Warner Archive Announcements Thread (7 Viewers)

[TheSteig]

I just finished rewatching Our Dancing Daughters, what a great film, I finally ordered the Blu-ray. I liked it way better than the first viewing

I also just watched Desire Me, I am on the fence on this one. It is only available on DVD. The last 15 minutes were great with Robert Mitchum, but the first half of the film was only ok, not much chemistry or interest with Greer Garson and Richard Hart. Mitchum saved the film in that great foggy sequence. Im tryin to decide if I want the DVD or not I will buy it and then it will wind up on Blu-ray a month later !

 

[Garysb]

A panel and highlights from the new TCM Classic Film Tour at the Warner Bros. Burbank studio.
George Feltenstein is on the panel. Any clips mentioned are cut out of video.



Ticket prices:
$95 - ADULT Age 11+
$82 - CHILD Age 5-10
$75 - SOCAL RESIDENT Age 5+

I think kind of expensive but I don't know what other studios charge currently.

 

[Capt D McMars]

A panel and highlights from the new TCM Classic Film Tour at the Warner Bros. Burbank studio.
George Feltenstein is on the panel. Any clips mentioned are cut out of video.



Ticket prices:
$95 - ADULT Age 11+
$82 - CHILD Age 5-10
$75 - SOCAL RESIDENT Age 5+

I think kind of expensive but I don't know what other studios charge currently.

 

[Jeff Fearnside]

You just confirmed my greatest fear that DVD and Blu Ray discs don't actually last the 80-100 years that everyone says and really only last less than 20.

I'm not worried about this. The only discs I've ever had go bad on me are a handful from Warner, all pressed within a particular time frame at a particular plant. Nothing from any other company, and thankfully nothing else from Warner outside of those two parameters mentioned.

 

[roxy1927]

Well if we can compare cds I have many from when they started and I have a few that got what they used to call digital rot. But these as well seem to have come from one plant. The overwhelming majority that are decades old are fine.

 

[Jeff Fearnside]

Well if we can compare cds I have many from when they started and I have a few that got what they used to call digital rot. But these as well seem to have come from one plant. The overwhelming majority that are decades old are fine.

CDs are a little different from DVDs, but for sure, like you, I've had even better luck with them. Many of mine are 40 years old and still look and play like brand new.

 

[mskaye]

CDs are a little different from DVDs, but for sure, like you, I've had even better luck with them. Many of mine are 40 years old and still look and play like brand new.

That would be true. 99.99% of mine are fine and just listened to one I purchased in 1986. There was a well documented case of some UK manufactured discs - by Nimbus specifically - that had a very high percentage of rot/obvious discoloration/oxidation. I have some of those and they seem to play but I don't think they are immortal.

 

[jayembee]

I have some of those and they seem to play but I don't think they are immortal.

Well, in any case, there can be only one that's immortal.

 

[RichMurphy]

If this film comes out on disc, it will surely be immortal:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27654371/

 

[tvwesternslover]

Colt .45 & The Alaskans are great, but I wish they would release the other 2 seasons of the Paradise/Guns of Paradise 1988 series with Lee Horsley. Warner's released the first Complete season back about 9 years ago. Most TV collectors I know would love to have the complete series. I would be happy to purchase a new complete box series, no matter the cost. It was a great family-originated series with something for everyone.

 

[Alan Tully]

Well if we can compare cds I have many from when they started and I have a few that got what they used to call digital rot. But these as well seem to have come from one plant. The overwhelming majority that are decades old are fine.

Yep, I think we're fine with CDs. They do so much less than video discs, 80 minutes of stereo music & that's it, they probably have a huge margin for error (& 4K discs do so much! I do worry about their long term viability). I still have a number of CDs that I bought in 1984, they play fine & look as good as new.

 

[Traveling Matt]

Yep, I think we're fine with CDs. They do so much less than video discs, 80 minutes of stereo music & that's it, they probably have a huge margin for error (& 4K discs do so much! I do worry about their long term viability). I still have a number of CDs that I bought in 1984, they play fine & look as good as new.

CDs generally fare better against authoring errors because they hold less information and therefore have wider gaps between the data tracks. This is also why CD-Rs typically have fewer authoring errors compared to DVD-R. Of course this doesn't account for poor manufacturing.

 

[roxy1927]

No Technicolor? This can't be happening!

 

[TJPC]

I have a room with floor to ceiling shelves of CDs on 2 walls. I have only had I rot problem. The sides of the 20 or so discs (from RCA) of the Complete Crusoe went cloudy—I quickly made copies of each disc. RCAs reply to a complaint e-mail was “crickets”.
These were the first CDs with colour labels I remember. I find the originals will play if I clean off the cloudy layer, but it always comes back

 

[BobO'Link]

I have a room with floor to ceiling shelves of CDs on 2 walls. I have only had I rot problem. The sides of the 20 or so discs (from RCA) of the Complete Crusoe went cloudy—I quickly made copies of each disc. RCAs reply to a complaint e-mail was “crickets”.
These were the first CDs with colour labels I remember. I find the originals will play if I clean off the cloudy layer, but it always comes back

That sounds like the case may be off-gassing causing that cloudy layer. I've seen that on some DVDs - they always clean OK but, eventually, that layer of crud comes back.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Let's move this discussion back to Warner Announcements as there are other threads to discuss CDs and disc rot.

 

[LouA]

I had hoped that after releasing the 6 Thin Man films, the TV series would follow. Not all at once, but say an initial volume of 12 episodes.

Wouldn’t a complete season be more likely? I’m hoping for that show too.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The latest podcast of The Extras talking about the June releases:

 

[skylark68]

Yeah some of my favorite films from WB that went bad on dvd were pressed around 2007 or so. Command Decision being one of them.

 

[M90GM]

Yes to both movies!

The Alaskans only lasted October 4, 1959 –
June 19, 1960 ....where are the real hit detective shows..... 77 Sunset Strip, Bourbon Street Beat, Surfside 6, and Hawaiian Eye...music featured involve complications in clearing rights? Warner Archive have been focusing on less successful/less commercial/older titles which appear to have more sales potential juding by the comments here...