A&E's UFO DVD Set 2

Hi all,

So, now that folks are starting to receive their
UFO DVD Set 2, does anyone have any comments on
the quality or the special features?

I already made my comments a month ago, although
I still haven't watched that many episodes to
see if there are any isolated "glitches" in
the transfer. I think the closest thing I've
found so far is a scene in THE SOUND OF SILENCE
when Anne is opening a barn door, and it looks
like the frame rate is slowed down (like it's
in slow motion). I'll have to check sometime
to see if that is on other video versions, or is
unique to the A&E version...

Marc

Hi Marc,

Could this be the effect one sees when the DVD reader is switching modes in
a dual layer DVD? Just an idea...

Griff

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From: Marc Martin [mailto:[hidden email]]
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Subject: [SHADO] A&E's UFO DVD Set 2


Hi all,

So, now that folks are starting to receive their
UFO DVD Set 2, does anyone have any comments on
the quality or the special features?

I already made my comments a month ago, although
I still haven't watched that many episodes to
see if there are any isolated "glitches" in
the transfer. I think the closest thing I've
found so far is a scene in THE SOUND OF SILENCE
when Anne is opening a barn door, and it looks
like the frame rate is slowed down (like it's
in slow motion). I'll have to check sometime
to see if that is on other video versions, or is
unique to the A&E version...

Marc



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> Could this be the effect one sees when the DVD reader is switching > modes in a dual layer DVD? Just an idea...

Usually a layer switch on my DVD player shows up as a momentary
"freeze". This seemed like it was simply slow-motion.
In any case, it's not a big deal... I doubt anyone would
have even noticed it if I hadn't mentioned it!

Marc

Marc wrote: I still haven't watched that many episodes to
see if there are any isolated "glitches" in
the transfer. I think the closest thing I've
found so far is a scene in THE SOUND OF SILENCE
when Anne is opening a barn door, and it looks
like the frame rate is slowed down (like it's
in slow motion). I'll have to check sometime
to see if that is on other video versions, or is
unique to the A&E version...

>There isn't any problem on the UK DVD of SOUND OF SILENCE - in fact, I
>haven't really noticed any glitches on mine, except where a few smudged
>fingerprints have got in the way!

Jessica

I only noticed that detail after it was pointed out.
Also - on The Sound Of Silence - in the opening sequence, evry time the
horse jumps over a fence (the first four times) the playback 'freeze
frames'.
I don't remember the video being like this - but I have to check - it seems
unnatural.
Great episode though!
TC




on 29/1/03 7:44 pm, Jessica Ramage at [hidden email] wrote:

that is normal, when the scifi channel broadcast it, it was the same
Bruce
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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] A&E's UFO DVD Set 2


> I only noticed that detail after it was pointed out.
> Also - on The Sound Of Silence - in the opening sequence, evry time the
> horse jumps over a fence (the first four times) the playback 'freeze
> frames'.

The freeze frames of the horse jumping over the fence is normal. This
happens with the laser disc of The Sound of Silence and that was my
recollection when the episode originally aired.

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> I only noticed that detail after it was pointed out.
> Also - on The Sound Of Silence - in the opening sequence, evry time the
> horse jumps over a fence (the first four times) the playback 'freeze
> frames'.
> I don't remember the video being like this - but I have to check - it
seems http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

>I only noticed that detail after it was pointed out.

I just went back to find the slow-motion scene, and now I can't find it!

Perhaps I just imagined it... :-)

Marc

--- Anthony Caira wrote:
>
> Also - on The Sound Of Silence - in the opening
> sequence, evry time the horse jumps over a fence
> (the first four times) the playback 'freeze
> frames'.

Hi Anthony,

this is correct, it is on the PAL videos also. This obviously should
support the title (Sound of Silence) so you can "hear" the silence
instead the sound of the galloping horses e.g. BTW, there is no music
with the episode titles, too.

And yes, it is a great episode; one of my favourites 8-)

Christian

--- In [hidden email], "Ron DeMedeiros" <rjdshado@a...> wrote:
> The freeze frames of the horse jumping over the fence is normal.
This
> happens with the laser disc of The Sound of Silence and that was my
> recollection when the episode originally aired.
>
To add confusion to the subject :-), there was a scene in an episode
in UFO set 1 where the image also briefly froze. In case someone is
about to ask me :-), no, I don't remember which episode. But I am
pretty sure this wasn't normal, since it was in the middle of a
dialog (maybe in Straker's office?). Tried a few times with the same
result. Last time I saw it, I didn't have a second DVD player, so
couldn't tell if it was the DVD, or maybe some strange interaction
with the DVD and my player. Don't remember anyone commenting about
this before...

David Levine

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--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@u...> wrote:
> I just went back to find the slow-motion scene, and now I can't
find it!
>
> Perhaps I just imagined it... :-)
>
> Marc

No you didn't Marc. The shot is at 17.01 into the episode (PAL
timing) when the hippy character from the forest goes into the barn.
It as an optically printed slow-mo from a later shot when Anne goes
into the barn. I imagine this was because they needed a shot of the
barn door opening, and the only one they had was from a later scene
with the Anne character. But by slightly slowing it down they were
able to use the few frames of the shot before she enters. This is as
original.

As other people have said, the freeze frames during the episode
credits are also as original. You can see that these stills are
produced optically on film as there's some weave on the image. It was
a very effective way I think of getting the idea of the episode
across, with the soundtrack cutting to silence at those points.

Jonathan

> > Perhaps I just imagined it... :-)
>
> No you didn't Marc. The shot is at 17.01 into the episode (PAL
> timing) when the hippy character from the forest goes into the
> barn.

Ahh, that explains why I couldn't find it the second time -- I only
looked at the scene when Anne opened the barn door, not realizing that
there was a previous scene of the barn door opening.

In any case, I can't blame it on A&E or the remastering if it's been
there all along! I probably didn't notice it before because the Japanese
UFO laserdiscs were always so dark during the night scenes that you
couldn't see ANYTHING!

Marc