
Another reality based tv shows on dvd from Jack Webb (Dragnet, Emergency), Adam-12 was the first TV series to more realistically portray the joys & frustrations of being a police officer in the late 1960's-early 1970's. This attention to detail made the show a catalyst for uncounted numbers of people to enter law enforcement agencies when they became adults.
The first one of adam 12 dvd sets, "Steel Inferno" is actually quite good. It contains LOTS of fire-figthing action and rescue scenes. The fire sequences were actually BETTER than those in Towering Inferno in my opinion! It appears they had a good budget to work with, and made the fire scenes VERY realistic. And you only have to wait 20 minutes for the major action to start.
While I agree that Survival on Charter No. 220 is pretty bad, and may be the worst Emergency on the dvd sets! ever made, the other films are decent quality episodes. The Steel Inferno was jarring because the gang from Engine 51 was not there, but if you watch it knowing that is the case, it is a decent quality episode. The Seattle movie is one of the best Emergency! episodes ever and many fans put it in their Top 10. The San Francisco movies are decent, although not as strong as the Seattle movie.
If you are expecting to see lots of Roy & Johnny in the dvd movies, you will be disappointed. Engine 51 does not appear at all. The staff at Rampart appears in the first two movies, but their roles are rather limited, with no real drama for them to deal with.Personally, I like this set of t.v. movies for "Steel Inferno", the airplane crash / fires, and the fire at the end of "Convention".However, if you want lots of action, and are less concerned with who is involved in it, you may really enjoy some of these "movies"...especially "Steel Inferno"...sort of a "mini Towering Inferno".
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