In 1994 He was portrayed as an "Action package" and each "episode" was a new TV film from another franchise. In the TV peak, it's called a "Series of Wheels". The block debuted with "Temevar", A scientific pilot based on William Shatner's novels. The original action package plan premiered on TV films based on "Smoki and Bandit" and "Midnight Running", as well as originals such as "Hurry", "Guard for the Guard" and "Hercules and Amazon women". Each of these six franchises was to be given, at least four films.

The action package blurred the line a little between what was considered a series and what was considered movies. The four films "Vevar" were eventually repetitive and reproduced as the first season of the TV series "Vevar", and they were followed by a second season consisting of 18 hours episodes. The four films "Bandit" never led to the series, so they are still classified as films. "Hercules" was the biggest success story of the "Action package", making four stand -alone films and turned to "Hercules: Legendary Travel" in 1995. That series, starring Kevin Sorbo, ran for 111 episode and became a small cultural phenomenon. It was even more successful The spin-off of the show, "Xena: Warrior Princess,"Action series based on a guest warrior" Hercules "played by Lucy Lowlis." Xena "lasted 135 episodes over six seasons.

"Xena", however, would have no room to advance if another of the "Action Package" films did not diminish slightly. The four films "Son for Disappearance" appeared in ocean numbers, and Universal turned these films in the TV season with 13 episodes in 1995, but they quickly, well, well, well, disappeared The public and series consciousness was taken out of the air. Xena moved to her time and progressed.

Creator "Xena" Robert Tertert recently spoke with EWAnd he remembered the "disappearance of the son" and how his failure gave Xena the space he needed.

The first film "Disappearing Son" followed the adventures of the Iangiang-Wa Young (Russell Wong) and his brother Vago (Chi Muoi Lo) raised in the upper-class family in China in the late 1980s. The violin teacher at Iangiang is played by Rob Cohen, the creator of the series. Iangiang and Vago regularly attend protests and demonstrations against the government with their friend Lily (Vivian Wu), and when they go to Chinese police, both brothers are forced to escape the country and come to America to start life. Iangiang starts playing violin professionally and is in charge of a cellist playing Rebecca Gajart. Vago, however, falls into the local Vietnamese mob (Led by Haing S. nor), and slowly slip into lawlessness.

The story of the sequels becomes a little complicated - "The disappearance of son II" takes place in Louisiana and follows a battle between Vietnamese immigrants and Klux Clan (!) - But it is enough to say that Vago's crimes continue to multiply, and the resentment between the brothers continues to grow. At the end of the "disappearance of son III", two FBI agents were killed and Iangiang is framed for the murder. These killings become instrumental for the "son" TV series, which sees Lam's Iangiang, trying to clear his name.

Tapert has nothing to say about the quality of the "disappearing son", but he noticed that he was not in the same spirit as "Hercules". The two action packers made a bad double feature. Since Hercules was more popular, however, a new pairing will have to detriment with the "disappearing son". Tapert said:

"" Hercules "was five two -hour films and then ordered 13 episodes of ''Hercules'And there was a play that was associated with called' 'The son disappears. And while 'Hercules Does really well, 'The son is disappearing ' Didn't do too. So, the directors in the studio at the time said: "We control those two hours of blocks at all these stations throughout America. We need better pairing than that."

And just like that, the "disappeared son" disappeared.

It cannot be said why the "disappearance of the son" did as they did. Maybe it was simply not packaged with action for the action package. There were more scenes to fight and shootings, but the premise and tone were much more reasonable when compared to all other action package shows. It was more about drama, crime and reconciliation than a blow. Only Wong, Lo and NGor have appeared in all four films and in the TV series. Dustin Nguyen and Tamlin Tomita were in some of the films, and they also appeared on the TV show.

Meanwhile, Hercules was a hit, and sucked all the air of the room. When Tapert introduced the character Xena in the first season of Hercules: Legendary Travel, he immediately knew that she deserved her own spin-off series. However, with the "son's" flag, Tapert went on to develop "Xena: Warrior Princess". He knew he had to move fast because someone else would probably try to tear the character fast enough if they didn't use the opportunity for themselves. According to his words:

"And so, when (the studio's heads) saw the character Xena in Hercules - literally in a rough cross -section, the rude of harsh cuts - they said," Yes, we need to tear before someone else does it. " And so it was really the financial need in the studio. "

These days, Xena is far better than even Hercules.

The rest of the action package, meanwhile, continued to advance for several more years, releasing shows such as "Cleopatra 2525," Knight Raider 2010 ", and" Jackec of All Crafts ", as well as one -time self -propelled films such as" Beastmaster III: Eye of Braxus ". The "Action Package" brand approached 2001, unusual TV remembered only by several selected. His heritage lives only in "Xena", while the "disappearing son" remains difficult to find.