| 7/17/2009 10:20 AM |
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Hoodimus Prime
Member since: 7/16/2009 | | Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | I for one am sick and tired of the legal bullcrap that has stalled the release of this series from ever seeing the light of day I want my Batman who's with me here |
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| 7/17/2009 10:41 AM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | I'm sick of it, too, sir. I'm sick of it, too.
Brian
"Know Thyself"
--Thales |
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| 8/15/2009 7:22 PM |
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Sean
Member since: 5/21/2008 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | Haven't watched this show in years. Why the legal problems?
I do have the 1966 movie though. |
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| 8/15/2009 8:35 PM |
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evilblood96
Member since: 4/14/2009 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | Surprised myself. |
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| 8/28/2009 2:14 PM |
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tvfan2089
Member since: 7/8/2009 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | the main reason is greed. wb owns the movies fox owns the series.wb thinks fox needs to pay them.fox thinks wb needs to pay them.fox should win.they had it first. |
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| 2/3/2010 3:00 PM |
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Barrybgb
Member since: 7/1/2009 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | I'd like to see this before I'm dead. Get with it WB!!.
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| 2/28/2010 3:40 PM |
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epaddon
Member since: 6/2/2007 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | Supposedly, it's not as simple a case of Warners owning the character, Fox the series, but also the fact that estate of the late producer of Batman, William Dozier had some legal actions against Fox that had to be settled, and supposedly Batman presents problems based on the contracts related to other things that might even prevent it from being released in a truly uncut format even if the other legal matters are settled. This is one title where I had to just settle for the best quality off-air version there's been (TV Land Canada) and live with it. |
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| 3/4/2010 12:19 PM |
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bencasey
Member since: 5/12/2007 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | I wouldn't buy it now if it came out. I'm quite content with the 16mm prints I transferred over years ago. Complete and nice color. |
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| 3/19/2010 1:02 PM |
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merlin jones
Member since: 10/11/2009 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | I wait with baited bat-breath for the release of the series on DVD, mastered from the original negatives as the 1966 movie has been. Surely Fox can get the legal clearances if they try hard enough - - or just sell it all to DC/Warner. There is a vast new audience for this one... |
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| 5/30/2010 8:08 AM |
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etc041
Member since: 7/15/2008 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | i hope they are Cleanup an no Dirt on them and plus i hope they are Digital Restoration with Enhanced Picture and Sound it would be nice too see Batman again an in Un-Edit too |
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| 8/24/2010 3:51 PM |
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Actingman
Member since: 9/5/2007 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | Read this post (starting a few paragraphs down) and you will know what a rights hell the tv series truly is (and why it wasn't so for the movie.)
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Batman-Watchmen-Batman-Deal-Reported/10573 |
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| 9/28/2010 8:46 AM |
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Barrybgb
Member since: 7/1/2009 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | | GREAT NEWS! No, not a DVD, but the next best thing. Batman is coming back to TV!
Starting on October 10, the Discovery Kids channel becomes The Hub network. It was just announced yesterday that the channel has acquired Batman!. It will air at 11:30 starting Monday night, the 11.
They say if you already have Discovery Kids, then you will get this channel. Not sure if you don't have DK. |
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| 10/6/2010 9:30 AM |
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Nailwraps
Member since: 9/2/2010 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! |
----- Original Post -----
by tvfan2089 at 8/28/2009 2:14:05 PM
the main reason is greed. wb owns the movies fox owns the series.wb thinks fox needs to pay them.fox thinks wb needs to pay them.fox should win.they had it first.
What me, Nailwraps, has to say: But since Shout! has ties with WB and Fox, there's no doubt that Shout! can release the show.
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| 10/6/2010 9:56 AM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | Oh, there's plenty of doubt there! Our relationships with WB and Fox in no way gives us the upper hand, when it comes to a series like Batman, sadly. After all, it's Batman.
Brian
Follow me on Twitter! (@BWard028) |
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| 10/6/2010 2:19 PM |
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ElectricPeterTork
Member since: 6/25/2010 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | Batman is the great white whale of TV on DVD.
If the companies and parties involved couldn't find a way to get it out by now, odds keep going down that it will ever come out.
There have been plenty of good marketing tie-in opportunities since TV on DVD became mainstream. And, as was posted in a huge write-up over at TVShowsonDVD, It isn't just Fox and WB not wanting to play nice with each other... it's even more complicated than that.
I mean, they found a way to play nice when the Watchmen rights were in doubt ($$$). But from the looks of things, Batman is more complicated than throwing money at it.
And that sucks. |
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| 10/6/2010 3:12 PM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Batman (1966) POW!!!! | Nah, it'll get released. And, personally, I think it'll be sooner than most of us think, but only because we're not expecting it. What I wouldn't expect is for Shout! to be the Ahab that lands that white whale. I think it'll take more than just a licensing deal. I think someone's ultimately going to have to buy those rights. Now, we'll just see which studio or label it is.
Just my thoughts.
Brian
Follow me on Twitter! (@BWard028) |
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