The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Three, The Years of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones have been released thus far on DVD in three different volumes. Paramount has released the third and final volume of the three-volume set with The Years of Change. Volume 3 picks up as Indy, played by Sean Patrick Flanery, is near the end of World War I and plays a spy. The historical adventures span around the world in what makes a great finish to the three-volume set.

Recapping on the history of the series a bit, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones ran on ABC, but only lasted a very short while. The executive producer, George Lucas did a fine job with the series, setting it in some fantastic locations with quality that appeared more like a big-budget film than a television show. The episodes have been repackaged as movies on these DVD releases for fans to enjoy.

Volume three features Indy bouncing around the world in a variety of historical adventures which relate nicely to real history. Once he gets out of the army, Indy is able to go towards his true love, archaeology. He bumps heads with the likes of Al Capone, Lawrence of Arabia, Louis Armstrong, and others.

Sean Patrick Flanery does a great job as a young Indiana Jones. He is full of that swagger that only Indy can portray on-screen. He also has a partner in Remy, played by Ronny Coutteure who travels with him on adventures.

There is also the classic moment where you see Harrison Ford show up with a cameo as the 50-year old Indiana Jones. Lloyd Owen also makes an appearance in an episode as Prof. Jones.

The movies are not perfect by any means but they are still very entertaining and Indiana Jones fans will love the action that they entail.

The list of movies includes the following.

The video quality for this set features the same 1.33:1 aspect ratio which was used in the original television series. The DVD transfer quality is very sharp and colorful in each of the movies.

Some of the problems with the quality of the video only come up due to the lack of a quality source in terms of the footage. Overall you will not see too many problems, as black levels are also quite strong as well.

The audio quality is a mixed bag, presented in Dolby Digital 2.0. This does a nice job of presenting the dialogue and sound effects, with good use of the subwoofer. Unfortunately though, more certainly could have been done for the war scenes which could have made the sound fill up the room a bit more.

The special features are certainly the highlight of this DVD set, as they were in the original two volumes.