Kevin L McCorry
Second Unit
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- Dec 13, 2004
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Before I begin, do let me say that this comes of my personal experience and is not meant as an objective criticism of the year. Many people probably did find 2005 to be as fulfilling a year for them in DVD acquisition as I, but in terms of what I want most of all on DVD toward completing my collection, 2005 has been the most disappointing year since I started enbracing the shiny disc format.
Where to begin? Well, firstly I'm including this in the TV section, though my disappointment with 2005 extends almost as much into the DVD releases of feature films. It's been a year of repeated personal disappointment as some of my most anticipated releases were delayed, indefinitely, in particular Star Trek- The Animated Series, The Marvel Superheroes Collection, and The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection (I'm making do with the R2 release of that for the time being), while others in which episodes or components are being released scattershot covered scarcely any of what I was hoping would make it to shiny disc this year. For instance, although I promised to hold my tongue about what I was glumly certain would be happening, I will nonetheless mention that Looney Tunes Golden Collection 3 has relegated (whether they were due to be so-treated or not) the cartoons that I grew up with and am most fond and aesthetically appreciative of (i.e. those of the post-1948 period) to "also ran" status, a mere smattering on each of the four discs. And the Doctor Who DVDs released this year, bar "City of Death" (the only one I'm really excited about), have left me rather underwhelmed (I was so hoping for a Hinchcliffe era classic like "The Seeds of Doom"). The much-anticipated Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman season releases still won't hit DVD in R1 this year, and the episodes I'm most desirous of still aren't anywhere on the radar in any region. Huckleberry Hound Volume 1 won't contain any of my favorite cartoons with the blue dog (e.g. "Piccadilly Dilly", "Science Friction", "Spud Dud"), though I understand why this is so, with them not being in the first season of The Huckleberry Hound Show. No Charlie Brown releases this year. And there will remain almost as many theatrical films still on my want list at this year's end as there were at its beginning. But that's another forum...
It is true that I have about 70 percent of all desired material on DVD. A tremendous development in itself, certainly. But what's left, and some of it quite substantially beloved, remains as elusive as it was preceding 2005. The glacial pace of releases of Looney Tunes and Doctor Who remains quite contentious for me, particularly when so little of what I most desire made it to DVD this year. That said, I did buy every Doctor Who release and will be purchasing LTGC 3.
Ah, well, at least it's been a year when I've augmented my savings account in the bank. But it's not been a banner year for me where DVD is concerned, and I'm feeling really downbeat right now about improvement, really, in 2006.
Then again, who knows. Maybe I'll finally get Rocket Robin Hood, a post-1948-Warner Bros.-cartoon-heavy DVD set, copious early Pertwee and T. Baker Doctor Who stories, an end at last to my wait to have the "Kill Oscar", "Death Probe", and "Doomsday is Tomorrow" episodes with the bionic duo, and maybe a full collection of Inspector cartoons to go with the Pink Panther Cartoon Collecction. Think positive, even though mid-life crisis is very close... :b
Where to begin? Well, firstly I'm including this in the TV section, though my disappointment with 2005 extends almost as much into the DVD releases of feature films. It's been a year of repeated personal disappointment as some of my most anticipated releases were delayed, indefinitely, in particular Star Trek- The Animated Series, The Marvel Superheroes Collection, and The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection (I'm making do with the R2 release of that for the time being), while others in which episodes or components are being released scattershot covered scarcely any of what I was hoping would make it to shiny disc this year. For instance, although I promised to hold my tongue about what I was glumly certain would be happening, I will nonetheless mention that Looney Tunes Golden Collection 3 has relegated (whether they were due to be so-treated or not) the cartoons that I grew up with and am most fond and aesthetically appreciative of (i.e. those of the post-1948 period) to "also ran" status, a mere smattering on each of the four discs. And the Doctor Who DVDs released this year, bar "City of Death" (the only one I'm really excited about), have left me rather underwhelmed (I was so hoping for a Hinchcliffe era classic like "The Seeds of Doom"). The much-anticipated Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman season releases still won't hit DVD in R1 this year, and the episodes I'm most desirous of still aren't anywhere on the radar in any region. Huckleberry Hound Volume 1 won't contain any of my favorite cartoons with the blue dog (e.g. "Piccadilly Dilly", "Science Friction", "Spud Dud"), though I understand why this is so, with them not being in the first season of The Huckleberry Hound Show. No Charlie Brown releases this year. And there will remain almost as many theatrical films still on my want list at this year's end as there were at its beginning. But that's another forum...
It is true that I have about 70 percent of all desired material on DVD. A tremendous development in itself, certainly. But what's left, and some of it quite substantially beloved, remains as elusive as it was preceding 2005. The glacial pace of releases of Looney Tunes and Doctor Who remains quite contentious for me, particularly when so little of what I most desire made it to DVD this year. That said, I did buy every Doctor Who release and will be purchasing LTGC 3.
Ah, well, at least it's been a year when I've augmented my savings account in the bank. But it's not been a banner year for me where DVD is concerned, and I'm feeling really downbeat right now about improvement, really, in 2006.
Then again, who knows. Maybe I'll finally get Rocket Robin Hood, a post-1948-Warner Bros.-cartoon-heavy DVD set, copious early Pertwee and T. Baker Doctor Who stories, an end at last to my wait to have the "Kill Oscar", "Death Probe", and "Doomsday is Tomorrow" episodes with the bionic duo, and maybe a full collection of Inspector cartoons to go with the Pink Panther Cartoon Collecction. Think positive, even though mid-life crisis is very close... :b
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