episode of the TV series "Captain Video" (1949)

★★★★★ · The First Sci Fi Drama · jackpoint188 · 2010-02-21

This show was obviously watched by Gene Roddenberry when growing up. Star Trek has a similar social context regarding other space cultures.

★★★★★ · Captain Video · videoranger · 2008-09-15

I remember Captain Video and His Video Rangers with fond memories. Captain Video had special effects that were state of the art, even by todays standards. Special effects were so good that they looked real. Science fiction writers like Author C. Clarke and Jack Vance wrote and contributed scripts to Captain Video. I recall Captain Video as being well acted and very exciting.

★★★★★ · I Don't Care what Anyone Says · Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan · 2008-10-13

This show is brilliant, weird, yet brilliant. I recommend this to anyone who likes their TV innovative, unique and non-mainstream. If you want "I Love Lucy" or some other bland sitcom, look somewhere else. If you want to see a 40's/50's TV series that is creative and full of imagination, then you'll enjoy this! True, it does have an "Ed Wood"-ness to it, but what's wrong with Ed Wood-ness? Like Ed Wood, the people who made this show were trying to create art but didn't have any money. But their love of creating TV helps this show overcome it's low-budget, resulting in a broadcast which can be…

★★★★ · Back To The Future · Philosopher Jay · 2009-03-20

I only knew of Captain Video from a particularly funny episode of "The Honeymooners" television series. In it, Ed Norton, Ralph Kramden's neighbor appears as a video ranger and seems to be a big fan of the show. Two things struck me watching this episode. There is a reference to "The Outer Limits" which became a science fiction series in the 1960's. I guess the title of the show might have been a reference back to Captain Video. There is also a reference to a device that can turn people into atoms and reassemble them in another place in the galaxy. This is apparently the basis for the…

★★★ · wrong tv show appears in the middle · BruceFrey · 2008-12-01

Be aware that about half way in, this episode of Captain Video is replaced temporarily by a few minutes of a TV western series. It is not clear to me if this was done during the airing of the program (i.e. the Captain Video episode was likely recorded by filming off of a TV monitor duirng the live broadcast) or during later duplication.

★★ · The Outer Limits · IanKoro · 2009-06-03

"The outer limits" is not an uncommon phrase. Saying that the "Outer Limits" tv show was a reference to a line from this is like if they used the term "deep space", and saying "Deep Space Nine" was a reference to this show. Anyways, it's a kids show, and very space opera-ey so it's not really all that great. Kind of entertaining, but not particularly special. If you want great sci-fi from this time, find the Tales of Tomorrow episodes on here, or listen to the Dimension X, 2000 Plus, and X Minus One otr episodes.