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Any "penalty" that has ever been threatened has been either:
(1) The withholding of any co-op advertising credit that may be owed the offending retailer -or-
(2) The delayed shipment of an upcoming-title, so the offending retailer will not be able to sell it on its streetdate, thereby losing sales.
Again, these have been just threats. There has never been a reported case of a retailer actually being penalized. |
Correct about the penalties.
I know for a fact of a case of a retailer being penalized for breaking the street date on a CD release (note that this was before DVDs came out, prior to 1997). I don't recall the title or the studio, though.
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I just finished watching episode three, "The Fearmakers", and a more gripping hour of television you could hardly want.
The clarity of the picture continues to be outstanding, even moreso on the regular episodes than the pilot. In fact, there's a scene at the conclusion of the episode with members of the Seaview standing outside after surfacing, and one can see ripples in the cloth backdrop that was meant to be a sea-scape! I doubt that was as clearly discernible in earlier televised presentations.
Harry
...giving kudos to the folks at Fox Home Entertainment...
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Harry, thanks for the early reviews on the video for Voyage. I'm really getting pumped up for this series since it's almost a blind-buy after all these years.
"Checkmate King Two Out" Jeff Willis "Combat! A Selmur Production"
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My pleasure. VOYAGE for me is not quite a blind buy, but rather a series I used to like years ago but haven't seen much of lately - and what was available was so awful looking that it was a chore just to watch it. Thus, many of the details have been lost to me in the mists of time. So as I watch these, they're almost like new television programs.
So far, these early episodes are as described elsewhere - tight, gripping political dramas with a science-fiction overtone. The names coming up on the credits are impressive too, with the likes of Woodfield/Balter as writers, and Gerd Oswald as a director. The series started out with quite a fine stable of talent.
My memories kind of tell me that I probably didn't spend much time watching the first season all those years ago. It supposedly aired on Monday nights at 7:30. That would make it almost a replacement series for the old OUTER LIMITS (which I know had its second season buried on Saturday nights). No, I probably watched the network run with the color episodes of season two on Sunday nights.
Harry
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Well gang, it's "Zero" day, the day VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, SEASON ONE, VOLUME ONE finally and officially hits the streets. We've already had entertaining stories about early sightings and purchases, now let's hear the stories from release day onward, be they online purchases or those trips to the store where the confused employee asks, "Voyage, what?"
Harry
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Well, I suppose with the good sometimes comes the bad. The good is that I got the VOYAGE set early. The bad news hit me this morning. I finished up Disc One and place Disc Two in for viewing. Up popped the menu for Disc Three.
Uh-oh. I got a set with two Disc Three discs!
Drat! Now I have to go through the exchange process. We got reports on the TIME TUNNEL set that certain people got some mixed up disc configurations, so I guess FOX hasn't figured out this little snafu yet.
So warning to all purchasers - read the fine print on each disc to see if you have a one, a two, and a three. Then just to be sure, fire up each disc to make sure it's correct.
Harry
...this set just did a crash dive...
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Harry, thanks for the heads-up about Voyage. Was your TT set ok? I haven't checked mine yet but will check it this morning (Dallas time).
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Yes, the TIME TUNNEL set I got was fine. And I've now communicated with my online supplier. They're going to have me just swap my errant disc with the correct one, so I don't have to worry about re-checking 1 and 3 on a new set.
He also said,
"...This looks like it was a
problem with the first shipment of these, as you are the third customer that
has reported this. I have checked our copies here and they all are fine,
all three discs, all three cases."
So again everyone - check your copies.
Harry
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I think he was 'DAVID Hedison' in THE LOST WORLD (1961) cheezy as it is -it deserves a widescreen transfer-I remember beiing absolutely transfixed by it in my youth...
The process shots from the movie look very grainy-the newer shots of the Seaview look great-LB Abbott knew his stuff-the Seaview in most shots almost looks as if it were 500 feet long- except when the large bubbles give away the true scale.
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| Why were 2 different actors used to portray Dr. Gamma including Warner Klemperer from "Hogan's Heroes"? |
I believe, the common theory going around is that Werner Klemperer was originally supposed to play the role of Dr. Gamma, and some of his scenes were filmed. Then due to some circumstances, he must've had to have backed out, and was replaced with Theo Marcuse. Since he was a shadowy bald figure, and this was TV in the '60s, and Mr. Allen probably didn't want to refilm stuff already in the can, they just used the Klemperer footage and then the Marcuse footage as well. Since Theo Marcuse is the credited actor, he's the one who probably "finished up" the role, leaving Klemperer with no credit at all.
But it also must have been an amicable departure on Klemperer's part, since he was invited to return in the first half of season one in "The Blizzard Makers".
arry
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I've been watching the Amazon.com rankings for this series and TIME TUNNEL, just for comparison.
For the record TIME TUNNEL peaked at a #23 on the Wednesday after its official release, and it looks like VOYAGE has peaked now at #60 on the Wednesday after its release.
These rankings are purely unscientific and reflect only the rankings on that site, so take the info for what its worth. I just find it interesting that the lesser-known series with the "awful" artwork seems to have hit a higher rank than the better-known classic series with the better artwork.
One has to wonder, does the black & white-ness of the show have any effect on sales. Are people that conditioned to shun a black & white series? Are the studio honchos watching these figures as an experiment to determine whether or not to release other series with black & white seasons?
Both shows got similar reviews from people. Both came out in half-season sets. And both came out within 4 weeks of each other. I suppose that these rankings could be considered close given that they're NOT scientific. I also suppose that the word of early release at some stores might have affected what might have been release-week purchases on Amazon.
Harry
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