Larry Tate
Stunt Coordinator
Your basing your whole premise on the Mill Creek print for #15 being the original unrestored print, you are mistaken, the reason it looks the same as the colorized version with the color turned off is because this Mill Creek print is exactly the same restored colorized print with the color turned off, only it has been done for you without you having to do it directly as you have to with the colorized version.
In this case opening has been modified but that does not reflect on the print to which the opening has been attached.
By original closing i assume you are referring to the SG and ABC logos as the end credits have long been available since the early 1990's, and in original unrestored versions i might add.
The point is that Sony used a colorized turn the color off grey scale for their B/W option on seasons one & two not the original print, if you have the colorized version & turn the color off then you get the exact same version as the B/W one that Sony offered, even though it is very different then the original version seen in the 1960's which you can see on the CH VHS tapes
If you want to see the difference between the restored colorized prints with the color turned off that is then presented as the B/W versions, watch the Columbia House & Screen Gem tapes which are as the show was originally seen in the vintage sense with the same aesthetic quality's that were seen back in the 1960's.
The B/W Sony and Mill Creek sets are not an accurate replication of how Bewitched was originally seen in B/W in 1964 to 1966, if you want the original shadows, lighting, witchy feel, contrast and visual feel then you need to see original studio 16 mm prints or the Columbia House & Screen Gems VHS tapes which were done before the show was restored & remastered and used old 35 mm master prints that were made during the shows actual run from Fall 1964 thru the spring of 1966.
I have over 130 Bewitched original studio 16 mm print episodes and most of the B/W ones, seeing is believing.!
Of course if you get the first two seasons in Color you get them in B/W as well, all you have to do is turn off the color on your remote control for your TV & it is exactly the same grey scale as the B/W sets are.
So you really don't need to record or buy the shows again in B/W as you will have them already on your Color DVD's with the color turned off.
So i am a proponent of the Colorized episodes as it is a Two for One deal in effect, both Color & B/W.
If you have an old VHS tape of a B/W episode from CH or SG from the early 1990's compare that to the Mill Creek or Sony DVD version of that Episode.
I did watching them and it is pretty obvious to me.
In this case opening has been modified but that does not reflect on the print to which the opening has been attached.
By original closing i assume you are referring to the SG and ABC logos as the end credits have long been available since the early 1990's, and in original unrestored versions i might add.
The point is that Sony used a colorized turn the color off grey scale for their B/W option on seasons one & two not the original print, if you have the colorized version & turn the color off then you get the exact same version as the B/W one that Sony offered, even though it is very different then the original version seen in the 1960's which you can see on the CH VHS tapes
If you want to see the difference between the restored colorized prints with the color turned off that is then presented as the B/W versions, watch the Columbia House & Screen Gem tapes which are as the show was originally seen in the vintage sense with the same aesthetic quality's that were seen back in the 1960's.
The B/W Sony and Mill Creek sets are not an accurate replication of how Bewitched was originally seen in B/W in 1964 to 1966, if you want the original shadows, lighting, witchy feel, contrast and visual feel then you need to see original studio 16 mm prints or the Columbia House & Screen Gems VHS tapes which were done before the show was restored & remastered and used old 35 mm master prints that were made during the shows actual run from Fall 1964 thru the spring of 1966.
I have over 130 Bewitched original studio 16 mm print episodes and most of the B/W ones, seeing is believing.!
Of course if you get the first two seasons in Color you get them in B/W as well, all you have to do is turn off the color on your remote control for your TV & it is exactly the same grey scale as the B/W sets are.
So you really don't need to record or buy the shows again in B/W as you will have them already on your Color DVD's with the color turned off.
So i am a proponent of the Colorized episodes as it is a Two for One deal in effect, both Color & B/W.
If you have an old VHS tape of a B/W episode from CH or SG from the early 1990's compare that to the Mill Creek or Sony DVD version of that Episode.
I did watching them and it is pretty obvious to me.
