The Shazam series from the 1970's was mediocre TV by many counts. That being said, I'm old enough to have grown up with it. And I loved comics and superheroes as a kid. One one level I can look at this series and agree it's bad TV. On the other hand, I can't deny the appeal it has to me for personl reasons that I wouldn't expect others to understand. Ah, the 70's. My youth!
LIke most fans, I felt Jackson Bostwick was far and away the better Captain Marvel. This episode is a John Davey one. But of the John Davey episodes, this one is a favorite of mine, for what will undoubtedly sound like secondary reasons. One reason is that I particularly like propellor driven airplanes, and this ep features a lot of them. It features characters who sky dive.
The third season of Shazam featured musical scoring that was different than the first two seasons. This episode had some footage of planes and skydiving against pleasant mellow music. Cheesy at it may be, I honestly find it visually and aurally appealing even today. And you get to see the lightning flash followed by Captain Marvel flying around.
Now as far as story and characters go, this episode is pretty much the same simplistic predictable fare as most episodes! But it's all part of the fun. It's sweet to think there was once an innocent enough time when producers would dare to make something as simple and clean and expect it to be watched. And it was watched. I guess we're all too sophisticated nowadays.
LIke most fans, I felt Jackson Bostwick was far and away the better Captain Marvel. This episode is a John Davey one. But of the John Davey episodes, this one is a favorite of mine, for what will undoubtedly sound like secondary reasons. One reason is that I particularly like propellor driven airplanes, and this ep features a lot of them. It features characters who sky dive.
The third season of Shazam featured musical scoring that was different than the first two seasons. This episode had some footage of planes and skydiving against pleasant mellow music. Cheesy at it may be, I honestly find it visually and aurally appealing even today. And you get to see the lightning flash followed by Captain Marvel flying around.
Now as far as story and characters go, this episode is pretty much the same simplistic predictable fare as most episodes! But it's all part of the fun. It's sweet to think there was once an innocent enough time when producers would dare to make something as simple and clean and expect it to be watched. And it was watched. I guess we're all too sophisticated nowadays.
