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post #1 of 62
3/28/07 at 5:27pm
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I searched and was surprised to not find a thread on this show. A little less than 2 weeks till this hit's. All be it in split season volume 1 set. Nevertheless i will be buying this come April 10th. Anyone else looking forward to this ? Anyone have it for review or know of any early reviews ?
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post #2 of 62
3/28/07 at 6:31pm

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Why would The Streets of San Francisco be split into 2 sets per season, when they only did about 24 shows a year??
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post #3 of 62
3/28/07 at 6:36pm
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Jeff: I dunno i am hopeful they are just doing this for S1 it was 26 episodes + the 2 hour pilot. S2=23, S3=23, S4=23 and S5=25.

I hate volume sets!! but i am making an exception here.
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post #4 of 62
3/28/07 at 7:32pm

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I would buy them however it's arranged, but I believe it will be one set per season.
Interesting if this QM Production comes out before The Fugitive does.
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post #5 of 62
3/28/07 at 7:39pm
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but I believe it will be one set per season
The set comes out april 10th it's not one set per season. It is the pilot and 14 episodes in a season 1 volume 1 set. Hopefully after season 1 they revert to one set per season.
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post #6 of 62
3/28/07 at 11:09pm

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I was looking forward to this (and The Untouchables), but since both are split sets, I'm not interested. I hate split sets and will not buy them.
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post #7 of 62
3/28/07 at 11:52pm

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COMBAT! were sold as split seasons ("Campaigns") for a long time.
Then a whole series set came out for $200, so there is always hope.
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post #8 of 62
3/29/07 at 3:41am

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I'll probably wait until they have at least 3 Seasons Available. That way I'll have a Year's Worth of Episodes, and someone like Amazon or Deep Discount will have them on sale. I Tolerated Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, but I will not buy half a season at a time again.
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post #9 of 62
4/4/07 at 5:48pm

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Just got a copy today and took a look at the extras on disc 1. The first is a period piece with Army Archerd interviewing both Karl Malden and Michael Douglas on the set, nicely done but only lasted 3 min. 45 sec. The other extra is the Pilot Presentation and it runs for 8 min. 43 sec. and was just great to watch - it was obviously quite a primer for audiences at the time that show cased the series prior to the Pilot episode playing. It was thoughtful of Paramount to include it with this " half set " as I call them. I will not stop buying any of the '50's - '70's shows I like despite the possible lack of a full season set because the sales figures will ultimately guide the Studio's future decisions to release more - better to be safe than sorry. The episodes themselves look very good - clear, sharp with good saturation of colors, and the sound was also clear - nothing spectacular but what can one expect? Just glad to get it early!
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post #10 of 62
4/4/07 at 6:46pm

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Is the full 73 minute version of the TV movie pilot on the first disc?
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post #11 of 62
4/4/07 at 8:55pm

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Jeff - I checked the counter and the total time was approx. 98 minutes for the pilot episode - hope that says something. That seems about what some were, around 2 hours with commercials.
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post #12 of 62
4/4/07 at 10:26pm

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Jeff - I checked the counter and the total time was approx. 98 minutes for the pilot episode - hope that says something. That seems about what some were, around 2 hours with commercials.
Yeah, I forgot it was a 2 hour pilot and not a 90 minute one (the usual standard for 1970s TV).
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post #13 of 62
4/5/07 at 6:31am

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Does it have English subtitles? Sucks this splitting up seasons, "Hawaii Five-0" got the royal treatment with full amount of episodes, plus a wealth of extras. But a show starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas does not...
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post #14 of 62
4/5/07 at 4:08pm

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I will buy this. I've never seen it, but I'm a sucker for '70's action..Looking forward to digging in.
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post #15 of 62
4/5/07 at 6:25pm

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hmmm .... let me guess why they split the seasons !???!?!?

money money money.
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post #16 of 62
4/5/07 at 6:48pm

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I will buy this. I've never seen it, but I'm a sucker for '70's action..Looking forward to digging in.
You'll enjoy it, Dan. Michael Douglas and Karl Malden were one of the great cop teams in TV history. After the 4th season though, Douglas was getting more feature film offers, so he quit the show. He did come back for the 2-part 5th season premiere "The Thrill Killers" though, which was an acceptable farewell for Inspector Steve Keller...who quit the force to teach a course in criminology at a local university. It was the only 2-parter the show ever did. Unfortunately, Richard Hatch (as Inspector Dan Robbins) made a weak replacement for Keller. I'm sure Battlestar Galactica fans will disagree.
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post #17 of 62
4/5/07 at 8:15pm

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Henry, I went into Setup in the Menu and it does have English ( and Spanish ) subtitles. This split/full season - at least from Paramount really does seem illogical - you pay almost as much when they are split as compared to a complete season so yes a larger profit margin seems to be the main motivation. I'm sure at this point they realize that any of the popular shows will sell enough copies , if their reasoning is to test the market it would definitely annoy more customers to split. After all, you just start getting into a series and your done, waiting 3 or 4 months ( if your lucky ) to pick up where you left off. I hope they stop doing this one day.
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post #18 of 62
4/6/07 at 1:29am

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hmmm .... let me guess why they split the seasons !???!?!?

money money money.

