GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Wordiezett
So much average
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Elliot James
Coronet Blue is the surprise DVD release of 2017, 50 years after its CBS summer airing. A real cult oddity, its reputation is greater than the reality. All 13 episodes are on 4 discs. (Two were never aired.) The picture and sound quality is good considering the age of the show but not excellent.This is a bare bones package which is a disappointment. No subtitles, no commentary, no liner notes by any TV historians. Frank Converse is notably absent. Creator Larry Cohen is in a bonus clip talking about the show and offers his take on why the show didn't survive the tough business of network TV broadcasting. He also mentions hiring Converse years later for a production and said that Converse didn't want to discuss Coronet Blue.I saw some episodes a few years ago and bought the DVD. I love the theme song sung by Lenny Welch. At heart this is another "wandering man" anthology series that often inserts the lead into the stories of other people, along the lines of The Fugitive, The Invaders, Branded, Then Came Bronson, Route 66, Run For Your Life and The Immortal but comes close to surrealism in its quirky, improbable stories and improbable people. Michael Alden is not nearly as sympathetic and likable as Richard Kimble and Paul Bryan and the series doesn't come close to the writing of those shows. Converse is good in the role and has leading man looks but his character is thuggish, cold and dislikable. In the first episode, he tries to steal cash out of a woman's purse and punches out a guy. This first entry also has one of the worst, clichéd endings that could be hacked out. This series could also boast the most inept professional assassins ever. They would either miss him or only wound him, injuring or killing other people. These guys needed vision exams.Cohen had little to do with the show during production and said that his amnesia/spy concept eroded over time. In any event it was never resolved although Cohen explains in a book The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker who Alden really was. Do I recommend the DVD? Yes.
pkeo03
Coronet Blue: was a summer replacement series. I think the show was a premise for a regular TV series and it didn't fly as such.The episodes were left open ended (in my opinion anyway) and I was a teenager when the TV series was aired. In New York it was summer. The only reason I was watching this series is because I come from a dysfunctional family and the only entertainment we had was a TV.The show ended in late October I believe, and there was no ending at all. It was left open ended. I didn't ever know what Coronet Blue was and who Frank Converse's character was. If I hadn't read the IMDb summary I still would NOT have known what the TV series was about.That was why I gave it a one star rating despite other watchers positive feedback. The Fugitive was one of a kind giving an ending to it's series, and no other show followed that.
artie412
This was, to me, my first exposure to the possibility of "good television." This show was SOOOO special because it was a 30-year precursor of the ALIAS/LOST/PRISON BREAK intricate continuing series.In today's entertainment marketing environment, this show would have been through the roof in ratings and been short-listed right into production. Back then, I think the network was stunned by the audience reaction. By the time they realized what it hit it had on its hands, it was too late to do anything about it. What a shame.Bravo!! Artie
haildevilman
I see this on SuperChannel, which is a Japanese cable channel that's basically a graveyard for short-lived American TV shows. (Shaft, Serpico, Funny Face,...etc.) I got into it quickly.This is obviously the inspiration for Matt Damon's 'Bourne' films.The amnesia angle was played very well. Watching Frank Converse do what he felt he needed to do without knowing WHY was eerie.You really felt for the guy. I'm surprised this show wasn't a hit and Converse wasn't a bigger star.It was apparent that the cold war was the 'hidden' secret. But since the show never made it...we never really found out until Larry Cohen told us himself.
