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I wonder how many pressed discs they run - 1000? 2000? before switching over to DVD-Rs?
The Lieutenant DVDs are the same way--I compared them to my Harry O discs. Also, the label side is more of a matte finish, where the DVD-Rs are shiny.hypnohighball said:watching a Harry O disc last night and looking at it, it looks like a regular pressed dvd. I looked closer at the inner ring and there's stamped data there that's not on a dvd-r from WA, I compared them. It's just different, not to mention it doesn't have the bluish hue dvd-r's have.
I've watched five so far, and my favorite has been "The Two Star Giant" with Neville Brand. It's fun watching this and playing "identify the supporting actor"--I've seen Greg Morris and Harold Gould twice, and Chris Connolly from "Peyton Place" and a non-bearded Stuart Margolin (Angel from "The Rockford Files").Carabimero said:The more I watch this show, the more I'm impressed with it. Really glad I bought these two sets.
I think my favorite episode so far is THE PROUD AND THE ANGRY, the third episode on disc 1.
Anybody else got a favorite?
Same here - checked the first episode and the image quality looks great. As soon as I finish season 4 of Route 66 and my Harry O season 1 , this one is up next.Richard V said:I received mine today, & I too seem to have gotten a pressed set. Hot-diggity. I can confirm the same thing others have said. My Lieutenant labels have a matte finish and the discs are "stainless steel" color, whereas my Gallant Men labels are shiny and the discs are "metallic blue" in color. Haven't watched any episodes yet.
My sentiments exactly. I am in awe of the overall excellence of this series. Why on earth has it been virtually hidden for nearly 50 years? Whatever the reason, I'm just grateful to be able to see it, no less own it. I've already watched certain episodes a second time because the writing and performances are so impressive. "The Lieutenant" deserves a promotion!:tu:Carabimero said:Every episode keeps getting better. I can't think of another TV show that I'd never seen before getting the DVDs that actually has a chance of becoming one of my favorite shows of all time.
Before Gene Roddenberry became fan-typecast with sci-fi after Star Trek, he was one of the better Western-series writers in the business, giving all his moralized "Captain Kirk philosophizing" to Paladin in a handful of Have Gun Will Travel episodes.Jack P said:I've been enjoying this series too as I've plunged further into it. I have been glad to see that despite the fact Roddenberry created and produced it, it is not a Gene Roddenberry show, as he wrote nothing other than the pilot which as noted earlier in the thread comes off poorly compared to the other episodes and hence the reason why it was dumped ultimately as the fifth episode aired. It is really more like "Dr. Kildare" in a military setting in terms of the human drama of the stories mixed in with the professionalism of the job as we see Lieutenant Rice over the course of this season evolve as a Marine, which gives the show a refreshing sense of forward momentum that was rare for TV in those days. If it weren't for Roddenberry's name, you'd never think he had any association with it whatsoever, because those expecting foreshadowings of his whole Star Trek philosophizing aren't going to find it here.