Originally Posted by Regulus
Originally Posted by Regulus
Originally Posted by shoeshineboy
Does anyone else find that it's strange that, through this whole great series (and the immense controversy of its dvd release) that the only 'so-far' extra to be announced is about a scorer who isn't even known as the series' main music supplier? If you were to do a minifeature on the Fugitive, and it had to be about the music, wouldn't 5-10 minutes on Rugolo be the most obvious feature?
I don't want to overly gripe, we all have kicked this can before and it appears that the series will receive an honourable release for the final season; however, the powers that be just seem to be not in synch with the real world here... They know i'll buy but c'mon... if you are gonna do a featurette, why isn't it on janssen or huggins or rugolo?
Originally Posted by shoeshineboy
Does anyone else find that it's strange that, through this whole great series (and the immense controversy of its dvd release) that the only 'so-far' extra to be announced is about a scorer who isn't even known as the series' main music supplier? If you were to do a minifeature on the Fugitive, and it had to be about the music, wouldn't 5-10 minutes on Rugolo be the most obvious feature?
I don't want to overly gripe, we all have kicked this can before and it appears that the series will receive an honourable release for the final season; however, the powers that be just seem to be not in synch with the real world here... They know i'll buy but c'mon... if you are gonna do a featurette, why isn't it on janssen or huggins or rugolo?
Originally Posted by jdee28
I stopped watching The Fugitive with Season 2, Volume 2. I just couldn't take the music replacements, how jarring they were and how badly integrated they were with the rest of the score. For example, the score to "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet" was beyond ridiculous; every time there was an action scene, and I mean every time, the new score would blast up and be completely distracting, ruining any sense of mood or emotion. I would have rather seen them cancel the DVDs than release them in such a terribly compromised form; it's just a monstrosity the way it is now. Where was their quality control?
Hopefully one day CBS/Paramount can go back and give Seasons 2 and 3 a proper release with the music score completely intact. Find an expert, call them in and do it. It's not like they have much coming up in the pipeline anymore, as they've been scaling back. They should do The Fugitive right, and get some of their reputation back.
Originally Posted by jquirk
I would not be surprised that, in a couple of years, they re-release "The Fugitive," but on Blu-ray. And when this does happen, my prediction is that all four seasons will be released in a single box set, and that the music substitutions featuring the Mark Heyes cues will not be found anywhere.
Of course, we'll all have to open up our wallets again and dish out about two-hundred bucks to buy it, but it would probably be worth it for the upgraded picture and Mark Heyes-less musical interludes. Maybe by that time CBS/P will even include an option to watch the episodes in 3D? Now that would be cool. The suspense would feel so much more intense, especially when it seems like Gerard is snooping around for Kimble right in your own living room.
Originally Posted by shadyguy
JQuirk,
I can see your anticipation of "The Fugitive" coming to BR, but I am not so eager, as I cannot afford a BR player at this time and have many regular DVDs with a pretty nice Sony player.
I cannot see buying a BR player just for The Fugitive series !
Do they make a regular DVD/Blu Ray player combo like the did with DVD/VHS ??