This has not been a good month for me for TV on DVD. Today, another bad set popped up and it wasn't even Universal! "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" gave me a bad episode on Disc 3, Side A ("Long Live The King") and as with Kolchak I had to buy a new set. Now that episode plays ...

I guess the final question I've got is, just how do these work? When you load a disc regardless of region, it'll play fine or do you have to make certain adjustments and settings in order for them to play?

I think ultimately I'm inclined to pay a bit more for something where there's more of an easy guarantee of it being able to play all regions. Heck, to me paying as much as a hundred would be a bargain from my standpoint! I guess I'll explore the Phillips ones.

Forgot to mention that the LD cut of "1776" is another cherished item. I refuse to ever acknowledge the existence of the "official" DVD release.

Andy, what are the best region free players, how much do they cost and can one find them in the usual places? (Best Buy, Circuit City etc.)

I recall reading a few years back that the reason the long cut of "The Alamo" wasn't released on DVD was because the print for the long cut was mishandled after it was discovered and then rushed into a new release and given a VHS and LD release. You can still find the long cut on widescree...

I got to admit that is a bigger pet peeve of mine when American TV shows get DVD releases in the overseas market but not in the US.

Yeah, I'm really relieved that "Battlestar Galactica" was put out by earlier Universal management that was stingy in terms of quantity (the only other shows the old management released were Season 1 of Baretta and the Best Of Hulk set) but pulled all the stops quality wise on that one. Thi...

This is the time I really need to go into rant mode, because I have after six bad experiences with a Universal TV set on DVD have hit the breaking point. I have NEVER in all my life seen a company with more shoddy workmanship than Universal and their TV sets in terms of bad pressings, freeze-ups, br...

On March 21, we'll be getting our third ever DVD release of "The Ten Commandments." This time the 1923 silent version will be included as well. Don't know yet if the extras for the main film will just be duplicates of the 2004 DVD release (which was very well done itself). March 21 will al...

F Troop will be a must-buy for me. First season in B/W was much better with the full vocal version of the theme.

Lester also did most of the final takes on the fight scenes in the Fortress, with a double used for Gene Hackman, who refused to come back for any new material after Donner was let go. This is the one scene that matters most above all IMO. Reprinted from the original script. INT. FORTRESS OF SOLITUD...

The Brando scenes for II are for me, the only ones of great significance I want to see in a new "Donner cut". I've always maintained that those scenes, especially the one in II where Superman's powers are restored, are the ones that would provide the essential continuity from first to seco...

I didn't care about any of them. And frankly I think more and more we're reaching a point where Hollywood seems determined to only honor those films that are important to them from an agenda standpoint. And that's my only comment on that.

I can remember one PP cartoon in which they actually gave him a voice. Rich Little basically did a Rex Harrison style imitation in it. "Ant And The Ardvark" cartoons always had vocals, with John Byner doing thinly disguised impressions of Joey Bishop and Dean Martin respectively. The carto...