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(I Dream of Jeannie is a butchered mess).
I'm curious about your comment, because I never noticed anything missing from I Dream of Jeannie. The only thing that does stand out from those prints are the occasional weird replacement sound effect in some second season episodes that were on the syndicated prints in the 90's. Also the subtitles of what Jeannie was saying in her native language are not on the pilot episode on the DVD sets.
Otherwise, the episodes appear to be intact (although I miss the Screen Gems "S from Hell" missing from most episodes).
The episodes average 22 - 23 minutes, some are even 21 minutes. There's no way they were that short when they originally aired. Sitcoms didn't start getting that short until the '90s. Plus there is the occasional weird edit or fade-out that is out of place. Others have complained about music/sound effect changes that were made, yet original sound effects remain in the dubbed versions.
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I guess ALL of the studios have been negligent regarding their back catalogs
of various tv shows. There hasn't been one instance of any studio not
screwing up at least one of their shows for dvd.
Notice how they don't do these same screw ups with more recent shows
(shows produced over the last 15 - 20 years). It's always our beloved
classics from the 50's, 60's, 70's and sometimes even the 80's.
Den
Not true. Roseanne, That '70s Show and Will & Grace all had syndication cuts released, with the former two now being corrected for fans who graciously get to re-purchase without any discount if they bought the previous, heinous sets.
Same is true for The Cosby Show. The first two seasons (which have cover boxes that falsely claim the episodes are uncut) are the syndicated prints cut by about 3 minutes each. In order to get the uncut seasons 1 & 2, you have to buy the $90 box set. Outrageous and a real FU to the customers who bought all seasons of the show separately.
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The episodes average 22 - 23 minutes, some are even 21 minutes. There's no way they were that short when they originally aired. Sitcoms didn't start getting that short until the '90s. Plus there is the occasional weird edit or fade-out that is out of place. Others have complained about music/sound effect changes that were made, yet original sound effects remain in the dubbed versions.
Wow, I'll have to check them out again. I'm usually good at figuring this stuff out on my own. I do agree, I've noticed the sound effects and music changes. Luckily I at least kept my Columbia House set...
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Things that bug me are these oddities that require someone to put thought into in order to change them. Like taking the opening theme for Voyage to the bottom of the Sea in the later 4th season and replacing it with an earlier version. Not the visuals, JUST the music. The beginning of the theme would start and at just the "right moment" a different version would take over. Somebody decided to do this on two episodes and for it to happen, someone would have had to spend actual time and care to do it. But…WHY? All it does is piss off the very fans who bought the DVD (the ONLY people who bought it, I might add).
Or the Star Trek TOS Blu-Rays. According to the blurbs, the episodes come with the choice of listening to the original mono broadcast mix. That's great, the new mix is totally different with strangely added sound effects and music from different seasons (an episode from the first season had music from a second season episode). But for some reason, on the second and third season "original broadcast mono tracks" are sounds never heard in the 60's. Somebody decided it would be a good idea to muck with it.
These aren't fixes, these are just out of nowhere changes. Yet, for the life of me, I can't figure out why anyone would spend the time to make these unnecessary alterations.
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What do you think of Warner Bros. as a Studio releasing vintage series on DVD?
Any examples to examine in the past.
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What do you think of Warner Bros. as a Studio releasing vintage series on DVD?
Any examples to examine in the past.
They are hit and miss. Some good, some not so good. Right now the only ones coming to mind are not-so-good.
Kung Fu - Season 1 was re-formatted to widescreen, so the tops and bottoms of people's faces were cut off. Season 2 & 3 were the correct full frame aspect ratio, but WB never bothered to correct Season 1.
Dallas - Way too many episodes crammed onto double-sided discs. Picture quality is not great throughout most of the season sets. But I will say that at least the episodes are uncut.
The West Wing - Seasons 1 thru 4 (I think) are double-sided discs with poor picture quality. Subsequent seasons look better, but the first 4 are the best seasons of the show and should look good!
I will say though that I can't think of any WB sets in which the episodes were edited/cut.
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What do you think of Warner Bros. as a Studio releasing vintage series on DVD?
Any examples to examine in the past.
They are hit and miss. Some good, some not so good. Right now the only ones coming to mind are not-so-good.
Kung Fu - Season 1 was re-formatted to widescreen, so the tops and bottoms of people's faces were cut off. Season 2 & 3 were the correct full frame aspect ratio, but WB never bothered to correct Season 1.
Dallas - Way too many episodes crammed onto double-sided discs. Picture quality is not great throughout most of the season sets. But I will say that at least the episodes are uncut.
The West Wing - Seasons 1 thru 4 (I think) are double-sided discs with poor picture quality. Subsequent seasons look better, but the first 4 are the best seasons of the show and should look good!
I will say though that I can't think of any WB sets in which the episodes were edited/cut.
Thank you for your rundown.
I wonder how they will treat "Logan's Run" in terms of prints quality: raw or restored prints.
All I know is that the set will include many subtitles which may mean they will care about the product.
But who knows for sure.
I am eager to watch "Futurepast" featuring a nightmare scene with a music cue not included in the FSM CD.
If only in America they had a company like Network in England!
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Warner Archive in general I think is doing a good job finally getting into the rollout mode for TV on DVD. It's been a little slower than I would have liked but they are conscientiously it seems trying to make sure there are no issues with music replacement which is an attitude CBS/Paramount should have learned from. I'm also glad that the top two shows of priority interest to me from Warner, "The FBI" and "The Girl From UNCLE" were taken care of in the initial wave.
Warner is also more likely to give us those short-lived obscure shows that have had their music released by FSM which would be great. Other studios would keep them likely hidden forever!
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Season 2 of "The FBI" will be out next week from Warner Archive. This will close the Stephen Brooks era of the show, as William Reynolds took over in S3 as Efrem Zimbalist's partner.
Warner Archive in doing this demonstrates that it is committed to multiple season releases of the TV shows they are handling, as this joins "Cheyenne" as the first two shows to get two seasons released through this program.
Also, CBS/Paramount validates what the syndication bible said regarding "Vegas" with the announcement of the first half of S3 for May. The show should join the ranks of the completed on DVD before year's end.
Season 2 of "The F.B.I." was also the first season to feature the wraparound narration of Marvin Miller.
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