Gilligan's Island - seson set coming (1 Viewer)

[Tony Whalen]

My personal favorite is the one where they almost get off the island, but Gilligan messes it up.

Oh I love that one Paul! Hey, is that the one where the Skipper smacks Gilligan around with his hat?

 

[Steve Phillips]

Yeah, from what I hear the Japanese BEWITCHED sets for Seasons 1/2 will be the colorized versions.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Where did you hear that?

 

[Shane_Anthony]

How will 36 episodes on 3 discs look???

 

[Dave H]

How will 36 episodes on 3 discs look???

Very good point. We are talking about 6 hours of episodes on each disc. This makes me cringe.

 

[Paul Drake]

How will 36 episodes on 3 discs look???

I believe it was posted on another thread that these are dual sided discs. 3 hours per side. Assuming no problems with authoring, that should allow for a good presentation.

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

Why arent other cast members doing commentaries?

 

[David Lambert]

Mark, someone who reads Japanese read the Amazon.jp listing for Bewitched and said that it states that these are colorized. That's all I know on the subject.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Thanks Dave.
After using babelfish I see the mention now. Even looks like they have a featurette on the colorizing of it! Ted Turner would be proud.
Guess I'll get it anyway. I'll just unplug the Yr & Yb lines to get B&W.

 

[Brian Kidd]

Mark, that won't give you the true B&W image, just so you know. The added color information completely changes the tonality and shading of the original photography.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Yeah, I know. But I can pretend.

 

[Steve Phillips]

CD Japan's English website listing for BEWITCHED Season 1 and 2 box sets also lists the shows as being in color.

I'm not a big fan of colorized stuff, but these actually aren't too badly done.

I am kind of surprised they didn't do GILLIGAN's first season in color on DVD since Turner had them converted years ago. It is better to offer the original B/W only though if they can't do both.

 

[ChadP2k]

Just to add a couple of comments to this thread I like others SURE hope Warner Brothers is using double sided discs for 36 episodes. If not this is going to be UGLY.

On the opposite side I wish they WEREN'T using double sided discs, I know it would increase the set cost to do them on single sided discs but handling dual sided ones is a pain. You have to be extra careful.

The good news is with only three seasons these would really have to bomb bad for the entire series not to make it out, and who knows maybe we'll get lucky & get the remaining two seasons before '05.

On the topic of colorization I'm a fan of the colorized first season Gilligan episodes too. I hate Turner South took them off the air here, but they still air in Canada and I've got a friend who has been recording them to DVD there. I hope to add that to my Gilligan collection so I'll have a choice... color or B&W ;-).

Do those colorized "I Dream of Jeannie" & "Bewitched" episodes air in the US anywhere?

 

[Dave H]

Having the first season in color is similar to the OAR issue, Chad2pk. Why would you want them in color? This is not how the first season was originally shown.

 

[ChadP2k]

I guess it's a personal preference thing, like some of the others who've brought up having both versions on the disc mentioned.

It all depends on the show and the person, I just think the first season looks better in color like the rest though I plan on buying the real first season set as well, that way I can watch either version I want anytime.

To me some shows shouldn't be touched when it comes to color, but others just look better that way. I Dream of Jeannie is an example of that, I'd much prefer seeing the first season of that show in color as opposed to b&w.

On the other hand I can't imagine other classics like "Andy Griffith" or "I Love Lucy" ever being colorized. It just doesn't seem right for those shows.

 

[Steve Phillips]

The colorized versions of the early seasons of BEWITCHED and JEANNIE aired over and over on the Hallmark Channel in 2001-2002, but now that TV Land is airing these series, they have chosen to present the original B/W prints.

 

[Dave H]

Any reviews yets? Just one week away. Can't wait.

 

[Herb Kane]

Dave... haven't even received the screeners yet... sorry.

 

[Todd Phillips]

The trailers shown here: http://gilligans-island.warnerbros.com/trailer.html
have the clips in Black and White. I would think if they colorized it, they would be promoting it that way.

 

[Herb Kane]

Spoke too soon.... it arrived here this morning, haven't had a chance to look at it yet though.