Complete Series DVD Review - 21 Jump Street and Hunter!

Hunter: The Complete Series

21 Jump Street: The Complete Series



I'll review these together because both sets have the same problems but I'll get to that in a second. For the money, you can't go wrong with either one.  Sure, they might have some 80s/90s dust on them but sit back and ignore the dates and you'll enjoy them just fine. 


Half the fun of these shows now is seeing all the guest stars, some of which are MAJOR Hollywood stars now.  It's pretty fun to see them in smaller guest roles at the beginning of their careers. 

As far as the content goes, both Hunter (a show I dearly remember watching as a kid, and still enjoy today) and 21 Jump Street are well worth your money.

Both shows have suffered from the Music Licensing fiasco.  Meaning the original music has been stripped and replaced with something else.  In the case of Hunter, an entire episode was affected as they had to pull out the performances of guest star Chaka Khan!  For purists, this could prove annoying.  It doesn't really matter in terms of story or anything but still it'd really be nice to see these shows presented as originally aired without having to go through this music changing nonsense.

The biggest issue, for me anyway, is the packaging.  The sets are contained in over-sized DVD cases and inside the DVDs are in paper envelopes and stacked.  They aren't really protected in anyway they're just stuck in there, barely held in place.  I guess this is a cost cutting measure but it comes of as extremely cheap to me.  We're talking 7 Seasons of DVDs (28 Discs) for Hunter just stacked inside a DVD case.  5 Seasons (18 episodes) for 21 Jump Street.  Surely there must have been a better way to do this?

There are also no special features to speak of.  Unless I missed them.

In the end, the price ($68.99 for seven seasons of Hunter is about $9.85 a season. $45.99 for 21 Jump Street is about 9.19 per season. )  and the content make up for the shoddy packaging and lack of supplements.  Really, the shows do speak for themselves and despite the age, they hold up pretty well.

Hunter: The Complete Series and 21 Jump Street: The Complete Series are available now.