Search - Daniel Boone - Season Four on DVD

Not as good as previous seasons

KV Trout | Los Angeles, CA USA | 03/03/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I love this series!

However, while I give Seasons 2 and 3 Five Stars (Season 1 had not yet hit a stride), this Season (4) has some problems:



1) The writing just isn't as good as the previous 2 seasons. Too much Israel Boone, and too much of the same type of story with the British, and too many "unbelievable" situations. Sometimes Boone is made to look like a weakling while Israel saves his life! Give me a break.

2) The audio is out of sync on these episodes sometimes. Funny because on one of the Bonus Features they talk about how much care the put into cleaning up the audio and video. As someone in the industry I can tell you that there is no excuse for not having the audio sync up, it's just sloppiness. Someone did not do their job correctly and no one supervised to check and fix it.

3) Jemimah Boone just disappears with no explanation. No great loss, but kind of annoying when people just disappear.

4) Mingo is not in enough episodes.



#1 above is the MAIN problem, though - the others are just minor problems.



I would recommend this season only if you're a completist and want to have the entire collection. If you're only buying one or two sets, buy season 2 and season 3.



I don't know how Seasons after this are, I haven't seen them. Hopefully it does not go further downhill, but usually once a series begins to "jump the shark", there is no going back... And I'd say it jumped the shark in Season 4."

A Good DVD!

V. L. Lloyd | Dale, IN | 08/09/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great DVD! It tells history, it is clean, and my grandkids love it!"

Great Show/Great Lessons/Great Man

E. Cook | Los Angeles | 02/28/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"With 4 children under the age of 9 and with the memory of Fess Parker as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett still etched in my head from the 'golden years' growing up, I can tell you that my children loved every minute of the suspense of this movie (save for each of them biting their nails)! The lessons and morals taught are invaluable and at such contrast to the mindless movies and programming children today are subjected to. I met Fess Parker in person in 2/08 at his hotel in Santa Barabara and I assure you that he's still bigger than life at 6' 5" tall, handsome and a with a great voice and a charitable disposition. Buy his film legacy, they're not making any more of him (at least right now)."

So begins the downward spiral

VolleyballDad | Oklahoma | 01/27/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This season is not the best. There is no more Mingo, and Jimmy Dean well .... Let's just say he wasn't the best replacement for Mingo. The show still is innocent but the plots have taken a downward turn. Most of them are pretty dumb. So if you are looking for a G show this is a good pick, but if you're after a good show get season three or earlier."