Anim8rFSK wrote:
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> Audie Murphy's Ghost <takebackamerica@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>In article <ANIM8Rfsk-8470F2.06192701052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>In article
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>>> Sci-Fi Guy in the OC <spaceforce2000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>I just thought I'd mention that a few of us Irwin Allen enthusiasts
>>>>have been sending a steady stream of letters to Fox Video urging them
>>>>to release on DVD Season 4 of "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
>>>>SEA" (Episodes 85-110). Season 4 was the Final Year of the series.
>>>>Fox released the first 3 seasons of "Voyage" over 6 volumes during a
>>>>two year period--but the DVD release of Season 4 appears to be in
>>>>limbo. If anyone here purchased the previous seasons on DVD and would
>>>>like to see Season 4 of "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" released on
>>>>DVD, PLEASE write to: Mr. Peter Staddon, Executive Vice President,
>>>>20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Los
>>>>Angeles, CA 90067. Every letter counts. Thanks.
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>>>It's possible that the reason they're holding them back is that they're
>>>unbelievably bad but, yeah, I'd like a complete set as well.
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>>Did the first three seasons sell?
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> No data. Voyage is interesting in that unlike other shows that have ups
> and downs in quality, such as LOST IN SPACE that has 5 great eps at the
> start of season one, tanks when Peter Packer starts writing it, gets a
> tiny boost season 2 and then bottoms out, and then gets better season 3
> and then peters out, VOYAGE has a straight linear decline from the first
> episode of season one to the last episode of season 4. It just gets
> worse and worse and worse the whole time.
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> I assume season one sold well enough to justify season two (well,
> actually I assume season one volume one sold enough to justify season
> one volume two) and two well enough to justify three. If they're seeing
> a decline in sales that matches the decline in quality though . . .
I don't think that'll be the case, when you get right down to it. The
tendency to buy these things is less sophisticated than that. If it was
more sophisticated, you wouldn't be buying them at all, because the
production values aren't that great. I know what the impulse is,
because I've bought M:I (season one) and three seasons of THE WILD WILD
WEST. Once you start buying those things, you just start doing it for
the collectability, and you can't say an entire season was bad, in ANY
show. So a collector who's got this nostalgic affection for it is going
to overlook the bad episodes just to be insure he gets all the good ones.
That's just my take on it.
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