Any More Love Boat? (1 Viewer)

[Stephen Wight]

The Love Boat was regarded,among people in the industry,as a "lightwieght,fluff show" and,because of that ,may not to high up on CBS/Paramount's pecking order. I mean why release more seasons when they can resume releasing seasons of more serious shows like The Untouchables and Streets Of San Francisco,which had their last seasons released in 2008 and 2009,respectively.

 

[derosa]

The Love Boat was regarded,among people in the industry,as a "lightwieght,fluff show" and,because of that ,may not to high up on CBS/Paramount's pecking order. I mean why release more seasons when they can resume releasing seasons of more serious shows like The Untouchables and Streets Of San Francisco,which had their last seasons released in 2008 and 2009,respectively.

Well, first of all, Streets season 3 is coming out in less than two weeks.
There is only one reason for a studio to release DVDs - people buy them.
serious shows? what the heck has that got to do with anything?

 

[Ethan Riley]

I dunno; but there's lots of serious, heavy dramas on dvd like the Kardashians and Jersey Shore. Maybe that's what he meant...

 

[WaveCrest]

Glad I decided to get the first half season (Region 1) volume set of The Love Boat. Of what I've seen of it (and that theme tune is stuck in my head!) it's very cheesy, but has a charm about it that makes it difficult to not like it.

What is the picture/print quality like on Sony's Region 1 set of Charlie's Angels' fourth season? Was interested in that season because it started off with a two-part crossover with The Love Boat.

 

[derosa]

What is the picture/print quality like on Sony's Region 1 set of Charlie's Angels' fourth season? Was interested in that season because it started off with a two-part crossover with The Love Boat.

I just popped my set in to check, and the quality is quite good, like the rest of the late 70s shows.
The episodes start with a simple Charlie's Angels opening, not the Love Boat theme,
but not the usual opening.
Part one runs about 50 mins, part two starts with exactly the same opening credits and the same
opening scene as part 1, and jumps to sort of a badly edited replay of scenes from part one,
with no commentary or narration of any kind that indicates where part two continues, it's kind of weird.

 

[WaveCrest]

Originally Posted by derosa /t/293984/any-more-love-boat#post_3956486
I just popped my set in to check, and the quality is quite good, like the rest of the late 70s shows.
The episodes start with a simple Charlie's Angels opening, not the Love Boat theme,
but not the usual opening.
Part one runs about 50 mins, part two starts with exactly the same opening credits and the same
opening scene as part 1, and jumps to sort of a badly edited replay of scenes from part one,
with no commentary or narration of any kind that indicates where part two continues, it's kind of weird.

Is this how the two-part crossover was originally shown on ABC?

 

[derosa]

Is this how the two-part crossover was originally shown on ABC?

No, from what I read on one of the fan sites, it's the syndicated version.

 

[Jari K]

I would love to see more "The Love Boat". Any chance that we could get more seasons (3 would be next). Season 2 was released in 2009, so...

 

[Jack P]

After getting a half-dozen of my most wanted episodes spanning Seasons 4-8 from a mixture of original broadcast and foreign recordings (if ever there was a reason for me to hate PAL speedup most, it's hearing it ruin the theme song!), my need for more seasons of this is increasing! Of course it was lightweight junk TV, but it was nice reassuring comfort fare for a Saturday night where you could see nothing but familiar faces every week. This and Fantasy Island both needs to be completed on DVD at long last.

 

[John Hermes]

After getting a half-dozen of my most wanted episodes spanning Seasons 4-8 from a mixture of original broadcast and foreign recordings (if ever there was a reason for me to hate PAL speedup most, it's hearing it ruin the theme song!), my need for more seasons of this is increasing! Of course it was lightweight junk TV, but it was nice reassuring comfort fare for a Saturday night where you could see nothing but familiar faces every week. This and Fantasy Island both needs to be completed on DVD at long last.

What I don't get about PAL speedup is why they don't use a digital pitch shifter to correct the audio? There's lots of stuff out there now to do it and 4% certainly isn't a very big adjustment. My NLE could do 4% artifact-free easily. ?????

 

[hypnohighball]

They started showing Love Boat on MeTV again a few weeks ago.

 

[derosa]

I guess these episodes that air in syndication have 5 mins or so cut out of them?
I've seen a few of them with run times of like 43 minutes, whereas the DVDs
are more like 49 minutes.

Also, season 2 and 4 have a number of 90 min episodes i've seen hacked back
to a much shorter run time to fit in a regular broadcast. Basically, i'm saying -
please please please release us more dvd's!!

 

[Jon Baker]

So many great guest stars and Love Boat Follies!

 

[Jon Baker]

Any more news on whether or not the remaining seasons of this show will ever be released?

 

[Jon Baker]

Jon, nothing to report as of your posting. I think it's stuck in the vaults for a while or so longer. Same with Fantasy Island.

This is sad. So many great guest stars...

 

[classicmovieguy]

The DVDs that have already been released appear to be entering OOP territory, according to Amazon, so that isn't a good sign for more releases either...

 

[Ron1973]

Jon, nothing to report as of your posting. I think it's stuck in the vaults for a while or so longer. Same with Fantasy Island.

Constantly Being Stalled at its finest!

 

[Wonderfrog68]

Perhaps next year.... To celebrate the show's 50th anniversary.

 

[Jack P]

The show's 50th anniversary is in 2027! (though I suppose that's a more realistic date for a release at this rate).

 

[MCCLOUD]

The DVDs that have already been released appear to be entering OOP territory, according to Amazon, so that isn't a good sign for more releases either...[

The DVDs that have already been released appear to be entering OOP territory, according to Amazon, so that isn't a good sign for more releases either...

Perhaps this means Paramount may be going to liscense out The Love Boat to VEI like they did other shows like The Mid Squad, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones. If this would happen then perhaps the whole series would be released.
Take Care!
Robert

The DVDs that have already been released appear to be entering OOP territory, according to Amazon, so that isn't a good sign for more releases either...