JLKINSER
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- John Kinser
I am in for a Blu release of The Fugitive The Most wanted set!!
That's possible but those should be feasible since its only a few episodes in total. But Petticoat Junction has music clearance issues in the majority of episodes starting with season 4.Could there be some music clearance problems in the later seasons of The Hillbillies? I remember Roy Clark and Pat Boone guest starring in some episodes.
With the pandemic easing, these prospects you mention should be a little easier.It’s been a while since CBS “shut down “ it’s TV division . So does anyone know if they have any plans at all to deal with their Television library other than issuing select shows on Blu-ray?
My guess is that we will just see more and more of these titles showing up streaming and for digital purchase in HD. I noticed several are already streaming on the Paramount+ Channel in HD. They may still release a few select ones on blu-ray.It’s been a while since CBS “shut down “ it’s TV division . So does anyone know if they have any plans at all to deal with their Television library other than issuing select shows on Blu-ray?
Brad what shows at Paramount caught your attention?My guess is that we will just see more and more of these titles showing up streaming and for digital purchase in HD. I noticed several are already streaming on the Paramount+ Channel in HD. They may still release a few select ones on blu-ray.
Hope so!!With the pandemic easing, these prospects you mention should be a little easier.
~Ben
More than that, what I want is for all of the inbetween bumpers and opening/closing teasers to be restored, which include but are not limited to:Odd couple looks great in HD , But I don't think they have all the episodes , Wish they would do blu-rays of that Happy days the early years and brady bunch . I guess they make so much money replaying them on every cable channel they probably don't care . Brady bunch and early happy days have to be some of the most popular tv shows ever created .
That would be great , I'm just not that picky . I would take any of these shows just to be in glorious HD . I mean they were filmed and deserve to be restored if not all ready and let us buy them . I don't get why some of these companies don't want our money ? idk anymore it's 2022 and people who grew up on this stuff are not going to be around forever , Its now or never .More than that, what I want is for all of the inbetween bumpers and opening/closing teasers to be restored, which include but are not limited to:
a. "(name of show) will be right back/return in a moment."
b. closing tag
c. 30-second preview of next week's episode.
For example, the season 2 premiere episode of The Brady Bunch, "The Dropout," would have had the mid-show bumper announced by Barry Williams, since his character Greg is the main focus of the episode.
~Ben
I agree with everything you said. It’d be nice to get any if these shows in HD even without the bells and whistles. Still it would be nice if the studios went to extra lengths to give us the best possible package for our re-purchase of these shows we love!That would be great , I'm just not that picky . I would take any of these shows just to be in glorious HD . I mean they were filmed and deserve to be restored if not all ready and let us buy them . I don't get why some of these companies don't want our money ? idk anymore it's 2022 and people who grew up on this stuff are not going to be around forever , Its now or never .
I'm pretty sure if they felt there was a chance for them to recoup the costs to rerelease the series on Blu Ray, they'd do it. But, as you mentioned, the audience for these shows, not to mention the number of people who want them on physical media, shrinks every passing month. So smaller outfits like Mill Creek will grind them out on Blu but with too many episodes per disc, overly compressed with whatever prints the studios decide to hand over. Some shows turn out just fine (Airwolf, Knight Rider) while others get kicked in the metaphorical privates (I Dream of Jeannie).That would be great , I'm just not that picky . I would take any of these shows just to be in glorious HD . I mean they were filmed and deserve to be restored if not all ready and let us buy them . I don't get why some of these companies don't want our money ? idk anymore it's 2022 and people who grew up on this stuff are not going to be around forever , Its now or never .
I would think that for older SF shows with composite effects, HD harms rather than helps. The seams really show on Star Trek, for example. That's why they went to the trouble to create new effects, the originals didn't stand up to the unforgiving eye of high definition. Now, shows with mostly in-camera model work, like Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Space:1999 look incredible. But imagine how bad The Invaders saucer effects would look in HD.Also keep in mind that the market for TV shows on blu-ray tend toward SF/fantasy. A lot of people figure that the increased resolution of blu-ray helps with shows with lots of SFX, and not so much for those without.
Same with movies. It's why the studios are licensing out their back catalog to boutique labels, or go the MOD route.
That depends more on your age than anything else. I grew up in the fifties and sixties, so by the seventies, those two sitcoms seemed somewhat silly to me. Surely they were no worse than Gilligan or Hillbillies, as far as the silliness factor goes, but I've read that we all tend to gravitate to the shows, movies, and records that we liked when we were 14-15.Brady bunch and early happy days have to be some of the most popular tv shows ever created .
Not to mention any series which has been absorbed by Disney, like the 20th Century Fox shows, will probably never see the light of day going forward.