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| Rating the DVD Releases of Sound Serials; Best picture and sound quality available on DVD | |
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| Barcroft | Aug 15 2014, 12:48 PM Post #316 |
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Bats, My copy also is missing the guy falling out of the Ferris Wheel in chapter 3. It's nice to know that someone (you) has the complete chapter 3. Barcroft |
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| williejg | Aug 16 2014, 08:54 AM Post #317 |
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Well, we still don't know if Bats' copy has the next week end cards. And if he's working at his 2nd job today, we won't know the answer to that until later tonight or tomorrow. willie |
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| williejg | Aug 16 2014, 02:53 PM Post #318 |
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Just ruined my Rhino tape. I think I left it in pause mode and forgot to shut it off last night. My sister got up this morning and turned the power off. For some reason it ejected the tape. Still being in pause mode, it held onto the tape. The lid on the cassette closed and crushed the tape, and when I went to pull it out the tape snapped about 6" in. Oh well. Time to wait out this thread and buy the best available print on disc. What a shame. willie |
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| The Batman | Aug 18 2014, 05:39 AM Post #319 |
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Sorry for the delay, fellas. I finally checked my copy from Treeline, last night, and it does have the guy (John Wayne) falling from the Ferris wheel. He falls towards the camera and goes out of frame to (our) left, then it cuts to a title card, but I don't think it's the original title card. I then checked my other copy (from a friend, so I don't know the source). This is the first time I had looked at this one and now I know there's no reason to keep it. The picture and sound are awful, and the Chapter 3 ending cuts out abruptly when the guy bends down and picks up the dropped letter. No Ferris wheel fall at all. |
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| williejg | Sep 4 2014, 04:37 PM Post #320 |
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I just got a copy mastered from VCI tapes. Same thing-letter drops, hand snakes in and grabs it, body falls and then the switch to a home made end card. The old VCI tapes are available just about everywhere, and dirt cheap. But if you want it on disc you have to transfer it yourself. The only way to decide who has the best and most complete copy is to pick the most complete copies and do frame comparisons on a title this old that has so many versions available. As far as I know there's never been a report of an Excllent copy of this title. So the pickin's are going to be thin. willie |
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| The Batman | Sep 4 2014, 04:46 PM Post #321 |
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It sounds like my Treeline version is comparable to the VCI tape version. The quality of mine, overall, is solid and very watchable. It also seems the most complete, aside from the homemade end titles. As a personal favourite, I am always looking to upgrade it, if possible, but it sounds like I have the best version available. |
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| williejg | Sep 5 2014, 07:01 AM Post #322 |
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Bats~ You may very well be right about that. But can you tell me where it's available? willie |
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| The Batman | Sep 5 2014, 11:57 AM Post #323 |
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Sure can, 'Cat. This is the one and only release for serials that I have seen from Treeline. It contains 12 serials in all, unfortunately THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE is the only one in the set worth keeping, I have since upgraded every other title in the set. http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Serials-Megapack-150-Episodes/dp/B0001HAGW4/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1409946926&sr=1-4&keywords=movie+serial+pack |
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| Barcroft | Sep 5 2014, 08:14 PM Post #324 |
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Bats, Regarding Deadwood Dick I"m almost 100% sure I got it from Richard Orsak. Barcroft |
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| The Batman | Sep 6 2014, 01:48 PM Post #325 |
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Thanks, Bart. And no worries, guys, I will get back to updating the list, just been a busy summer. |
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| Barcroft | Sep 7 2014, 07:49 AM Post #326 |
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Bats, Come on now, Canadian summers begin July 1st and end August 1st.......lol Barcroft |
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| The Batman | Sep 7 2014, 11:47 AM Post #327 |
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Usually, that's true. *L* But last Friday was the hottest day of the year, 41C (105.8F). |
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| JazzGuyy | Sep 7 2014, 12:07 PM Post #328 |
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And it was only 95° F (35° C) here in Tucson, AZ. Mama Nature's gone crazy. |
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| Barcroft | Sep 7 2014, 05:06 PM Post #329 |
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Bats, Was cool here in Jacksonville today only 89 with a nice breeze off the ocean. Barcroft |
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| Pa Stark | Sep 7 2014, 07:01 PM Post #330 |
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You guys are pikers. In July, my son Trigger Stark and I were near Palms Springs, Ca. playing golf. One day we left the house at 8AM, and it was already 90 degrees. I crapped out after 12 holes, but Trigger walked all 18 holes. When we finished, it was 110, and then it started to warm up. It got up to 117. A couple of years before, Trigger started to run to the stairs leading up to the golf cart. Just then a four foot rattler was crossing the stairs, and he let Trigger know he was there, and Trigger turned around and came running back to the green. There is no mistaking that sound. I was about 75 feet away, and it still got my attention The snake's name is Shaky, and it did strike a couple of golfers who reached into a bush to retrieve their golf balls.
Edited by Pa Stark, Sep 7 2014, 07:03 PM.
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