Kevin Curcuru

Excellent old time crime and courtroom drama. Watch the first few seasons especially for the beautiful cars they used to make. Style and size mattered as well as chrome. Not only are Mason, Drake and Street the stars, but so are the cars! When I was young in this world, it looked a lot like this. Cars from the 40s and 50s. Quite the difference from nowadays. Also, the amount of smoking in this show is amazing. One thing's for sure, Raymond Burr is the epitome of Erle Stanley Gardner's idea of Mason. He's perfect in this. Far different than he is from his older films where he could be a very vicious and brutal psychotic film noir thug. He could go from calm to murderous in one second. One of the baddest of the bad. Mason's very different. A very capable lawyer able to solve the toughest mystery with the aid of his loyal Della Street and fantastic private eye Paul Drake. Some good old fashioned crime dramas in this series. The forerunner of today's shows like Law and Order, etc. The unfortunate DA, Hamilton Burger (HamBurger as the following reviewer has mentioned also), rarely if ever won a case, but he is William Talman, another heavy from the days of film noir. This time on the side of law and order. He gives Mason a good run for his money. The chief homicide inspector is wonderful Ray Collins, part of the old Mercury Theatre Group from the 1930s and 40s (Citizen Kane, etc., and the old radio shows like War of the Worlds). Mason is always skirting the law trying to hide his clients from Lieutenant Tragg until the last minute. The early seasons have quite a bit of film noir type shots and are in Black and White. The only way this show should ever have been made. Boilerplate shots between scenes can be from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Look quickly in some episodes for some cars from the 1930s in these transition shots. Great stuff for the older generation who grew up with the wonderful cars of the 50s everyday.

Brilliant. One of the best sci-fi action adventure romance futuristic world and off-world stories of all. I prefer the voice-over version because it gives this picture a whole added genre of old fashioned Dashiell Hammett detective story. Wonderful score by Vangelis haunts throughout. 10/10 from me. One of the best films ever made. Produced by Sir Run Run Shaw, from the famous Shaw Bros Studios (made many Kung Fu and many other types of films). He lived to be 106 years old. Sounds futuristic to me! Rutger Hauer's career was forever changed by his excellent role in this film. ...all these memories will be lost...like tears in rain. The best soliloquy in modern times. Makes you realize that death is final and very sad. Very philosophical. Not even androids with intelligence want to die. They realize the loss. Roy Batty's final words: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.