The Water Margin: Complete Series

What a fantastic item that's well made and of great quality many thanks

Very entertaining

I imagine that this series will really appear to those who watched it first time around. I also suspect that it would be generally thought of as so much trash by todays generations brought up in a world of a materialistic nature where everything has to be perfect with seamless CGI. But if you were to give it a chance the Water Margin is so very enjoyable whereby even the appalling dubbing is forgivable. In essence the entire series is a fairy tale and you are left in no doubt who are the good guys and those that are the baddies. A simple tale of good versus evil and the narration by Burt Kwouk always makes it clear to the viewer what the message actually is that is being delivered. I saw it first time around on TV and was so glad to see this collection released. The actual blu ray transfer is excellent presented in its original 4;3 format. The minute the programmes begin with its classic theme and epic panorama of legions of riders and running warriors everything came flooding back. It obviously made an impression on me as I remembered the characters names and even a few of the episodes. The main hero Lin Chung is inspiring and Atsuo Nakamura was cast perfectly in this role. I guess what I am trying to say is that if you take this series as it comes and enjoy it for what it is then this is a great piece of televisual history and I am happy to unreservedly recommend it to you. Liang Shan Po forever!

THE WATER MARGIN from Fabulous films is a Great series that brought me back to the late seventies when a black and white TV was available, competing with the KUNG FU movies fever, in the cinemas. Watching it 40 years later in MAGNIFICENT PICTURE QUALITY and COLOUR ( better then McGyver or A-Team series owned, made in the eighties) is awesome. It's too bad that a great show put into DVD production NOWADAYS in the UK, ( and around the world ) STILL lacks some sort of any, Closed Captioning, Hearing Impaired or Subtitle features. Don't the people that CAN NOT hear deserve MORE ATTENTION? Thus, my 4 stars are given. The series itself is deserving of 5 stars for it's picture quality and colour, even though the sound is AC3 2 channel. Here some information about the DVD's themselves: The box contains 13 colourful dvd's, each containing 2 episodes and a two page episode brief summary. Each episode is 40 to 45 minutes long. Extras are synopses, still galleries and character biographies, NO other language is available besides English. Please, note that I'm not hearing impaired, but I feel sympathetic with those who are, and I happen to love reading. At the end I still congratulate Fabulous Films for putting this great series on DVD. WELL DONE, but there is still room for improvement ( put some sort of subtitles, and a few more extras), then you will get 5 stars.

I used to watch this when it first came out on dvd and longed for an upgrade to Blu-Ray, as the original transfer was quite poor ; well. here we have it and i hope it does us proud.

The Water Margin: Complete Series [DVD] ASIN: B01IVLAFWC DVD Release Date: 22 Aug. 2016 Number of discs: 10 it says the audio is chinese Language that is not the case here the only Language on this 10 Discs set is english dubbed only .No subtitles and on the back of the dvd boxset print cover cover it says picture 1080p HD source material . Audio dolby digital2.0 stereo . Language English Dubbed .i did have a problem with the Aspect ratio (image) as there was Black bars on the left side and right side of the screen that i couldnt remove and the viewing size was only 24 inch on a 37 inch tv i have now fixed this problem with the Aspect ratio (image) and now viewing the water margin in full screen mode and not the 24 inch viewing mode i couldnt call the picture HD source material at all but the picture is acceptable for the age of the tv series the studio who relesed this on DVD should'nt be giving out misleading information on the Aspect ratio (image who wants too see this in 24 inch viewing size on a on a 37 inch tv i dont four sure and im sure others dont as for the water margin one great tv series

Funny , but don't expect accurate dipictian of martial arts or fight scenes

I had been concerned that with nostalgia I had made this series appear in my mind better than it was in reality. However, thought it is clearly of its period (early 1970s) the complexity of the story and the range of characters is still engaging and I have found myself really drawn back into it. There are a wide range of characters each distinct and each with their own story as they come to join the rebels. I think the '15' rating on the first half of the series is too high for modern audiences. Despite numerous fights, there is minimal blood. This used to go out at 6pm on BBC2 in the 1980s and that is the kind of level that it is appropriate for, so I suggest that people share this with their children. Back in the 1980s it was nice to see a story about people 'fighting a cruel and corrupt government' and once more in Britain that has echoes. A number of stories revolve around the mistreatment of women being opposed and this is a theme that needs to be seen more often given the behaviour of too many young people in our post-Feminist society. The seriousness of the story is leavened by comic characters and the dubbing can lead to comedy at times too, though all credit to the limited number of dubbers who managed to provide so many voices. Overall I was not disappointed and am sure people who remember this series or come to it new will enjoy it.

EXCELENTE SERIE DE TV. Una lástima que no esté doblada al castellano.

Fan de cette série je voulais l'avoir . dommage pas disponible en français . Livraison rapide

Great picture so happy to have the complete set.

Si no sabes inglés, a tu riesgo. Ni audio español neutro, ni subtítulo alguno siquiera. Por otra parte mis discos saltan en el reproductor, hacen como chasquidos.

Magnifique série diffusée à la télévision française sur TF1 en 1978/1979 le Samedi soir après le "Numéro 1" des Carpentier, rediffusée une seule fois le Lundi après midi en 1981/1982. Moi aussi je regrette l'absence de diffusion de cette série en DVD avec version française. Espérons qu'une maison d'édition y remédiera un de ces jours!