Les galapiats

My favorite series when I was 12 y.o. in Belgium. I saw this on the French RTBF television and it I became an instant fan of this series which inspired me for a long time in my forest games with my friends! It had the adventurous touch that a kid is looking for with great suspense. The variety of characters in the series allow kids to easily identify with one of them. They were not super-heroes but simple, easily identified common heroes (like Bilbo and Frodo in the Lord of the Rings). You will find all the essential ingredients for a great mystery and an action movie. This TV series definitively influenced all my generation as all my friends always talked about it at school. I wish they would release a DVD version of it and I will buy it without hesitation. The series as some boy scouts flavor that make it a great hit for Nature lovers.

Perhaps seen now it may seem a little dated but when it was done in 1969 it was a great success among all young Europeans. Basically a treasure hunt by a group of young French and Belgians during a summer. Those who wrote it have cleverly included in history all the elements that might please the youngest of the time: castles, Japanese motorcycles, remote-controlled planes, helicopters, bandits, gold bars, etc.. It was probably shot on 16mm and in color during the summer of 1969 all in real places. Many current screenwriters can learn how to write a very good adventure tv series for teeens.

One of my favourite shows ever, eight 28 minutes episodes, great fun and adventure, i know that most of the Portuguese over 30 years of age still remember some of the scenes and the opening music theme. I believe that this show has influenced the way we played our games in the 70's and eighties, made us more inventive, this show was repeated on Portuguese television( back then there was only ONE Portuguese T.V. Station) several rimes, from the early seventies until 1984. The scene where "cowboy) falls from the Castell's walls, the scene inside the Cave, the saving of "Marion" and the Final scene, are probably the most emblematic television scenes for a whole generation of Portuguese, and i Presume Belgiums.

This mini Series pass in Portugal 3 times, all children with my age have seen that. In that time we don't have color TV, however is simply the best to me and my friends, all us run home when episodes begun. Now with 42 years old I buy the DVD and run home to see that with my son, and amazing he love that too. This is my favorite TV series in that time. At my work I said to some man with my age this TV series is in DVD and some of them who like that like me buy in next day. I believe this series have success all over Europe and especially in Latin countries.

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It was excellent, for a boy was representing the word adventure at his best. The locations where just beautiful, and for me living in the Italian countryside, even if filmed in Belgium, very familiar. The blond girl was the love of every teenager watching the show. What was surprisingly was that the boys sound so vivid, so genuine, they did really stuck with your imagination.

There was mystery, adventure, and the boys where venturing alone, without any teaching adult, discovering their ability, building a pack, a team, facing adversity, and proudly seeking a treasure... I saw it just one time when I was 10 and I still remember it vividly.

The DVD is finally out and I ordered it today!