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Post by sparklingblue on Jan 19, 2005 17:33:18 GMT -5
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 19, 2005 18:06:16 GMT -5
Get? Grab and enjoy. I did.
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Jan 21, 2005 21:08:26 GMT -5
Since Pierce was born one week before me, that puts me in the middle. Does that mean I get his middle? Frankly, I like his good looks. The rest of you can keep his....other parts.
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Post by sparklingblue on Jan 22, 2005 9:56:12 GMT -5
I find it somewhat disgusting to organise him into parts.
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Post by Ace on Jan 22, 2005 12:12:33 GMT -5
TVShowsonDVD: Remington Steele - Extras confirmed for 1st Season DVDs Posted by David Lambert 1/22/2005 At the end of 2004 we were pleased to bring you the news that Remington Steele - Season 1 is arriving this Spring (specifically on May 24th). At the time, no other details were available other than the $39.98 SRP. Now we have word from Video Business that this release is a 4-DVD set, and will contain some extras. In an article (registration required) posted yesterday to their online site, the trade magazine had this to say: The four-disc set of the first season of Remington Steele, starring pre-007 Pierce Brosnan as a suave thief hired to be a front man for a female detective agency owner (Stephanie Zimbalist), also debuts May 24 ($39.98), with audio commentaries and featurettes.It sounds great. We will be looking to Fox Home Entertainment to provide details of those supplements. And cover art as well. So stay tuned, and we'll be back with more just as soon as we can!
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 22, 2005 18:31:50 GMT -5
Yes, I saw that, too. It sounds absolutely great. In fact, it sounds almost too good to be true. Do older shows often (or ever) come out on DVD with newly made audio commentaries and featurettes?
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Post by Ace on Jan 22, 2005 18:54:58 GMT -5
Yes, I saw that, too. It sounds absolutely great. In fact, it sounds almost too good to be true. Do older shows often (or ever) come out on DVD with newly made audio commentaries and featurettes? Sure they do, it just depends if the distributor thinks it's worth the added effort and expense and if they can find the parties willing and able to do it. Lucky for us they do and they have. Ace
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 22, 2005 19:53:15 GMT -5
Apparently. From another list; the original article on Video Business Online website reqires registration. Studios Stump for TV Serios on DVDTo come in 2005: Bob Newhart, Dynasty, Kojak By Jennifer Netherby 1/21/2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN. 21 | UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF.--Studios seized on the opportunity last week to court press coverage of their TV on DVD releases from local TV critics around the country with a wave of new product announcements and events timed to coincide with the TV Critics Assn.'s winter press tour. Warner Home Video held a party on its lot; Universal Studios Home Entertainment held a lunch to tout its 2005 release slate and the Television Publicity Executives Committee hosted a TV on DVD panel. Lions Gate Home Entertainment, meanwhile, announced that it has acquired rights for DVD releases of popular '80s series Moonlighting, the first two seasons of which it will release in May. Series star Bruce Willis is expected to participate in the DVD extras. "In the last year, the TV on DVD category grew tremendously. As a result, we're seeing a lot of TV programming being released and it seems like everyone's grabbing for everything," said Steve Beeks, Lions Gate Entertainment president. "[Moonlighting] is an anomaly. This is one of those true gems of the industry." Classic shows The Bob Newhart Show, Dynasty and Remington Steele will come from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in April and May. In keeping with the latest marketing trend to repackage TV series for additional DVD sets, the studio also is prepping various themed TV on DVD releases to bow in May, including a collection of four Futurama episodes in Futurama: Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection (May 10) and a themed collection of 16 The X-Files episodes from the first three seasons, featuring government conspiracy episodes in order, beginning with the pilot (May 17). The three-disc first-season set of the '70s The Bob Newhart Show ($29.98) will debut on May 24 with no bonus features. Newhart said he is anxious to help produce bonus features such as interviews with he and his costars and crew as well as include gag reels for the second and subsequent season sets of The Bob Newhart Show. The four-disc set of Dynasty on April 19 ($39.98) will include all 15 episodes from the first season of the catty '80s prime time soap about the wealthy Carringtons oil-business family. Bonus features include outtakes and audio commentary by stars Al Corley and Pamela Sue Martin and show creator Ester Shapiro. The four-disc set of the first season of Remington Steele, starring pre-007 Pierce Brosnan as a suave thief hired to be a front man for a female detective agency owner (Stephanie Zimbalist), also debuts May 24 ($39.98), with audio commentaries and featurettes.Universal announced first season releases of Kojak (March 8); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (March 22); Murder, She Wrote (March 29); and Leave It to Beaver (no date). The studio will put out new seasons of Columbo on March 8 followed by Knight Rider; The A-Team and Magnum P.I. on April 12. In May, the studio releases more season sets of Northern Exposure, Quantum Leap and Law & Order. At the TV on DVD panel, producers complained that music rights are still the biggest issue to getting TV shows out on DVD. Even new series Las Vegas, which Universal released this month, didn't make it to DVD with all the original music, creator and executive producer Gary Scott Thompson told critics. