Desslar
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Sep 23, 2007
- Messages
- 923
- Real Name
- Stephen
The old 1980s colorization looks bad compared to today's modern attempts like the more recent Lucy/Dick Van Dyke specials. The technique has improved. Plus now, the show can be seen in HD.
They didn't have a variety of colors to choose from back then. Plus its in standard definition. The colors lack vibrancy, and are dull compared to the other screen capture from the second season. Gilligan's shirt should
Hmm... Now I'm confused. I don't recall ever seeing black and white episodes in syndication, and just assumed that the first season was not part of the syndication package. But maybe it was, simply colorized.
I'd rather watch something less than perfect in color than something in black and white!
I was watching an episode of Space 1999 not too long ago, and the old black and white TV monitors and "communicators" really date the show. Heck, even Star Trek TOS used color monitors!
You know, it's funny, I actually prefer the muted colors! The other colors are obviously more accurate, but they really seem garish to me. Of course, that's typical for the 1960s - shows like Batman and Wild Wild West had vibrant colors - after all, that's what people wanted to see if they were watching a color show!
I guess my thought is, is the colorization more distracting than watching the show in B&W (which is very distracting to me as I'm not used to it)?
I would love to see shows like Gilligan, Wild Wild West, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, and Man From Uncle get a nice modern color treatment so that the first season of all these shows could be better integrated into reruns of the shows.
The Space 1999 blu ray release should have colored those monitors, the same way the Star Trek TOS re-release was visually enhanced.
Concerning older shows I'd love to see in color, Naked City and Route 66 are at the top of the list.