Tales From the Darkside (1 Viewer)

[Nick Zbu]

I couldn't tell either. To be absolutely fair, a lot of the show is made on the cheap so I can't really see if they would use actual music or a composed score. After watching 'It All Comes Out in the Wash' last night, it's hard to tell if they really put money into the show or not. Seriously, it was all just one set that was used for the majority of the show. It was on the level of a '50s televised play. Not to knock it too hard, but after that.....what music could they really afford if they were bargain binning it with bottle shows like that?

Again, I'm not knocking the show. I want the entire run along with Monsters. But some of the shows were really done on the cheap, even by Darkside standards. I don't think they could afford music outside of stock sources.

 

[Lord Dalek]

On another note, I'm pretty sure Tales From The Darkside had all its sound elements mixed on the same track (ie: no separate dialogue, music, and effects track) since it was going to archived on tape instead of film. So barring the usage of some advanced audio filter, it would be hard to separate the music from the show.

 

[Nick Zbu]

If anybody had any doubts about this being a seller, I grabbed one of the last two copies on Tuesday night at a Wal-Mart, and when I went in today on a raid, there were none left. I think it's quite popular around here!

 

[WaveCrest]

If the total sales of Season 1 are as good as the sales described in your post above Nick, then surely the second season will be announced in the next few months. Season 2 of Friday the 13th: The Series was announced not that long after Season 1 was released on Region 1.

 

[TV_Fan]

It seems to be a big seller here too. There were only a few copies on the shelves at Best Buy & the Fye stores I went to in the last week.
I'm really enjoying this set. The picture quality seems to have improved after the first epiosde or two (I've only watched the first disc & a few episodes on the second). How true it is this show was done on the cheap. Some episodes are actually hystercially funny. If this set is selling as well as I think it is, season two should be along in no time and an announcement for Monsters probably won't be too far away

 

[Daniel-C]

Has there been any episodes that show the Tribune Entertainment or LBS logos at the end or do they show the CBS Television Distribution endings?

 

[Nick Zbu]

Releasing Monsters concurrently would rock, and I'm surprised that show hasn't been in release before this. A glance at a few episodes of Monsters shows a higher budget at the very least for all those monster outfits (especially in the intro). I hope it comes to pass, these shows really deserve a second look twenty years after the fact.

And so far, I've cut through half the episodes in the set and they all see to have CBS/Paramount outros.

 

[Powell&Pressburger]

They just do that new CBS logo at the end of the show instead of the old logos.

 

[Daniel-C]

Thanks for the tip.

I did find the music change in Trick or Treat. When it first aired the theme to Tales from the Darkside was used in the pilot. In the DVD the theme is only used in the opening and closing credits, and some episodes had the bumpers had the music change, but the rest I couldn't tell. I'm watching the first disc now, and I hope to see season 2.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Well here's your smoking gun...



Its that blasted Capitol Music Library again. The same one that caused all the problems with The Fugitive Season 2 release last year. On the other hand Paramount did apparantly manage to successfully deal with OGM, which explains why most of the original music for "Inside The Closet" is intact.

 

[Nick Zbu]

Well, I hope that CBS/Paramount is making some arrangement to fix that little problem they're having with the Capitol Music Library. It's one thing if its just one show, but if it's going to affect a lot of shows, they might as well make some settlement and move on with life.

 

[Mark Edward Heuck]

In the episode "The False Prophet," there were some songs sung by the episode's star, Ronee Blakley; can anyone verify if those are still present?

 

[Powell&Pressburger]

Oh I hope Not I wasn't aware Ronee Blakley did a Tales Episode... and I just fnished disc one.... I hope her songs are still there... She was my favorite character in NASHVILLE!

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

Amazon now has the set for 19.99 !!!!!!!!!!!!! Im glad I waited , I ordered it today .Should ship later in the day.

 

[Powell&Pressburger]

i Just watched that episode and there was a twangy country song playing at the start of the episode but no lyrics it must have been generic and replaced. It is a shame, I am sure Ronee would have rather had the song in the episode.It had to be for legal issues.

Still love watching Ronee in the episode, it was the final episode of the season.

I hope they announce season 2 soon, I would guess a Halloween time frame along with another season of Friday the 13th the series.

 

[Radioman970]

I thought I saw it in Wally world for the same price....

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

On my 1 standard def tv, the picture quality on the dvd is bad.Then I watched the 2 same episodes, on my new hi def tv, and it looks pretty good.

 

[Daniel-C]

Great news:

Season 2 of Tales from the Darkside will hit stores on October 6th. Just in time for Halloween.

 

[WaveCrest]

This George Romero feature which will be in the Season 2 set sounds interesting. Is it an interview with him about Tales from the Darkside? It's good to see a DVD extra in the Tales from the Darkside Region 1 S2 set, being as the Friday the 13th - The Series R1 sets are extras-free.

 

[TravisR]

Originally Posted by WaveCrest ">[/url]

...being as the Friday the 13th - The Series R1 sets are extras-free.
[/QUOTE]Um, I think you're forgetting the incredibly riveting and extremely informative sales pitch on the S1 set.