Recent content by Mike*SC

"That '70s Show" was shot on film, in 4x3 but "protecting for 16x9." That is, the camera viewfinders showed a widescreen image with a box in the center that showed what would air on television at the time. In theory, the cameramen and everybody watching the feed on stage would watch both, but in...

If the rest of this show comes out, I think it will be the last of my TV shows wishlist. Is that possible? I honestly don't know what else I would want that hasn't come out. Either I will be a very contented man, or my life will be suddenly empty and devoid of dreams. Either way, hope this...

There are so many variables in music clearance, it's impossible to make any such blanket assumption (unless the song and performance are in the public domain, which makes it easy). There are really no set rules -- the rights owner can ask for any amount he feels like at that minute, or outright...

But why do the studios need an excuse not to release something? Or do you mean it's simply a way to get fans off their backs? People always accuse me of being an apologist for the studios when I point this out, but nonetheless, let me state that no two music clearance problems are alike...

I'm glad to see that many here share my wish for the rest of "The Bob Newhart Show." I love that show, and so enjoyed revisiting it. I'm amazed that that's the only one I can come up with, since they completed "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," every season I want of "All in the Family," and "The...

With respect, I'm not sure of your point, Stephen. The popularity of Louis-Dreyfus on "Seinfeld" was one of the reasons "Old Christine" existed on television at all (though it was not conceived for her, it was certainly a selling point). The show was a marginal ratings success for a while...

I can't say this is surprising, and I hardly believe that these would be immensely popular and Universal is just too clueless to realize it. Yes, Eddie Murphy is popular in "Shrek" (less so now than a few years ago), but does this mean "Imagine That" and "Meet Dave" were also good sellers...

As others have confirmed, the film portions were indeed shot on film. The process you're referring to is now obsolete in the days of hi-def video, but back at the time of "Sanders," it was called "film look" and it was applied to standard definition video to sort of mimic film. it involved...

The fact of their being online (which, naïvely, I hadn't realized) doesn't really change anything. There's a distinction between what long-dead executives okayed seventy years ago and what current Warner Bros. execs hope to make a profit off today. Everybody knows that WB did not upload those...

I'll believe it when I see it. Have you ever seen "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs"? To a modern audience, the racism is ugly and shocking. Certainly, the film has historical value, but I can't imagine why Warner Bros. would want to expose themselves to the enormous outcry and condemnation...

Bravo to Fox for addressing the curtain call issue immediately! But I must say, this is a very strange happening to me. How in the world did it come about? Why were there multiple masters from which DVDs were pressed? Perhaps my brain just can't comprehend it, but it doesn't make sense...

The studios' only interest in enticing people to convert to Blu-ray is so that they can sell them discs. If they give those discs away, or at a price that they cannot profit from, the benefit to them is nil (unless the studio is Sony, which sells Blu-ray hardware and makes a royalty on all...

Boy, it seems very unlikely to me that a "fixed" season one will ever be released for a low-demand series like this. It would be very expensive to produce, and most of the potential audience already owns it! I'm not trying to be a naysayer, just being realistic. Word here almost dissuaded...

Enjoy them! I just finished the last of the DVDs, which I was going through slowly because I enjoy them so much. This was a great show, and I"m sorry sales have apparently been insufficient for the series to continue on DVD. Maybe someday…

As some here are saying, there is no general answer. Even within a series, or a season of a series, there are episodes deliberately shot out of broadcast order (for pragmatic reasons -- the availability of an actor, for instance, or simply to move up a script that was in better shape) and there...