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Just go into it knowing it’s half a movie - it’s a “Part 1” and says so on the film itself but not the marketing. After 2 1/2 hours, it just kinda stops rather than ends.

It was originally broadcast 4x3 for seasons 1-2, and then 16x9 for seasons 3-7. The DVDs were 4x3 for season 1, and then 16x9 for seasons 2-7. They remastered the entire series in HD in 16x9, but they did not bother to redo the “previously on” recaps and opening “flag wave” stinger/title...

In terms of the DNR, it’s probably worth noting that the decision to use DNR was Cameron’s - he was quoted in interviews contemporary to the 4K release that he didn’t like the inconsistent grain resulting from the switches between production footage and opticals, and that he wanted the 4K...

Seasons 1-7 were the best for Smallville, with it probably peaking somewhere around season 5, though there’s an episode in season 7 that delivers one hell of a payoff to what had been a long-running storyline since the beginning. The original creators and some key cast members departed after...

“Hound” has stopped playing on my set though all of the other films are fine, so I have to decide whether to replace the whole thing or just wait for the digital to go onsale.

I have it and I love it - I go through the films probably every other year. It includes all of the bonus features from the DVD set. I’m not sure if it’s the exact same scans used on the DVD set or if it’s new scans of the same 35mm elements that UCLA restored, but the movies look more or less...

Can't speak specifically to Vudu, but... Those shows (with the exception of the last three Tennant specials) were shot on SD PAL cameras at 25fps, which provides slightly more resolution than SD NTSC, but still nowhere near HD. Several years ago, the BBC undertook a project to remaster those...

All I ask is a price drop on Moon Pilot - a movie Cheap Charts tells me has never been on sale.

As of right now the new version is a Disney+ exclusive. No idea if that will change in the future.

Can you get them to drop Moon Pilot down to the same price please :D

Yes! I’ve been waiting years for that to drop! Thanks!!

I’ve noticed that occasionally Disney titles are hitting that price point now, where for years they simply wouldn’t. I’d love to get Moon Pilot and Mission To Mars for less than $17.99 each so here’s hoping they see a drop one of these days.

I mean, it’s not like any of the market forces in play over the last 20 years led to an upgrade so I don’t think it’s that simple. They’re updating the director’s edition of the first Star Trek film as an exclusive to their service. The new name of the game is keeping people subscribed. I...

I don’t think Paramount is declining license renewals because they’re not interested in keeping them in circulation. I think it’s just part of a long term strategy for studios to leverage their own IP on their own services. DS9 is more valuable to Paramount if the only place streaming viewers...

I humbly disagree. This is a pretty homegrown effort for a Lynch film. He expressed interest in the source material and the script was written by his then-wife. This is as much a David Lynch movie as Blue Velvet or anything else, and I think it has a lot to say about how he sees the world. In...

Sgt. Bilko with Steve Martin is $5 on iTunes. I know it wasn’t a giant hit or well reviewed but it’s always cracked me up.

If you bought them all, I’d say just watch in production order, rather than watching those highlighted “best” ones first.

Same transfer from the BD?

I think they are wonderful, with two caveats to be aware of: -The first two films, “Hound of the Baskervilles” and the “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” were made by Fox as “A” pictures and set more or less in the original time period as per the novels. They’re more high budget affairs. -The...

The interesting thing to me is that the studio/copyright holder was listed as Paramount Pictures (CBS Legacy). I was under the impression that the first two were under Fox’s control and the remainder with Universal. Typo or ownership change?

Make sure to finish your viewing of DS9 before watching this documentary (and possibly the other one too) - the premise of this doc is that the writers gather to discuss what a hypothetical season 8 could have been.

The credits can also be used for add-on channels to Prime so if there’s one you’re interested in subscribing to short term, that can be a good use of the Amazon digital credits. I have the PBS Living add-on for $3 a month and often have the credits to get it for free.

Coda on iTunes comes with bonus features, and one of those bonus features is the home video version of The Godfather Part III. The original theatrical version of Godfather 3 has never been released on any home video format. They’ve all been the slightly longer home video version.

Same. Last time I watched it, I think I paid $4.99 for a rental so I’m very happy at this price point.

I think that was one of those titles that changed ownership because WB was originally the distributor and not the full owner. Heat is another that made the leap from WB to Fox.

I’m just guessing on reasoning here but based on numbers that have been released for purchases, physical media sales last year was a $3 billion a year business (falling more each year, down from over $15 billion a year at its height), and digital purchases seem more or less stagnant at $3...

Oh totally, if it’s just for a one time viewing, a $5 rental or purchase is the way to go.

For Andromeda Strain, I think the digital versions are the older master from the Universal Blu-ray. There’s a new master on Arrow’s Blu-ray that blows the old one out of the water; I found that worth the extra cost of buying the disc.

That makes sense for MTM as there are no HD masters in existence for the show - the studio has film elements which could be scanned in HD with minimal fuss but have no incentive to do so. Outer Limits is disappointing because MGM does have HD masters on hand.

I can’t speak to the process in 2020, but ten years ago it was an arduous, time consuming process to submit digital masters to the streaming service, and it was expected that the associated costs would all be borne by the entity providing the content. I’m not convinced that studios hold back...