I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Originally, this show had a dark side to it which quickly disappeared. The dark side was replaced with silly problems brought on by it's "guest stars." Think of any washed up movie star and they made an appearance on this show. The exotic locale helped, with the plane bringing that week's stars to the island, flying over waterfalls, and mountains along the way. Mr. Roarke would always greet his guests and then turn to Tattoo and say something ominous to him about one of this weeks fantasies, just so we'd stay tuned. This was essentially a landlocked "Love Boat." It was harmless fluff and part of my formative years...how scary is that?

OK, if you would judge the movie to now a days it wouldn't fit in to well.If you watched FI now the stage and everything was pretty cheese ( I agree)But weren't all the movies in the 80's like that(Gilligan,Wonderwoman,aso).But too the people born in the early to mid 70's or earlier it has a cult status. Evertime the plane was on approach Tattoo would run up the tower ring the bell and with his accent would yell "Da Plane BOSS Da Plane" and you would wonder what everybody's wish would be.People who are born in the mid 80's or later wouldn't understand the hippe because if you watched it now.It don't have a Harry Potter,Jurassic Park Computer animation FX.It was just a stage where you probably could even almost see the wire attached to a guy who's wish was too be able to fly.But to us during that time it was a FANTASY ISLAND.

I bought this for my wife, she waited with anticipation for the release date.If it is not a part of your early teen years it may not appeal to you, as this is all about pleasant memory's.There is a short but interesting documentary on the DVD set that gives some in-site to how the show came about.The episodes them-self,for me, are a gentle reminder of how bad and corny and good T.V. was back then. A blast to watch and I really enjoy these as back ground visual and verbal noise as I study.On a good day I will sit and pay attention to the episodes. This is TV folks and it shows, but we liked it then and I enjoy the feelings it brings about now.

Words cannot describe the horror I get when I remember this. From the opening song to the end credits, this was the most annoying programme I have ever had the misfortune to see. The awful storylines were eclipsed only by the awful acting, and the sight of that nasty little thing saying "It's the plane Boss", still fills me with a feeling of nausea. I for one, am very glad this is difficult to find in syndication. And even with the poor level of programming on SKY in the U.K. I think that even they would not show it. Watch this at your peril.......you have been warned.