enough to view all of the episodes and most of the bonuses before having to return it!

For those that don't know, Henry (Indiana) Jones Jr was born July 1, 1899 in Princeton, NJ.

The first episode starts May 1908 with 'My First Adventure'. Indy meets Miss Seymour, his Oxford tutor, and the family travels to Egypt, where Indy meets Howard Carter, an archeologist.

Indy in the first five episodes is played by a young kid, Corey Carrier. It took a while for me to warm up to him, but he did a good job in portraying what had been up to that time Harrison Ford's role.

Episode 2A - Passion For Life - Sept 1908. Indy meets Picasso and Norman Rockwell in Paris. 2B - Indy meets Teddy Roosevelt in British East Africa.

Episode 3A - Perils of Cupid - Sept 1908. Indy's mom is romanced by Giacomo Puccinni. 3B - Sept 1909. Indy meets his first love at age of 10. Sigmund Freund explains love to him.

Episode 4A - Travels With Father - shown out of order as it is August 1910 in Russia with Tolstoy. 4B is in Athens Sept 1910.

Episode 5A - Journey of Radiance - January 1910 at Ganges River with Krishna. 5B - March 1910 in China where Indy almost dies of disease.

Episode 6A Spring Break Adventure - New Jersey 1916 - Thomas Edison. This episode threw me off as all of a sudden Indy is in NJ and no mention of mother and no Miss Seymour. 6B in Mexico 1916, where Indy is captured by Pancho Villa's army.

Episode 7A - Love's Sweet Song - British Isles 1916 where Indy is joining the Belgian Army to fight in The Great War (WWI).

The only thing unsettling about this DVD set is that it starts with a young kid, and then bam! All of a sudden you are 6 years in the future, no mention of mother till later, (she died), and Indy pays no attention to his dad until he gets to London where he meets Miss Seymour. She immediately dresses him down, and makes him write his father as to where he is.

Indy goes from a young boy who is always gets into the action wherever he is... to a young man who it takes a while to adjust to.

However, Tina and I do want to watch the next Volume, so the DVD set is recommended!

The set is perfect and arrived in great shape. Quick receipt of the tapes, too. The order exceeded my expectations as I expected the package to be tattered and worn.

The DVD Set arrived at my house in the shrink wrap undamaged and the first 3 discs have played without fault.

We wanted to have a copy to watch several times. It was a great addtition to the older Indiana jones films.
We loved those too.

Lucas made this show so he could give his kids a hands on world history lesson, and deduct it as a business expense. The re-cut features without the "Old-Indy" bookends are disjointed and sometimes disappointing. This volume focuses on the younger Indy, and some of the story telling suffers since the action has to center on a 10 year old. Also in the later episodes Corey Carrier, the actor portraying Indy, can no longer pass as a 10 year old.

These critical shortcomings are more than made-up for with the documentaries, which bring a level of history to the show that network TV never would have gone for, but do fulfill Lucas's expressed intent for the series. There is no way for most of us plebes to get the hands on history lessons that Lucas gave his kids, but this set shows the powerful potential of linking a popular fictional character to real world events, and then digging deeper into the real history.

Indiana Jones fans won't be disappointed either... unless all you're after is fortune and glory.

Product was received in a timely manner and was in very good condition. It was given as a Christmas Present. The recipient has really enjoyed it.

Very happy to see this series on DVD, but I sure do wish it had Not been re-edited. Series was alot more fun with the "Old Indie" bookends and narration.Even so, still a joy to experience.The historical personalities Young Indie interacts with keep just enough detail to make it interesting without being a history lesson. Everyone should grow up with the world as their playground, and humanity as their guide. Highly recommended.

This indeed was one of the best mini series on TV. The show managed to incorporate actual historical events and personalities into the live of Indiana Jones. Well directed with a wonderful cast. Could have easily mistaken for a documentary.

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