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3.0 out of 5 stars Some good news and some bad news, July 13 2004

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Scott M. Skelton (Eugene) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Gallery: The Complete First Season (DVD)

I am the coauthor, with Jim Benson, of the companion guide to "Rod Serling's Night Gallery." We've been tracking this release pretty closely and are privy to as much information as we can squeeze out of Universal Studios. We're grateful the series has been tapped for a DVD release, and the set has been struck from original, uncut prints--the same ones Columbia House used for its mail-order volumes--and not the butchered half-hour syndication version that played on the SciFi Channel for years. That said, the master for the pilot is 20 years old, and those for the series are 15 years old--acceptable, but a bit long-in-the-tooth compared to the up-to-date treatment other television series have received. Imbedded in a few of the episodes are some errors, mostly in the sound and music tracks, and it would have been preferable had Universal seen fit to correct these. We also fail to see why a series which featured the involvement of both Rod Serling and Steven Spielberg did not rate a budget that allowed special features. If Warner Brothers can load extras into DVD releases of such non-classics as "Wonder Woman" and "The Dukes of Hazzard," then Universal is out of touch with current standards in the DVD business when they fail to properly document their own classic TV shows (such as "Rod Serling's Night Gallery" and "Columbo"). However, Universal is new to the TV side of their property library and may need to get their feet wet before they finally catch up to their more forward-looking competitors.
As a caveat emptor, the first season is relatively free of errors compared to the second season. The most critical error is the crackling that runs through the soundtrack of Serling's segment "The House" (found in Episode #3). Any further critique will have to wait until the release.
And who knows, if sales for Season One are impressive enough, maybe the studio will do right by Season Two and give "RSNG" a budget that more accurately reflects its classic status.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, Sep 29 2004

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John Lapp (Victoria, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

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Well, I'm a little surprised that so many people have given Night Gallery a review without actually watching the DVD set. Well I purchased it the other day and have watched it and there is no need to fear, the DVD remastering quality is excellent. It is so clear that you can even see the uppper lip hair on Patty Duke in one of the episodes. I always liked Night Gallery and so I enjoyed this DVD set. If you are a fan you will love it. Good sound, good picture well worth the modest price. One small quibble...there doesn't seem to be very many episodes on the three discs in spite of the fact that they advertise it as 20 stories. No DVD extras but then most of those unfortunately are usually a waste of time anyway. So all in all a worthwhile purchase if you like the show.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The other reviewers have the facts., Jun 30 2004

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To a viewer from New Jersey.It's a bit strange to call the other reviewers "psychotic" and then to start shouting(using large letters)in your review. It's also strange to attack their rating by telling them that "they haven't seen it yet" when you give it a five star rating without having seen it.
The other reviewers have the facts through information posted on various science fiction sites about this set. This information states that The Night Gallery DVD set,unlike many other TV shows,will not be remastered and will come from a 15 year old copy of the series.
One viewer that thinks they have been recently remastered because he saw it on the Mystery Channel is incorrect. The print that he saw was the old print of the series. There was an attempt to convince the company to do a new remaster when new cleaned up samples of a few scenes were shown to them and compared with the old versions of the scenes. Even thought the improvement was plain to see,they did not approve a new remaster of the series. It has also been confirmed that this set will not have any extras,like documentaries and interviews with producers,writers and actors as other TV shows DVD sets have.
This is not good enough for the fans of this show and they have a right to complain about that.
After all,this show is hosted by science fiction legend Rod Serling and features the directal debut of Steven Speilberg directing Joan Crawford in one of her last performances.
I think that at least deserves a small documentary and of course Rod Serling deserves one as well. With todays technology of plasma and high definition television sets,a DVD set made from and old print(with spots and scratches)is not good enough.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertain the imagination.....
I remember watching Night Gallery as a pre-teen...it scared me, made me laugh, scream and and kept me totally mesmerized. I devoured every episode. Read more

Published on July 5 2004 by Mark Simmons

3.0 out of 5 stars To Be Fair to Universal...
To be fair to Universal Studios, all of the remastering versus "15-year-old copy" information's originating, as best I can tell, from a NIGHT GALLERY website,... Read more

Published on July 5 2004 by woolrich2