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has begun negotiating music rights for DVD when they are licensed for TV on new shows such as Rescue Me. For older shows, the studio is turning to music producers who worked on the shows to pick replacement songs, said Mark Rashba, VP catalog marketing. Moonlighting almost didn't make it to disc because of a tangle of music rights issues, series creator Glenn Caron said. Anchor Bay Entertainment, which first licensed the show from Disney for DVD release, put out the pilot episode and then planned a compilation release featuring shows that included no music, Caron said. Caron declined to take part, calling it "an odd collection" and wanting the show released in tact. After Anchor Bay abandoned its release plans, Lions Gate stepped in, acquiring DVD rights for all five seasons of the show. All original music will be on the first two season releases. Caron and Willis are participating in bonus materials for the DVD, which is just going into production. Caron said he also hopes to get Cybill Shepherd and others from the show to take part. Other shows, such as St. Elsewhere, haven't made it to DVD because it isn't clear in older contracts who owns the DVD rights, particularly shows that were jointly produced by companies that might have since been sold, panelists said. Unlike feature films, for which box office performance is a good predictor of DVD sales, TV ratings have so far had no correlation on how successful a show will do on DVD, said Sony's Rashba. However, when TV releases come out, Sony has noticed an uptick in viewership on shows in syndication such as Seinfeld and Friends. "The two feed off of each other," he said. With so many TV shows headed to DVD this year, nabbing shelf space at retail is becoming more difficult and forcing more studios to turn to slimmer packaging. Universal and Warner have been releasing shows with episodes on both sides of discs, and Fox and others have put out releases in packaging that doesn't take up as much space.
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Post by Ace on Jan 23, 2005 2:05:16 GMT -5
I have to say I'm not thrilled it's only a 4 Disc set. Usually full season hour shows are on 6 discs. So either they're cramming the episodes on one side and decreasing quality to also fill it with commentary and features or they're those annoying flipper dics. I'd gladly have my package 1/2 an inch thicker to have a better quality product, it's not as if the actual discs cost anything anymore.
Ace
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Jan 23, 2005 16:54:07 GMT -5
So the music rights are still a problem. That's not good, because if they substitute for the original music, we won't be getting the original series. That also means I'll be even more reluctant to get rid of the original episodes I have on tape. Oh what a web..... I also thought a 4-disc set seems a bit "small". My Dick Van Dyke Show first season has 5 discs (6 episodes per disc) and that was only a half hour show. Of course, it was made in 1960 when there were more episodes per season (about 30) than there were in 1982. My "I Love Lucy" first season DVDs consists of 8 discs, with 4 episodes per disc on most of them, and 6 episodes per disc on 2 of them. (1951-1952) All of the discs have some sort of extras: pilot episode, background information, interviews with someone related to the show. That sort of thing. Four discs for a full season of hour shows plus extras does seem a bit.........scary. I'm with you, Ace.
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 24, 2005 11:40:58 GMT -5
Flipper disks? No pretty pictures? Not to mention poor quality? Poor Mr. Steele, he wouldn't approve.
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Post by curious george on Jan 24, 2005 16:37:27 GMT -5
Flipper disks?...Poor Mr. Steele, he wouldn't approve. I don't know, isn't PB a big dolphin fan? cg
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 24, 2005 16:42:44 GMT -5
Not that big, I'm sure.
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Post by sparklingblue on Jan 26, 2005 7:39:52 GMT -5
Good heavens, Mr Steele would be appalled!
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Jan 28, 2005 22:33:01 GMT -5
I'm sure he is fond of flipper dolphins, but flipper discs? No way! When will they learn to make US happy? I agree. Mr. Steele would definitely NOT approve. He is such a perfectionist. He doesn't even like it when his hair falls on his shoulders.
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Post by IcyCalm on Feb 14, 2005 1:30:54 GMT -5
I wonder how PB himself feels about Remington Steele coming out on DVD. Overall, my guess is he's pleased. Why I think so:
1. For one thing, it is “exposure” which can strengthen and potentially broaden his fan base. (“What’s this you’re watching? Oh my god, is that Pierce Brosnan? Let me sit down…”) Even in the first season, it's obvious he was Bond-in-training, and it will reinforce in people's minds what a superlative choice he was for JB. (And, what insanity it is to be dismissed too early from the role.)
2. I should think he’d be happy for his old colleague, Stephanie, too. People can get acquainted or re-acquainted with her and see what a great actress she is.
