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The first two seasons of “Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea” had pretty decent stories involving elements of espionage
and fantasy elements the show had solid imaginative TV directors
behind the camera which gave “Voyage” an advantage over
some of producer Irwin Allen’s other shows. ***
The second season of the show was the first presented
in color (the original pilot curiously was shot in color
but the first season of the show was in black & white).
The stories became increasingly fantastic and, yes, silly
during the show’s run just as they did with “Lost in Space”
and “Time Tunnel” two other Allen shows during the 60’s.
The guest stars during season two helped boost the quality
of the show although the writing for the second season was
very solid throughout much of the season. Richard Basehart
and David Hedison are both top notch in their roles but
the constant parade of notable guest stars kept the energy
level high even as the quality of the scripts sagged. We
also had a redesigned Seaview pres ented during the second
season as well as the fascinating Flying Sub introduced.
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Image & Sound:
Fox has done a fine job with the transfer for the second
season of “VTTBOTS”. The colors are pretty darn vibrant
considering the age of the series and while the picture
quality varies a bit (mostly due to the overuse of stock
footage) clarity and sharpness are surprisingly good as
well Audio comes across with nice clarity and crispness
in the original mono. ---
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