Re: trading eps of UFO/The Invaders

Hi Teresa - we really should get together on this trading thingy because I
still have two eps of The Invaders you were interested in bit ago. I only
have 6 UFO eps - I'll check which ones and get back to you - but I know I
have Confetti, Psychobombs, Sub Smash and Court Martial for sure. I got them
from amazon.com earlier this year. Let's get together on this! Ciao - Pam

--- In SHADO@y..., "Pam McCaughey" <editor@a...> wrote:
> Hi Teresa - we really should get together on this trading
> thingy because I still have two eps of The Invaders you were
> interested in bit ago. I only have 6 UFO eps - I'll check
> which ones and get back to you - but I know I have Confetti,
> Psychobombs, Sub Smash and Court Martial for sure. I got them
> from amazon.com earlier this year. Let's get together on this!
> Ciao
> - Pam

I got my copy of 'Dalotek' and 'Conflict' from Amazon (as well as
Confetti & subsmash) from Amazon as well. The quality is pretty good.

The rest of my episodes I have gotten from Cinema Classics. I believe
that they do NTSC conversions of PAL video there at the store. As a
result, the episodes vary from very good (Survival) to barely
watchable (Long Sleep).

Let me know what are the other two UFO episodes you have. I am
definitely open to trade for The Invaders also. Do you have the Pilot?
Please reply via email as I lost your address. I tried sending thru
yahoo but it crashed and ate my message (I'll copy this and try
again). I'm picking up a bunch of new blank tapes at BJ's this
weekend.

>The rest of my episodes I have gotten from Cinema Classics. I believe
>that they do NTSC conversions of PAL video there at the store. As a
>result, the episodes vary from very good (Survival) to barely
>watchable (Long Sleep).

Actually, I don't think you can blame the poor quality of "The Long
Sleep" on Cinema Classics or the conversion from PAL to NTSC. I
think if you ask our subscribers in the UK, you'll find that "The
Long Sleep" was barely watchable when watching an original
Polygram/Digital Entertainment PAL tape on a PAL VCR/TV.

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

Marc Martin wrote:

>
> Actually, I don't think you can blame the poor quality of "The Long
> Sleep" on Cinema Classics or the conversion from PAL to NTSC. I
> think if you ask our subscribers in the UK, you'll find that "The
> Long Sleep" was barely watchable when watching an original
> Polygram/Digital Entertainment PAL tape on a PAL VCR/TV.

It *is* pretty poor, I'm sorry to say.

James

In message <v04210100b6efbcb836b4@[10.0.0.2]>, Marc Martin
<[hidden email]> writes
Huh? I can see The Long Sleep just fine.
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Suzanne Sutherland
aka drdougjackson
Livin' in the UK

I don't think it's been mentioned here, but Suzanne mentioned
elsewhere that this past weekend the UK Sci-Fi Channel showed "The
Cat With Ten Lives" as episode #3, following "Identified" and
"Exposed". So it looks like they've chosen to use the original 1970
UK broadcast order for ATV Midlands, which is shown in my "UFO
Frequently Asked Questions" page at:

http://ufoseries.com/faq.html#16

Rather a silly order, and if they keep that up it means "Conflict" is
next week...

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

In message <v04210102b6eff549da4e@[10.0.0.2]>, Marc Martin
<[hidden email]> writes
Oh.....kewl! I'll let ya know:-)
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Suzanne Sutherland
La Grande

Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> So it looks like they've chosen to use the original 1970
> UK broadcast order for ATV Midlands, which is shown in my "UFO
> Frequently Asked Questions" page at:

> http://ufoseries.com/faq.html#16

> Rather a silly order, and if they keep that up it means "Conflict" is
> next week...

That's the order I remember them in though!

Still its a good job they didn't follow the order of some regions
which failed to start with Identified.

(A minor point - by 1970 ATV Midlands was just ATV.)

Jez
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Marc wrote>
> Rather a silly order, and if they keep that up it means "Conflict" is
> next week...

OK we'll be watching!

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!

Suzanne writes about the Digital Entertainment UFO video #11:
>Huh? I can see The Long Sleep just fine.

Yeah, but doesn't it look a bit too reddish to you? As if someone
put a giant red filter in front of your TV screen? Also, doesn't it
look a bit murky, as if someone had sent you a copy of a copy of VHS
tape?

Or did I simply get a bad copy, and the rest of them have nice bright
whites & are crystal clear?

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

--- In SHADO@y..., Marc Martin <marc@u...> wrote:
Nope. Mine looks just exactly as you described, so you are not alone.

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>If it's a DE tape, that would seem to indicate that
>they used a digitally re-mastered version of that
>episode.

I own the DE tape, and I can tell you for certain
that this is *not* a digitally remastered version.
They used the exact same source materials as the
Polygram tapes, and they look just as bad. The
Japanese laserdisc of THE LONG SLEEP (which was
released way back in 1992) looks *much* better.

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

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>For comparison purposes, which scenes seem worst on
>your DE tape? If there's a big difference, I'll do
>a few full-screen HQ frame grabs or short mpegs.

No need to get picky about it... just do the opening
sequence where Straker is on his way to his office
and Col. Lake is flirting with him... :-)

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

In message <v04210101b6f0fdea6661@[10.0.0.2]>, Marc Martin
<[hidden email]> writes
>>For comparison purposes, which scenes seem worst on
>>your DE tape? If there's a big difference, I'll do
>>a few full-screen HQ frame grabs or short mpegs.
>
>No need to get picky about it... just do the opening
>sequence where Straker is on his way to his office
>and Col. Lake is flirting with him... :-)
>

You mean it looks kinda yellow? It's still quite watchable:-)
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SuzannEd Sutherland

--- In SHADO@y..., Suzanne Sutherland <suzanne@s...> wrote:

> You mean it looks kinda yellow? It's still quite watchable:-)

Barely

Teresa

In message <[hidden email]>, Teresa <[hidden email]> writes
>--- In SHADO@y..., Suzanne Sutherland <suzanne@s...> wrote:
>
>> You mean it looks kinda yellow? It's still quite watchable:-)
>
>Barely
>

That's a shame:-( I have The Long Sleep on a three-episode DE tape and
I have no problems watching it. Maybe I have yellow eyeballs;-)
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Suzanne Sutherland
The Fat Fetuccine Mama

I am sure mine is perfectly clear but its a good excuse to go watch the ep
again! <VBG>

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!

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