jcroy
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Rip to plex?
It's a program suite which plays video files copied from dvd/bluray discs.
Rip to plex?
It's a program suite which plays video files copied from dvd/bluray discs.
The screencaps I've seen of recent seasons look like beautiful HD masters, and I wish we could get the series on Blu-ray.
This brings us up to 489 episodes released on DVD from the S1 to S14 sets
I almost had a tear watching the first episode. Such a beautiful transfer compared to the old drab TV Land reruns. I'd be over the moon if these HD remasters were on Blu-Ray, but I'm not complaining.
Season 14 is one of my favorites, and I really hope that CBS finishes the run on DVD(Please give us 15 before the end of the year). I know someone that loves old Western movies, but refuses to watch any Western TV series. I cannot understand this logic. I think if he were to watch a remastered episode of Gunsmoke he would be hooked. For my money a single good episode of Gunsmoke is on the level, or much better than any of the classic Western films of the time.
Bryan, can't agree more with you. I've said once before, Gunsmoke is so good, it's like watching a mini western movie every episode.
My sets should be arriving today or tomorrow. Can't wait to dive in!
This season was the first not to feature the showdown-in-the-street opening sequence that began every episode for 13 seasons. Instead, Matt is shown riding at full gallop on a horse as the announcer says, "Gunsmoke, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon."
I think the run times for the post-1971 episodes, after that year's initiation of the Prime Time Access rule, were shorter.I finished all of season 14 last night with the finale, "Exodus 21:22." One of my favorite actors, L.Q. Jones, appeared in the final disc's episode "The Good Samaritans" and played his typical bad-guy role with relish.
Newly made the cover art for both halves of season 14 and appears in most episodes during the season. Newly portrayer Buck Taylor moves up to top-of-the-episode billing with Matt, Doc, Kitty, and Festus starting with season 15.
Poor Ted Jordan as freight agent Nathan Burke seems to get yelled at by Festus or Doc in about every appearance he makes in season 14.
In this season, James Arness is absent for protracted periods in many of the episodes, sometimes not appearing until the final two minutes.
All of the episodes looked great to me. Some run around 50:38 and others close to 51:04 or so.
This season was the first not to feature the showdown-in-the-street opening sequence that began every episode for 13 seasons. Instead, Matt is shown riding at full gallop on a horse as the announcer says, "Gunsmoke, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon."
"Lyle's Kid" also had some excellent underscore in it. Just read about Morgan Woodward's passing today (Feb. 23)Morgan Woodward and Robert Pine are outstanding in the first episode, "Lyle's Kid."
• DVD Talk about Gunsmoke: The Fourteenth Season, Volume One
https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/73682/gunsmoke-the-fourteenth-season-volume-one/
• DVD Talk about Gunsmoke: The Fourteenth Season, Volume Two
https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/73681/gunsmoke-the-fourteenth-season-volume-two/