| 1/19/2011 1:16 AM |
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Mike H
Member since: 1/19/2011 | | Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | I've noticed with British soap operas, DVD manufacturers over there have released yearly "best of" discs that have, say, eight episodes of the year's most noteworthy episodes in a set (since soaps do so many episodes a year and you can't have them all). I was wondering if that was something Shout! would look into. For example, my favorite soaps are The Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives and I think it'd be a cool idea to be able to pick up, say, "Best of the '80s" or "Best of the '90s" with 20 or 25 episodes from that decade highlighting big plot twists or special wedding moments or things like that.
As far as I'm aware, the only time daytime TV has made it to DVD was "Daytime's Greatest Weddings" and that was a print of something originally released on VHS by ABC Daytime. I think it's time to introduce special box sets for soap fans. Something along the "Best of *x decade*" line or "The Young and the Restless's Unforgettable Weddings" or "Days of our Lives Most Remembered Stories."
Because I'm a realist, I know these shows won't be released in their entirety, and quite frankly I wouldn't want all the episodes. But I know at least with my favorite soaps, Sony owns the rights and their entire archive has been saved. Why not cherry-pick the few episodes with the best memories and put them out there? :) |
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| 1/21/2011 4:06 AM |
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farrahflawless
Member since: 12/19/2008 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | | or atleast put them online so fans can watch old episodes. it was nice when aol in2tv had Another World,Texas and other soaps to watch online. |
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| 1/25/2011 12:07 PM |
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DominicMars
Member since: 6/14/2010 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | Yeah! That would be wonderful!
I'm surprised there hasn't been a "Best of Luke and Laura" (even though it was on VHS...) or "Best of John and Marlena" DVDs... |
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| 1/25/2011 2:28 PM |
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Mike H
Member since: 1/19/2011 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | | And how cool would it be to have some of the nighttime specials on the "Best of" compilations? Like the 1993 "Night Sins" would totally fit with a Best of John and Marlena package! :) |
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| 1/26/2011 10:09 AM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | Sadly, I can't respond to this at this very moment. Don't want you to think I'm ignoring the issue. The short of it is that we've looked into it in the past and for one reason or another, it's something we've not been able to do. Doesn't mean we can't later. I'll go into it in further detail as soon as I can. I'm just so swamped with 14 projects, currently.
Thanks, gang!
Brian
Follow me on Twitter! (@BWard028) |
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| 1/27/2011 9:45 PM |
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adamwade
Member since: 5/15/2010 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | I believe ABC did something like this a few years ago - they edited together storylines (not episodes) and put out a few DVDs.
Sadly, soaps are failing right now (there are few even left compared to even 5 or 10 years ago), but it sure would be neat, especially if they dug out old stuff. Many shows do not have full archives, though notably Days of Our Lives has an entire archive back to the first episode (which is why they often show so many flashbacks to even the earliest time periods). I don't know about All My Children, but I would presume since it didn't start until the 1970's that most, if not all, of the series still exists. |
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| 1/14/2012 9:06 AM |
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Preppy
Member since: 8/8/2009 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | | I believe the best and most economical path to take in releasing daytime dramas on DVD is to edit scenes together by their storylines. I have seen that done by people on You Tube, however, I'd prefer to own remastered sets that are seamlessly edited together that advance individual storylines. The two daytime dramas I would absolutely love to own are One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless. If you haven't already explored this option in great depth, Shout! Factory, please explore this path. |
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| 1/17/2012 6:06 PM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Soap Opera Favorites Box Sets? | I can say, without a shadow of doubt, that this would NOT be the most economical. The cost of an editor and edit time (both are hourly) is enormous. It's so much easier to encode an episode directly from its original tape than it is to digitize footage into an Avid, edit it, output it to Digibeta and then encode from the new master.
Brian
Follow me on Twitter! (@BWard028) |
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