The Tomorrow People - The Slaves of Jedikiah [DVD]

Brilliant for those who remember the TV series. The 'Dr Who' style sets and production are wonderful down to the most wobbly tube hanging from Tim!

First and formost: to any Americans trying to watch this in your DVD players...try your computer DVD instead. I had much better luck with this.I honestly thought I would never see this show again. I think I am one of handful of American kids that got addicted to this show when it ran on Nickelodeon in the early 80s. I am so glad that it has come out on DVD. I had a very enjoyable trip down memory lane. Yeah, the effects are rather lame...but so are some of the effects in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and that is a recent series! I absolutely LOVED the commentaries. (It's nice to hear the actors' sense of humour about the whole process...especially Nick Young and Peter Vaughan-Clarke who played the two most humourless characters in the whole series) It was worth the expensive postage just for that!I can't wait to see the other episodes!

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Well, I found it a pretty strong experience watching these episodes (seen the first three DVDs so far), since when the series first came out, all the actors were older than I was, and it was the first sci-fi series with teenagers in it...So it was a new idea, and they didn't know how to do it. Nowadays, every time you blink there's another million-dollar budget kids' sci-fi series on the box, so The Tomorrow People seems really awkward and dated (and is, too). But at the time, the whole premise of human evolution, and the idea that a more evolved human race would be distinguished not just by having 'special powers' but by being unable to kill, was really fascinating.I have only two gripes with the DVDs - one is that they are wobbly when watched on a mac. The other is the voice-over commentary that the other reviewers seem to find the best part - to me, it is pretty damn' unpleasant - they just come over as old-fashioned and bigotted, and make pretty nasty comments about the other cast members, which if anything gets worse as you work your way through the DVDs. Grow up, guys. (I'm not including TIM's voice in this - he usually sounds as if he'd rather not be there, and is a voice of reason when the others get too out of order.)

If you're like me (in your thirties) you'll have memories of The Tomorrow People from your childhood - the freaky opening theme (the hand, opening and closing...) the uptight John, Tim the psychedelic computer...Slaves of Jedikiah is the first 5-parter. We meet Stephen Jameson (who's just "breaking out" - becoming a tomorrow person) and the whole crew is threatened by a couple of motorbike thugs under the thumb of the evil Jedikiah.If your memories of the series are fond, perhaps this DVD is not for you. The effects are awful, mostly terrible bluescreening. The switch between film and video for outdoor and indoor scenes is glaringly obvious. The props are horrendously fake, the acting atrocious. At times, the music is completely inappropriate. The "jaunting" effect is laughable. But, you have to remember this is the first in a great run (70 epsidoes in total?) and the show was hugely popular. And back then, the effects didnt look that bad.This is a great trip down memory lane for those who used to hide behind the sofa in fear as a kid; Thames Television's answer to Doctor Who. The DVD is worth buying for the commentaries alone - Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughn Clarke (Stephen) and Philip Gilbert (TIM) reflect on each episode as they watch it again after 30 years. A must have for any collector

Wobbly sets, dodgy acting, iffy special effects but that something special that made this show compulsive viewing for my generation. It was ITV's answer to Dr Who and broke new ground for children's tv bringing sci-fi to a young audience soon to be wowed with the likes of Star Wars. The budget may have been small but the ideas were good and, even though its now somewhat anachronistic the storylines were reasonable and the show enjoyable. I've waited years to be able to watch The Tomorrow People again and I wasn't disppointed. It's hard to imagine that today's youngsters would find it interesting though.Excellent stuff.

I started watching The Tomorrow People in 1976 so missed the first few series.The story is a bit like a Miss Marple with bits of information on what's going on suddenly pulled out from a hat.The sets are shaky, the dialogue is awful and in the lab, you can even see the microphone wires running up the trouser legs of the actors.Very Predictable, awful wooden actors (was Nicholas Young comfy in such tight trousers?)Unmissable for the nostalgia. The commentaries were excellent, if not a little bit bitchy.5 out of 5This is a must buy for those who like "RAW" sci-fi.