3. His appearance. After having been shown some clips/photos of himself as Remington Steele lately, Pierce was quick to observe how thin he was, and how big his hair was back then. I think he made these remarks facetiously. The man is a serious clothes maven and knows thin looks best. To quote Remington, “I prefer the lean look. Easier on my tailor.” As for his hair, Remington also once said if you’ve got it, flaunt it. I believe Pierce loves having long hair! He knows it’s one of his gifts and there is no logic in minimizing one’s gifts. Besides, PB is a sensuous, engaging, tactile man: I’ll bet he loves the feel of his own silky hair brushing his forehead and down the back of his neck, enjoys the very movement of it. I'm hyper-ventillating now. (Anyway, there were plenty of RS episodes where it was cut short, "Lofty Steele" for example.)
4. PB has acknowledged some scenes in RS were “cringe-making.” Let's all be big enough to agree with that assessment. Mistakes were made. Let us gloss over them and revel in 99% of the series which is sheer delight. Slick and intelligent, one of the richest shows on TV ever. All due to PB's talent and grace.
5. People will see in these DVDs, even at casual glance, that Pierce Brosnan is a comic genius. Genius, I say. Very few serious actors can pull off comedy - they all say it’s the toughest type of acting. I personally think PB ought to follow the Cary Grant path with more romantic comedy. Not necessarily to prevent blowing out his left knee, but to utilize yet another fascinating aspect of his personality.
6. Cassie is immortalized in about 4 episodes of Steele. My guess is: he’s got mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it might be emotionally draining for him to view these episodes, but on the other hand it would be great for the 3 kids to see, in living color, how well their parents interacted, once upon a time.
7. Lastly, I believe Pierce is damn proud of his work on Remington Steele. He has called it the most valuable learning experience ever. It prepared him for movie making. It made him a household name, created loyal fans, made him rich, and got him Bond. Like the Beatles, he and Cassie knew it was imperative he conquer America. And Steele certainly did that. I don't know how many times Pierce himself mentioned "Remington Steele" in interviews both in print and on TV, while promoting DAD, Evelyn, LOA, and ATS.
Plus, wasn’t there an article somewhere (KLast’s site) where PB said recently that RS had style and glamour missing on TV today?
-IcyCalm
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Post by Ace on Feb 14, 2005 1:50:48 GMT -5
While I'm sure PB has become resigned to RS by now and might even like that it's being released to another fanbase. He's become less pissed and more appreciative of the series as the years have gone by. And I do think he's proud of the work and happy for the opportunity it gave him. But he's said before he's a perfectionist and he usually only watches his films about once because he can't stand watching himself on screen. So I don't wonder at him cringing at his 20 something self when accidently catching it on TV. But the #1 reason to be happy would be residuals. As for thin being best, not always. He's TOO thin in the early part of RS. He looks far better in the later seasons when he puts on more weight and muscle and I think the muscle and weight he's gained in the last decade has done him a world of good. As for the hair, again, much better in the later seasons when it's more under control and just cut better (layers instead of a helmet). As for length he can pull off any length, depends on the role etc. In TCA it was short and it looks fantastic. Ace
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Feb 15, 2005 18:16:46 GMT -5
Well said. I agree with PB being too thin in the early seasons of RS. I prefer him a bit heavier. More to love. As for his hair, I prefer it longer than he had it in "Red Holt Steele", I believe it was. Overall, I like his RS hair, and absolutely love his Goldeneye hair. Again, the more hair he has, the more one has to stroke. Although, I don't like long, late 1960s Beatle hair on PB. ugh What a fright that would be. And I didn't like his look in "Nomads" which was the worst movie, in my opinion. His hair was good in "Laws" and "Sunset", too, I think. I'm thinking RS dvds could attract lots of Bond fans while sitting on the store shelves. "Oh look! It's Bond when he was on that TV show. Let's take a look." Of course this would be considered "spontaneous buying" but I'm sure the price could discourage lots of that.
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Post by Myrtle Groggins on Feb 15, 2005 18:49:42 GMT -5
Oops! In the above post, I meant to use when talking about PB's hair in his two recent movies. I can't edit it because I wasn't logged in when I wrote it. Actually, I feel this way about PB most of the time.
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Post by sparklingblue on Feb 16, 2005 16:56:38 GMT -5
I totally subscribe to your views on RS, ladies. When watching LOA the other night I noticed how adorable that hair made him look. Daniel is very adorable, but his looks definitely increase that. I also like this short, elegant hair from TCA; it's what a man like Thomas Crown would look like. His ATS hair is wonderful because it falls onto his forehead and yet it is neat and short in the back. I was going to say that's my favourite haircut on him, but now that I've talked about some others, I must say I love them all. I can't believe I spent a whole paragraph discussing haircuts. I have nothing more to add. Except another to our Pierce, of course.
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