New Australian DVD's

Marc wrote;

>I can't believe that anyone would call that list of extras >"disappointing".
>I rent DVD's all the time, and for the most part, there >are very few
>extras. Sometimes none.

>This is a HUGE amount of extras for an obscure, 40->year old TV show.
>And certainly more than any previous effort (UK, US, >France, Italy,
>Japan, Germany)

>Just the 2 new commentaries make it worthwhile for >me...

I certainly cannot justify spending the money again for a few extras,many of which are already available.Some extras appear to be on the disk only because they exist.I cannot get excited about SID voice tests or Invasion UFO or scenes we all know without titles.

OK I accept there are a few interesting commentaries,but as I say apart from the short section on the UFO documentary there is almost no coverage of the Century 21,effects,modelling side.Unused/destroyed rushes aside there appears no real justification for this.

Surely Alan Perry himself could have discussed this at length as he was a camera operator working alongside Harry Oakes and the effects team in Slough.While both Alan Shubrook (thank goodness for his forthcoming book) and Mike Trim are readily available for interviews and commentaries.
And is'nt the model maker who worked on UFO Eric Backman living and working in Australia.Peter Wragg is also still active and working.This is not the first time this has happened.Chris Bentley's book for example is is totally devoid of any mention of the work that went on at the Century 21 Studios.

With regard to the new DVD's I accept there are some extras that might be worthwhile and possibly provide a few surprises (like the extensive galleries),but for those of us with the other existing boxed sets there is nothing compelling about buying the Australian version.

Mark UK


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Absolutely. In the final anaylsis, after years of preparation, what
have Umbrella come up with of real note? Two exclusive audio
commentaries. Big deal.




--- In [hidden email], "Mark Davies" <aonq79@...> wrote:
>
> Marc wrote;
>
> >I can't believe that anyone would call that list of extras
>"disappointing".
> >I rent DVD's all the time, and for the most part, there >are very
few
> >extras. Sometimes none.
>
> >This is a HUGE amount of extras for an obscure, 40->year old TV
show.
> >And certainly more than any previous effort (UK, US, >France,
Italy,
> >Japan, Germany)
>
> >Just the 2 new commentaries make it worthwhile for >me...
>
> I certainly cannot justify spending the money again for a few
extras,many of which are already available.Some extras appear to be
on the disk only because they exist.I cannot get excited about SID
voice tests or Invasion UFO or scenes we all know without titles.
>
> OK I accept there are a few interesting commentaries,but as I say
apart from the short section on the UFO documentary there is almost
no coverage of the Century 21,effects,modelling
side.Unused/destroyed rushes aside there appears no real
justification for this.
>
> Surely Alan Perry himself could have discussed this at length as
he was a camera operator working alongside Harry Oakes and the
effects team in Slough.While both Alan Shubrook (thank goodness for
his forthcoming book) and Mike Trim are readily available for
interviews and commentaries.
> And is'nt the model maker who worked on UFO Eric Backman living
and working in Australia.Peter Wragg is also still active and
working.This is not the first time this has happened.Chris Bentley's
book for example is is totally devoid of any mention of the work
that went on at the Century 21 Studios.
>
> With regard to the new DVD's I accept there are some extras that
might be worthwhile and possibly provide a few surprises (like the
extensive galleries),but for those of us with the other existing
boxed sets there is nothing compelling about buying the Australian
version.
>
> Mark UK
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>