On 26 Apr 2005 15:38:58 -0700, "Sam Dracula" <drgorey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>I'm heartened by the fact that there are a few intelligent, discerning
>individuals who replied and voiced their similar disgust with companies
>that milk a DVD product by selling edited, slop copies of T.V. shows
>and movies, then expect (and in cases like Gen. Lee, rightfully so.)
>brainless consuming m***** to buy "enhanced", or "Director's cut", or
>"special" editons of DVDs that should have been properly mastered in
>the first place.
>
>Yes, Gen. Lee, I believe you do not have a life. It is apparent in the
>fact that:
>1.) You have nothing intelligent to add to the topic, yet you sought it
>out and added absolutely nothing but some lame remark.
>2.) You seek out a Hogan's Heroes fan site forum, yet obviously are
>not. What if your beer was flat, you then take it back to the corner
>beer store you haunted that Sunday morning and the clerk simply
>shrugged his shoulders and gives you MORE flat beer. This clerk tells
>you he has NO idea why the beer is flat, but that's all you'll get from
>him. You'd stagger down to the next liquor store and try there. That's
>all I'm saying. Take back your hacked copies of Hogan and wait til
>someone who respects the consumer and the product enough to either
>provide complete episodes as advertised or label the box properly.
>
>I say make Paramount accountable and correct the fraud. So far, I've
>had feedback that says "All in the Family" and "Alf" uses hacked up,
>syndicated episodes in their "complete" seasons. What do you collect
>Gen. Lee, other than welfare checks?
>
>"The Young Ones" (a British T.V. show) had a problem with the rights to
>one of the music groups that were a staple of that show. The box
>plainly stated this fact and warned that one of it's episodes were
>edited. They even made up for it by adding plenty of extra episodes of
>similar programs. Brilliant! Is that too much to ask from Paramount? Is
>that too much for Gen. Lee to understand?
>
>Apparently. Drink some more beer, loser, you sound like you need it.
>Here's five bucks. Buy a clue.
I have a buddy who is a Trekkie. He bought the complete Star Trek TOS
VHS collection. Then he bought the complete DVD collection on single
episode DVDs. I waited and now own the complete three season DVD
collection and didn't have to buy a damn bookcase to store the stuff
in, unlike my pal who had to have every inch that Paramount crapped
out. Just as there are stamp collectors who collect stamps that are
errors, so there are fans who collect every permutation of a product.
They are the sort that make it difficult for someone who just wants to
get it right the first time. And to think you can go to the 99 cent
store and buy DVDs 2 for a dollar with as much scratchy "remastering"
as Hogan's Heroes got. Still, we have it better than Perry Mason fans
who got offered a "selection" of episodes instead of the complete
series. Some buy the Mona Lisa; some just want the T-****rt.
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