Since I was too young to remember this show when it originally aired all I had seen of it before the DVDs came out was the pilot episode my dad had purchased over the years on a VHS tape. One thing I can say is since the DVDs have came out and I have watched the first two seasons I do believe that those people of DC comics and Warner Brothers had some screws loose in their heads trying to accuse Stephen Cannell of copyright infringement on superman. The main thing that shows the difference between the two is Superman is an allien who looks like a human from another planet. This show has a normal High School teacher who is approached by an alien spaceship and is given a special suit with unearthly powers. Plus with the good it shows in the episodes of where the stop some crooks and how on one of the first season episodes it shows Ralph Hinkley using the suit to clear the name of one of his students. Then on the second season it shows how he has to deal with how some men are trying to hold Bill and his students hostage over a gold mine.
One thing myself I think it was dishonest of ABC to put it on at a time when people could not watch it. Compared to the garbage that ABC is airing on TV now in my area I think I would much rather see reruns of this show on instead of those stupid reality shows or all those courtroom shows that air between 7 P.M. and 10 P.M. eastern time. I would much rather have some of today's teenagers watching Ralph crashing while trying to fly around as to have them watching these bad shows that have some people only wearing minimum coverage clothing while trying to win money. It is bad shows like those reality shows like that survivor, fear factor and that big brother that are causing some of today's children to grow up being so disobident because of how they see grown ups acting so foolish with each other just over some money. When I grew up we had from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M. eastern time some good shows like this one and other good shows like Bill Cosby, Family Matters, Full House, and other action comedy shows like the original Dukes of Hazzard, Airwolf, and The A Team on instead of the garbage they are passing along as TV shows now. I say this show deserves to reair on TV so that people who can not afford the costs of the DVD players and Disk sets can watch the show again. Also this can prove that the younger generations might like this show better because i have noticed that children who are under 10 years old are liking shows their Grandparents grew up with in the 1950's better than the shows that are on TV now.
One thing myself I think it was dishonest of ABC to put it on at a time when people could not watch it. Compared to the garbage that ABC is airing on TV now in my area I think I would much rather see reruns of this show on instead of those stupid reality shows or all those courtroom shows that air between 7 P.M. and 10 P.M. eastern time. I would much rather have some of today's teenagers watching Ralph crashing while trying to fly around as to have them watching these bad shows that have some people only wearing minimum coverage clothing while trying to win money. It is bad shows like those reality shows like that survivor, fear factor and that big brother that are causing some of today's children to grow up being so disobident because of how they see grown ups acting so foolish with each other just over some money. When I grew up we had from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M. eastern time some good shows like this one and other good shows like Bill Cosby, Family Matters, Full House, and other action comedy shows like the original Dukes of Hazzard, Airwolf, and The A Team on instead of the garbage they are passing along as TV shows now. I say this show deserves to reair on TV so that people who can not afford the costs of the DVD players and Disk sets can watch the show again. Also this can prove that the younger generations might like this show better because i have noticed that children who are under 10 years old are liking shows their Grandparents grew up with in the 1950's better than the shows that are on TV now.