Professor_Echo
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Nov 6, 2006
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- 95
Well, you are correct in that it does indeed make me less objective than I should be. However, were it the Number One show on my list I don't know if I would have the same capacity to make lemons out of lemonade as some on this thread have been able to do. Fortunately the number one show on my list, THE FUGITIVE, came out in a quality release, but I've had some disappointments both in film and television DVD releases so I am not just basking on the sidelines with this issue.
The "Pollyanna" comment wasn't necessarily directed at you specifically or maybe even anyone specifically as much as it was just my frustration at anyone who thinks that a corporate entity of any sort deserves praise, even faint praise, when they end up doing an inferior job.
It's releases like the SHOUT DVDs of FATHER KNOWS BEST and OZZIE AND HARRIET that make me want to do some extensive research on bootleg copies, as unpopular a position as that may be on these boards. At some point I have to question why I should give my money to a company that offers the same product that someone else does and has the possibility of being obtained legally through trading. At the point of a company releasing only a slight variation of the same thing, authorized or not, you have to ask yourself who the real bootleggers are.
(And full disclosure, I am NOT a bootlegger, nor would I ever become one, but I dealt with one or whatever you want to call him, a fellow lover of vintage tv would be how I would describe him. I went to him once for a series that will NEVER see the light of day in a major studio release. It was an off-air copy and I traded for it and I guess I was lucky because the quality was excellent on every level. I understand that people have had less than stellar experiences with bootleggers and I don't condone any illegal activity whatsoever, but I'm sure there are many who post on these boards that realize life is too short to put all your faith in the major studios always doing the right thing).
I agree with you, Gary, about the endless repetition and incessant bickering any message board has the potential of engendering, but that is, after all, the nature of this venue and even when the replies number in the hundreds-as this thread does-it can still yield some new insight and perceptive conclusions.
I've read EVERY SINGLE POST in this thread and I'm not even a fan of FKB, but the discussion, as repetitious as it may be, is still fascinating to me.