That's because just about *anyone* can play the "suit" in a superhero movie as long as they act mostly like the audience is expecting. Basically - a script that's "true to form" for the guy in the suit. Most of those movies require very little in the form of "acting." As long as you can say your lines and don't sound like you're reading them you should be OK.
So true, even a physical media diehard has to re-evaluate when the quality angle goes the direction of streaming.The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to end when you can get better HD video quality of shows on streaming than you can get on DVD, shows like Wagon Train, Laramie, The Virginian, etc
Not necessarily. Studios like CBS/Paramount have been transferring shows into HD from the beginning of the DVD era. They used them for the DVD releases, which is why so many of them look so good on DVD. It is just now that they are starting to become available, a few as Blu-ray releases, but the majority more than likely through streaming. I don't know how many other studios (e.g., WB) planned ahead in the same way. I also believe it has been stated that the cost to transfer has gone down over the years. Likely, the bigger of the classic shows that made it to DVD will come out in HD via streaming, they are still viable products, some of the lessor titles may or may not, and most of those that never got a DVD release will likely still have difficulty moving forward. Just a hunch on my part based on what we are starting to see.
They will likely begin to disappear from streaming when their core fanbase has completely transitioned to nursing homes.
Not if my grandkids have anything to say about it... they love classic 60s TV - many, many series. Some are in their top 10 favorites of all time. Things like I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver, Batman, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and more.
I don't know. Streaming is likely the least costly method of syndication that the studios have ever had, as well as for streaming sites that want to add them to their current list of options. Studios most likely just store the content to the cloud and streaming sites just license to have access to specific content within that cloud space. How easy is that. If not the big streaming sites, there likely will always be smaller up-in-comers wanting to provide access to what isn't available anywhere else. I think that's a model that can sustain what is likely already a smaller fanbase but that has always managed to cultivate new enough membership over time to keep it viable.
I think Mod Squad has a good chance of showing up streaming someday, as well as:
I'm thinking there could be a plot for the next Mission Impossible movie here. "Your mission - should you choose to accept it - is to get the complete St. Elsewhere out on Blu ray."
If the phasing out of SD programming were to be a thing, it would be a big loss for all us cartoon fans, since the classic 1930-69 Looney Tunes and the Hanna-Barbera library, among others, started out in plain SD when shown on TV since right now most of these old cartoons aren't yet available in HD.
It will be interesting to see what makes the transition to HD. I was a bit surprised to see that CBS had transferred Cimarron Strip and Trackdown to HD considering some of the other titles they passed over. I don't see SD going away anytime soon, and I can imagine sites springing up to support lost SD titles if there is still an interest. It's the primary streaming services that will likely make the transition first, so that's what will be interesting to watch for.
Maybe, but for now all the retro cable channels are happy to air old shows with horrendous sub-SD picture quality.
CBS doesn't own Cimarron Strip, its owned by Stuart Whitman's estate, unless they sold it. Also, if it was transferred to HD, first, is it complete? Because the SD masters were cut by around 5-6 minutes. Second question is, are they in the proper 4x3 aspect ratio?
Every format switch, be it in television or music, leaves many things behind. When stations used to run shows off a 16mm film chain, practically every filmed series was available. When it went exclusively to tape, many shows were only transferred if a network wanted to buy it and foot the bill for the transfers. Encore Westerns did this with many shows, like Tales of Wells Fargo for instance. But there are a great many shows that have never been mastered to tape and aren't available unless the buyer is willing to pay for it. An example of this is Farmer's Daughter. Antenna wanted the show but Sony had never put it to tape as the last time it ran, in the mid-80s, they were still sending out film prints. Other long running shows which fall into the same category are Whirlybirds, San Francisco Beat (aka The Lineup), Love That Bob, black and white Dragnet of course, and many others. If everything goes to only HD, there will be many more shows that their owners don't feel are worth the transfer costs.
It's listed in the CBS Syndication Bible as transferred to HD. It is one season. Anything I've seen to-date transferred by CBS to HD has always been complete and in the correct aspect ratio, in this case 4x3. CBS has traditionally used the original film masters to make these transfers to HD.
This very true. On the one hand, less content will make the transition. On the other hand, what makes the transition will be incredible quality to watch.
