Drats

[przed]

My brief hope that I'd see Man from U.N.C.L.E. DVDs in this lifetime has now been dashed. The full story is on TVShowsonDVD.com.

Not surprising, but still, damn.

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[agentxpndble.livejournal.com]

CRAP.

Already feeling pissy because I've been watching GAH the past few nights (Anchor Bay, BTW) and seething with fury at the decision to replace a bunch of Joey Scarborough's songs for copyright reasons... It *killed* the DVDs - I'm starting to think I would rather of not had them at all than butchered like they were. :::grrrrrrr:::

[http://users.livejournal.com/fileg_/]

Bah. I'm about ready to buy tapes and make dvds transfers.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

It really is so damn irritating. Like we haven't waited long enough.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I had no idea they'd replaced music on the GAH disks. I'm so glad I held off on getting them. I'd have been seething too.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I've got SP tapes of every episode (but one), but I just can't face the daunting task of making my own DVDs. Not to mention the quality degradation you'd get. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope the lawyers slug it out quickly.

[przed.livejournal.com]

No kidding.

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

*crackle* *cracklecrackle* *cracklecracklecrackle*

That, my friend, is the sound of hell freezing over. Think years.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're right. As soon as lawyers get involved, it's game over.

But still...damn.

[agentxpndble.livejournal.com]

They only replaced a handful of songs - Most of the original music is still there. However, it was a few of the most important songs... For instance, "My Hero's Have Always Been Cowboys" at the end of that ep sets the whole tone of the episode - one of my favorite moments in a favorite ep. Bah! Every time I watch it I'm so filled with hate I can't even concentrate!

The decision was made to nip out the cover tunes that would have cost big royalty money to include. Joey Scarborough *does* do the replacement music, but it's 20 years later and his style has changed significantly. The new songs stick out horribly and you can't even hear the lyrics most of the time, which were usually an intimate part of the scene. The lyrics to "The Eve of Destruction" (another outtake) was a key part of that particular scene - What's funny about that one is that later Ralph referrs to the song that was playing on the radio as "The Eve of Destruction"... They neglected to nip *that* out. ;-)

Blah blah blah - short story made long... It's only a few moments - I suppose I still would pay the money (if I hadn't already) - But it sure *burns*. And if they re-release (don't hold your breath), I'm afraid I'd pay them *again*.