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bulldogtrekker Space Sector Admiral
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:42 pm Post subject: Batman (TV Series 1966 –1968) |
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Why We're Just Now Getting the 1960s Batman TV Show on DVD
...Stacks didn't mind, though. His struggle with DC launched a mission that would help clear the way for a more highly prized bit of Bat-ephemera: full, commercial-free, non-bootlegged DVD and Blu-ray collections of the entire 1960s Batman series — something held up for years by rights disputes between the show's many parents.
"Everyone who's a fan of the show wanted it on home video," says Stacks. "But we never thought we'd see it this century."
The wait is over. Next week, Batman hits retail in all its kitsch-laden glory just in time for the holidays. After decades of rumors, corporate wrangling, and the foresight of an actor who recorded his commentary early in case he dropped dead before the collection materialized, the series finally escapes legal purgatory. But don't give much credit to corporate lawyers. Instead, it's due to a tireless, clever campaign by a small band of fans that started when Stacks started digging into the show's archived paper trail.
"That's when one fat guy in Florida shook the whole thing up," he says.....
LINK:
http://www.wired.com/2014/11/batman-home-video-finally/
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Great Scott, BulldogMan! Let's race to Amazon and buy these before the Penguin makes off with the whole supply!
(clink to play title theme. Pow! Bam! Crash!) _________________ ____________
Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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ralfy Mission Specialist
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Brent Gair Mission Specialist
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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I met Yvonne Craig and got her autograph at her very first fan convention appearance in Canada in 2013.
I wonder if, sadly, it was her last as well. That convention was in late March of 2013. According to a message from her family, Yvonne had been undergoing treatment for "Two plus years". She must have started treatment very soon after I saw her.
I must add a big THANK GOD that I went to that convention. I almost talked myself out of it. I had recently been diagnosed with cancer myself and was coming up with various excuses to stay home. If I had not gone to the convention and talked to her, I would be kicking myself around the block.
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Robert (Butch) Day Galactic Ambassador
Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1379 Location: Arlington, WA USA
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:15 am Post subject: |
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Apparently Batman had a cabin cruiser — for stake-outs, perhaps. He ha left it in our parking lot and is trying to get rid of it.
(Trailer IS included.) _________________ Common Sense ISN'T Common |
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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I figure he and Robin sat in it drinking beer and pretending to fish, and he finally got too big for the utility belt.
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Custer Space Sector Commander
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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The DVD/blu-ray set was quite a saga - a couple of friends and I each pre-ordered the limited edition box set from Amazon UK. It was advertised as having "Ultraviolet" too, meaning a code would be included for copies one could download over the internet, useful for watching on tablets or phones etc - and the box set finally arrived without that. We each complained and got a partial refund... and then after a while we got sent our Ultraviolet codes too! Also Amazon, or Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group, had to send us replacement discs for Disc 1 Season 1 and Disc 2 Season 2 as the originals left out a scene or two...
The unlimited edition is a lot cheaper by now of course, but it probably doesn't have a Hot Wheels replica Batmobile, or a button on the side to press for a few bars of the theme tune! |
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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I found this for one of the Featured Threads posts (for October 23rd) and couldn't resist putting it here.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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orzel-w Galactic Ambassador
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Robert (Butch) Day wrote: | (Trailer IS included.) |
But a blue trailer? _________________ ...or not...
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Robert (Butch) Day Galactic Ambassador
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After It Started With A Kiss (1959) M-G-M let the Ford Lincoln Futura go to pot. I'm very glad that George Barris rescued it!
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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I just added the post below to Pow's comment on the Adventures of Superman thread and thought it should go here as well.
Pow wrote: | Interesting that L.A. shone the image of the Bat Signal upon the town hall building honoring the passing of Adam West, that also served as the Daily Planet on the AOS. |
My God, this is spectacular! And look at the crowd. Amazing!
I was on the verge of suggesting that the logo wasn't projected, it was a hanging banner, because I couldn't figure out how the logo could have been projected such a great distance.
But the picture below proves that it was. This was a wonderful tribute, and I salute the folks who organized it.
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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These were very cleverly done, and appreciate the YouTube user who gave use this compilation.
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_____ The Complete 14 Batman Window Cameos
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Eadie Galactic Ambassador
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A fan made electric kid's car:
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scotpens Space Sector Commander
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Robert (Butch) Day wrote: |
After It Started With A Kiss (1959) M-G-M let the Ford Lincoln Futura go to pot. I'm very glad that George Barris rescued it!
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BTW, the other red car next to the Futura is a 1955 Mercury concept car that was used in the Outer Limits episode "The Duplicate Man." |
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Pow Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Many comic book fans absolutely despise this show with its camp-comic approach to the Dark Knight.
I'm a comic book fan and completely understand their rejection of the show.
However, if one views this series as what it was truly intended to be — a sitcom — you can sit back and enjoy the fine production values and acting talent that graced the show.
The wild sets, props, costumes, and marvelous actors who appeared on the show make it all quite entertaining.
The Batmobile was an impressive design, as was the Bat Cave.
The trick is to approach the show with the same suspension of disbelief one needed for My Favorite Martian, Bewitched,or I Dream of Jeannie.
It helps if you place the show as taking place in an alternative universe on a parallel earth. Ya know, whatever works. |
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