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This is one of those things that I'm not interested in enough to own, but LOVE the fact that this was done!
I'm very pleasantly surprised that the original elements still exist. I've heard horror stories of when Hallmark owned the Filmation material, they had all the old film transferred to video tape (PAL format) and destroyed the film (which is why several other Filmation DVD releases don't look too hot). I guess because this was a licensed property, the license owner retained ownership of the materials (like Paramount with animated Star Trek). Good thing!
^ Thanks for including that youtube link for Restoring Shazam, stars. Interesting clip.
"It's kind of neat to be able to leave these beloved properties and titles a little better than you found them."
Very welcome. I wasn't aware until this video how some of the cleaning up processes were achieved. I have heard that Warners now has the rights to Filmation's Tarzan series. I would love a blu ray version of that show.
This is one of those things that I'm not interested in enough to own, but LOVE the fact that this was done!
I'm very pleasantly surprised that the original elements still exist. I've heard horror stories of when Hallmark owned the Filmation material, they had all the old film transferred to video tape (PAL format) and destroyed the film (which is why several other Filmation DVD releases don't look too hot). I guess because this was a licensed property, the license owner retained ownership of the materials (like Paramount with animated Star Trek). Good thing!
I agree. This wasn't a show I ever expected to make it to the blu ray format, although realistically this happened owing to the release of the recent Shazam film. However, it would be great if other Saturday morning shows from this era appeared on blu ray. In the case of Shazam, the moral end segments were only thought to exist from vhs recordings so to have pristine film copies of these elements is outstanding. Hopefully, the Hallmark rumour isn't as true as we were lead to believe.
This is one of those things that I'm not interested in enough to own, but LOVE the fact that this was done!
I'm very pleasantly surprised that the original elements still exist. I've heard horror stories of when Hallmark owned the Filmation material, they had all the old film transferred to video tape (PAL format) and destroyed the film (which is why several other Filmation DVD releases don't look too hot). I guess because this was a licensed property, the license owner retained ownership of the materials (like Paramount with animated Star Trek). Good thing!
a side story here. At the last comic con I went to ( 2016), Sid Krofft told me, when I asked, "How come there isn't a LOST SAUCER complete set dvd?" He said embarrassingly, that the most of the tapes for the Lost Saucer were lost and only a handful of episodes were available.
the moral end segments were only thought to exist from vhs recordings so to have pristine film copies of these elements is outstanding.
Holy Moley you are so right. When I saw in the AMAZING YouTube video that the moral segments were not just found but in the shape they are in...my mouth dropped to the floor. Well, I guess I need to buy a Blu-Ray DVD player.
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