They're Turning Rod Serling Pink
Correspondent:: "Mr. Ed"
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:10:40 GMT
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I found this petition that relates to Rod Serling's Night Gallery.
To: Universal Studios
Universal Studios recently announced an August DVD release, the first
season of the 1970s TV series "Rod Serling's Night Gallery." Despite
concerns from the DVD-preparation staff within the studio, who showed
decision-makers a night-and-day comparison between an old print and a newly
restored print, the marketing department decided to move ahead with the
transfer to DVD using the old prints. Some episodes in the old mastering
have music cue omissions and other errors that are now to be transferred
permanently, for posterity, to silver disc, with substandard picture
quality. With the new wave of high definition DVDs on the horizon, what does
this executive decision say about this studio? They want your cash, but they
couldn't give a rip about offering you proper value. This is merely the
latest offense in Universal's string of DVD-release fiascos: Steven
Spielberg's "Duel"--postponed twice, presumably for quality control
issues--and the defect-ridden releases of Monty Python's "The Meaning of
Life" and the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
The icing on this rancid cake: no extras are being considered, even though
they exist and could be easily added. No trailers, TV spots, commentary,
interviews, paintings gallery, isolated scores, essays, nothing. The studio
won't even throw the fans a bone--just one more example among many of the
careless attitude this studio has for the cultural legacy it stewards and
for the customers who support it.
We request from Universal Studios a DVD set of "Night Gallery" from newly
remastered prints, with errors corrected and the addition of such special
features as are mentioned above. The studio needs to treat this historically
significant, classic series with the respect it deserves. It was
small-screen icon Rod Serling's last foray into series television and
warrants a presentation with a little more prestige.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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Just one more example of what corporate giants like Universal thinks about
it's artists and costomers these days.
To see the actual petition head to
http://www.nightgallery.net/index.html?title.html&0 and select Night Gallery
on DVD.
Mr. Ed
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:25:36 -0800
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"Mr. Ed" wrote:
> Some episodes in the old mastering
> have music cue omissions and other errors that are now to be transferred
> permanently, for posterity, to silver disc, with substandard picture
> quality.
>
> Just one more example of what corporate giants like Universal thinks about
> it's artists and costomers these days.
Yeah, they used to be so cool and then they sold out.
Correspondent:: "Mr. Ed"
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:21:10 GMT
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Forgot to mention:
The Remaster Petition to Universal Studios was created by and written by
Scott Skelton (serlingng@comcast.net).
Correspondent:: Artemia Salina
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:21:08 -0500
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:21:10 +0000, Mr. Ed wrote:
> Forgot to mention:
>
> The Remaster Petition to Universal Studios was created by and written by
> Scott Skelton (serlingng@comcast.net).
I'm going to wait for the remastered version of the petition to come
out before I sign it.
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Correspondent:: "Mr. Ed"
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:25:29 GMT
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"Artemia Salina" wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:21:10 +0000, Mr. Ed wrote:
>
> > Forgot to mention:
> >
> > The Remaster Petition to Universal Studios was created by and written by
> > Scott Skelton (serlingng@comcast.net).
>
> I'm going to wait for the remastered version of the petition to come
> out before I sign it.
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That's funny! :D
Mr. Ed Gould