As
you get older, you’ll find yourself saying “They just don’t make them
like that anymore” when referring to everything from power tools,
pick-up trucks, and especially to anything TV- or
cinema-related.
Sometimes it’s based simply on nostalgia.
But sometimes, like in the case of the original The Twilight Zone,
it’s based on fact. The concept of an anthology sci-fi/horror
series had a resurgence in the ’80s and into the ’90s, but sadly has
not had much traction here in the Aughts.
Which is why it’s great news for fans of classic television that The Twilight Zone: Season 2
is hitting Blu-ray on November 16th. Perfect timing for…
Thanksgiving? Not normally a thrilling holiday, but at least
it’ll at least give you the time off needed to digest the nearly 13
hours of shows (not including all the extra content).
As per the Image Entertainment press release:
All 29 episodes from the legendary series’
second season have been remastered and will be presented in pristine 1080p
high-definition and uncompressed PCM audio. In addition, the 4-disc set also
includes many of the bonus features from the Definitive Collection DVD release,
along with hours of new bonus features, specially created for this Blu-ray™
release.
The
special features look incredibly stacked — 25 new audio commentaries,
interviews with actors, vintage audio interviews, 15 radio dramas, and
more. All this can be yours for $99.98.
3 comments
Really looking forward to how the episodes shot on tape turn out. This season had somewhere around ten episodes they couldn't afford to shoot on film and the DVDs look pretty bad, so hopefully the blu rays do some magic
This is sort of a basic premise of retail, but you do realize DVDs, Blu-rays, games, books, and music intended to make it under the Christmas tree come Jesus Day are released by or in November because that is the start of the holiday buying season, right?
Pretty sure no one is timing this for Thanksgiving.
Big Fan – Videotape, unless it's shot in HD (which would only be HD videotape shot with in the last 6-8 years), cannot be converted to 1080p to yield any noticeable improvement. So they will look pretty much the same as the always have. This is why you will never see the videotaped sitcoms of the 70s & 80s on Blu-ray Disc. Only the TZ episodes shot on FILM (which thankfully would be every single episode but for 6 of them in the whole series run) will look quite a bit better in HD. These are newly-minted HD transfers. When they released the Definitive DVDs around 2004 they had HD transfers available. However, they decided not to use those for these BDs and have completely remastered them for HD within the past year from the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. EPIC.
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