Yep. And I for one am not being suckered.
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post #19 of 62
4/6/07 at 8:05am

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Why Duane? I had my doubts too, but if they're splitting them up for money reasons, it must mean (if we follow their 'logic') they have a lot of confidence in the show. -Being a big seller I mean, and this show was very popular, so I'm counting on it continuing on DVD.
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post #20 of 62
4/6/07 at 10:43am

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I was real excited about the release of this series until I saw that it is Volume 1. It really sucks they are splitting the season. I will have to think hard before I decide to purchase this. I probably will since it is one of my favorite cop shows.
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post #21 of 62
4/9/07 at 8:37pm

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Why Duane? I had my doubts too, but if they're splitting them up for money reasons, it must mean (if we follow their 'logic') they have a lot of confidence in the show. -Being a big seller I mean, and this show was very popular, so I'm counting on it continuing on DVD.

They're just trying to squeeze every last penny they can out of us. They don't seem to pay any attention to the fact that a majority of the people that vote on TVShowsOnDVD.com say they want season sets. If they can't give us season sets, I won't buy. If everyone else did the same they'd wake up and give us what we want.
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post #22 of 62
4/10/07 at 3:46pm

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Well, of course I´m also a little disappointed that they split the season in Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Hopefully Vol. 2 will be out there in the near future. BUT: Let´s all be happy that they finally release the Quinn Martin productions. I´m a great fan of his productions since many years.
I´m living in Germany and finally I can see "Streets" in the original english language and in full length. You know when german TV started "Streets" in the 70´s they cut all the episodes to exactly 45min. for their time slot and of course they dubbed all the episodes in german.
Gladly my english isn´t so bad and after all these years of waiting I´m soooo lucky now that I can see these episodes in good technical quality, without commercials, etc.
I ordered my box from Deep Discount and they sent it to me about a week ago so I´m expecting the box in these days.
I ordered also "The Untouchables". Quinn Martin produced the first season show.
Let´s hope that the other QM productions will see their DVD debut also in our lifetime.
My favourites after "Streets" are "Barnaby Jones", "Cannon", "The FBI", "The Fugitive".
Best wishes from Berlin, Germany
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post #23 of 62
4/10/07 at 4:18pm

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I looked at the box at Best Buy today. The front has a sticker saying there are 13 episodes, plus the pilot. The back of the box says there are 16 episodes. Are they counting some 2-part shows as separate episodes, or did they change the number of episodes in the set, at the last minute?
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post #24 of 62
4/10/07 at 5:33pm

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Marty, I decided to check on that and counted 14 episodes, including the Pilot, so I guess they made a mistake mentioning 16.
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post #25 of 62
4/11/07 at 6:04am

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Chris, I remember for some reason Douglas' character name Keller, was changed to Heller, in the German versions. Quite interesting.
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post #26 of 62
4/11/07 at 7:47am

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Being a fan of other 70's crime shows such as Hawaii Five-0 and The Rockford Files, I bought this DVD set as a blind buy yesterday and watched the pilot last night. From the first moment, there is a clearly apparent chemistry between Michael Douglas and Karl Malden, who effortlessly bring these characters to life. The music was cool, as well as the guest stars (Robert Wagner in particular).
Regarding the set itself, I haven't watched the bonus features but I thought they did a good job on the packaging and menus (aside from the ridiculous 16-episode error in the back text). The prints themselves look crisp and clear, almost as good a job as CBS-Paramount did on the Hawaii Five-0 set.

I'm definitely looking forward to viewing the rest of the episodes.
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post #27 of 62
4/11/07 at 11:58am

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There's a DVD review up on another site, and the reviewer makes a grave mistake in his so-so review, by claiming that once you've seen one episode of 'these 70s cop shows' you've seen them all. Not so with TSOSF, it's different and stands out from the others that decade, no two episodes are alike. There's definitely something to look forward to, in the coming seasons.
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post #28 of 62
4/11/07 at 4:24pm

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Chris, I remember for some reason Douglas' character name Keller, was changed to Heller, in the German versions. Quite interesting.

Henry, you´re absolutely right. I almost forgot that. I never found out why they did that. Strange thing.
Another thing what they did to the "german" versions. They skipped the narration which was so typical for QM productions. Another reason wh I´m looking so forward the get the DVD Box.
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post #29 of 62
4/11/07 at 11:19pm

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Henry, you´re absolutely right. I almost forgot that. I never found out why they did that. Strange thing.
Another thing what they did to the "german" versions. They skipped the narration which was so typical for QM productions. Another reason wh I´m looking so forward the get the DVD Box.
There were no narrations on QM Productions made in the 1970s, although I'm not sure about DAN AUGUST starring Burt Reynolds (because I've never had the opportunity to see that series). CANNON, Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, etc. all had the announcer telling you each episode title and guest stars, but that's it.
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post #30 of 62
4/12/07 at 2:38am

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There were no narrations on QM Productions made in the 1970s, although I'm not sure about DAN AUGUST starring Burt Reynolds (because I've never had the opportunity to see that series). CANNON, Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, etc. all had the announcer telling you each episode title and guest stars, but that's it.

Jeff, sorry. Of course I´m mean the announcer telling you each episode. Sometimes my english isn´t so good. I looked in dictionary and now I know exactly what narrations means.
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