JeffT.
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Well I made this very assessment myself in an earlier message post in this discussion thread and it was (likely) deemed a better strategic move to debut the next Irwin Allen 1960s SF tv series with a colour release.
However plans (at this formative stage) are still not (conclusively) finalized and it may well yet turn out that 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment decides to market both VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (ABC 1964-68) and THE TIME TUNNEL (ABC 1966-67) simultaneously...anything is certainly possible!
I'm still (supremely) confident that VOYAGE will prove to be a (much) bigger commercial success than THE TIME TUNNEL is in retail sales when it's finally released and given the chance to flex its potent muscles with the DVD buying public out there. People are going to be attracted by the sensational packaging design with Richard Basehart, David Hedison and the SSRN Seaview without considering that the (excellent) first season (1964-65) was produced in black-and-white.
Frankly Fox was probably (and still is) uncomfortably uncertain in the choice of THE TIME TUNNEL and of that you can be certain!
On the topic of black-and-white tv series this certainly hasn't affected DVD sales of I LOVE LUCY (CBS 1951-57), HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL (CBS 1957-63), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (CBS 1959-64), THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (CBS 1960-68) and BEWITCHED (ABC 1964-72) to be sure.
Many of the greatest tv series ever made were produced in black-and-white!
Jeff T.
However plans (at this formative stage) are still not (conclusively) finalized and it may well yet turn out that 20th Century-Fox Home Entertainment decides to market both VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (ABC 1964-68) and THE TIME TUNNEL (ABC 1966-67) simultaneously...anything is certainly possible!
I'm still (supremely) confident that VOYAGE will prove to be a (much) bigger commercial success than THE TIME TUNNEL is in retail sales when it's finally released and given the chance to flex its potent muscles with the DVD buying public out there. People are going to be attracted by the sensational packaging design with Richard Basehart, David Hedison and the SSRN Seaview without considering that the (excellent) first season (1964-65) was produced in black-and-white.
Frankly Fox was probably (and still is) uncomfortably uncertain in the choice of THE TIME TUNNEL and of that you can be certain!
On the topic of black-and-white tv series this certainly hasn't affected DVD sales of I LOVE LUCY (CBS 1951-57), HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL (CBS 1957-63), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (CBS 1959-64), THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (CBS 1960-68) and BEWITCHED (ABC 1964-72) to be sure.
Many of the greatest tv series ever made were produced in black-and-white!
Jeff T.