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post #31 of 42
2/4/12 at 9:01pm
Can't believe Fox is actually moving up on their game in the U.K. by licensing to indies more than here for the time being.
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post #32 of 42
2/5/12 at 3:54am
My short lived series requests are pretty short:

Green Hornet
Sanford (late sequel to Sanford & Son)
Young Maverick
Bret Maverick

I always hold out hope for Green Hornet.

Sanford, I had thought, would be a strong contender as the original series sold well on DVD. Still can't figure out why this series hasn't followed.

Young Maverick and Bret Maverick is just a series I really want. I have the pilot movie, The New Maverick, on DVD. And I know that the original series is one a lot of fans want on DVD. I would like to have the entire legend of the west.
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post #33 of 42
2/5/12 at 1:04pm
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Originally Posted by AndyMcKinney View Post

From what I read on another forum, Automan and Manimal are due out in complete sets this year at the end of April...
...but in Region 2 (in PAL format) from Fabulous Films (the same company that's releasing the Six Million Dollar Man complete set in R2-land).
I have mixed feelings. Although I definitely want a complete Automan set, I'd prefer it to be R1 so that there'd be no chance of PAL speedup (if using film elements) or, if using tape masters, no standards conversions from NTSC to PAL.
I'll probably wait awhile to see if any announcements are made about a US set this year before taking the plunge on the R2 one.
I wish I knew who to write to at Fabulous to recommend titles, though. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase a complete Cliff-Hangers! set from them, despite standards conversions or PAL speedup!

Andy:

Here is a link to Fabulous Films contacts page on its website: http://fabulousfilms.com/fabfilms.html

I, too, share your passion for a complete series release of Cliffhangers!

Darby
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post #34 of 42
2/5/12 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by bretmaverick2 View Post

My short lived series requests are pretty short:
Green Hornet
Sanford (late sequel to Sanford & Son)
Young Maverick
Bret Maverick
I always hold out hope for Green Hornet.
Sanford, I had thought, would be a strong contender as the original series sold well on DVD. Still can't figure out why this series hasn't followed.
Young Maverick and Bret Maverick is just a series I really want. I have the pilot movie, The New Maverick, on DVD. And I know that the original series is one a lot of fans want on DVD. I would like to have the entire legend of the west.

Well, Sanford is Sony, and they've all but gotten out of the tv-on-dvd game. Maybe we should petition Shout or Timeless to try and acquire that license. (Not to mention about three dozen other abandoned or neglected tv shows).

I can't imagine why--why--Maverick wasn't put out on dvd in its entirety--years ago. That seems to me to be the #1 neglected popular show of all time. I think it'd sell very well, at least the first few seasons with Garner. I think it may be a part of anti-b&w bias for tv shows. But oh yeah--it deserves a release, big time. I'd argue that it's the most watchable 50s/60s Western, moreso than 95% of the other Westerns that we already have on dvd. And yet it sits in a vault somewhere. Just based on the sampler and the few random eps I've seen over the years, it's definitely a show that's easy to sit through in large doses. A lot of the Westerns that are coming out aren't much, but Maverick holds up very, very well.
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post #35 of 42
2/5/12 at 10:32pm
Oops! Double post! Now back to whatever it was you were reading:
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post #36 of 42
2/5/12 at 11:46pm
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I would love to see The Second Hundred Years from the 60s

Me Too. Those USA airings were edited by around 2 minutes an episode.
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post #37 of 42
2/6/12 at 9:35am
i remember the dirty dozen television series with ben murphy.
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post #38 of 42
2/6/12 at 9:36am
i also remember the solder of fortune television series with brad Johnson. only the pilot made it to dvd however.
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post #39 of 42
2/6/12 at 10:37am
I'd love The Misfits of Science complete series. I watched the shows intro on Youtube, and I can say without question it is one of the most annoying intros I ever witnessed. Anyway I remember wanting to see it badly in 1985(I think) but It was off the air before I got a chance. NBC Friday night I believe. I'm really surprised this hasn't been released yet.

-The Man Called Sloane- a James Bond knock off I wouldn't mind catching again.
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post #40 of 42
2/6/12 at 3:25pm
Frank's Place - another series that will probably never be seen because of music rights

and let me put in a plug for the remaining seasons of a long running series that had one season released years ago and nothing since - St. Elsewhere
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post #41 of 42
2/6/12 at 9:39pm
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It actually would apply, even today. If there's something you think you might want to keep, its better to record it and then you know you have it. This way, if it comes out edited or never does come out, you know you have it. Blank DVDs are so laughably cheap that its not such a big investment. A full season of a 22 hour show would cost around $3 with the price of discs these days. Or about one fifth of the price of one VHS tape 30 years ago. So even if the show you like does get released untampered with, you haven't made a big investment.

I might have to look into that some day. I'm quite a ways away from being able to do something like that currently as my computer doesn't even have a functioning DVD drive.

What would it take? Besides a new computer. A TV tuner card and having a second satellite receiver to plug into the computer?
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post #42 of 42
2/7/12 at 9:33am
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Originally Posted by AnthonyP View Post

I might have to look into that some day. I'm quite a ways away from being able to do something like that currently as my computer doesn't even have a functioning DVD drive.
What would it take? Besides a new computer. A TV tuner card and having a second satellite receiver to plug into the computer?

You could just get a DVR and record directly off that with a dvd home recorder.
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