Re: Introduction, UFO on DVD

Alto.Speckhardt writes:
>The kind welcome note from the moderator invited me to do a little
>introduction - so here I am! ;-)

Welcome to the list, and thanks for the introduction!

>I only remember it to be the episode in which one of the
>red-suits landed on earth and stayed at the home of a blind lady,

Ahhh, the episode A QUESTION OF PRIORTIES. We hear that the
German version of this episode was modified so that Commander
Straker's son lives. However, in the original English version
he dies!

>As I said, I just joined you, so I'm not up to date here. Can you
>tell me what the most current status of UFO on DVD is?

The current status is that nothing has been officially announced,
but we have reached the rumor stage... :-)

Supposedly, in the UK Cartlon will start releasing UFO on Region 2
PAL DVD sometime in the year 2001. Also supposedly, in the USA
A&E will start releasing UFO on Region 1 NTSC DVD sometime in the
year 2001. So it's at least 3 months aways. In the meantime,
you can buy all 26 episodes on PAL VHS in the UK, and 8
episodes on NTSC VHS in the USA. My website has links to places
you can buy them online at:

http://ufo.simplenet.com/videos

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

Servus!

MM> Welcome to the list, and thanks for the introduction!
Thanks, my pleasure.

MM> Ahhh, the episode A QUESTION OF PRIORTIES. We hear that the German
MM> version of this episode was modified so that Commander Straker's son
MM> lives. However, in the original English version he dies!
Hmpf. I can't say that I like those dramatic endings - usually, when I hear
in advance the hero(ine) of a movie dies in the end, I don't watch the movie
in the first place! :-)

As I said, UFO has just been started once again on German TV. I missed the
first episode, but the second was "Exposed" and the third one "Survival".
According to the FAQ on your page that would make "Question of priorities"
either the next but one, or the 25th in order. Well, who even mentions such
slight differences... ;-)

MM> Supposedly, in the UK Cartlon will start releasing UFO on Region 2
MM> PAL DVD sometime in the year 2001.
Well, that's something.

MM> Also supposedly, in the USA A&E will start releasing UFO on Region 1
MM> NTSC DVD sometime in the year 2001.
Is there any information about which will come first and if the DVDs as such
(bonus features, soundtracks) will be identical save for the different
formats? Do you know how many might be released, four episodes per DVD as
usual? Will there be a "box set"?

By the way, UFO was produced in the UK, right? So to get the real "original"
the Cartlon-DVDs would be the ones?

MM> In the meantime, you can buy all 26 episodes on PAL VHS in the UK, and
MM> 8 episodes on NTSC VHS in the USA.
Thank you, but I'd rather wait for the DVD. If one day they decide not to
publish them after all, I can still buy the videos. Episodes of TV series
have that convenient 45 minutes-running time which means there are much more
occasions to watch them as you would have for a full two hour-movie. But it
also means the epsiodes will get played a lot, and I feel more comfortable
in the knowledge that there will not be any degradation in quality over the
years - ergo, DVD.

MM> http://ufo.simplenet.com/videos
Yes, I've already been there, thanks again. By the way - do you have some
kind of access-limit on that site or can anyone draw as many MBs as they
want without raising the cost on you? There is so much stuff there that I'd
like to "mirror" it and check it out offline.

RU! (48o18'13''N/10o10'32''E)