| 11/20/2009 11:49 PM |
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tvbuff76
Member since: 10/12/2009 | | Mister Ed Season 2 etc. -A Question for Brian Ward | Hi Brian!
Nice to hear that the second season of Mister Ed will be the complete episodes. My question is, are they planning to do something about the cut episodes from Season 1? I know this show wasn't your project, but could you ask the person who has this show and let us know since the others don't seem to get involved with the blog. If nothing else, maybe a complete series box set later on with the corrections made? By the way,have you pursued or considered the all time classic shows Highway Patrol or Sea Hunt? I remember asking about these before in the mix with other things but wanted to be more specific on just these. Sony talked about Sea Hunt years ago, but never did anything. Highway Patrol should have been out years ago like when MGM did the Patty Duke Show laserdisc as it is one of the most classic of all time, but nothing happened with it. Look forward to hearing from you. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Jack |
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| 11/25/2009 2:42 PM |
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Atariboy
Member since: 11/4/2009 | | RE: Mister Ed Season 2 etc. -A Question for Brian Ward | I suspect their silence speaks for itself in regards to this issue.
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| 11/25/2009 3:58 PM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Mister Ed Season 2 etc. -A Question for Brian Ward | My silence only speaks to the fact that I haven't been hanging around the boards much, due to a very hefty workload that I'm not really allowed to talk about just yet.
As for the answer to tvbuff's question...
Honestly, I'm not sure what the status is of S1. As you pointed out, it wasn't my project, but I can say that there have been multiple discussions on how best to rectify the situation. I cannot make any promises that this issue will be fixed right away, if at all. The fact is, MGM was originally asked to look for the best quality masters available and, without paying any attention to the run times, sent them to us. For those particular episodes, they happened to be the shorter versions. The complete masters, by comparison, were eventually found later and looked awful. As I've had the same thing happen to me with a project or two of my own, I can say that had the decision been made to use the complete masters, Shout! Factory and MGM (though, let's be honest, more Shout! Factory) would've been railed for the quality of masters. So it really was the Kobayashi Maru in full effect (I love being able to make Star Trek references at work).
I know this doesn't answer your question entirely. I can only say that you shouldn't lose hope. You may still see the complete versions of those episodes released, but I can't say when. For now, we're moving forward with unreleased seasons and making sure we have the best quality masters of the most complete episodes available at our disposal.
Brian
"Know Thyself"
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| 11/25/2009 4:49 PM |
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Atariboy
Member since: 11/4/2009 | | RE: Mister Ed Season 2 etc. -A Question for Brian Ward | | Thanks for the reply.
May I suggest using them as bonus content in later releases of this series? Seems like it would be the best solution (And cheapest) and would resolve the issues. |
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